As His Social Security Measure Falters, Bush Shifting to Other Issues [View All]

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Running into heavy resistance to his Social Security overhaul, President Bush has started emphasizing other parts of his domestic agenda and is promoting his foreign policy goals of defeating terrorism and spreading democracy.

"These are amazing times," he tells audiences. Yet no matter which way he turns, he is finding a bumpy road.

Just short of two months into his second term, Bush still wields vast political clout and, by his accounts, has plenty of "political capital" left to spend. Still, polls show his approval ratings stuck at around 50 percent.

Failure to generate more public support for his plan for individual investment accounts for Social Security seems to have thrown the rest of his agenda off stride.

Among recent setbacks:

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