Democrats Claim Bush's Bounce Will Fade
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WASHINGTON - Democrats on Sunday said President Bush's post-convention bounce was triggered by "four days of mean, vicious attacks" on John Kerry, and would be short-lived.    They vowed a nonstop, two-month offensive to make up for any lost ground as Kerry made personnel changes at the top of his campaign for the final sprint to Election Day...
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Dismal approval ratings for the Democratic-led Congress &#151; even worse than President Bush's &#151; don't seem to be a threat to the party in next year's elections.
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Democrats took aim at President George W. Bush's credibility, as new details of his Vietnam-era service and an ad-campaign questioned the claim he fulfilled his duty in the Texas Air National Guard.
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U.S. employment likely bounced back in August after disappointing gains in June and July, analysts said on Wednesday, offering some consolation to President Bush ahead of the November election.
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They say this will be a "Democratic year." Many pundits predict that Republicans will lose the White House because President Bush is unpopular, the economy is in a tailspin, the Iraq war is unabated and a plurality of voters identify themselves as Democrats.
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If President Bush is likely to respond to recession fears much as he did on entering office in 2001, but this time around Democrats are planning to push back.
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Democrats said President Bush's defeat of Senator John Kerry by three million votes left the party facing its most difficult time in at least 20 years.
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President George W. Bush's campaign  strategy of painting Democrats as soft on terrorism has been  stalled by a congressional sex scandal, jeopardizing Republican  hopes of holding the House of Representatives, analysts say.
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resident Bush will chalk up a victory on a contentious labor issue on Monday, but Democrats intend to work overtime to make him pay a political price.
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President George W. Bush's recent gains in approval ratings have improved Republican prospects in the November 7 fight for Congress, but analysts say Democrats still have the upper hand with a disaffected public in the mood for change.
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Some Democrats seemed ready to fight to keep one of President Bush's judicial nominees off the bench
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Democrats want a different direction in Iraq. Republicans back President Bush.
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Viewers treated to a break from the TV ad wars during the Democratic convention last month won't get the same respite when Republicans gather to re-nominate President Bush.
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Some of President Bush's bedrock supporters &#151; Southerners and rural residents &#151; have lost confidence in the likelihood of a stable, democratic Iraq.
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President Bush, back on the campaign trail after a show of unity with Iraq's prime minister, accused his Democratic rival on Thursday of spreading a pessimism about Iraq that threatens the war effort.
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Democrats criticized President Bush's record on national security and military matters Monday, hoping to steal even a sliver of the political spotlight on the first day of the Republican National Convention.
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The top two Democrats in the Congress vowed on Wednesday to work with President Bush, but also slammed him on key issues like Iraq and his bid to revamp the Social Security retirement program.