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Bush Holds Narrow Lead In CBS/NY Times Poll (Bush 47, Kerry 45, Nader 2 | Bush JA @ 44%)
cBS News ^ | 10/18/04 | Jarrett Murphy

Posted on 10/18/2004 4:06:50 PM PDT by Cableguy

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1 posted on 10/18/2004 4:06:51 PM PDT by Cableguy
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To: Cableguy

"Narrow lead" in a CBS poll translates to "Bush creaming Kerry."


2 posted on 10/18/2004 4:08:11 PM PDT by My2Cents (http://www.conservativesforbush.com)
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To: Cableguy

So whats the deal with Nader? Is he a factor...I havent really kept up with that


3 posted on 10/18/2004 4:08:27 PM PDT by Fallstaff
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To: Cableguy
This from a poll that regularly oversampled Democrats by 10%-15% earlier in the year.
4 posted on 10/18/2004 4:08:50 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (The price of freedom is eternal vigilance)
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To: Cableguy; Dales; BlackRazor; ambrose
Pulling 47%, yet his approval rating is in the low 40s?!? ROTFLMBO!!!

Don't think I'll be losing much sleep over this one.

5 posted on 10/18/2004 4:09:23 PM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: Cableguy

Look, I don't care what kind of fool, or how childish, I might seem to be, I refuse to believe (a) anything from CBS and/or (b) any poll that says the Bush job approval number is 44%. No way.


6 posted on 10/18/2004 4:09:46 PM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: Cableguy

"The bad news in the poll is that his approval rating is in the low 40s, more Americans feel the country is on the wrong track and more voters dislike him than like him."

Consider the source....horse manure...The (cBS) WISH this were true.....but it just isn't so....wonder what cBS will say when Bush wins Nov.2nd?


7 posted on 10/18/2004 4:09:56 PM PDT by IndianPrincessOK (Native American pleading for Truth!)
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To: Coop; Rokke; Hermann the Cherusker

Bush job approval three points below his vote number?


Anybody here just fall off the turnip truck?


8 posted on 10/18/2004 4:11:12 PM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: Cableguy

The "wrong track" question is so ridiculous. I firmly believe the country is on the wrong track in many ways but I also will vote for George Bush!


9 posted on 10/18/2004 4:11:18 PM PDT by olivia3boys
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To: IndianPrincessOK

I wonder how seeBS and the Slimes ask the approval question. My guess is that it is something like this?

Do you approve of the way that warmongering president who has caused us shame in Iraq by not building a broad coalition, President George W. Bush, is doing his job as President of the United States?


10 posted on 10/18/2004 4:11:56 PM PDT by GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
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Job approval is probably low because the question was phrased in a different manner. This generally explains why job approval varies between different pollsters even if other numbers match.


11 posted on 10/18/2004 4:12:39 PM PDT by neutrality
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To: Cableguy

cBS and New York Slimes a match made in liberal hell.


12 posted on 10/18/2004 4:12:41 PM PDT by demlosers ( ONI: “Lieutenant Kerry wasn’t cleared to know what time it was!”)
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To: Cableguy
CBS Radio reported this poll as "tied" an hour ago. It actually shows a Bush lead, although by a much smaller margin than most of the others.

Basically, it was pitched as all doom for the President.

13 posted on 10/18/2004 4:12:45 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: My2Cents

J/A makes no sense and qualifying "44" as "low 40's" vs. "mid-40's" indicates an inherent spin.


14 posted on 10/18/2004 4:12:46 PM PDT by Steven W.
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To: Petronski

http://realclearpolitics.com/Presidential_04/bush_ja.html
Not I....


15 posted on 10/18/2004 4:13:09 PM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL on issues of national security for two decades)
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To: Cableguy
"What's the font size, Kenneth?"
16 posted on 10/18/2004 4:14:00 PM PDT by dodger
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To: Petronski

Considering this poll is sponsered by the Jayson Blair Times and the Dan raTHer news organization, I wouldn't consider it childish.

Nice Bush is leading, but cBS has no credibility anymore.


17 posted on 10/18/2004 4:14:23 PM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: Cableguy
In the CBS/NYT survey, Mr. Bush leads Kerry 47-45 among likely voters, with Ralph Nader taking 2 percent.

The other 6% surveyed could be heard repeating to themselves cBS, New York Times and laughing.

18 posted on 10/18/2004 4:16:54 PM PDT by badpacifist
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To: My2Cents

What goes up, must come down, spinnin' wheels got to go round...

And if that JA number isn't an artificial bit of spin, I'll eat my favorite hat!


19 posted on 10/18/2004 4:18:06 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing)
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To: Dog Gone

cBS radio news lies on top of every hour.


20 posted on 10/18/2004 4:20:28 PM PDT by demlosers ( ONI: “Lieutenant Kerry wasn’t cleared to know what time it was!”)
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