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NY Tiems. 10,3, 2003
Poll Shows Drop in Confidence on Bush Skill in Handling Crises
By TODD S. PURDUM and JANET ELDER

The public's confidence in President Bush's ability to deal wisely with an
international crisis has slid sharply over the past five months, the latest New
York Times/CBS News Poll has found. And a clear majority are also uneasy about
his ability to make the right decisions on the nation's economy.

Over all, the poll found, Americans are for the first time more critical than
not of Mr. Bush's ability to handle both foreign and domestic problems, and a
majority say the president does not share their priorities. Thirteen months
before the 2004 election, a solid majority of Americans say the country is
seriously on the wrong track, a classic danger sign for incumbents, and only
about half of Americans approve of Mr. Bush's overall job performance. That is
roughly the same as when Mr. Bush took office after the razor-close 2000
election.

But more than 6 in 10 Americans still say the president has strong qualities of
leadership, more than 5 in 10 say he has more honesty and integrity than most
people in public life and 6 in 10 credit him with making the country safer from
terrorist attack.

By contrast, the Democratic presidential contenders remain largely unknown, and
nearly half of Americans — and a like number of registered voters — say the
Democrats have no clear plan of their own for the country.

A summer of continuing attacks on American soldiers in Iraq, the failure so far
to find weapons of mass destruction there and Mr. Bush's recent request for $87
billion to pay for military operations and reconstruction in Iraq and
Afghanistan have taken a toll on public support for his administration's Iraq
policy and on views of his ability to handle such issues in general.

The poll found that just 45 percent of Americans now have confidence in Mr.
Bush's ability to deal wisely with an international crisis, down sharply from
66 percent in April, and half now say they are uneasy about his approach.
Nearly 9 in 10 Americans say the war in Iraq is still going on, and 6 in 10 say
the United States should not spend as much on the effort as Mr. Bush has
sought. Three-quarters of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, say
the administration has yet to clearly explain how long American troops will
have to stay in Iraq, or how much it will cost to rebuild the country.

"I am very uneasy because of the war," said Joyce Austin, 69, a retired nurse's
aide in Readstown, Wis., who was reinterviewed after the poll was conducted. "I
don't think the Bush administration had a good plan for ending the war, and for
what was going to happen afterward. I don't think they realized how much it was
going to cost." Mrs. Austin paused and added, "Maybe they knew and just didn't
tell us."

The nationwide telephone poll of 981 adults has a margin of sampling error of
plus or minus three percentage points. The poll, taken Sunday through
Wednesday, was in progress when the Justice Department announced that it would
investigate accusations that someone in the White House may have leaked the
name of an undercover C.I.A. officer.

As the week progressed and news coverage of the investigation intensified,
respondents were somewhat less likely to credit the Bush administration with
bringing heightened honesty and integrity to the workings of the White House,
compared with past administrations. In the end, just over one-third of the
respondents said the administration had brought more honesty and integrity,
while 18 percent said it had brought less and 43 percent said it was about the
same as other administrations.

For months, Americans have been critical of Mr. Bush's handling of the national
economy, and they remain so, with just one in five saying the administration's
policies have made their taxes go down and a near-majority saying the policies
have had no effect on them personally. Half of the respondents said the federal
tax cuts enacted since 2001 had not made much difference in the economy, and
the rest were about evenly divided on whether the tax cuts were bad or good.
Just 40 percent of voters expressed confidence in Mr. Bush's ability to make
the right decisions about the economy, down from half in April, while 56
percent said they were uneasy, up from 42 percent in April.

During Mr. Bush's tenure, a majority of Americans say, jobs have been lost and
not created, there has been no easing of the high cost of prescription drugs
and schools have not improved. Six in 10 Americans — and 4 in 10 Republicans —
say the economy is worse than it was when Mr. Bush took office. Four in 10 of
those polled were worried that someone in their household would lose his job in
the next year.

