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

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (271150)	7/8/2002 3:08:13 AM
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Little Political Fallout From Business Scandals But GOP seen as more biased than Democrats toward big business gallup.com by David W. Moore GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- The recent scandals involving large corporations appear not to have had a major impact on the political thinking of the American public. Most Americans are critical of the influence that big business has on both the Congress and the president. And about half think that President George W. Bush is at least partially responsible for the scandals because of his close ties to business. On the other hand, about the same number of Americans believe former President Bill Clinton is at least partially responsible because of his moral failings while in office. And in looking to the future, Americans express widespread confidence that Bush will take effective action to make sure that large corporations act responsibly. When it comes to the two parties in Congress, however, Americans are more likely to be critical of the Republicans than the Democrats. These are the major results of a recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, conducted June 28-30, which found Bush's overall approval rating at a healthy 76%, up six points from the beginning of the month despite more news stories about business malpractice at companies such as WorldCom, Tyco and Enron. This result alone suggests that the president has been untouched by these scandals. But these results do not mean that Americans are not generally cynical about the influence of big business on Bush, nor on members of Congress. More than six in 10 Americans say that big business has too much influence on the president, and separately on the Democrats in Congress. And more than seven in 10 say that big business' influence is too great on Republicans in Congress.