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KEY STATE ELECTION POLL JUST IN: STATE OF DENIAL Six months ago, it seemed that this campaign would be a pleasant little divertissement. A sitting President seemed unchallengeable with virtually unlimited financial resources, managing a recovering economy and the immeasurable personal goodwill reservoir that comes from a successful wartime defense of the nation. A challenge by Howard Dean an unknown governor from a micro leftist New England state promised to be good fun. Sit back, wave some popcorn and enjoy. Or so it seemed. What a difference six months makes. Now, as the faint aroma of flop sweat begins to...

<p>It is now obvious that both of you are off form. The Bush re-election effort has already committed some classic marketing mistakes. You need emergency coaching. I am glad to provide it.</p> <p>A crucial error is your failure to appreciate the effect of the Democrats' long-unopposed smear campaign. The guiding principle is that when people receive information, attitude formation follows. When voters are fed uniformly biased stimuli--i.e., anti-Bush invective--anti-Bush attitudes form. Once in place, these attitudes are more difficult to influence by counterinformation.</p>

The Bush reelection campaign yesterday unveiled its first three campaign commercials showcasing Ground Zero images, angering some 9/11 families who accused President Bush of exploiting the tragedy for political advantage. "It's a slap in the face of the murders of 3,000 people," said Monica Gabrielle, whose husband died in the twin tower attacks. "It is unconscionable." Gabrielle and several other family members said the injury was compounded by Bush's refusal to testify in open session before the 9/11 commission. "I would be less offended if he showed a picture of himself in front of the Statue of Liberty," said Tom...

Wealthy Arab-Americans and foreign-born Muslims who strongly back President Bush's decision to invade Iraq are adding their names to the ranks of Pioneers and Rangers, the elite Bush supporters who have raised $100,000 or more for his re-election. This new crop of fund-raisers comes as some opinion polls suggest support for the president among Arab-Americans is sinking and at a time when strategists from both parties say Mr. Bush is losing ground with this group. Mr. Bush has been criticized by Arab-Americans who feel they are being singled out in the fight against terrorism and who are uneasy over the...

<p>President Bush insists his tax cuts are a big reason for the economy's rebound.</p> <p>"Tax relief was a vital part of this economic recovery," he said Monday at a window plant in Tampa, repeating a theme in many of his recent speeches.</p>

Top state Republicans praise president's record By Gary Susswein AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Tuesday, December 16, 2003 Praising President Bush's record on both domestic and foreign policy, the state's top Republicans officially kicked off Bush's re-election campaign in Texas this morning. "He has done in office what he said he would do. That should come as no surprise to the people of Texas," said former White House adviser and aide to the president, Karen Hughes. Hughes was joined at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel by Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and U.S. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn. The...

Flood the Zone Fridays, brought to you by Karl Rove Posted by Ezra Klein George W. Bush has a new website up, and upon seeing it, you have to admit -- this is a campaign that "gets" the web. Their website consolidates many of the tools that the Democratic challengers and their supporters have been experimenting with, and they are well implemented. Particularly impressive is their Action Center, which has one the the coolest, most useful tools I've ever seen: If you scroll about halfway down the page, you'll see a field where you can input your zip code...

July 11, 2003Sanchez To Chair Bush Campaign In The Southwest Location: Santa Fe Source: AP A former candidate for New Mexico governor will chair President Bush's 2004 re-election campaign in the Southwest. John Sanchez will oversee campaign operations in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Texas and Utah. So says Marc Racicot, who heads Bush's re-election effort. Bush came to New Mexico several times in 2002 to campaign for Sanchez, who was the Republican candidate for governor. Sanchez, a former state legislator, lost to Democrat Bill Richardson.

MARKET SNAPSHOT PeopleSoft, Intel take center stageEmployment data cheer bulls in broad rally By Steve Gelsi, CBS.MarketWatch.comLast Update: 11:38 AM ET June 6, 2003 NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- The Nasdaq rallied and the Dow jumped more than 100 points Friday as a $5 billion hostile takeover bid from Oracle, a solid profit forecast from Intel and the latest U.S. employment data stoked buyers. During the session, the S&P 500 rose broke above the 1,000 mark for the first time in a year, and the Nasdaq closed in on 1,700, a level not seen since May, 2002.Setting the bullish tone,...

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