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Bush draws tepid reviews, but voters not excited by alternatives.
Byline: David Jackson
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. _ Carmino Guerriero is a long-time Republican, but Iraq and other problems have turned him against President Bush.
"Well, I voted for him," sighed the 76-year-old retired electrical contractor, sipping coffee in the Andiamo, Mich., restaurant north of Detroit. "But right now, with this war and this economy, I hope he doesn't make it."
At the other end of the bar, Mark Lyon, who just welcomed his Marine son home from Iraq, couldn't say enough nice things about a president who he said is taking on major challenges.
"The best way I can describe George Bush is decisive, thoughtful, charismatic, fearless, proud," gushed Lyon, a 58-year-old "recovering attorney" and investment adviser. "I could go on and on."
This little debate in Detroit's northern suburbs, in a restaurant that in a previous incarnation was the last place Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa was seen decades ago, reflects the advantages and challenges Bush carries into his re-election campaign. With Election Day exactly a year from today, voters in this closely split part of an important battleground state are focusing, not surprisingly, on Iraq and the economy, and they are concerned about both.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Bush draws tepid reviews, but voters not excited by alternatives.