A Sorry State - by Brian Braiker for Newsweek (on Poll Numbers)

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A Sorry State

Following his State of the Union address, President Bush’s approval rating hits a new low in the NEWSWEEK poll, as Sen. Hillary Clinton enjoys an early lead among the field of likely candidates in the ’08 race.

WEB EXCLUSIVE
By Brian Braiker
Newsweek
Updated: 2 hours, 21 minutes ago

Jan. 27, 2007 - "President George W. Bush concluded his annual State of the Union address this week with the words “the State of our Union is strong … our cause in the world is right … and tonight that cause goes on.” Maybe so, but the state of the Bush administration is at its worst yet, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. The president’s approval ratings are at their lowest point in the poll’s history—30 percent—and more than half the country (58 percent) say they wish the Bush presidency were simply over, a sentiment that is almost unanimous among Democrats (86 percent), and is shared by a clear majority (59 percent) of independents and even one in five (21 percent) Republicans. Half (49 percent) of all registered voters would rather see a Democrat elected president in 2008, compared to just 28 percent who’d prefer the GOP to remain in the White House.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16840614/site/newsweek/

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1. "Half (49 percent) of all registered voters"

"would rather see a Democrat elected president in 2008, compared to just 28 percent who’d prefer the GOP to remain in the White House."

Make Hillary the nominee and watch those numbers change dramatically.

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2. It is great news. We only need a few of the undecideds to win in 2008.