[Optimist]

MSNBC Headline: Barely half say Bush should be re-elected

MSNBC Article: former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean would just barely run the strongest against Bush, who would beat him by 54 percent to 37 percent.

MSNBC Conclusion:42 percent believe the president does not deserve to return to office, compared with 51 percent who think he does

My Analysis: (Although Clinton who was elected with about 42% was praised by the left) Bush who only wins by a 50% margin over his closest competitor with a 54-37 margin (even though only 51% think he deserves re-election) is denegrated

My Conclusion: MSNBC is showing their bias spinning a Bush supportive poll as negative for Bush but in reality a catastrophe for the Democrats

[JohnnyZ]

Barely half. Holy crap. That's more disgusting than usual.

[dead]

Americans never like who wins American Idol either, and they pick the winner there too!

We are a nation of morons, excluding myself.

[Mentos]

A lot of naysayers consider MSNBC to be half-retarded, but I prefer to think of them as half-coherent.

[zencat]

Should that be OVER half.

[The South Texan]

Can somebody post the 2004 electoral vote map with all of the states red (Bush) and only Vermont blue(Dean).

[ambrose]

Barely half of Americans say President Bush deserves to be re-elected, but they are even less enthusiastic about his Democratic challengers

[Polybius]

The poll found that 42 percent believe the president does not deserve to return to office, compared with 51 percent who think he does.

Traditionally, 51% to 42% is considered a landslide.

[the Real fifi]

Must be New Math. In the Old Math 51% is a majority.

[auboy]

Methinks MSNBC's been into the barley a bit too much.

[Dec31,1999]

The anti-American, anti-presidential rhetoric has been incessant lately. The Liberals are trying their hardest to defeat us and they may win. I don't but the "we got it in the bag" theory. We need NOT to forget that we need good PR. Grassroots PR. And lots of it.

[Just Lori]

Democrats triumphed primarily on domestic issues, with 51 percent saying they were better placed to handle the environment, the highest score for either party on any issue



Oh yeah. The land grab! You pay for the land, and they tax the cr@p out of it AFTER they tell you what you CAN'T do with the land you paid for!

[Southack]

Here's the hilarious thing: if the Democrats managed to knock down President Bush's national popularity to 48%, he'd win his re-election in 2004 by at least 18 electoral votes by simply carrying the same states in '04 that he won back in 2000 with 48% popularity.

If they knock him down to 49%, Bush wins 5 additional states (e.g. Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Oregon).

If they can only knock him down to 50% national popularity, then he carries either New York or California. 51% and he carries both.

Right now, he's up at 60% in most national polls (52% in this one for this thread).

And the economy has turned around.

And Saddam Hussein has been captured.

And Bush has yet to spend his record breaking campaign war chest.

So you have to admit, it is truly, deeply fun to watch the liberals bash their heads desperately against their own walls as they try to knock down someone who is going to win no matter what.

[kingu]

They hate it when a majority speaks with one voice. It's just awful. People should have to check with them as to whom to vote for first.

[alisasny]

The poll found that 42 percent believe the president does not deserve to return to office, compared with 51 percent who think he does.

In the English language this is called a LANDSLIDE LOL