Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lurqer who wrote (41152)	4/2/2004 9:52:21 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Poll: Bush Credibility Takes Hit The 9/11 Commission hearings on appear to have raised concerns about both the Bush Administration’s credibility and its overall performance, even on the issue on which the Administration may be staking its re-election. Nearly six in ten Americans are following the hearings closely, and the latest CBS News Poll, conducted Tuesday through Thursday, shows declines in the President’s approval ratings in a number of policy areas, but especially changes in the evaluation of the President’s handling of terrorism. There has been little impact on the campaign, however, in the places it most matters -- the 18 "battleground states." The race in that critical group of states continues to be too close to call. THE PRESIDENT, THE WAR ON TERROR AND THE 9/11 HEARINGS Americans believe the Bush Administration is cooperating with the 9/11 Commission, but that there is still more to learn: most say the Administration isn’t telling the entire truth about what they knew before 9/11. Only one-quarter thinks the Bush Administration is telling the entire truth about what they knew of the terror threat prior to 9/11. 59 percent say they are mostly telling the truth but still hiding something about that knowledge, and 11 percent say they are mostly lying. WHAT DID THEY KNOW BEFORE 9/11?: IS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION…? Telling the entire truth 24% Telling mostly truth, but hiding something 59% Mostly lying 11% Views on this are about the same today as they were nearly two years ago, in the spring of 2002, when 73 percent said the Administration was hiding something or lying about what it knew pre-9/11, compared to 70 percent now. Nearly six in ten Americans say they are very or somewhat closely following the work of the commission, and those hearings appear to be affecting way the country views the Administration’s performance in the war on terrorism. While a majority continues to believe that the policies of the Bush Administration are making the U.S. safer from terror, this view has dropped nine points from three weeks ago and is now at its lowest level. ... cbsnews.com This is a long article with much of the data exhibited in graphical form, and hence not easily portrayed on SI. So, I would recommend going to the link. lurqer