2004 Retro: NYT article shows state of the campaign

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THE 2004 CAMPAIGN: PUBLIC OPINION;
Bush's Rating Falls To Its Lowest Point, New Survey Finds
By ADAM NAGOURNEY AND JANET ELDER; FRED BACKUS CONTRIBUTED REPORTING FOR THIS ARTICLE.
Published: June 29, 2004

President Bush's job approval rating has fallen to the lowest level of his presidency, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. The poll found Americans stiffening their opposition to the Iraq war, worried that the invasion could invite domestic terrorist attacks and skeptical about whether the White House has been fully truthful about the war or about abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison.

A majority of respondents in the poll, conducted before yesterday's transfer of power to an interim Iraqi government, said that the war was not worth its cost in American lives and that the Bush administration did not have a clear plan to restore order to Iraq...

The survey, which showed Mr. Bush's approval rating at 42 percent...

Over the last 25 years, according to pollsters, presidents with job approval ratings below 50 percent in the spring of election years have generally gone on to lose...

And 60 percent of respondents said the war has not been worth the cost...

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E1D61438F93AA15755C0A9629C8B63


We gave that one away. We need a strong candidate who can go the distance this time. Hillary Clinton is our girl!

[wyldwolf]

1. the difference in 2004 came down to one thing: Sliming

Any Democrat who doesn't feel the need to roll in the mud should take up Yoga until after Nov. 2008.

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2. That's a fair warning

Its probably going to get ugly.