By: E&P Staff In a result that will surprise some, but not all, the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi did not seem to help President Bush's ratings in the latest CBS poll. If anything, it may have hurt, as more Americans expressed the fear that his death would actually produce more of a terrorist threat, not less.
But a Gallup Poll disagrees.
The president's approval rating sank to 33% from 35% last month in the CBS poll. Half of those polled think the level of violence in Iraq will be unchanged by Zarqawi's death, while 30% say it will lead to more attacks against U.S. forces -- and just 16% saying less.
And 61% say Zarqawi's death won't have any impact on the terrorist threat against the United States, while 22% say it will increase that threat, with just 13% feeling it will decrease the risk of terrorism.
But Gallup found the president's approval rating inching up to 38%, although only one in five said the death of Zarqawi would likely lead to a decline in terrorist attacks.
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