Posted on 02/27/2006 5:42:58 PM PST by iPod Shuffle
WASHINGTON In the first national poll since the presidential campaign became a two-person race, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry leads President Bush, 52%-44%.
Kerry's 8-point lead with likely voters in the USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll comes after he effectively clinched the Democratic nomination on Tuesday and Bush followed with three speeches criticizing Kerry's record in the Senate and charging that the country would be less safe under his leadership.
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Read the article before posting? That's not the FReeper way.
Lessons here:
1. Long wars are unpopular
2. People have concerns are the methods being used
3. The Bush administation is not great at managing the press
4. It's easier to get people to choose Kerry in a mid term poll that doesn't effect who is in charge of national security than a real election.
None of this is new or particularly troubling.
what would be troubling would be if we let polls make us take our eye off the balls - the biggest balls in this case are the economy and a proper end to the war without retreat.
What is a likely voter?
"Read the article before posting? That's not the FReeper way."
Yeah, but I should have caught the date at least..
In that pic, he looks like "Andre the Giant" (I just watched a bio thingie last night) with bulimia...
I didn't notice the date either. I too thought it was a "having second thoughts on the election?" sort of poll.
You should live in Vermont. Many still have DEAN stickers on their cars. Useless Idiots!
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You, but the aging among us don't notice that right away, and it is bad for the blood pressure. I thought it was a poll about how folks today would vote between the two - for about a couple of minutes. That is two minutes too long.
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