The Ybor City Stogie

Newsweek: Bush/Kerry Flap could HURT GOP

In fact, the concerted attack on Kerry—complete with White House and Republican National Committee press releases—threatens to undermine a central premise of the party’s strategy. The president may have diverted attention back onto Democrats, but he also turned the focus back on himself and the war.Neither subject is a winning issue for GOP candidates ..Bush’s approval rating in the most recent NEWSWEEK poll stood at 37 percent—10 points lower than the last poll before the 2004 elections, and fully 33 points lower than 2002.......more