W persuades

“In the pre-speech interview, 52% of people who intended to watch the speech said Bush’s policies would move the country in the right direction, compared with 68% who said that after the speech

Bush’s comments about the economy and Iraq apparently persuaded many speech watchers that things are better than they thought.

When asked to evaluate how effective Bush’s proposals for healthcare and energy consumption would be, speech watchers were mostly optimistic.”

D.J. Drummond quotes from Gallup.