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With the 2004 elections approaching, the unabating crisis in Iraq appears to have dealt Bush's popular support a heavy blow. As a recent poll (9/11/03) conducted by the WASHINGTON POST and ABC NEWS indicates, an unprecedented 42 percent of all respondents gave Bush 'the thumbs down.' Surprisingly almost half the respondents thought the war in Iraq was not worth fighting. The task of rebuilding Iraq was severely underestimated by the Americans.