[edwin hubble]

Don't despair. The primary bump may be fading some.

The media are still in 24/7 delerium, but the public may be cooling somewhat to Kerry.

[Koblenz]

This guy was so wrong in 2000.

[GeronL]

LIKELY voters

Not those silly polls that put Kerry ahead by 12% tracking UNLIKELY voters. =o)

[HitmanLV]

I agree that most things considered, Bush is in a strong position for the 2004 election. That being said, the idea of a daily national tracking poll for consumer consumption is of dubious value to me.

With the up-and-down nature of polls, over analysis of these becomes nerve wracking and stressful. Further, a national figure gives a decent idea of what the landscape looks like but shows no insight into the electoral college vote tally (which, I have consistently felt, the dem nominee has a lock on most of the NE, west coast, and hawaii, and not much of a lock on anything else.) Bush ahead 50-46 on election day, as decisive as it appears, still has him losing 100-150 electoral votes, by my count.

[zygoat]

Just wait until the "New Soldier" earns a few dozen political purple hearts, courtesy of Dubya Company. He may be as irrelevant as the sceamin' Deanie when this thing is over with.

[HitmanLV]

Also, Bush really needs to win the popular vote, also. A 2 term president who never won the popular vote just isn't a good thing, public perception wise.

[PeteFromMontana]

Good Lord! Is it just me or are all these polls just way too much?

[VadeRetro]

The media are still in 24/7 delerium, but the public may be cooling somewhat to Kerry.

Amazing how few people knew diddly about Kerry before this year.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

I think it will be a nice slow decline for Kerry as people get to see what an uninspiring individual he is and as it sinks in that he voted a more liberal stance than TED KENNEDY for Chrissakes!

He'll get an evanescent "bump" from the convention (just as Dukakis was up 17 points after the '88 Democratic convention) and then get clobbered by Bush.

[RightWingMama]

Daily polls?? That's just insane!

[Cicero]

The media will continue to go all out to undermine Bush, from now until next November. Bush needs to save his best moves to sandbag the media at the appropriate times. They don't want to let things get out of hand, but they don't want to waste ammunition now, either.

It would be a different matter if the media weren't filled with ideologues and liars.

[Hotdog]

Polls...let them take one on morality...thats the one I would like to see

[CurlyDave]

Does anyone know how much of Bush's "war chest" can be transferred to Ralph Nader?

This would be the single most effective use of about 20% of that money.

[Uncle Miltie]

"64% prefer smaller government with fewer services and lower taxes."

Nah. They want massive new entitlements; just ask Washington Republicans.

[smoothsailing]

It's just me, but my guess is President Bush could care less about Kerry.

He's got bigger fish to fry.

He'll get around to Kerry.

I wouldn't want to be Kerry when that happens.

[Finalapproach29er]

He's polling red states.

Hard to tell what's true.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Bush 49% Kerry 43% (Rasmussen Daily Tracking - likely voters)

"Bush-hating online malcontents all commit mass suicide, in resulting tsunami of despair."

Oh... wait. Wait.

That was just a lovely little dream I had, is all. :)

[Polybius]

The media are still in 24/7 delerium, but the public may be cooling somewhat to Kerry.

For what it's worth:

I sat at lunch yesterday with two hard-core, Bush-hating Democrats who take their politics extremely seriously. When talking to each other about the Presidential election, they admitted that "Kerry is going to lose to Bush in November".