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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (534542)	2/2/2004 10:05:07 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Respond to of 769667

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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (534542)	2/2/2004 11:30:34 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Disapproval of Bush's Iraq policy rises sharply: poll Mon Feb 2, 8:27 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s popularity has tumbled below 50 percent, with dissatisfaction mounting sharply over his handling of the Iraq (news - web sites) war, foreign affairs and the economy, a new poll showed. The poll published by USA Today, CNN and the Gallup organisation showed Senator John Kerry (news - web sites), the leading Democratic candidate for president, opening up a seven-point lead over the Republican Bush in a head-to-head matchup. The poll was conducted from Thursday to Sunday, after the chief US arms inspector resigned and said he found no trace of the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq that Bush used to justify last year's invasion. Forty-nine percent of the 1,001 people interviewed said they approved of the overall way Bush was doing his job, while 48 percent disapproved and three percent had no opinion. A similar poll conducted January 2-5 found 60 percent approved of Bush and 35 percent disapproved. The president's popularity was also down from the 70 percent approval registered just after the fall of Baghdad last April. The new survey showed that 46 percent approved of the president's performance on Iraq, down from 61 percent four weeks earlier. The disapproval rate rose from 36 to 53 percent. For the first time in the USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll, less than half of those interviewed thought it was worth going to war in Iraq to oust the dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). Approval of Bush's foreign policies dropped from 58 to 46 percent, while disapproval jumped from 39 to 51 percent. Support for his handling of the economy fell from 54 to 43 percent. The new poll came with Bush increasingly on the defensive over the failure to find the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq which he said had made military action urgent. It was published the same day the president bowed to growing pressure from both Republicans and Democrats and announced an independent inquiry into pre-war intelligence on Saddam's weapons capabilities. Bush also drew heat after unveiling Monday a revised budget for 2004 with a record 521 billion dollar deficit, leaving himself open to new charges from the Democrats that he was mismanaging the economy. The poll, taken right after the New Hampshire primary, showed Kerry leading the field in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination with a 49-14 percent edge over former Vermont governor Howard Dean (news - web sites). North Carolina Senator John Edwards (news - web sites) was third with 13 percent. Kerry has opened up a 53-46 percent lead over Bush in a one-on-one contest for the White House, according to the poll. Edwards was also on top 49-48 percent in a face-off with the president. But the poll showed Bush leading both Dean and former NATO (news - web sites) commander Wesley Clark (news - web sites).