A Snapshot in Time: Putting Bush-Kerry poll numbers in perspective.

National Review Online ^ | February 04, 2004 | Robert Moran

[Brasil]

Last night I LOL when Carl Cameron said that Kerry had lurched to the lead in delegates.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Have you seen the cover to the latest Weekly Standard, re: Kerry? It's a scream! :)

[rushmom]

Was Dole ever in the lead...ever?

[MEG33]

Believe or not,yes!

[rushmom]

I know you'er right, but how can people not know who Kerry is? He's been around for 20 years plus. Makes you wonder sometimes.

[templar]

Excluding the true believers, the party before principle types (who cancel each other out anyway), voters will vote for the incumbent if they are happy with their personal situation and don't find the State of the Nation to be absolutly horrifying for some reason.

Come November, If the majority of the 'swing' voters (those who consider issues other than party) are happy, fat, employed and prosperous Bush will win without difficulty. All the Pubbies in the House and Senate too.

[dead]

and horse-race coverage

Horse-face coverage.

[rushmom]

If Bush were proposing a conservative domestic agenda, instead of acting like Nixon/Ford, he'd win be a a landslide. This election will be close because of Bush, not Kerry.

[Always Right]

I know you'er right, but how can people not know who Kerry is? He's been around for 20 years plus. Makes you wonder sometimes.

Most people can not name the two senators who represent their own state. They will learn who Kerry is over the coming months.

[MEG33]

You are kidding ,his face really looks this elongated?LOL

[finnman69]

Dated Dean
Married Kerry

Woke Up With Bush.

[rushmom]

Another interesting thing...if people were that angry at Bush, the Democrats would have done well in 2002/2003 off-year elections. They were good years for GOP... Next bellweathers will be special congressional elections in Kentucky in February and South Dakota in June.

[rushmom]

I hope you're right but a lot of damage was done with that awful prescription entitlement.

[rushmom]

Sad isn't it?

[commish]

OR President Mike Dukakis

[GailA]

He looks like a president.

He's looking scrawner, and more haggard by the day, none of the other pols have lost that kind of weight. Abe looked homely, not mean ugly.

[YaYa123]

Not to worry! I've read several articles on the White House's dismay at the negative feedback they've gotten from their base....on immigration, the arts, etc.

Issues like this put the lie to McAuliffe's charges that Bush has made no attempt to appease the left. It's crap! Bush has reached out to the Kennedy wing of the party, to Kennedy personally, and to the left on education, healthcare,etc. And he's ticked us off in the process!!!

Bush should have already figured out that no matter what he does to appeal to the left, it will never be enough. Let's hope the lesson has been learned, and while the exercise in futility has angered us, it does give Bush a twofer. He can list out his attempts to undecideds, and he has time to boomerang back to what we (and he), wanted all along.

[rushmom]

I sincerely hope you are right. You should have seen Kennedy raking Secretary Rumsfeld over the coals this morning like he was some kind of criminal. So much for reaching out to that...individual.

The GOP congress also has to start governing as conservatives rather than big spending liberals. They're really going to have to do some thing about the present appropriators. They may as well be Democrats, and they do not get it.

[JohnnyZ]

how can people not know who Kerry is? He's been around for 20 years plus.

What's he ever done?

[Atlas Sneezed]

Wow! They really put that on the cover! Registered would be proud!