[SamAdams76]

Wow, that is quite a bit of information to digest. Good job posting all of this. Am I reading this wrong or was George Bush really at 82% approval on 9/1 - before 9/11?

[hawaiian]

Am I reading this wrong or was George Bush really at 82% approval on 9/1 - before 9/11?

You are reading this wrong. It means 9/2001. Before the attacks, his approval was 50%.