[lbo-talk] Gallup has Bush at 40

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Mon Sep 19 17:35:57 PDT 2005


On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Doug Henwood posted CNN's reprise of Gallup:


> Just 41 percent of the 818 adults polled between Friday and Monday said
> they approved of Bush's handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,
> while 57 percent disapproved.

This lends support to the idea that the 50/50 support he was getting when his performance was unbelievably abysmal was simply an artifact of time lag -- that it took non-newshounds weeks to digest and realize just how badly he'd done. He's now lost 20% of his support since then, when he's arguably been doing everything as well as it could be done spin wise and the worst is over.

Michael



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