We get all sorts of budget lines every day from the wire services we subscribe to. Here are two from the same news cycle of the LA Times/Washington Post News Service, known as LATWP.
BUSH-POLL—WASHINGTON—President Bush’s approval rating has
reached its highest level for the year, helping to boost the
Republican Party’s image across a broad range of domestic and national
security issues just seven weeks before this year’s mid-term election,
a new Times/Bloomberg poll has found. Developing, by Ronald Brownstein
(Times).
LAURABUSH _ NEW YORK _ Laura Bush has proved to be a popular and
comforting presence during the nearly six years that her husband has
served as president. But her sustained presence at the center of the
world stage this week is unprecedented, which White House aides are
promoting in the belief that her emerging profile can only help
bolster President Bush’s sagging popularity. 1,150 words, by Michael
A. Fletcher (Post).
So which is it? a) reaching its highest level or b) sagging. You decide!
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