Bad News Dogs Bush As Election Nears
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The presidency comes with powerful tools that can help incumbents keep their jobs: a mighty public-relations machine, a bully pulpit, a famous airplane. Yet President Bush has been powerless to halt a recent tide of bad news, from surging violence and missing weapons in Iraq, to missteps by his own campaign, to a potentially damaging new probe by his own FBI.
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US President George W. Bush's re-election bid, battered by bad news on the economy and Iraq, faced a critical test as he headed into a second debate with resurgent Democrat John Kerry.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush is now in a statistical dead heat with Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry for the Nov. 2 election, in a tightening of the race after the first debate last week, a pair of new polls show.
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The Bush administrationâs political fortunes have been dealt a serious blow, only a week before the presidential election, with the revelation October 25 that 400 tons of extremely powerful
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INVESTORS and traders lean to the Republicans, but the Dow is sending a signal that George W. Bush is going to lose office. Since 1904, the incumbent has failed to win re-election if the Dow falls by 0.5 per cent or more in October.
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President Bush is now in a  statistical dead heat with Democratic challenger Sen. John  Kerry for the Nov. 2 election, in a tightening of the race  after the first debate last week, a poll on Monday showed.
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Despite President Bush's clear margin of victory in the 2004 presidential race, voting and civil rights advocates say the election did not go as smoothly as Americans might think.
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WASHINGTON: George W. Bush&#39;s re-election hopes suffered a blow yesterday as official statistics showed 1.3 million more Americans were forced into poverty last year.
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With just a week until Election Day, President Bush may be busier than ever with his campaign. But the task of stabilizing Iraq and corralling insurgents is urgent.
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This is one in an occasional series of stories leading up to November&#39;s election on economic issues being put forth by President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John F. Kerry.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The presidential candidates found new ways to go negative Saturday, President Bush accusing his Democratic challenger of putting politics ahead of the war on terror and Sen...
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Fifty days out from the US presidential election the rhetoric becoming nastier between George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry, as the US president's lead appears to be solidifying.
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Just when President Bush was trying to accentuate the positive in Iraq and declare a new beginning in the war on terror, a rash of bad news comes from multiple fronts in the global struggle.
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President Bush is a competitive guy. But this is one contest he would rather lose. With 18 months left in office, he is in the running for most unpopular president in the history of modern polling.
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President George W. Bush and rival John Kerry have traded blows on Iraq and fighting terror, as the US election took another bitter turn two weeks before polling day.
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Fifty days out from the US presidential election, the rhetoric is becoming nastier between George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry, as the US president's lead appears to be solidifying.
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For lower-tier candidates, bashing Bush may seem like the only option. Top-tier candidates may find it too risky now to go negative against the president.