Bush. Graded 5 out of 10.

Is the leadership of the President George W. Bush been weakened?

Results obtained from a variety of surveys indicate that negative images on President Bush has been spread in and out of the country.

The latest issue of the Foreign Policy, a bimonthly magazine specialized in U.S. foreign Policy, graded the leadership of President Bush and it turned out to be on the average of 5.0 out of 10.

The survey was conducted by having in-depth interviews on nine prominent experts from Africa, China, Latin America, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, East Asia, Western Europe.

Bush knows how to represents the national interests and he is also excellent at making

tough choices, but he lacks ability in cooperating with other countries, according to the analysis on his leadership skills in categories

Russia gave him the best score to the U.S. by giving 6.1 out of 10 and East Aisa gave him the lowest score. Dimitri K. Simes, the president of the Nixon Center, said" Russia needs U.S. as a pragmatic partner," and Karim Raslan, a columnist in Malaysia, said "Fear and anxiety have supplanted respect and admiration for the United States throughout the regio

Eastern Europe, an emerging U.S. partner, gave bush 5.8 and Western Europe which had much dispute over the war in Iraq gave him 5.6.

Surveys conducted by the Time Magazine and CNN on 1004 U.S. adults on July 16 and 17 shows that 51% of the respondents doubts about or are not sure of Bush`s leadership. This is a 41% increase from March. His general support rate also dropped to 55% from 63% in May and 62% in March.

"It indicates the discomfort of U.S. citizens on President Bush`s economic and Iraq policies," the AP news agency analyzed.

So, Bush is now about to concentrate on the "economic revitalization" movement, starting his one month tour from Philadelphia on July 24, to raise his support rate."

Democratic Party is, however, raising voices over failed economic polices of the Bush administration in preparation for the 2004 presidential election.

Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman said in a press interview by the Italian newspaper La Repablica on Sunday that it was 2001 when the forged documents which state Iraq seeks Uranium from Niger were delivered to the U.S.

Jay Rockefeller, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and House Speaker Dennis Haster also appeared on the U.S. Fox TV show and urged Bush to reveal the truth to U.S. citizens on whether the information on Iraq was exaggerated.

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