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

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (768191)	10/1/2008 12:10:10 PM
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Historic Disapproval: Bush Hits All-Time Low Amid Economic Meltdown Obama Leads McCain 50-46 in Latest ABC News/Washington Post Poll ANALYSIS by GARY LANGER Sept. 30, 2008 Barack Obama maintains an advantage on the economy, especially economic empathy, and he's cracked majority acceptance on his key challenge, experience. But the political center remains unrooted, keeping John McCain in the race, albeit against headwinds. President Bush after making remarks on the failed bailout, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, during his meeting with Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko, not shown, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo) More PhotosMovement continues among independents, quintessential swing voters and a highly changeable group this year. They favored McCain by 10 points immediately after the Republican convention, swung to Obama last week and stand now at a close division between the two -- 48 percent for McCain, 45 percent for Obama in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. Click here for a PDF with charts and full questionnaire. Preference among likely voters overall is 50-46 percent, Obama-McCain, a bit closer (albeit within sampling error) than the 52-43 percent last week. The race between them is up for grabs as long as movables -- independents and others less rooted in partisan allegiance -- remain unswayed by either candidate. But fundamental advantages for Obama remain. abcnews.go.com