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All Of This Suggests That While Citizens Became More Comfortable With President Bush After September 11 And Thought Him To Have The Requisite Leadership Skills, They Continue To Harbor Doubts About His Priorities, Loyalties, Interests, And Policies.

Responsibility For Overseeing The Implementation Of Election Law Typically Resides With Partisan Officials, Many With Public Stakes In The Election Outcome.

Redistricting Is A Deeply Political Process, With Incumbents Actively Seeking To Minimize The Risk To Themselves (via Bipartisan Gerrymanders) Or To Gain Additional Seats For Their Party (via Partisan Gerrymanders).

First, His Job Approval Ratings Have Been Trending Down For Many Months, A Trend That Has Accelerated In Recent Weeks As The War On Terrorism Has Been Supplanted In The Public's Mind By Corporate Scandals, Stock Market Declines, And A Growing Sense Of Economic Insecurity.

A Human Being Tends To Believe That The Mood Of The Moment, Be It Troubled Or Blithe, Peaceful Or Stormy, Is The True, Native, And Permanent Tenor Of His Existence.