From Think Progress
By Nico

Ladies and gentlemen: The state of our economy is strong, President Bush told a Wall Street audience today in his second speech this week devoted to shoring up Americans’ disapproval with the economy.

In an interview last night, Bush was asked why only 41 percent of Americans approve of his handling of the economy. ABC News’ Betsy Stark said, Can that be summed up in one word? Can that be summed up as Iraq? Bush responded, I think so, yeah, adding, We’re in a time of war, and war’s unsettling. War’s negative.

Stark asked Bush why 67 percent of Americans believe he doesn’t understand the problems of average people. Bush said, I think it’s ’cause of the war again, and I think people are feeling pretty down about, kind of, things ’cause of the war.

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