Bush ratings slide on Iraq, economy

[spursfan101]

President Bush, the target of months of criticism during the Democratic primary season, has seen public support fall to the lowest level of his presidency for his performance on the economy and the situation in Iraq, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll has found.

A majority of Americans — 57 percent — say they want their next president to steer the country away from the course set by Bush, according to the survey. Bush's standing hit new lows in crucial areas such as the economy (39 percent support him), Iraq (46 percent) and the budget deficit (30 percent).

Bush's overall support, 50 percent, was unchanged from February and equal to the lowest of his presidency; only the war on terrorism continues to garner him the support of more than six in 10 Americans.

 
As a result of these doubts, Bush narrowly trails likely Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry by 4 percentage points, 48 to 44 percent, among registered voters in a hypothetical presidential matchup. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, an independent, claims 3 percent. Of a dozen policy areas, Kerry leads Bush in eight, including the economy, education and health care, while Bush leads only in the war on terrorism. The two candidates are virtually tied in the other three: Iraq, same-sex marriage and civil liberties.

In a bit of good news for Bush, Nader is drawing essentially all of his support from Kerry, who leads Bush by 9 percentage points in a two-way matchup with the president -- an indication Nader could play the spoiler for Democrats in 2004 as he did four years ago. Underscoring that potential, nearly two-thirds of Democrats opposed Nader's decision to run, while nearly half of all Republicans supported his move.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4482401/

[spursfan101]

Of course, these #'s will change DRAMATICALLY once Bush starts spending the $150 plus million he has in campagn funds.

[Rickortreat]

Nader is an Ass for continuing to run.  He'll never be elected, and he will hurt any Democrats chances.  And, as far as the environment goes by helping Bush get elected he's done more damage to the ecosystem, than he could have saved if he had been elected for two terms. :angry:  

[westkoast]

Nader is an Ass for continuing to run.  He'll never be elected, and he will hurt any Democrats chances.  And, as far as the environment goes by helping Bush get elected he's done more damage to the ecosystem, than he could have saved if he had been elected for two terms. :angry:

You know I am against telling people that if they vote for someone who isnt part of the 2 main parties that they are throwing their vote away......except when it envolves Nader and how close this election looks like its going to be.  Same thing as 4 years ago.  Those Nader votes probably would be Kerry votes if he was not running.

The only thing other than a strong 130 million campaign that can get Bush on track is capturing Bin Ladin.

[spursfan101]

Make no mistake, Bin Ladin WILL BE CAPTURED prior to election time.  Bush knows he needs to do this, he'll be in US custody (at least I think his body will) before you know it. Even if a whole marine batallion has to go in and fish him out.