And then there is this..
Posted : October 5, 2004 at 1:16 pm [America/Los_Angeles]
[via Andrew Sullivan]
47 PERCENT: That’s Bush’s approval rating. It’s about as low as it can possibly get if he has a decent chance of getting re-elected. The first debate did for Kerry what 1980’s first debate did for Reagan: it reassured waverers that he has the ability to be president, especially in a national security crisis. The reason for Bush’s weakness? Money quote:
Asked what kind of job Mr. Bush had done in anticipating what would happen in Iraq as a result of the war, 59 percent said he had done a poor job and 34 percent said a good job. A slight majority, 52 percent, said the United States had been too quick to go to war in Iraq, compared with 37 percent who said the timing was about right.
A majority believes that Bush was wrong in the timing of the war and wrong in its execution. And the war is the pre-eminent issue in the campaign. Unless Bush reverses those judgments, he will lose.
I don’t know which result to believe. Needless to say, Americans in general are more conflicted about the planning and execution of the Iraq war than they really should. If you ask me, it’s a slam dunk case against the current Administration.
- Anand
Category: United (or not) State of American Politics 2004