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Bush's Approval Ratings Soar to 61% After Baghdad Visit This report was posted on Google about 40 minutes ago. Then it mysteriously disappeared from Google and from the San Franciso Chronicle's web site. The Chronicle cited a new poll. The story said that Bush's approval ratings went up from 56% before his Baghdad visit. Now the story has been "spiked" by the Chronicle and vanished without explanation from Google. My attempts to copy the report were blocked by the Chronicle with repeated pop-up ads. Just thought every Freeper ought to know.

<p>President Bush's standing with the public has improved since his surprise Thanksgiving trip to Iraq amid signs of a stronger economy and following congressional passage of a prescription drug benefit under Medicare.</p> <p>Bush's job approval was at 61 percent in the National Annenberg Election Survey conducted the four days after the holiday, up from 56 percent during the four days before Thanksgiving. Disapproval of the president dropped from 41 percent to 36 percent, according to the poll released Tuesday.</p>