Newsweek reports that its latest poll shows that Vice President Gore's
endorsement and the continued support of Dean's active followers has pushed
Governor Dean into a 2-1 national lead over his nearest Democratic
competitors for the nomination:

"I have come to the conclusion that in a field of great candidates, one
candidate clearly now stands out," Gore [said in his endorsement] on Dec. 9.
Registered Democrats seem to have agreed: 24 percent of those polled rank
Dean as their first choice, a big jump from 16 percent one month ago.
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman are tied for a
distant second with a distant 12 percent of Democrats pulling for their
nomination (Clark is down from 15 percent while Lieberman is up from 8).
Another amazing figure in the poll is that Dean holds Bush below 50% in a
general election matchup (49%-42%, Bush-Dean). The poll surveys only
registered voters, while Dean continues to bring more and more people back
into the political process. With a margin of error of 3.5% Dean could well
be ahead of Bush by 1%.

And despite the recent despicable attacks on Dean by a cowardly, anonymous
group which mislabels itself 'Americans for Jobs, Healthcare and Progressive
Values', "a majority (53 percent) of all registered voters think Dean has at
least some chance of beating Bush in a hypothetical two-way election against
Bush next year."

As well:

Democrats feel Dean is the strongest candidate on the economy, with 23
percent responding he would be do the best out of all them managing the
economy and creating jobs.

The poll is bad news for Bush:

Neither good news on the economy, the passage of a Medicare bill nor his
surprise Thanksgiving visit to Baghdad seem to have boosted President George
W. Bush's approval ratings among all registered voters... his ratings are
the lowest in the Newsweek poll's history. And less than half (45 percent)
of voters say they want Bush to be reelected.
More voters overall report being less likely to vote for Bush's reelection
because of the [controversial Medicare boondoggle] (36 percent versus 27
percent who say it will make them more likely).

Not even a surprise visit to Baghdad on Thanksgiving did much to boost
public opinion significantly in the president's favor. Bush's overall job
performance ratings are at a low with 51 percent of all voters approving
(and 42 percent disapproving), with less than half (45 percent) interested
in seeing him re-elected. Interestingly, Bush's PR stunt failed to gain much
traction .

The latest poll from Survey USA/ WHO-TV in Iowa shows Dean leading among
likely caucus-goers in the Hawkeye State. The results, with the November 24
results in parenthesis:

Dean 42 (32)
Gephardt 23 (22)
Kerry 15 (19)
Edwards 10 (11)

"Sandman" wrote in message
...
The latest poll from Survey USA/ WHO-TV in Iowa shows Dean leading among
likely caucus-goers in the Hawkeye State. The results, with the November
24
results in parenthesis:

Dean 42 (32)
Gephardt 23 (22)
Kerry 15 (19)
Edwards 10 (11)


YOU could trounce Gephardt, he's as exciting a speaker as Lieberman, with
out the charisma.

I do love how tells the union guys that his dad who once, to his shanme
drove a milk truck. Of course Gephardt tells as if his dad was proud of it.
Gephardt's brother on the other had disputes the idea and say his dad had no
use for unions and never had or wanted another union job.

"Sandman" wrote in message
...
Newsweek reports that its latest poll shows that Vice President Gore's
endorsement and the continued support of Dean's active followers has
pushed
Governor Dean into a 2-1 national lead over his nearest Democratic
competitors for the nomination:

Who was polled? People at random, likely voters, or registered voters?

"I have come to the conclusion that in a field of great candidates, one
candidate clearly now stands out," Gore [said in his endorsement] on Dec.
9.
Registered Democrats seem to have agreed: 24 percent of those polled rank
Dean as their first choice, a big jump from 16 percent one month ago.
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman are tied for
a
distant second with a distant 12 percent of Democrats pulling for their
nomination (Clark is down from 15 percent while Lieberman is up from 8).
Another amazing figure in the poll is that Dean holds Bush below 50% in a
general election matchup (49%-42%, Bush-Dean). The poll surveys only
registered voters, while Dean continues to bring more and more people back
into the political process. With a margin of error of 3.5% Dean could
well
be ahead of Bush by 1%.

