{"id":1215,"date":"2005-09-15T10:21:52","date_gmt":"2005-09-15T14:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/nateptest\/2005\/09\/15\/one-might-fail-to-fathom-this\/"},"modified":"2005-09-15T10:21:52","modified_gmt":"2005-09-15T14:21:52","slug":"one-might-fail-to-fathom-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/natep\/2005\/09\/15\/one-might-fail-to-fathom-this\/","title":{"rendered":"One might fail to fathom this"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

We learn from the latest Times poll<\/a>:<\/p>\n

For the first time, just half of Americans approve of Mr. Bush’s
\nhandling of terrorism, which has been his most consistent strength
\nsince he scored 90 percent approval ratings in the aftermath of the
\nSept. 11 attacks. More than 6 in 10 now say that he does not share
\ntheir priorities for the country, 10 percentage points worse than on
\nthe eve of his re-election last fall, while barely half say he has
\nstrong qualities of leadership, about the same as said so at the early
\nlow-ebb of his presidency in the summer of 2001.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At first I asked myself, “How can this be? He just admitted yesterday
\nthat he’s not sure that the country is prepared, even now, to face a
\nterrorist attack and its aftermath, after seeing the problems of the
\nKatrina response.”<\/p>\n

Then I remembered that the poll probably predates those remarks.<\/p>\n

But I will be curious to see if the numbers go lower after that admission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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