President Bush's honeymoon with the American people seems to be right on track, according to the latest New York Times/CBS poll. Dubya currently enjoys a 60 percent approval rating, which parallels the ratings held by both his father and his predecessor, Bill Clinton, during the opening months of their administrations. But Bush the Younger is handicapped by the perception that he is not really in charge: Fully half of those polled believe that the reins of power are being held by someone else.
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President Bush's honeymoon with the American people seems to be right on track, according to the latest New York Times/CBS poll. Dubya currently enjoys a 60 percent approval rating, which parallels the ratings held by both his father and his predecessor, Bill Clinton, during the opening months of their administrations. But Bush the Younger is handicapped by the perception that he is not really in charge: Fully half of those polled believe that the reins of power are being held by someone else.
