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To: AK2004 who wrote (9038)	9/23/2003 2:32:42 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793682

Welcome aboard, AK! A senior Bush counselor said that while Bush's economic and Iraq policies are increasingly unpopular now, they will improve over the next several months. "Give me a tie by the end of February and the $100 million we'll have to spend on advertising that they won't, and I'll take it," he said New York Daily News - nydailynews.com Two Dems beating Bush By THOMAS M. DeFRANK DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF Tuesday, September 23rd, 2003 WASHINGTON - In a dramatic new index of President Bush's growing political weakness, a national poll for the first time shows he would lose to two Democratic rivals if the 2004 election were held today. A CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll released yesterday found both Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who has been a declared candidate for less than a week, are running ahead of Bush. Bush's approval rating dropped two points, to 50% - the worst of his presidency and a point below his previous low in the week before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Clark, who was encouraged to run by Bill and Hillary Clinton and is widely perceived in Democratic circles as their personal preference, beat Bush 49% to 46% in a trial heat. Kerry nosed out Bush 48% to 47%. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The new numbers seem likely to rekindle speculation about Hillary Clinton's presidential aspirations. The senator has been preparing for a 2008 race and repeatedly said she wouldn't run in 2004. But she and her husband have kept the door open toward reassessing her timetable, and some of their friends and supporters believe she could enter the race this fall if she concluded Bush could be beaten. That view was endorsed yesterday by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who called Clark "something of a stalking horse" for Hillary Clinton. "If one of [the Democrats] starts to emerge with the possibility of being able to defeat President Bush, then I think she may just jump in right now," Giuliani said. An indication that Clinton may be keeping an eye on her options is that she recently added Joe Householder to her Senate staff as communications director. Householder's last political campaign was in 2002, when he helped run the successful reelection campaign of Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. Dems' earliest votes The Jan. 19 Iowa caucuses are the first political test for the Democratic candidates. The Gallup poll didn't test a matchup of Hillary Clinton and the President, but the senator's "favorable" rating improved to 54%, a substantial spike from her 45% rating in March. Clinton discounted again yesterday reports that her husband thinks she should break her pledge to serve out her Senate term and run for President now. "I think he has stated the reality that it is up to me, and I have made a decision," she said. But she ducked when asked whether she'd rule out a draft by her party. Republican National Committee spokeswoman Christine Iverson said Bush remains in a strong position. "The President is still viewed as a strong leader, and he maintains more support among voters than President [Ronald] Reagan enjoyed in the fall of 1983 and [Bill] Clinton in the fall of 1995 - and both went on to substantial victories," she said. A senior Bush counselor said that while Bush's economic and Iraq policies are increasingly unpopular now, they will improve over the next several months. "Give me a tie by the end of February and the $100 million we'll have to spend on advertising that they won't, and I'll take it," he said. With Joe Mahoney