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

To: GST who wrote (458205)	9/13/2003 2:46:15 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Bush Job Approval Tumbles to 52% Fifty-one percent of Americans oppose Bush request for $87 billion in funding for Iraq by Frank Newport GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- President George W. Bush's job approval rating has dropped significantly over the last two weeks, and now, at 52%, is at its lowest point since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and within one point of the lowest rating during his presidency. The percentage of Americans who disapprove of Bush's performance, 43%, is the highest measured since he took office. Bush's job approval rating on his handling of the situation in Iraq has dropped from 57% to 51%, and a slight majority of Americans say Congress should not authorize Bush's request for $87 billion in additional funding for Iraq and the war on terrorism. Bush Job Approval Drops Seven Points in Two Weeks The latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll was conducted Monday through Wednesday night of this week. The president's 52% job approval rating in the poll is seven points lower than the 59% he received in Gallup's previous poll conducted two weeks ago. gallup.com Maybe the American people aren't as dumb as Carl Rove thinks.