Sweet when sour
 

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chicagotribune.com
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Illinois Republicans souring on president

By Jeff Zeleny and Rick Pearson, Tribune staff reporters. Tribune national
correspondent Jeff Zeleny reported from Washington and Tribune political
reporter Rick Pearson reported from Chicago

October 16, 2005

Pessimism over the war in Iraq and skepticism about the economy at home
have cost President Bush support among the most reliable segments of
Illinois Republicans, a Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows, and now nearly 6 out of
10 voters statewide disapprove of his job performance.

The government's tepid response to Hurricane Katrina and a summer-long
spike in gasoline prices also have helped drive Bush's job-approval rating
down to 33 percent in the state, the lowest point among Illinois surveys
involving his administration. A similar poll in May showed Bush's approval
rating at 41 percent.

Support for Bush has dropped 14 points in the last year among Republicans,
and GOP officials fear that could complicate their efforts in next year's
races for Congress and governor. For the first time in his presidency,
half the voters in Chicago's Republican-rich collar counties disapprove of
Bush's job performance, a departure from last fall when he carried all
five suburban counties.


We ought to vote out of any office anybody who was in Congress during the
years of overspending. Democrat or Republican!