Polls Suggest Bush's Approval Surging "Public approval of President Bush has surged after the start of the war with Iraq, but not to the levels of support his father enjoyed during the Persian Gulf War a dozen years ago, polls suggest. About two-thirds of Americans approve President Bush's handling of the Iraq situation and think he did enough diplomatically before invading, according to polls released Friday. An ABC-Washington Post poll found the president's job approval rating at 67 percent, up from prewar polls that showed his approval level ranging from the middle 50s to about 60 percent."