NATION
Tuesday, April 27,1993
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Nation grades Clinton
Poll: 48 percent say president broke promises too often
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — As President Clinton nears his 100th day in office, almost half of people in the United States questioned in an Associated Press poll said he already had broken promises too often. But about the same number considered him a strong leader.
The leadership measure could be crucial for a president trying to push an agenda of change after winning only 43 percent of the vote in November. Of those people polled, 49 percent regarded Clinton as a strong leader, 37 percent did not and the rest were unsure.
Forty-four percent said Clinton had set the right tone for his administration. But 48 percent said he already had broken his promises too often,
compared with 34 percent who said he had kept his promises up to this point.
Clinton complained Sunday that it was not realistic to expect that he could have moved on all his campaign commitments in his first 100 days.
"That's why you get a four-year term, not a three-month term," he said.
The poll indicated a quarter of those critical of broken promises still respected Clinton's leadership. People who voted for him were much less likely than others to fault him for breaking promises. But nearly a half were withholding judgment had a mixed assessment, the poll found.
The national telephone poll of 1.014 adults was taken April 16-20 by ICR Survey Research Group of Media, Pa. Results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Clinton was under harsh media scrutiny while the poll was taken. Republicans in Congress fought his $16.3 billion economic stimulus and
the standoff with armed cultists in Texas ended in a fiery tragedy. But the poll asked respondents to take a chance Clinton's opening months in office.
Most, 68 percent, said Clinton had accomplished about what they expected. Six percent said he had done more than they expected, while 22 percent said he had done less. Among the disappointed were 18 percent of Democrats and 18 percent of Clinton voters.
Clinton got higher marks for leadership among women in the poll than among men, possibly because of his push for spending on social programs that traditionally are more popular with women. Also, the president has taken favorable stands on controversial issues, such as abortion rights and homosexuals in the military, in which polls show more male than female opposition.
Two-thirds of those who said they voted for George Bush for re-election gave thumbs down to Clinton's leadership. Ross Perot voters split about evenly in assessing Clinton.
After four months, negotiations resume for Mideast settlements
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—A new round of negotiations between Israel and the Arabs is opening under the watchful eye of the Clinton administration.
In its first brush with the Arab-Israeli dispute, the administration has declared its intention to be a "full partner" in the talks without saying how U.S. involvement may differ from that of the Bush administration. After a four-month recess, all the participants except possibly the Palestinians are eager to get down to the hard issues.
In a speech to Arab-Americans on Friday night, Secretary of State Warren Christopher pledged that the United States would "actually be evenhanded" between Israel, its closest friend in the region, and the Arabs who are demanding territorial concessions.
On Sunday, concessions to the
Palestinians came from Jerusalem. Israel said it would permit 30 deportees to be returned. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin offered Palestinians a role in directing $75 million toward the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Palestinians reluctantly agreed last week to return to the talks after mounting a boycott to demand the immediate return of the 396 exiles dispatched to Lebanon in December. Christopher responded with a statement calling deportations "counterproductive," and conditions on the West Bank and in Gaza "harsh."
The talks could produce a temporary system of self-rule on the West Bank and in Gaza. The final status of the Israeli-held territory would be determined later in negotiations. The Palestinians have insisted that Israel take steps to pave the way to statehood.
In a televised interview Sunday, Rabin offered Palestinian peace negotiators an immediate role in directing investments toward the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He said the negotiators also could begin running some parts of daily life in the areas before an autonomy agreement was reached.
"I hope very much that the Palestinian delegation and the public in the territories will understand that a better offer may never be made by another Israeli government," Rabin said.
Israel also is negotiating separately at the State Department with Lebanon, Syria and Jordan on the Arabs' refusal to accept the Jewish state as legitimate, their demands that Israel surrender all the land the Arabs lost in the 1967 Six-Day War and a security enclave across the Lebanese border.
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