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Despite the general support that has greeted the initial stage of Bush's buildup -- a TIME/CNN poll by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman of 500 adults nationwide showed that 76% approve of the way he is handling the crisis -- doubts will inevitably begin to arise. Questions about the costs and objectives of the buildup will be asked when Congress returns from its August break. The possibility of heavy casualties, the plight of the hostages, the economy, the federal deficit (now well over $200 billion, including the savings-and-loan bailout) and the belief by some experts that the U.S. may have...
...critics argued that overnight gasoline-price hikes were unfair since shipments of the higher-priced crude could not possibly reach U.S. shores in less than six weeks. Therefore, they reasoned, the oil companies were raising prices greedily on products already in hand. In a TIME/CNN poll conducted by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, 87% of those surveyed considered the oil-price increases to be unfair, and 80% said there should be laws to limit how much oil companies can raise prices during a crisis...
...TIME/CNN poll conducted last week by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, 44% of the adults questioned said they expect economic conditions in the U.S. to get worse; 29% felt that way in July and 20% in February. An overwhelming 84% of those polled think inflation is likely to increase, while 74% think interest rates will rise and 68% believe unemployment will grow. The majority of those in the survey, 55%, believe a recession is coming, up from 41% in July. In the view of 44%, a recession has already arrived, although 49% remain unconvinced...
...thrift crisis could become the heaviest domestic burden of Bush's presidency. In a TIME/CNN poll conducted July 24 to July 25 by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, 49% of the adults in the survey said Bush was doing a bad job of handling the crisis, vs. 33% who gave him good marks. When asked which party they blamed most for the thrift mess, 36% said the Republicans, while 18% said the Democrats were mostly at fault. Only 12% said they have a lot of confidence in the government to correct the S&L mess. Another 59% indicated they were losing confidence...
...cracks in Bush's armor are only of the hairline variety. A TIME/ CNN poll, conducted last week by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, gave him a robust job-approval rate of 61%. But that is down 9 points since April. More troubling for the White House is a dive in confidence in Bush's ability to maintain prosperity. In February's survey, 60% of Americans described the economy as very good or fairly good. That figure dipped to 49% last week. In the earlier poll, respondents liked Bush's handling of the economy, 55% to 36%. The new figures show...