Poll: Optimism on Economy Boosts Bush (constant medias lies work)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=7&u=/ap/20031205/ap_on_re_us/ap_poll_economy

Poll: Optimism on Economy Boosts Bush
By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - … And more approve of the way Bush is handling the economy — 50 percent compared with 45 percent earlier, according to the poll conducted for the AP by Ipsos-Public Affairs. Support for his handling of other domestic issues like education, health care and the economy, at 47 percent, has not shifted significantly.


The president's re-election numbers have slightly improved, with 41 percent saying they will definitely vote for him and 36 percent definitely against him. One in five is considering voting for someone else. In mid-November, people were evenly split, 37 percent for and against. <snip>

Bush's job approval among registered voters was at 53 percent, with 44 percent disapproving. In mid-November, his approval was at 50 percent, so the shift is not as much as the poll's 3.5-point margin of error for registered voters. <snip>

In the new poll, 43 percent said the country was headed in the right direction, and 51 percent said it was on the wrong track. In mid-November, 38 percent had a positive view, and 56 percent said wrong track. <snip>

The AP-Ipsos poll of 1,001 adults was taken Dec. 1-3 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=aUeAoCvaPx0Y&refer=home

U.S. 2-Yr Note Has Biggest Gain Since July 2002 on Jobs Report
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The benchmark two-year Treasury had its biggest gain since July 2002 as the economy added fewer jobs than forecast in November, raising speculation the Federal Reserve may wait until after June to increase interest rates. <snip>

``Today's number clearly shows that yes, there is a recovery -- but not one that is strong enough for the Fed to shift course,'' said Kathleen Stephansen, director of global economic research at Credit Suisse First Boston, one of the 22 primary U.S. government securities dealers that trade with the Fed's New York branch.<snip>

A similar scenario happened yesterday, sending Treasuries higher, when a Labor Department report showed new claims for state unemployment benefits rose more than economists expected in the week ended Saturday. <snip>

Today's jobs report "will temper some of the high expectations regarding growth in the fourth quarter," said Sherry Cooper, chief economist at BMO Nesbitt Burns in Toronto in a televised interview with Bloomberg. "It reinforces the Fed's take on very low rates." <snip>


I THINK MS COOPER IS INCORRECT - OUR MEDIA WILL PUSH GREAT TAX CUT RECOVERY FOR AS LONG AS THE GOP TELLS THEM TO DO SO - THERE WILL BE NO "TEMPERED" COMMENTS BY THE MEDIA WHORES. INDEED WE WILL BE TOLD FED LOW RATES DO NOT MEAN LOUSY ECONOMY CURRENTLY (WHICH IS THE TRUTH) AND WE WILL BE TOLD THAT THOSE LOW SHORT TERM INTEREST RATES DO MEAN MEAN GREAT THINGS FOR THE ECONOMY IN THE FUTURE (I CAN ONLY HOPE SO).

sigh...... media whores.........

How much the media cares about the GOP's fortunes is debatable. The 9/11-Proves-Our-Righteousness meme and the Glorious-Leader-Will-Save-Us meme aren't exactly party-specific.

There's a much more immediate constituency for inflated economic good news: advertisers, who make media owners rich. The point of corporate newspapers, after all, is to keep capitalism running. The stuff between the advertisements is supposed to provide a sunny gloss for the stuff on sale.

prove otherwise.

But I grant you that like all whores, media whores do have the highest respect for the dollar - in this case the advertising dollar!

Journalistic ethics seems to equate to "business ethics".

:-)

This poll isn't that bad.

Everything but this 53% apprv. rating, the increase within margin of error, is below 50%. And 44% dissapprove. You could call it a temporary halt in bush's slide in the polls.

Wonder what rove has planned for Christmas.

The poll effect of Chumpy's surprise visit to Iraq is wearing off, it appears.

But he has to keep everything looking rosy for the next year. He can't do it.