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On another thread, the anti-Bush/anti-immigration/"if we didn't have the issue of immigration to whine about we'd just complain about something else" crowd is salivating over Drudge's link to a supposed GA fundraiser who indicates that some are withholding their contributions to the RNC/President in response to the President's immigration proposal [of course, there's no consideration that some might be doing just the opposite ; in fact, out of pure spite, I plan to make yet another contribution tomorrow.]

Just thought I'd provide you and THEM with a little reality check:

According to the most recent NBCNEWS/WALLSTREETJOURNAL POLL (1/10-12/04) the President HANDILY defeats any of the Democrat contenders by a margin higher than anytime since September (other than the day after Saddam's capture -- an artificial spike):

DEAN
01/12/04: GWB 53% Dean 37% (+17)
12/13/03: GWB 51% Dean 39% (+12)
11/03: GWB 50% Dean 35% (+15)
09/03: GWB 48% Dean 35% (+13)

CLARK
01/12/04: GWB 53% Clark 35% (+18)
12/13/03: GWB 50% Clark 34% (+16)
11/03: GWB 49% Clark 37% (+12)
09/03: GWB 45% Clark 38% (+7)

KERRY
01/12/04: GWB 55% Kerry 34% (+21)
12/13/04: GWB 51% Kerry 35% (+16)
11/03: GWB 52% Kerry 36% (+16)

Additionally, Rasmussen's daily tracking poll of likely voters places GWB's approval rating at 56% (34% strongly approve vs 29% who strongly disapprove). This same poll put GWB's approval rating at 55% at the beginning of January.* -- where's the dramatic decline?!

*FYI: Rasmussen uses a strongly approve/somewhat approve/somewhat disapprove/strongly disapprove schemata so his approval ratings are actually lower than those who use a strict approve/disapprove schemata like Gallup!

Again, I thought a little perspective would be nice!

Night all!

Take a look at this:

The first result is that the Republican Party is more unified than ever before. Ninety-one percent of Republicans approve of the job President Bush is doing. In 1992, Bush's father didn't have anything like that level of support, and even the Reagan administration was split between so-called pragmatists and ideologues.

Today's Republicans not only like Bush personally, they also overwhelmingly support his policies. According to a Pew Center study, 85 percent of Republicans support the war in Iraq, 82 percent believe that pre-emptive war is justified, and 72 percent believe the U.S. is justified in holding terror suspects without trial.

From The Bush Democrats