Bush and Kerry neck-and-neck

US PRESIDENT George W Bush appears vulnerable on several fronts, including support for whether he deserves re-election and worries about the country’s direction, a poll shows.

It also reveals Democratic rival John Kerry has been unable to capitalise on those weaknesses.

The result, six months before the November 2 presidential election, is a tight race between a vulnerable incumbent and a challenger who has not yet defined himself, according to the Battleground 2004 poll released yesterday.