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"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 10.10.2005 ::
Poll: Groups Unhappy With Bush Performance
From Washington Post
By WILL LESTER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Critical elements in President Bush's political coalition have grown less enthusiastic about the job he is doing, an AP-Ipsos poll found. That's a troubling development for a president trying to firm up his base of support.
Evangelical voters, Republican men, Southerners and Protestants have lost some intensity in their support for the president since the beginning of this year.
The White House is already struggling to keep the Republican base from eroding because of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, hurricane-recovery spending projects, immigration and other issues.
"Politically, this is very serious for the president," said James Thurber, a political scientist at American University. "If the base of his party has lost faith, that could spell trouble for his policy agenda and for the party generally."
Read more here.
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Ipsos online.
ALSO
BUSH APPROVAL DIPS EVEN FURTHER
Free Market News Network, FL
If the polls are correct, George W. Bush is rapidly becoming one of the least supported Presidents in history. According to an Associated Press/IPSOS poll taken last week, a grand total of 28 percent of America thinks the country is headed in the right direction, while 66 percent think it is not.
A .280 batting average might keep a good fielding shortstop in a major league lineup, it is hardly enough for a president to claim any sort of "mandate" regarding his policies or intentions, Administration critics point out. If two-thirds of his constituents think Bush has lost his way, he's just fortunate that this is his last term.
The article quotes James Thurber, an American University political scientist, as noting that, "This is very serious for the president. If the base of his party has lost faith, that could spell trouble for his policy agenda and for the party generally."
The article also cites the president's job approval rating, now at the lowest level of his presidency (39 percent), and the lowest for any President in several decades.
AND
A presidency unravels before our eyes
Centre Daily Times
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