[Jeff Chandler]

The rats are hanging their berets on the phrase "The wrong direction for the country".

[Drango]

Doesn't everyone know Kerry was in Vietnam? How can this be?

[Reagan Man]

Can't wait to see what the Gallup numbers look like.

[RockinRight]

W is gonna win BIG in November, methinks.

[proudpapa]

Flipper is Floundering!

[fight_truth_decay]

Pat Buchanan was on Russert this evening (just caught the last few minutes) and phrases like: "Kerry is in a straight-jacket", "damaged goods", "Bush will win" - the consensus of Buchanan and a guest (?). Perhaps someone caught the whole thing.

[stands2reason]

AP got the new talking points: change the subject from the WOT, focus on the economy and other domestic issues.

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"Both sides downplayed the polls. "I've got a lot of work to do," Bush said at an Ohio ice cream shop. "

We cannot forget that there is a near monopoly of blind liberalism in the press, the professors molding the minds of our young people at our universities, the Hollywood me-me-me crowd that holds great influence over many just because they can entertain, hip hop/rap gangsta's who have great influence on our young people, etc, etc.

Keeping a President in office who is willing to face the vitriol of the many who are blinded to the fact that he is a far better leader than they deserve and the just the sort of leader this nation and the world needs at this time will not be easy.

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"We're doing good," Kerry told an Ohio supporter. "They're going to get a bounce out of the convention, but we'll be coming back."

He makes it sound like there is always a bounce to be expected after a Paty's convention. But when he didn't get one they shrgged it off (publicly atleast) as due to the fact that there just weren't that many undecideds to be had in this race.

The Democratic Party has become the party of pure bull and hate and nothing but bull hate.

[Steven W.]

Both men campaigned across the northeastern, Democratic part of the state, signaling a desire by Kerry to maximize his support, and an attempt by the president to hold down his rival's margins

nice spin there - sounds more like President Bush is looking to make inroads into Kerry's supporting areas in the state while the Kerry campaign frantically tries to shore up its base.

[Neanderthal]

"Vice President Dick Cheney, campaigning in Roswell, N.M., continued criticizing . . . ."

Tin Foil Hat alert.

[longtermmemmory]

we may have a full flegged shift in votes not just a bounce.

1. The media is saying "suggest" in order to soft pedal results. (DON'T PANIC!!!!)

2. They start with the sympathy story of tuhreza being sick. They want the human sid of all of us to "hope she feels better" AND transfer this to hoping kerry's campaign feels better soon.

IOW The increase in Bush polling is just a sickness which will be cured in the eyes of the AP.

[dila813]

DUPE THREAD -- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1207698/posts

[dila813]

"Late Saturday, Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of the Democratic presidential candidate, was taken to a hospital in Mason City, Iowa, after complaining of an upset stomach, a spokeswoman said. She was taken to Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa by ambulance from the airport."

Sounds like someone ate too much WENDY'S! Guess her delicate stomach couldn't stomach it!

[Artemis Webb]

I really hate this. When the polls tighten up (and they will) the media is going to make a huge noise about, "BUSH LOSING GROUND TO THE KERRY JUGGERNAUT".

We need to act like and fight like we are behind.

[Toughy]

Steady as she goes, captain. Steady as she goes.

[NYCVirago]

Presidential candidates often enjoy a boost in support in polls taken in the wake of their party conventions. Sometimes that can portend victory — but such gains also can melt away rapidly in the heat of a fall campaign.

It would be nice if AP pointed out that not only did Kerry get a negative bounce from his convention, but the media's conventional wisdom was that Bush wouldn't get a bounce, due to the electorate being so polarized.