And asked which man would better handle relations with other countries, Bush -- charged by his critics with alienating the world community through unilateralism -- beat his Democratic challenger by a 52 percent to 44 percent margin.

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Some members of Congress have objected to the Bush administration's plans to handle the agreement without seeking congressional approval.

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"They ignored the fact that I went to Yale and Harvard, and said my intelligence was (not) heavy enough to handle the job and I won, " Bush said.

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Bush showed strong gains on the issue of who would better handle Iraq.

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While there are many names being floated about for future elections, such as Bobby Jindal and Jeb Bush, the verdict is out as to how they would handle the intense pressures of national office.

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Bush picked up a few more points on the questions of which candidate could better handle Iraq and terrorism.

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