Bush approval rate slipping

[JoFerret]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=6&u=/usatoday/bushsapprovalratingslipping

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry head toward their third and final televised debate this week with voters increasingly pessimistic about the economy, the war in Iraq and the battle against terrorism, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows.

Unease about the country's direction has eroded Bush's job approval rating into dangerous territory for an incumbent president. And Kerry holds a decided advantage on the domestic issues that will be the focus of their last face-to-face encounter.


Even so, voters' judgment by 45% to 30% that Kerry did better than Bush in their second debate Friday didn't significantly change the contest between them.

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[truthisfreedom]

1. yay!

boo!

[UpInArms]

2. UIA says that pollsters can't tell up from down

But Bush's approval rating - the most reliable measure of a president's re-election prospects - has dropped to 47%, the lowest since July. Anything below 50% is considered a red flag for incumbents.

and this paragraph speaks volumes:

• Kerry is preferred on almost every domestic issue over Bush, with an edge of 29 points on the environment, 19 points on health care, 13 points on the federal budget deficit. He holds an advantage on handling Medicare, Social Security (news - web sites), education and the economy.

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate

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