Reply #36: Latest NY Times/CBS Poll show Bush's ideas "Out of Touch"

[chaz4jazz]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A majority of Americans say President George W. Bush (news - web sites) has a different set of priorities to theirs and oppose his plan to reform the pension system but are more optimistic about Iraq (news - web sites), according to a New York Times/CBS News poll.

Bush's approval rating remained unchanged at 49 percent, while 53 percent felt efforts to bring order to Iraq were going well, up from 41 percent a month ago. Those who disapproved of Bush's Iraq policy fell from 55 to 50 percent, while those who approved rose from 40 to 45 percent.

Sixty-three percent of the 1,100 adults consulted Thursday through Monday said Bush had a different set of priorities on domestic issues and put jobs and health care ahead of reforming the Social Security (news - web sites) system.

Fifty-eight percent also felt they did not share the same foreign policy priorities as the president: 59 percent said the US should not try to change dictatorships to democracies and stay out of other countries' affairs

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