Posted on 05/14/2006 6:52:29 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
President Bush's job approval rating has jumped six points in the wake of a media barrage of criticism over his administration's telephone records collection program.
A Harris Interactive poll published in The Wall Street Journal Online on Friday had Bushs approval rating at an all time low - with just 29 percent of Americans saying they liked the way he was handling his job.
The Harris survey polled 1,003 adults on May 5-8 - before USA Today frontpaged their report on the National Security Agency's telephone records collection program.
A Gallup survey released Friday yielded a similar result, with just 31 percent giving Bush a positive job approval rating.
A Newsweek survey released on Sunday, however, found that the president's approval numbers had improved markedly, with 35 percent saying he was doing a good job. Newsweek polled 1,007 adults on May 11 and 12 and asked specifically about the NSA's phone record collection program, which USA Today's first reported on Thursday, May 11.
An ABC/Washington Post poll taken in the immediate aftermath of the USA Today report found overwhelming support for the anti-terror program, with 63 percent of those surveyed saying they supported the records gathering operation. 44 percent said they "strongly" endorsed it, while just 35 percent were opposed to the operation.
65 percent of those surveyed told ABC/Post pollsters that it was more important to investigate potential terrorist threats "even if it intrudes on privacy."
The Newsweek survey, however, turned up a different results, with a slim majority of those surveyed - 53 percent - telling the magazine that the NSAs surveillance program "goes too far in invading peoples privacy."
YAWN
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm
Not great, but probably more realistic.
We know you'd have preferred Pat Buchanan. So what?
Rasmussen was disturbed their polls were so out of whack with the lying polls, so they reweighted their polls to include 3 points more of Democrats.
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That 40% is probably really 43%.
*BUMP*
You took the words (and percentage) right out of my mouth.
The MSM bash went a little too far.
They are unmasking both themselves and the Dim's as being pro terrorist.
You get my vote for Future Zotshot Post of the Day.
The media continues to poll "adults" rather than likely voters or even registered voters.
It is an old and clean joke about Hillary being the smartest woman in the world.
Newsmax is really a hack-ish embarassment. Newsweek never polled Bush at 29%.
You poor thing .. been slumming over at DU too long ..??
The one about the parachute?
Too bad Clintoon still can't be prosecuted for obtaining FBI records of pubbies. However, the prez needs all the help. I'm still incensed that clintoon signed the '94 bill when the demoncRATS controlled the House legalizing electronic evesdropping regardless. The clintoons were the worst thing that ever happened to the American people.
But Ras is one I do check now and then, but now I'll remember to include the +3%! ;)
the irony is that idiot Campbell Brown was all over NBC news this morning with a Newsweak poll which stated 58% of Americans say the NSA has gone to far...
The DBM here are merely Pravda resurrected. Anybody who listens to them has an empty skull.
Well, I'd miss getting stoned before sex. Getting stoned after sex is just backward!
I can't wait for my Seattle paper in the morning. I know this new polling will be front page, "above the fold" (sarc)
Harris and Newsweek polls are always at least five points behind the real numbers.
Stick with Rassmussen. They are the most accurate.
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