… Nearly 6 in 10 Americans held an unfavorable view of Bush in the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll. Bush was the only Republican with a negative favorability rating: 44 percent said they have a favorable impression of the former governor while 50 percent rated him negatively — a marked shift from November, when 56 percent of Republicans saw him in a favorable light. …
The reasons for such disapproval vary, from problems with the candidate himself to weariness over the Bush dynasty. With just two weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses, Bush has failed to overcome the central weaknesses he faced as a presidential candidate from the beginning. CONT.
Ed O’Keefe, Washington Post