One other thing:
"Now, as Kerry campaign strategists try to fathom his Nov. 2 loss, one word emerges out of the rubble: war. History suggested the difficulties of beating a wartime president, even one with a job approval rating under 50 percent. But Kerry's own tortured relationship to war, dating to his youth, enabled the GOP to portray him as weak and inconsistent."I guess it depends on which poll you are looking at when it comes to the President's pre-election approval rating, but it is not clear or evident that he was under 50%. Rasmussen, Gallup and Battleground polls all had Bush over 50%. Four other polls had Bush at 49%. All of these polls were within the margin of error.
