AMEN! Suddenly, with ONE poll, we've got soup lines, a dust bowl choking our blackened lungs, mayhem in the streets, and "Swing low, sweet chariot" playing in the background. It's ridiculous.
According to Drudge the poll shows Kerry with 47% to W's 45% in a three way race (which it will be) and, though Drudge doesn't mention it, Kerry's "lead" has to be well within the margin of error which is typically 4%.
The MSM should report this as a "Dead Heat" but will they? NOT A CHANCE IN HELL!
Great point. Bush won on substance because he is right on the issues, but he missed so many opportunities to stomp on Kerry and subsequently dispirit Kerry's base. No matter how good Bush does from now on, Kerry's voters are energized.
BUT...we have to remember, this election isn't going to be just GIVEN to us. I don't think we are complacent, and maybe I'm trying to look for the silver lining, but maybe we needed this wake-up call, too.
But in the end, nothing substantively has changed. In all cases--debates, conventions--the talking heads say someoen has done a good job, and polls (some or all) show that yeah, others can agree with that. But it levels out to where people are SUBSTANTIVELY.