Will Bush ratings follow slumping economy?

[villager]

Will Bush ratings follow slumping economy?

The nation's jobless rate last week rose to its highest level in nine years, raising pressure on the President.

By Ron Scherer
Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

NEW YORK – President Bush faces a new political danger in the last place he wanted: the economy.

In the first major economic news since the passage of his tax cut, the nation's unemployment rate has surged to 6.4 percent, a nine-year high, and a level that causes newspaper headlines to swell.

The latest numbers are the highest of the President's term and may make it more difficult for him to continue to blame former President Clinton for the economic downturn.

Unless the economy improves, Bush will have to run on a record of losing jobs - so far 2.5 million. That would give him the dubious distinction of being behind only Herbert Hoover in terms of job losses. Even the divided Democrats are quickly homing in on the economy, and their constant harping could prod voters to forget the quick war in Iraq or other foreign incursions. "He remains quite vulnerable on the economy," says Bruce Buchanan, a political scientist at the University of Texas at Austin.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0707/p03s01-usec.html

[kentuck]

1. Didn't you get the memo? They want to accentuate the positive....

So they will talk about how "immoral" the Democrats are...

[Nottingham]

2. Lets Hope so!

:bounce:

[villager]

3. exactly right...

:toast: here's to * being held responsible ...

[Julien Sorel]

4. If the economy doesn't do it, I doubt it will be done.

The war is still too new to cause Bush to lose, again, unless there's some kind of shocking setback -- a TET-like event from the Iraqis. They have thus far not demonstrated the ability to carry out such an operation, or anything close. But this economy is a disaster, and has been bad since literally the day Bush set foot in the White House. He has to be taken to task for it. A strong campaign that keeps focus on the economy has a good chance of beating the bozo.

[VolcanoJen]

5. Not LBN... locking

This is a very interesting article, but it's mostly speculative and already covers some issues that have been reported in LBN in the past days (new jobless numbers, etc.); there's nothing in there that is less than 12 hours old as LBN Rules require.

I hope you'll repost this informative article in the Editorials and Other Articles forum so that everyone can see it, villager.

Thanks!
VolcanoJen
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