Poll Finds Democrats Lack Crucial Support to Beat Bush

Washington Post ^ | 07/29/03 | Dan Balz

[Pokey78]

Party Must Strongly Reposition Itself to Regain White Male Voters' Support, DLC Advised

PHILADELPHIA, July 28 -- Dramatic erosion in support among white men has left the Democrats in a highly vulnerable position and unless the party strongly repositions itself, President Bush will be virtually impossible to beat in 2004, according to a new poll commissioned for the centrist Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).

The gloomy prognosis came despite evidence in the poll and in the assessments of Democratic elected officials attending the DLC's "national conversation" here that the economy alone makes Bush vulnerable for reelection. But Mark J. Penn, who conducted the poll, said that the party's image has regressed since former president Bill Clinton left office and that those weaknesses put Democrats in a weakened position.

Penn said his polling indicates that since Clinton left office in 2001, more Americans believe Democrats are the party of big government and higher taxes and he said Bush's handling of the war on terrorism has opened up a huge gap with Democrats on who is more trusted on issues of national security.

[Pokey78]

Of course this was buried on the WP web site.

[Jeff Chandler]

Good news, nonetheless.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

The RATS have A White Male Gap.

[PRND21]

Democrats Lack Crucial Support to Beat Bush

No Sh*t.
Go Bush Go

[spodefly]

Poll Finds Democrats Lack Crucial Support to Beat Bush

Gosh, that's too bad.

[AngrySpud]

Hmmm ... explains why there's so much Dem interest in restoring voting rights to felons.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Keep those RATS away from my White male gap, or whatever.

[concerned about politics]

said that the party's image has regressed since former president Bill Clinton

And they still listen to the rapist and his chubby "wife." Go figure. They have that left wing death style choice syndrome. They have no where to go but further down.

[Brad’s Gramma]

They have no where to go but further down.

Works for me!

[Cultural Jihad]

Poll Finds Democrats Lack Crucial Support to Beat Bush

In other words, "Poll Finds Democrats Lack Crucial Leadership Needed to Lead"

[deport]

Ding Dong..... Is this a wake up call for the dems?

[Howlin]

Weepy weep, ratty rats! Copy copy, paste paste!

[Once-Ler]

Of course this was buried on the WP web site.

That's fine. Let the 'rats stay uninformed. Anyone dumb enough to pay money for the hard copy of the WP deserves to remain ignorant.

[onyx]

Bush's handling of the war on terrorism has opened up a huge gap with Democrats on who is more trusted on issues of national security.

Alas! We have the "fear factor" in our corner, and just in time for election 2004!

[deport]

Hope this translates into a few Senate seat pickups..... but GOOD.....

[Mo1]

LOL

[The South Texan]

I'm deeply saddened as Tommy Daschile would say.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[Penn said his polling indicates that since Clinton left office in 2001, more Americans believe Democrats are the party of big government and higher taxes...]

This demonstrates that, post 9-11, the liberal media has been unable to focus national attention on the benefits of dims vs 'pubs vis a vis domsetic policy. Even though it was the Republican congress that ultimately restrained dimo spending during clinton's term, most citizens probably remember only the bent-impeached one's statement "the era of big government is over...".

We have so much work to do.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

METROSEXUALS FOR DEMOCRATS!!!

[eeman]

To give some perspective how far the Dems (and the GOP for that matter) have shifted to the left, Henry "Scoop" Jackson was one of the two Democratic Senators from Washington state thirty years ago. Now, we have Patty "Osama" Murray to take his place. Henry "Scoop" Jackson would not be able to be elected in this state today either as a Republican or a Democrat and he would probably be considered "dangerous."