Even worse news for the president was that Americans have also become critical
of his handling of foreign policy, which had been been seen as his strength for
most of his presidency. The latest survey found that 44 percent of those polled
approved of Mr. Bush's overall handling of foreign policy, down from 52 percent
in July, and that 47 percent approved of his handling of the situation in Iraq,
down from 58 percent in July.

Polls last winter showed that public support for the president's decision to go
to war in Iraq was sharply divided along partisan lines, with broad indications
of reluctance. Now there are growing doubts about whether the results were
worth the loss of life and other costs involved. Only 41 percent said it was,
while 53 percent said it was not. When the question was asked using Saddam
Hussein's name, the results were almost reversed, with about half those
surveyed le saying it was worth removing him from power, and 41 percent saying
it was not.

Over all, 51 percent of the respondents approved of Mr. Bush's performance.
That is down from the high 80's after the Sept. 11 attacks, and from the high
60's at the beginning of the Iraq war. Just over 4 in 10 voters now have a
favorable opinion of the president, compared with more than 6 in 10 in mid-
2002, and just over 3 in 10 now have an unfavorable opinion compared with 2 in
10 in July 2002.

Nearly half said they believed that removing Mr. Hussein from power was the
main reason for taking military action in Iraq. About a quarter said the main
reason was to protect the oil supply, and one-fifth said the goal was to stop
Iraq from manufacturing weapons. But only about 4 in 10 said they now believed
that Mr. Hussein was personally involved in the Sept. 11 attacks, compared with
about 5 in 10 who said so in April.

More than half of Americans said relations between the United States and its
European allies were worse than when Mr. Bush took office, and fewer than half
said leaders of other countries around the world had respect for Mr. Bush.

Mary Preble, 46, a registered nurse and a Republican in Sugar Land, Tex.,
said: "I don't feel George W. Bush has a grasp on what the public is really
interested in." She added: "I wasn't happy about the invasion in Iraq. We
shouldn't have attacked before anything was proven. There seem to be no nuclear
weapons.

"Right now he is trying to rally everyone around to the cause and give money to
rebuild Iraq. But why should other countries kick in cash when he didn't wait
until the U.N. said we're behind you? The other countries don't believe he has
the leadership skills he should have."

The poll showed an electorate that remains narrowly divided. When all
registered voters were asked whom they would vote for next year, 44 percent
said Mr. Bush and 44 percent said the Democratic candidate. But regardless of
how they intend to vote, half of registered voters said they expected Mr. Bush
to win.

While Mr. Bush's standing has fallen, the poll

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Gość: WanKuwer Re: Z Ameryki: Perfumowany książę IP: *.sympatico.ca 03.10.03, 17:39

Gorszy niz Bush raczej nie moze byc...

Gość portalu: Zaratustra napisał(a):

> Clark nie jest 'prezydencki' ... emanuuje slaboscia,
> niepewnoscia, i niezdecydowaniem on niestety. Ja jestem
> zaskoczony ze to general jest.
Gość: Tysprowda Re: Z Ameryki: Perfumowany książę IP: 212.205.139.* 03.10.03, 17:58

najwazniejsze ze nie jest buszysta.
- Gość: verona Trouble for Bush IP: *.dc.dc.cox.net 03.10.03, 18:05
  
  NY Tiems. 10,3, 2003
  Poll Shows Drop in Confidence on Bush Skill in Handling Crises
  By TODD S. PURDUM and JANET ELDER
  
  The public's confidence in President Bush's ability to deal wisely with an
  international crisis has slid sharply over the past five months, the latest New
  York Times/CBS News Poll has found. And a clear majority are also uneasy about
  his ability to make the right decisions on the nation's economy.
  
  Over all, the poll found, Americans are for the first time more critical than
  not of Mr. Bush's ability to handle both foreign and domestic problems, and a
  majority say the president does not share their priorities. Thirteen months
  before the 2004 election, a solid majority of Americans say the country is
  seriously on the wrong track, a classic danger sign for incumbents, and only
  about half of Americans approve of Mr. Bush's overall job performance. That is
  roughly the same as when Mr. Bush took office after the razor-close 2000
  election.
  
