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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (204951)	11/27/2001 5:27:56 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

More unbiased media coverage: www.mediaresearch.org 89% Support = Low Confidence "This is an interesting and challenging moment for the President because in recent public opinion polls it’s suggested that he’s having some difficulty managing public expectations about the war against terrorism. At home, some declining confidence in the U.S. counter-terrorism efforts and on the war front. In the last couple of weeks the number of people who believe that the government is doing everything it reasonably can to prevent terrorist attacks, has gone down by about 12 points – from 68 percent in mid-October to 56 percent now." – ABC’s Peter Jennings introducing President Bush’s November 8 speech on homeland security. "[President Bush] still has very strong support in the country and there’s a very strong support in the war effort, but our recent polls show there’s actually been a drop in the people’s confidence in the government’s ability to handle these attacks and a drop of about 10 or 12 points in people’s belief that the government is doing all it can to protect the homeland, so he’s going to focus on that tonight." – ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on the Nov. 8 Good Morning America, citing no other specific results from the ABC News/Washington Post poll. Reality Check: "As Bush prepares to address the country tonight on homeland security, his overall job approval rating stands at 89 percent, unchanged in the past month. Nine out of 10 Americans support the U.S. military action in Afghanistan, also unchanged in recent weeks." – The Washington Post’s Richard Morin and Claudie Deane in a Nov. 8 article summarizing the results of the same poll cited by Jennings and Stephanopoulos.