WEDNESDAY JULY 25, 2001
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN • 7A
First lady gets top notch reviews
Laura Bush gets good ratings from most Americans during first months in White House
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — First lady Laura Bush has made a positive impression on the public during her six months in the White House.
A poll showed 64 percent had a favorable view of her, showing she hasn't received the resentment Hillary Rodham Clinton faced in the 1990s.
"I like what I've seen so far of Mrs. Bush," said Marisa Mayerle, of Bowie, Md., whose husband serves in the Air Force. "There isn't anything negative. She's very quiet."
So far, there isn't the partisan and gender resentment stirred by Clinton, says the poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
Half of Republicans viewed Clinton unfavorably early in her husband's term and more than a third of men viewed her unfavorably. Men were just as likely as women to have a
"I like what I've seen so far of Mrs. Bush. There isn't anything negative She's very quiet."
Marisa Mayerle Bowie, Md.
positive view of Bush. One-fourth of Democrats saw her unfavorably in the poll.
The poll of 1,003 adults was taken July 2- 12 and had an error margin of plus or minus 3.5 percent.
Clinton, now a New York senator, had plenty of supporters as well, with six in 10 viewing her favorably at the start of her stay in the White House, and almost that many viewing her favorably now.
"Mrs. Bush is not as dynamic as Hillary Clinton was," said Shawn Johnstone of Reston, Va. "This first lady seems a lot more low key."
People described Bush as "nice," "lady," "classy," "intelligent," "quiet" and "good." They described Clinton as "intelligent," "smart," "bossy," "good," "aggressive" and
"domineering."
People seem to view Bush as personally consistent — from her low-key campaign personality to the private role she now plays in the White House.
"People seem to recognize Mrs. Bush as somebody being genuine," said Ruth Mandel, director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University and an expert on women in politics. "They recognize somebody being genuine, there's no impression of artifice ... no impression of transformation."
The poll about Clinton came in May 1993, after the public had been adjusting for more than a year to several different styles by Clinton. First, she was an assertive campaign spouse before scaling back her campaign style to a more traditional role. Once in the White House, she again took a high profile as leader of a commission on health care reforms.
Pollsters measuring the popularity of first ladies is significant, said political communications specialist Kathleen Hall Jamieson, suggesting the deeds of first ladies can reflect on their husbands. The supportive, background role played by Bush might be a political plus for this president, she said.
Cloning debate turns to stem cells
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—The House Judiciary Committee advanced a bill yesterday that would prohibit human cloning, following a lengthy debate that also delved into stem cell research.
In passing the bill 18-11,law makers said they wanted to keep scientists from applying the same technique on humans that was used to clone Dolly the sheep in 1997. The measure now goes before the full House.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson praised the committee, saying its action puts Congress on the right track toward prohibiting the cloning of human beings.
"Supporting medical research to combat human disease and infirmity is immensely important to this administration," he said.
"However, science does not and cannot proceed in a moral vacuum. The ethical issues posed by human cloning and the implications for the child are particularly troubling."
But as the cloning bill has moved through the House, a debate has arisen over stem cell research.
President Bush will soon decide whether to permit federal funds for medical research on stem cells taken from human embryos.
As the president has grappled with his decision, so have lawmakers, including many staunch anti-abortion Republicans. In recent weeks, some — like Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah — have announced their support for stem cell research.
Thursday in the House, many Democrats voiced concern that
an outright ban on human cloning would also prohibit stem cell and other types of research.
"This may be known as the point in the meeting this morning when we try to play doctor and that's bad for American patients," said Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the leading Democrat on the committee. "This would stop ongoing studies designed to help people (that are) suffering."
Republican members said the bill only affects human cloning and does not restrict the use of cloning technology to produce molecules, DNA, cells other than human embryos, tissues, organs, plants or animals other than humans.
Opponents of the bill argued that the use of cloning technology to create embryos for research purposes should be allowed.
The Biotechnology Industry
Association voiced its opposition to the bill in a letter to committee members that stated, "Cloning techniques in research are integral to the production of breakthrough medicines, diagnostics and vaccines to treat heart attacks, various cancers, Alzheimer's, diabetes, hepatitis and other diseases."
Meanwhile, the committee waded into another murky topic by passing by a voice vote a bill that would ensure that a fetus breathing when it leaves a mother's womb, even during an abortion procedure, would be treated as a person under federal law.
The Senate has already attached the measure to patients' rights legislation that passed earlier this month.
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