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10/14/2003 Archived Entry: "CNN or ABC - Whom to believe?"
CNN or ABC - Whom to believe?
Geez, Frank Newport and the Gallup people have been all over CNN for the past two days talking about how Bush's approval numbers are 'surging' to 56%. I'm sure that the White House would rather listen to CNN's inflated figures (even Gallup had Bush's numbers at 55%) than those Saddam-lovers over at ABC.
An ABCNEWS/Washington Post poll finds that nearly six in 10 Americans — a new high — call U.S. casualties in Iraq "unacceptable," more than double its level when Baghdad fell last April. Bush's approval rating for handling terrorism more broadly, while still high, now matches his career low. And most continue to disapprove of his handling of the economy, a critical election-year benchmark.There are newer troubles as well: More than eight in 10 continue to see the alleged White House leak of a CIA operative's identity as a "serious matter," and the number who think the administration is fully cooperating in the investigation has declined to 39 percent. About two-thirds still favor appointment of an outside special counsel to look into the matter.
