Posted on 09/24/2004 7:37:37 AM PDT by Pfesser
September 24, 2004 -- WASHINGTON — The first Florida polls taken since a trio of hurricanes slammed the state show President Bush with the edge, as the Electoral College map takes a turn for the worse for John Kerry.
A Quinnipiac University survey released yesterday had Bush besting Kerry in Florida by 8 points, 49 percent to 41 percent — a devastating blow to Kerry in a state he led by 6 points just over a month ago...
A key to the turnaround came from the way Bush handled the hurricanes, with 78 percent of poll participants giving him the thumbs-up for his reaction to the disasters...
Last night, a CBS News national poll found Bush with a lead of 9 points among likely voters (51 to 42 percent) — little changed from last week...
Kerry is seen as the more negative, attacking candidate, and 44 percent now rate him unfavorably; 32 percent rate him favorably.
In a national Fox News Channel poll, Bush is backed by 45 percent of likely voters, compared to 43 percent for Kerry.
Bush stumped yesterday in Democratic-leaning Maine in an bid to win over the key swing state, where polls show Bush and Kerry in a dead heat.
A slew of recent surveys indicate Bush is locking up the states he won in 2000 and making solid gains in states Al Gore carried — a potential death knell for Kerry's presidential hopes...
In an indication of the shrinking battlefield, Kerry canceled plans to begin broadcasting television commercials in Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri.
Wisconsin — won narrowly by Gore in 2000 — also appeared to be going for Bush.
A new Badger State poll found Bush trouncing Kerry by 14 points.
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This gets better with each passing day.
It was the least he could do, since he caused them in the first place.
Happy, happy, joy, joy!! :-)
That was Karl Rove's secret strategy ... get the military to direct three, no four hurricanes to Florida so Bush could look presidential taking care of people. What a trick!
I told my Dad last night, if I was a democrat, I still might consider voting for a guy that I believed controlled the weather!
Some evil ones (DEMS?) tried to say Governor Bush was rationing gasoline in the midst of the last hurricane. My neighbors said "THAT IS A LIE! HE IS CALLED THE HURRICANE GOVERNOR DOWN HERE! HE HAD POLICE ESCORTING TANKERS TO US TO MAKE SURE WE HAD GAS! HIS BROTHER IS THE PRESIDENT AND HE WAS ABLE TO COORDINATE HELP ASAP! THEY BOTH DID A GREAT JOB HERE!
LOL! Especially since he secretly captured Osama Bin Laden AND made Dan Rather report on fake memos.
You got to admit - for an impotent dunce, the guy certainly is the most powerful being that has ever existed.
ROTFLMAO!!!!
"I told my Dad last night, if I was a democrat, I still might consider voting for a guy that I believed controlled the weather!"
ROFL!! I should use that on my rabidly Liberal brother!
Where has all of Kerry's money gone? At one point, the MSM says the Kerry campaign and the DNC raised as much as Bush. In addition, 527's for Kerry are 13 times as big as 527's for Bush.
So why is Kerry pulling ads? If anything he should be increasing ads in states that he once had the lead in.
I think the DNC and Moveon are basically boiler room operations.
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