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Liberals Set to Bash Bush to Finish Line

$8.5M campaign aiming to keep president's approval ratings in the toilet

By Michael O'Connor,  Newser User

Posted Jan 24, 2008 7:34 PM CST
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(Newser) – A liberal advocacy group plans to spend $8.5 million to keep President Bush's approval rating low, the AP reports. Americans United for Change will focus on what it perceives as Bush's failures in Iraq and at home, a move the group hopes will benefit Democrats in the upcoming election while preventing a repeat of Ronald Reagan's 21% end-of-term approval bounce.

The first television ad of the yearlong campaign will air before Bush's State of the Union address Monday. Republicans call the effort a waste of time. "Why would liberals want to spend good money re-fighting the battles they lost yesterday?" asked one spokesman. The nonprofit corporation first caused a stir with its 2005 ads that opposed Bush's Social Security plan.

President Bush waves on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, after getting off the Marine One helicopter after a day trip to Frederick, Md. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
President Bush waves on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, after getting off the Marine One helicopter after a day trip to Frederick, Md. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)   (Associated Press)
The January 28 issue of NEWSWEEK (on newsstands January 21), The Party's Over examines the GOP's future in the shadow of Bush. Michael Gerson on how the GOP has unraveled, an excerpt from Jacob Weisberg's The Bush Tragedy, and a series of essays laying out the challenges the next President...
The January 28 issue of NEWSWEEK (on newsstands January 21), "The Party's Over" examines the GOP's future in the shadow of Bush. Michael Gerson on how the GOP has unraveled, an excerpt from Jacob Weisberg's...   (Associated Press)
President Bush addresses the media in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. President Bush announced the formation of an Advisory Council on Financial Literacy. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
President Bush addresses the media in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. President Bush announced the formation of an Advisory Council on Financial Literacy....   (Associated Press)
President Bush steers a standing land mower during his tour of Wright Manufacturing, Inc., Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 in Frederick, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Bush steers a standing land mower during his tour of Wright Manufacturing, Inc., Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 in Frederick, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)   (Associated Press)
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