Correction to the correction, Arab Democrat Pollster, John Zogby.
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That suggests a shift from the 2000 presidential campaign, when Arab-Americans in Michigan, Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania -- all expected to be closely contested this year -- strongly favored Bush, a Republican, over Democrat Al Gore.
"This community's vote is decidedly moving in a direction that is not in favor of Bush's reelection," said James Zogby of the Washington-based Arab American Institute, which commissioned the tracking poll.
Arab-Americans surveyed rated Bush lowest for his handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one of three issues of greatest importance to this group of voters. The others were civil liberties, which Arab-Americans have seen as being under pressure since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and the war in Iraq. On these issues as well, those polled gave Bush low marks.
.......However, Zogby, a member of the Democratic National Committee, said Kerry could capitalize on Arab-Americans' unease with Bush. "Where a shift could take place is for John Kerry," he said. "Arab-Americans don't know him yet." One of Bush's new ads now has drawn the ire of the Arab American Institute. Zogby suggested that Bush not run the commercial because it shows a picture of an olive-skinned man with bushy eyebrows above the phrase "Weaken Fight Against Terrorists."
.........The tracking poll, which will be repeated four more times before the Nov. 2 election day, was conducted by Zogby International, a polling organization headed by Zogby's brother John. It had an error margin of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.***
Me thinks the President has had it with much of the Arab world. He sees Arafat, bin Laden, Saddam and their ilk as one in the same.
Kudos to the brilliant Sharon as well. He is a clever fox.
Well, they are two and a half-years behind me.