  But more than 6 in 10 Americans still say the president has strong qualities of
  leadership, more than 5 in 10 say he has more honesty and integrity than most
  people in public life and 6 in 10 credit him with making the country safer from
  terrorist attack.
  
  By contrast, the Democratic presidential contenders remain largely unknown, and
  nearly half of Americans — and a like number of registered voters — say the
  Democrats have no clear plan of their own for the country.
  
  A summer of continuing attacks on American soldiers in Iraq, the failure so far
  to find weapons of mass destruction there and Mr. Bush's recent request for $87
  billion to pay for military operations and reconstruction in Iraq and
  Afghanistan have taken a toll on public support for his administration's Iraq
  policy and on views of his ability to handle such issues in general.
  
  The poll found that just 45 percent of Americans now have confidence in Mr.
  Bush's ability to deal wisely with an international crisis, down sharply from
  66 percent in April, and half now say they are uneasy about his approach.
  Nearly 9 in 10 Americans say the war in Iraq is still going on, and 6 in 10 say
  the United States should not spend as much on the effort as Mr. Bush has
  sought. Three-quarters of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, say
  the administration has yet to clearly explain how long American troops will
  have to stay in Iraq, or how much it will cost to rebuild the country.
  
  "I am very uneasy because of the war," said Joyce Austin, 69, a retired nurse's
  aide in Readstown, Wis., who was reinterviewed after the poll was conducted. "I
  don't think the Bush administration had a good plan for ending the war, and for
  what was going to happen afterward. I don't think they realized how much it was
  going to cost." Mrs. Austin paused and added, "Maybe they knew and just didn't
  tell us."
  
  The nationwide telephone poll of 981 adults has a margin of sampling error of
  plus or minus three percentage points. The poll, taken Sunday through
  Wednesday, was in progress when the Justice Department announced that it would
  investigate accusations that someone in the White House may have leaked the
  name of an undercover C.I.A. officer.
  
  As the week progressed and news coverage of the investigation intensified,
  respondents were somewhat less likely to credit the Bush administration with
  bringing heightened honesty and integrity to the workings of the White House,
  compared with past administrations. In the end, just over one-third of the
  respondents said the administration had brought more honesty and integrity,
  while 18 percent said it had brought less and 43 percent said it was about the
  same as other administrations.
  
  For months, Americans have been critical of Mr. Bush's handling of the national
  economy, and they remain so, with just one in five saying the administration's
  policies have made their taxes go down and a near-majority saying the policies
  have had no effect on them personally. Half of the respondents said the federal
  tax cuts enacted since 2001 had not made much difference in the economy, and
  the rest were about evenly divided on whether the tax cuts were bad or good.
  Just 40 percent of voters expressed confidence in Mr. Bush's ability to make
  the right decisions about the economy, down from half in April, while 56
  percent said they were uneasy, up from 42 percent in April.
  
  During Mr. Bush's tenure, a majority of Americans say, jobs have been lost and
  not created, there has been no easing of the high cost of prescription drugs
  and schools have not improved. Six in 10 Americans — and 4 in 10 Republicans —
  say the economy is worse than it was when Mr. Bush took office. Four in 10 of
  those polled were worried that someone in their household would lose his job in
  the next year.
  
  Even worse news for the president was that Americans have also become critical
  of his handling of foreign policy, which had been been seen as his strength for
  most of his presidency. The latest survey found that 44 percent of those polled
  approved of Mr. Bush's overall handling of foreign policy, down from 52 percent
  in July, and that 47 percent approved of his handling of the situation in Iraq,
  down from 58 percent in July.
  
  Polls last winter showed that public support for the president's decision to go
  to war in Iraq was sharply divided along partisan lines, with broad indications
  of reluctance. Now there are growing doubts about whether the results were
  worth the loss of life and other costs involved. Only 41 percent said it was,
  while 53 percent said it was not. When the question was asked using Saddam
  Hussein's name, the results were almost reversed, with about half those
  surveyed le saying it was worth removing him from power, and 41 percent saying
  it was not.
  
