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To: bearshark who wrote (174097)	11/3/2005 5:38:15 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Bush: disapprove - 60%, approve - 39%...his strong support is at 20%...20% OH MY. ".....With an indictment in the White House, just 40 percent call Bush honest and trustworthy — fewer than half for the first time — and 67 percent rate his handling of ethics in government negatively. Fewer than half call him a strong leader, another first. Two-thirds say he doesn't understand their problems, and nearly six in 10 say he doesn't share their values — again career-worst personal ratings on these attributes. On Iraq, a new high — 55 percent — say the Bush administration intentionally misled the American public in making its case for war, up 12 points from last spring. Sixty percent say the war was not worth fighting, up seven points just since August to another high. And here at home, with gasoline at $2.48 a gallon (even if down from recent price peaks), 65 percent say the economy is in bad shape, and 68 percent say the nation is on the "wrong track," the most since 1996. The main reasons given: the economy, Iraq and Bush himself. Adding to his woes, 59 percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll say Bush's right hand man, Karl Rove, should resign. Intensity A striking feature of the president's predicament is the intensity of sentiment against him. Just 20 percent of Americans "strongly" approve of his work in office, the fewest of his career; more than twice as many, 47 percent, strongly disapprove, the most yet seen...." abcnews.go.com

To: bearshark who wrote (174097)	11/4/2005 6:57:11 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 281500

Well, if Mr. Rove and the gang do as I mentioned and follow up with other ideas to get Mr. Bush's approval rating back over 50 percent during 2006 and the Republicans maintain a solid majority in both houses of Congress, they will take a pass at Social Security. Of course, they would wait until the first session of the 110th Congress which would start in January 2007. They'll have to be quick about it. It won't be long before they start worrying about the 2008 elections. And if Bush decides to travel the country selling the program again, that should deep six it. :o} jttmab