Bush: GOP candidates will do 'just fine'

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush says in a videotaped interview Republican candidates will do "just fine" in the November elections, despite adverse polls.

Asked on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" about the midterm elections, the president said, "I believe if our candidates stick with security and tell the American people we've got the plan to protect this country against those terrorists who want to hit us, and about the economy, we'll do just fine."

Bush also again rejected any complete withdrawal from Iraq, saying he could not think of any circumstance under which all U.S. troops would leave that country during his presidency.