Poll shows Bush beatable in 92
\! U YORK A!' Presi
dent Hush. h!m lupins cam
paigning in car nrsi this
week, opens ins re election
drive with pulls shewing th.it
(inintrv w ants him to.'have a
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less than half tin
second term
Hut with the national i ainpaign |ust getting un
der way HO percent still don t know who the
Democratu candidates are .analysis s,iy there's
plenty of time to turn things around
A new ( YY l S.\ I'iuIji) ■(. lallup pm. ..'id not
quite half of the nation's voters tu pen ent, think
Hush deserves re-elec turn Anri the niet.i. ; popu
lation is split on how he's handled his • -Hi
percent approve and -17 pert ent disapp: we
"You look at 'SO.''percent'approval as being a
good benchmark ol whether a president is in a
good position to be reelected said harry
Hugirk vice president ol t i ail up it it stays that
low, history suggests he will !>«
said, recalling w hat happened to i’r
anti t arter
The question analysts t an l answ
the poll, .taken while Hush Was m
difficult trade mission to Asia, (a
low point hum which lie i an houn.
"That's liki- knowing wlien > .
said I S.\ Tint,n p lisle: km Y. c
I'he newspaper Was reporting c
lions that among Dcmor raiic \etec.
lornii'i f.ioy Jerry Hrown li .un' .
t en! approval rating he had in an ea
Callup poll.
The only 1 andidale win - st . s .
nlfirantlv was Arkansas (lov
moved from U percent in Noveu
(Hinton was followed by Y
Kerrev. up hum 111 percent to
Sen Tom H.irkin. down from It
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Hush's approval rating lias lx
slide in polls since its postwar
about HO percent m March H
maintains Ins popularity -wkl e
with the economy Only 7 1 pet
Hush's handling on that issue
His political vulrierahlllt) is Unrig overstated
; a st like his polilit a I invim ihlllty was being over
ent
steady
high of
plesldent
a k along
ipproye of
stated five month)- ago said William'I Fcltuv: i
itush campaign spokesman
There's plenty o( tittti! for things to turn
around tor htm. Hugo k acknowledged As w.
gut into the campaign it s a different environ
inent
On \Vedhuml.iv. Bush makes Ills tirs! rt- <■ lion
campaign trip Im Vni Hampshire. which holds
the first presidential pt in ir\ on I eh 1H
Tfni latest poll of New Hampshire voters
stuns i'd conservative i ommentutor Halrick Itu
chanun making inroads among Kepuhlu uns. with
ill percent to flush's tti percent 1'hat means Bush
lias thrre fifths of the decided voters polled II lie
does .is well among the undecided, he has aUmt
(>() percent
Nationally. Bush has ti*> pen et.il o! the Kepuhli
i arts to just 10 perr enl lot Bui fi.tr: m in the t ’NN
/ .s'.-\ /od.n Clallup poll
(INN political analv l William "w hneidet said
Bui Italian's showing in New Hampshire retie, is
his having campaigned there, hut not elsewhere
uni his support from the state s largest. newspa
per
And tin- voters in New Hanip.lore also know
I!; it theirs is a high v isibilitv i >-tit- t w here tliev
i an send a message." Schneider m d t h noted
dial let pert ertl of voters in fils networks poll
. .. ! II..sh is more likely to win than lie- Memo
i rat
ill j 'oil. like a (dfS .Veil Tori. /mil's poll last
w.vi l.aind a virtual dead heal between Hush
ind aru unnamed Democratic candidate
Republicans sav suit: a mutt hup overstates
I).elite lata Strength because a genera Denim rut
tii.es not have the unfavorable ipiahtie-. some vot
e; , in a real Iife candidate
A Time magazine poll Jan 2 showed Bush run
ntng 2! points or more ahead id eat h ol the ma|or
Democratic candidates, woo are relatively little
known nationally
Bulls early in the election year also can show
whatN helping and hurting i undulates
Bhe ( NN poll asked voters whether they would
be more likely ol less likely to vote tor Bush it he
keeps Dan Quay If as his v it e pn iential i nidi
date Most '.aid it would make no ddleren e But
among independents, who make ip a i ru< ial t:>
percent of the elei torate. twii r as many said less
likely as salt! mure likely . an ordmg to Si hneuler
Don’t mess with imports,
U.S. manufacturer warns
WASHINGTON (AIM The
National Association of Man
ufacturer's. taking Issue with
three of its largest members,
sail! Monday It opposes any
attempt to ease the U S trade
deficit by cutting Japanese
auto imports
"Trade between the United
States and Japan means a lot
more than cars." NAM Chair
man Dexter flaker said, dis
agreeing with criticism from
the ihg Three U S auto mak
ers tfi.it President Hindi's trade
mission last week didn't do
enough to cut the deficit
"Despite what you're hear
ing. this trip was very, very
successful for the hulk of
American manufacturers and
thetr workers," said linker,
w ho heads a eheniii al i ompa
nv in Allentown. I’a . and at
(ompanied Bush on the trip to
Australia, Singapore. South
Korea and japan
"The expectations of out
automobile people were |ust
too high and not easilv
achieved In a short time
frame." he s.od
NAM. which lobbies on be
half n! tin- nation's numuiai
hiring set tor "absolutely will
oppose" any legislation that
would cut the S-12 ti billion
trade deficit with Japan by
cutling Japanese auto imports,
he said
Some members of Congress,
including Michigan Sen Carl
Levin whose st.ite hosts the
Big i automakers, tune threat
ened Congress will cut Jap.e
nose auto imports 11>t>■ \■ *.»r to
ease the deficit
While the nuto makers are
"important'' NAM members,
the group will support "the
right public polir v. and vve
don't think protectionism is
the way to go," Baker said
I'mir of every It) I s con
sumers have declared a pref
eretue for foreign tars, and "I
think that's how it should tie
the global market plate is
here and now." he said
A joint declaration of el o
(inline growth that emerged
from the meeting last week
between the United Stales and
Japan should not In? underes
timated because it could pro
dm e a "quantum inert- e ■ in
trade. Baker predicted
Japanese minister of inter
national trade ami industry
Ko/o U atari,die ami , tiiese
huslnesst-s showed genuine
desite to find ways to pur
chase more \ntericaii prod
ucts' to avoid prnti i tionist
t' S responses, he said
lie said tie was t tun 1111 eti
last week’s talks will bring
"more welcome tb.m t ier be
fore for t S goods m Japan.
I m I ud l ng autos and nil to
[larts, glass, computers paper
and i liemit als
H iker also salt! progress
was made during the trip to
ward opening markets to I! S
produr ts tind servir e - in
South Korea ant) gaining now
coinmitments for patent and
t opvrigbt protection hour Sin
gapore
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