Hard to argue with the numbers, even if it's also hard to believe Bush had ANY kind of positive approval ratings in late summer of '04. Though, IIRC, Bush got a pretty good convention bounce and Kerry got almost none (note that prior to the convention Bushs numbers that summer only went positive ONCE, but he's positive again in the last days before the convention, and receives a 10 boost after it ends. ) Which is what he got for giving Bush the last word, but that's just one of the many inexplicable blunders of the Kerry campaign.