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To: Oldeconomybuyer; eureka!; KQQL; BlackRazor; GraniteStateConservative; frmrda; kellynla; ...
Davis, for example, has spent an estimated $16 million on ads

And for that he gets 38% in the polls! Bwahahahahahahahaha!

Simon still has time to improve his standing with voters, though time is indeed running out. Davis has no such luxury. He's well known, and he's incredibly disliked. These "voters" polled here will not be flocking to pull the lever for him. Simon just needs to be close in the polls to win.

Oh, wait! Despite all the whining, in spite of all the hysteria of his pending and overwhelming defeat, SIMON IS CLOSE IN THE POLLS. And it's a Field Poll at that. With margin of error factored in, this poll actually shows a dead heat. (Though I do believe Davis is leading, but not by much.) It should also be noted that the Field Poll was the only poll over the summer to show Davis leading, while 7-8 other polls showed Simon leading.

2 posted on 09/05/2002 5:42:48 AM PDT by Coop
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Simon is in even better shape in the polls than I expected.

His biggest problem, not surprisingly, is going to be convincing the Pubbies and conservatives - who have been played like a fiddle by Davis and his goons - that Simon can still definitely win this thing.

3 posted on 09/05/2002 5:46:00 AM PDT by Coop
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Coop, the important thing here is the poll question about Riordan - he crushes Davis. The GOP voters out there could screw up a one-car funeral. Davis was (an may still be hopefully) ripe for the picking, but the GOP had to choose someone who can easily be painted as a "right-wing extremist" in a state that is overwhelmingly Democratic. Talk about snatching defeat from the jowls of victory.

I really do hope you can throw these words in my face in November, and say I told you so, but I doubt it. A win by Davis, no matter how small the margin, would prove the ineptitude of the GOP and its voters in CA, because they picked perhaps the only person in CA who could lose to Gray Davis.

4 posted on 09/05/2002 5:55:35 AM PDT by frmrda
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To: Coop
I understand why those polled dislike Davis, but Simon? They can't possibly know enough about him to dislike him! They can only be defining him by the campaign smears from the Davis camp.
18 posted on 09/05/2002 6:44:57 AM PDT by ladyinred
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To: Coop
"And it's a Field Poll at that"

Yep. Not bad considering. I do hope Simon has a huge GOTV machine underway as you know Davis does--it's his only chance...

24 posted on 09/05/2002 7:14:47 AM PDT by eureka!
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To: Coop
Keep in mind though, if the voters are truly this apathetic/disgruntled, the usual Demo voter-fraud will be highly effective.
25 posted on 09/05/2002 7:23:54 AM PDT by thescourged1
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