No Comparison: Bush Poll Numbers Beat Bill Clinton’s

• By David Winston
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• Sept. 9, 2003, Midnight

The writer Salman Rushdie said, “Reality is a question of perspective.” Never were those words truer than in the realm of politics and public opinion polls now. With Democratic presidential candidates and political pundits salivating over President Bush’s slipping job approval numbers, this might be a good time to put the numbers into some perspective. So, for my first Roll Call column, here’s a reality check.