  Over all, 51 percent of the respondents approved of Mr. Bush's performance.
  That is down from the high 80's after the Sept. 11 attacks, and from the high
  60's at the beginning of the Iraq war. Just over 4 in 10 voters now have a
  favorable opinion of the president, compared with more than 6 in 10 in mid-
  2002, and just over 3 in 10 now have an unfavorable opinion compared with 2 in
  10 in July 2002.
  
  Nearly half said they believed that removing Mr. Hussein from power was the
  main reason for taking military action in Iraq. About a quarter said the main
  reason was to protect the oil supply, and one-fifth said the goal was to stop
  Iraq from manufacturing weapons. But only about 4 in 10 said they now believed
  that Mr. Hussein was personally involved in the Sept. 11 attacks, compared with
  about 5 in 10 who said so in April.
  
  More than half of Americans said relations between the United States and its
  European allies were worse than when Mr. Bush took office, and fewer than half
  said leaders of other countries around the world had respect for Mr. Bush.
  
  Mary Preble, 46, a registered nurse and a Republican in Sugar Land, Tex.,
  said: "I don't feel George W. Bush has a grasp on what the public is really
  interested in." She added: "I wasn't happy about the invasion in Iraq. We
  shouldn't have attacked before anything was proven. There seem to be no nuclear
  weapons.
  
  "Right now he is trying to rally everyone around to the cause and give money to
  rebuild Iraq. But why should other countries kick in cash when he didn't wait
  until the U.N. said we're behind you? The other countries don't believe he has
  the leadership skills he should have."
  
  The poll showed an electorate that remains narrowly divided. When all
  registered voters were asked whom they would vote for next year, 44 percent
  said Mr. Bush and 44 percent said the Democratic candidate. But regardless of
  how they intend to vote, half of registered voters said they expected Mr. Bush
  to win.
  
  While Mr. Bush's standing has fallen, the poll
  - Gość: Tysprowda Re: Trouble for Bush IP: 212.205.139.* 03.10.03, 18:30
    
    Rzesze otumanionych Amerykanow powoli zaczynaja kapowac, ze Bushkrieg to dobry
    byznes dla buszystow, nie dla Ameryki.
    
    Zaczynaja kapowac, ze buszysci poprzez Bushkrieg socjalizuja koszty, aby
    sprywatyzowac zyski dla siebie.
Gość: xuthus Re: Z Ameryki: Perfumowany książę IP: *.math.albany.edu 03.10.03, 18:24

Zastnwiam sie gdzie Gazeta znajduje takie autorytety
jak Charley Reese ("Orlando Sentinel"). Jezeli Gazeta
chce przedstawic represetatywna opinie, prosze czytac:
New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times.

Ale Michnik angielskigo nie pomimaju.
- Gość: felusiak Re: Z Ameryki: Perfumowany książę IP: *.nyc.rr.com 03.10.03, 23:59
  
  Reprezentatywne opinie prosto z NYT, WP i LAT? Reprezentatywne dla kogo?
  A czy opinie w WSJ sa mniej reprezentatywne? Wasc bzdurzysz. Opinie w
  wymienionych przez pana dziennikach sa reprezentatywne dla wschodnich i
  zachodnich kregow liberalnych, ale z pewnoscia nie dla calego kraju.
  
  General Clark jest w dalszym ciagu zarejestrowany jako niezalezny. Jeszcze do
  niedawna byl goracym zwolennikiem administracji. Poza tym nie ma najmniejszych
  nawet szans na nominacje. Stad tez moje zdziiwienie kiedy czytam, ze Clark jest
  najpowazniejszym kandydatem. Czyzby znowu ten moron Weglarczyk?
Gość: Vinicja bardzo lubie tego perfumowanego ksiecia ... IP: *.dc.dc.cox.net 04.10.03, 00:26

wiekszosc Amerykanow podobnie go lubi, bo u nas nigdy nie bylo krolow i
ksiazat. nareszcie dorownamy Starej Europie, bo mamy kompleksy na punkcie
naszej mlodosci, co sprawaia, ze nikt nie traktuje nas powaznie;))

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