Analysis: Bush overshadowed by primaries
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Most striking to me about President Bush's final State of the Union address Monday night was how unsurprising it was. Before the speech, White House officials set low expectations -- and Bush met them.
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President George W. Bush opened a lead of as much as 8 percentage points over four-term Massachusetts Senator John Kerry in two national polls, and the candidates are tied in three others.
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US President George W. Bush has made no secret of his formula for re-election: turn the focus of the campaign toward terrorism and paint his rival as unfit for command. Polls now show how well it is working.
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For lower-tier candidates, bashing Bush may seem like the only option. Top-tier candidates may find it too risky now to go negative against the president.
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With John Kerry apparently lagging in the polls, a poor showing in the upcoming debates may not make much of a difference. The support for Bush is hardly likely to increase much more than it is at the moment
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WASHINGTON - President Bush has a double-digit lead in one new national poll, but he's tied with Democrat John Kerry in another.    Both campaigns say their own polling has the race close, with Bush's people seeing a slight lead for the president...
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President Bush continues to lead rival Sen. John F. Kerry among likely voters despite surging enthusiasm for Kerry among Democrats and new doubts about whether the president
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President Bush questioned Sen. John Kerry&#39;s fitness to lead and the Democrat said Bush had ignored the middle class as they took their close presidential race on Saturday to two crucial states.
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With just a week until Election Day, President Bush may be busier than ever with his campaign. But the task of stabilizing Iraq and corralling insurgents is urgent.
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US President George W. Bush was just one point ahead of Democratic challenger John Kerry in a new poll, leaving both candidates locked in a statistical dead heat.
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As the convention-time boost enjoyed by President George W. Bush began to wane, he and rival John Kerry were again running neck and neck less than two months ahead of the November 2 election.
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Just days ahead of the Republican National Convention, President George W. Bush appears to have gained the upper hand over Democratic rival John Kerry, who has been forced onto the defensive over his Vietnam War record.
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President Bush has emerged from the presidential debates holding a slender lead over Democratic nominee John F. Kerry, and despite the challenger&#39;s strong performances, the nationally
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President Bush hasn't been surrounded by this many Democrats in quite some time, including several who spent much of this year unsuccessfully trying their best to oust him from the White House.
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President Bush widened his lead over John Kerry after a combative Republican National Convention deepened questions about the Democratic candidate&#39;s leadership, especially on terrorism.
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Conventional wisdom held that the Democrats elected to the Senate last year would largely be moderates, trying to tailor their votes in Washington to appeal to as broad a group of voters as possible to secure their seats. If so, that must mean opposing President BushÃ¢ÂÂs agenda is an increasingly moderate proposition.
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The former Massachusetts Governor has a lot going for him in a Republican primary race - not much of which was on display in the formal announcement of his candidacy