Bush is doing a press conference at 11:15 a.m. this morning. His full blown campaign to scare Americans hasn't had the results he's wanted yet according to the latest AP/Ipsos poll:
By a double-digit margin, likely voters say they still are more inclined to put Democrats in control of Congress after a dozen years of Republican rule.The President and his people have been in full campaign mode these past few weeks throwing everything they could at the Democrats. The culmination was his blatantly political speech on September 11th. While Bush's approval rating increased a bit, GOP candidates are still in trouble:
The marginal shifts in public sentiment toward Republicans follow a campaign-season span in which Bush, members of his Cabinet and rank-and-file lawmakers pounded Democrats on national security. In the days surrounding the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Republicans have vilified war critics as defeatists who embolden terrorists, and likened them to Nazi appeasers.
The AP-Ipsos poll asked Americans if the election for the House were held today, would they vote for the Democratic or Republican candidate in their district.While Bush has been playing politics with terrorism, seven U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq during the past 48 hours.
Democrats had a 14-point edge among likely voters, 53 percent to 39 percent. That's narrower than last month but still a wide gap. Since August, the GOP has attracted more married men, young people and those who live in the Northeast.
Republicans also have drawn even on the question of who would best protect the country, with 43 percent of likely voters siding with Democrats and 41 percent choosing Republicans, numbers within the poll's margin of error.