And despite the recent despicable attacks on Dean by a cowardly, anonymous
group which mislabels itself 'Americans for Jobs, Healthcare and
Progressive
Values', "a majority (53 percent) of all registered voters think Dean has
at
least some chance of beating Bush in a hypothetical two-way election
against
Bush next year."

As well:

Democrats feel Dean is the strongest candidate on the economy, with 23
percent responding he would be do the best out of all them managing the
economy and creating jobs.

The poll is bad news for Bush:

Neither good news on the economy, the passage of a Medicare bill nor his
surprise Thanksgiving visit to Baghdad seem to have boosted President
George
W. Bush's approval ratings among all registered voters... his ratings are
the lowest in the Newsweek poll's history. And less than half (45 percent)
of voters say they want Bush to be reelected.
More voters overall report being less likely to vote for Bush's reelection
because of the [controversial Medicare boondoggle] (36 percent versus 27
percent who say it will make them more likely).

Not even a surprise visit to Baghdad on Thanksgiving did much to boost
public opinion significantly in the president's favor. Bush's overall job
performance ratings are at a low with 51 percent of all voters approving
(and 42 percent disapproving), with less than half (45 percent) interested
in seeing him re-elected. Interestingly, Bush's PR stunt failed to gain
much
traction .



None of this means all thatmuch until there's an actual nominee.

"Michael McKelvy" wrote in message
...

"Sandman" wrote in message
...
Newsweek reports that its latest poll shows that Vice President Gore's
endorsement and the continued support of Dean's active followers has
pushed
Governor Dean into a 2-1 national lead over his nearest Democratic
competitors for the nomination:

Who was polled? People at random, likely voters, or registered voters?

Registered voters.

None of this means all thatmuch until there's an actual nominee.

It means Dubya is in trouble regardless of the nominee, and in really big
**** trouble if that nominee is Dean, which appears more and more likely
with each passing week.

"Sandman" wrote in message
...

"Michael McKelvy" wrote in message
...

"Sandman" wrote in message
...
Newsweek reports that its latest poll shows that Vice President Gore's
endorsement and the continued support of Dean's active followers has
pushed
Governor Dean into a 2-1 national lead over his nearest Democratic
competitors for the nomination:

Who was polled? People at random, likely voters, or registered voters?

Registered voters.

None of this means all thatmuch until there's an actual nominee.

It means Dubya is in trouble regardless of the nominee, and in really big
**** trouble if that nominee is Dean, which appears more and more likely
with each passing week.

Most political observers, the objective ones, don't feel there's anybody who
can beat Bush at theis time and under the current circumstances.

I did like Lieberman's comment that if Dean had been President, Saddam would
still be in power.

Check your history.

What President conducting a successful war, with a strong economy, and a
high consumer confidence rating, ever lost re-election.

You can spin all you want, the fact is Bush IS a popular President.

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:56:04 -0800, "Michael McKelvy"
wrote:

Most political observers, the objective ones, don't feel there's anybody who
can beat Bush at theis time and under the current circumstances.

That's *exactly* what they said in 1991.

"dave weil" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:56:04 -0800, "Michael McKelvy"
wrote:

Most political observers, the objective ones, don't feel there's anybody
who
can beat Bush at theis time and under the current circumstances.

That's *exactly* what they said in 1991.

The war was over and he'd broken his promise on taxes.

9/11, Saddam captured, Iraq liberated, Economy rebounding like gangbusters,
higher approval rating, Prescrition drug benefit, and people like George W.
Bush better. That plus the fact that the Dems are at war with each other,
it doesn't look good for anybody beating a popular incumbent.

Remember, there is a certain amount of people that will vote their party
line. Then there's theswing voters, they are the ones that win elections.
They tend to be more moderate and aren't likely to "swing" towards any of
the Democrats being offered.

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 00:26:48 GMT, "Sandman"
wrote:

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Sandy blazed:

... with 23 percent responding he would be do the best out of all them ....

What kind of psychotropic drugs have you been taking lately?


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