Bush Administration taking it on the chin in this online poll, wanna

help make it worse?
Puts the Newsweek Poll numbers to shame in Bush vs. Clinton admin. in fighting terrorism.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4614818/

The Newsweek poll was by telephone.

I guess all us liberals are working our asses off with two or three jobs to put food on the table. Or, some of us are unemployed and had our phones cut off.

So, the only ones they reach are those guys who are too rich to work or stay-at-home moms who home school their children. Or people lie because they think the White House has tapped their phone and if they don't give the "right" answers they end up in Guantanomo.

Those !@#$ polls are just unbelievable

The Newsweek poll seems to reflect the "man in the street" view more than I'd expected, especially given responses like this:


Do you think the attention that the Bush administration has given to Iraq has seriously distracted from the administration's efforts to fight terrorism generally?

Yes 42% No 47%


Has the Bush administration done all it could to fight terrorism or has it not done all it could?

Done all could 46% Has not done all it could 43%


If I were campaigning as the "war president" that would scare the santorum out of me.

Newspeak is nearly the opposite of the WEB poll. Something stinks. How could a random selection of people have such a divergent take on things? I think polls are questionable at best, but this is just weird.

no means "random". There are also some issues with phone polling, but I'd tend to trust that more than a web poll.

Democrats. I think that is an extraordinarly low number for nationwide polling, hence the skewed numbers

"The NEWSWEEK poll was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates, which interviewed 1,002 adults by telephone on Mar. 25 - 26. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points. For those questions which surveyed registered voters, 838 people were interviewed, and the margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points. For those questions which surveyed Democrats and Democratic leaners, 265 people were interviewed and the margin of error is plus or minus 7 percentage points."

Maybe the part about Dems was part of a secondary poll they are not listing? It refers to a higher margin of error but the questions don't seem to be Dem specific. What's that all about?

Good catch on that.

discussed yesterday.;)

have read the f'in article. :)

even taking into whatever margin of error the online poll has, those numbers have got to scare the bejesus out of smirk & co.

but it's a trend in the right direction.

at that URL

A long time till the election, and I know Bush and Karl Rove are up for anything. I bet they try to pin something on Kerry.

another purple heart?

kerry may not be perfect, but he's squeaky clean compared to chimpy and dirty dick.

Ralph Rocks the Vote
A new poll shows young voters turning toward the consumer advocate, at the expense of John Kerry.

Are we really giving birth to a nation of morons? How can they be soooo stupid not to see that a vote for Nader is a vote for bu$h?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4569835/

"Don't say anything stupid or chimpy gets it!"

When it comes to foreign affairs, do you think President Bush is performing strongly or dropping the ball?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4569265/

"Don't say anything stupid or chimpy gets it!"

Do you think that President Bush and his administration have taken the threat of global terrorism as seriously as they should have or have they not taken the threat seriously enough? * 41947 web responses

RESPONSES WEB Newsweek Magazine

Have taken seriously 26% 61%
Have not taken seriously enough 71% 34%
Don't know 3% 5%

Do you think that former president Clinton and his administration took the threat of global terrorism as seriously as they should have or did they not take the threat seriously enough? * 41960 web responses

RESPONSES WEB Newsweek Magazine

Did take seriously 58% 26%
Did not take seriously enough 37% 65%
Don't know 6% 9%

Given what each administration knew at the time, do you think the Bush administration is more to blame for not preventing the September 11 attacks or is the Clinton administration more to blame, or are both equally to blame? * 42020 web responses

RESPONSES WEB Newsweek Magazine

Bush administration 63% 17%
Clinton administration 15% 24%
Both equally 15% 43%
Neither 5% 10%
Don't know 1% 6%

Has the Bush administration done all it could to fight terrorism or has it not done all it could? * 41940 web responses

RESPONSES WEB Newsweek Magazine

Has done all it could 20% 46%
Has not done all it could 77% 43%
Don't know 3% 11%

Has what Clarke said about Bush made you feel more favorably toward Bush or less favorably toward Bush, or hasn't it made much difference either way? * 42047 web responses

RESPONSES WEB Newsweek Magazine

More favorable 10% 10%
Less favorable 72% 17%
Not much different either way 17% 65%
Don't know 0% 8%

Do you think the attention that the Bush administration has given to Iraq has seriously distracted from the administration's efforts to fight terrorism generally? * 42103 web responses

RESPONSES WEB Newsweek Magazine

Yes 80% 42%
No 19% 47%
Don't know 1% 11%

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Keep those votes a-comin' folks!!!!

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