JOHN F. WHO?

New Polls Show Support for Bush Has Slipped to New Low (Janet Elder, NY Times, 5/14/04)

Support for the Bush administration's policies in Iraq are at the lowest point since the war began, even as a majority of Americans say the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American military personnel is confined to a few isolated incidents and a few soldiers, according to polls out this week.

For the first time since the war began, a majority of the respondents to the Gallup poll — 54 percent — say the war in Iraq has not been worth the costs, while 44 percent said it has been worthwhile. When the war first began in March 2003, 29 percent of Americans said the war was not worth it, while 68 percent said it was.

Gallup mentions in its first paragraph that the President remains tied with Senator Kerry. The New York Time's story does not include the words "Kerry" or "election".

Posted by David Cohen at May 14, 2004 4:10 PM