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Florida: Below are the poll results based on telephone interviews with 1200 registered voters in Florida, aged 18+, and conducted August 17-21, 2005. The margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points. 1. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's overall job performance? Approve 47% Disapprove 43% Undecided 10% 2. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of the economy? Approve 46% Disapprove 43% Undecided 11% 3. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of Iraq? Approve 47% Disapprove 42% Undecided 11% 4. Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Jeb Bush's job performance? Approve...

After Taft Can Ohio Republicans recover? By W. James Antle III Last week’s conviction of Gov. Bob Taft on four misdemeanor ethics charges has put another dent in the Ohio Republican party’s image of invincibility — and cast a long shadow over the party’s 2006 candidates. Over the last decade, the GOP has consolidated power by racking up win after win in the Buckeye State. Republicans today hold every statewide constitutional elected office (including uninterrupted control of the governorship since 1991), both U.S. Senate seats, and majorities in both houses of the state legislature, the state supreme court, and Ohio’s...

George Pataki says he's considering seeking a fourth term as governor in 2006. But the third-term Republican governor says he won't make a decision until after the upcoming legislative session ends. In an interview today with The Associated Press in Albany, Pataki said it's flattering to be considered a potential 2008 candidate for the G-O-P presidential nomination. But the governor says that's a decision that will have to wait until later. Pataki says he'll run for governor again if he believes there are things he can do for the people of New York. He says there's still much work to...