Blagojevich Below Bush In New Tribune Poll

Blagojevich Below Bush In New Tribune Poll

Ask Gov. Rod Blagojevich whether he's interested in running for a third term, and he says he considers himself "a great governor" who has "more to do." Ask Illinois voters whether Blagojevich should run for a third term, and the answer is an overwhelming "no."

In the lowest ratings ever recorded for an elected politician in nearly three decades of Tribune polls, a new survey found few approving of the job Blagojevich is doing as governor and even fewer who want him re-elected.

The results show the state's first Democratic governor in a quarter-century has lost the confidence of voters in his own party. Moreover, the backing of one of his strongest voting blocs--African-Americans--appears to be falling away.

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