16 Quotes by Karlyn Bowman

Whether you agree or disagree with him, the president has taken a pounding on perceptions of his honesty.

It certainly has stopped erosion. Whether it can turn the numbers up significantly remains to be seen.

It certainly is at a very low point.

People are just anxious when troops are in harm's way. That anxiousness extends to other areas.

People have to believe that the situation is getting under control very, very quickly.

It could reflect the return of people's traditional skepticism of federal power. Or perhaps as memories of 9/11 recede, they could just be thinking the government is going too far.

There is a low-level anxiety pervading U.S. society. It's different from anything we've seen in the past.

Public opinion has been remarkably stable for 30 years and at one and the same time deeply contradictory.

After 9/11, people thought Bush's responses were just right and his ratings soared. It's just not clear that that's the case here. The views about this president are pretty hard right now, so I don't think we'll see a significant change. They're pro or opposed to him. The country is deeply divided.