Poor approval ratings add to Bush's hurdles [View All]

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Second-term agenda, '06 elections at risk
By Caren Bohan, Reuters | November 5, 2005

<snip> A week after vice presidential aide Lewis Libby resigned and was indicted on charges related to the leaking of a CIA operative's identity, an ABC News/Washington Post poll indicated that less than half of Americans viewed Bush as trustworthy and honest. The president's overall approval rating dropped to a new low of 39 percent. <snip>

A CBS poll Wednesday put Bush's job approval rating at 35 percent, his lowest since taking office in 2001. <snip>

Two Republicans with close ties to the White House said morale among staff has plummeted and many aides were feeling the strain of years of long hours and stress. <snip>

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