Denial of Legacy Campaign Planned

A liberal advocacy group plans to spend $8.5 million in a drive to make sure President Bush's public approval doesn't improve as his days in the White House come to an end. Americans United for Change plans to undertake a yearlong campaign, spending the bulk of the money on advertising. In selling the plan to fundraisers, the group has argued that support for President Reagan was at a low of 42 percent in 1987 but climbed to 63 percent before he left office.

The group has conducted polls and focus groups and gave a Power Point presentation to representatives of about 30 liberal and labor organizations last week. It plans to announce the campaign at a press conference Thursday afternoon during a forum featuring liberal critics of the administration. It also aims to air its first ad in advance of Bush's State of the Union speech on Monday.

[What if we left Bush's public approval ratings up to the public? What does it say of these yahoos that they don't trust that would have the 'correct' result? Why isn't the media liberally applying (yeah, intended) the term 'mean spirited' to this painfully obvious hate group?]

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