[Truth Table]

Nothing else would explain the over-tiredness and under-preparedness of our President. Well he was helping families of the hurricane all day. I think that he was over prepared by his campaign, basically they told him to play nice to keep the womens vote. Most folks think that the damed thing was a tie, and most folks posting this thread think that there is something to worry about because NEWSWEEK publishs a poll. Good God. Look at the internals of the polls. Go to RCP. Newspeak is trying to make news. Simple. Calm down.

[nimbysrule]

When someome tells you something, believe them, i.e., Evan Thomas, the Managing Editor of Newsweek stating the MSM preference for Kerry adds on 15 points. Now we begin to see it manifested in this curiously timed and interestingly broken-down poll after a cleverly set-up "bounce" for Bush and, luckily for Newsweek and the rest of the usual suspects, Kerry's better-than-expected performance in the debates.

Also, a couple days ago, Mike Murphy predicted the MSM would a) declare Kerry the winner; b)produce polls that would show tightening and c) keep attention on a renewed horse race. There's probably nothing Bush could have done to avert this short of turning into Ronald Reagan or Winston Churchill, but he did miss a couple of gimmees. Anyway, this is developing as many smart people thought it would.