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
Liberals Set to Bash Bush to Finish Line
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)

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. (More liberals stories.)

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