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Meese does not rage when he hears this talk. He is watching the numbers produced by Republican Pollster Richard Wirthlin. So far the Meese issue is only a tiny blip, far below public concern about drugs and jobs. He was rumbling down Pennsylvania Avenue in his limousine last week when an aide showed him a piece of wire copy, quoting Connecticut's Republican Senator Lowell Weicker, who was traveling with Reagan on Air Force One. While saying he would wait for the McKay report before suggesting Meese should resign, Weicker snorted, "I've been battling the son of a bitch...
...results are then averaged over several days. The weekend before the primary, most tracking polls showed the race dead even. Some, most notably Gallup, gave Dole the lead by as much as 8 points. By Monday most polls detected that Bush was picking up momentum. Dole's pollster, Richard Wirthlin, found Bush gaining ground but on the basis of his weekend data still insisted the Senator would triumph. The volatility of the poll data could be a troubling sign for both candidates. It is indicative of soft, unreliable support. Bush's ultimate 10-point victory shows that a good number...
...street corner near Exeter, a passing driver honked his horn and yelled, "Give 'em hell, Bob!" Dole marveled at his reception. "People are wishing me luck now," he gloated to his staffers. "He's grown as a candidate in just the last four days," said his pollster Richard Wirthlin late in the week. "He's more confident, more assured...
...tale too tall to be credible. Polls showed that a majority of Americans still believe the President was lying when he claimed he did not know about this diversion. "For the first time probably in his whole career, his integrity has been brought into question," conceded his pollster, Richard Wirthlin. "That troubles him and frustrates...
...innate optimism, which remains largely intact despite three major operations since he entered the White House and minor surgery last week to remove a cancerous growth from his nose, could help him fight back. His overall approval rating in polls remains high (53% in the latest Gallup), and Wirthlin predicts it will rebound to 60% or so as attention swings away from the scandal. At the least, the President seems likely to remain a formidable, if diminished, player in the Administration's battles with Congress as he tries to pin down his place in history...