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To: yard_man who wrote (261814)	9/25/2003 3:35:19 PM
From: ild	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Bush's Approval Rating Falls to Lowest Level, New Poll Shows Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- George W. Bush's approval rating has fallen to 49 percent, the lowest of his tenure, a poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal showed. Some 52 percent of respondents disapprove of Bush's handling of the U.S. economy, the president's highest disapproval rating since he took office in January 2001 and the first time it has exceeded 50 percent, the poll showed. A total of 60 percent approve of Bush's handling of the war against terrorism. That is his lowest rating since the question was first asked in April, 2002, the poll showed. Bush's ally in the Iraq war, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, has suffered a similar drop in approval ratings. Blair has seen his personal popularity rating drop to minus 29 points from minus 17 points when an inquiry into the death of U.K. government scientist David Kelly was initiated in July, the Guardian newspaper said, citing an ICM poll of 1,002 adults. Kelly, a weapons expert, was found dead with a slit wrist near his home in July. He was the source of a British Broadcasting Corp. news story that said the government had exaggerated the case for war in a U.K. intelligence report into Iraq's weapons of mass destruction presented by the government to parliament. The government has rejected the BBC allegation. The U.K. survey shows that 61 percent of respondents are dissatisfied with Blair's job as prime minister, compared with 32 percent who say they are happy with his performance, the Guardian reported. Blair, whose lowest popularity rating was minus 34 points after the gasoline-shortage crisis of 2000, is perceived by 70 percent of the electorate to be too concerned with spin, the paper said. Bush `Would Lose' A poll conducted by Cable News Network, USA Today and Gallup released on Monday showed that if the U.S. presidential election were held today, 15 months ahead of the real election date, Bush would lose to either retired Gen. Wesley Clark or to Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, both Democrats. Bush's political strength has faded as U.S. troops continue to be killed in Iraq and he has sought more international help there, USA Today said on its Web site. Asked whether the situation in Iraq was worth going to war over, 50 percent of respondents to the Gallup poll said it was and 48 percent said is wasn't. That compares with 63 percent who said in August that the war was worthwhile.