Kerry Hasn't Secured Blue Swing States, Say Polls

The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | October 21, 2004 | Steven Thomma

[Clintonfatigued]

Less than two weeks before Election Day, Kerry held a statistically insignificant 1 percentage-point lead in three of the key battleground states carried by Democrat Al Gore in 2000, was tied in a fourth, and trailed President Bush in three others. All were within the poll's margin of error

[Clintonfatigued]

PING!

[infowarrior]

Ouch!! That's gonna leave a mark (or two...)

the infowarrior

[conservativepoet]

Yea, Kerry's schedule indicates he's in places he shouldn't be this close to the election. If Hawaii and Michigan are in play, my goodness, you know Kerry's in trouble.

[RockinRight]

If Kerry is losing in Minnesota, New Mexico, and Iowa, we win WITHOUT Ohio. That said I think we'll still win Ohio as well, but this article gives light to the fact that Kerry's ship is sinking fast.

[bucephalus]

Is Hawaii really in play?

[wagglebee]

If Bush takes Michigan or Pennsylvania it's all over.

[mabelkitty]

You mean like dragging Clinton off his death bed to campaign for him Philly? Yeah, something like that.

[mabelkitty]

The first blue state flipped to red and Kerry will release his hounds and protestors.
Only I don't think the anchors will break from their show to film it.

[mykroar]

You mean like dragging Clinton off his death bed to campaign for him Philly?

You always have to drag Bill from bed.

[merry10]

go to http:www.realclearpolitics.com. A honolulu paper says it is :)

[conservativepoet]

Surprisingly yes, it has Dems. worrying about it in that state.

[conservativepoet]

Thanks for the help.

[Dustbunny]

Praying for a land slide win for dubya.

[rushmom]

Yes! Per Honolulu Advertiser Bush is up l point with l2% undecided

[watsonfellow]

actually isn't it closer to two points? Like 1.87 or something?

[Clintonfatigued]

While Kerry is nearly even in the national polls, that showing is inflated by large margins in the mega-states of California, New York, and Illinois. His support is not as widely distributed as Bush's is.

[rushmom]

Don't remember the exact numbers.

[baseballmom]

You mean like dragging Clinton off his death bed to campaign for him Philly?
You always have to drag Bill from bed.


ROFLMAO, I am SO glad I finished my diet coke before reading that.

[Dolphy]

"The economy is suffering. There are a tremendous number of job losses," said Joan Bailey, 57, a teacher in Rochester Hills, Mich., who supports Kerry. "I disagreed totally with the tax cuts."

So the tax cuts are responsible for the loss of manufacturing jobs in Michigan, huh? I had no idea that the government owned these companies and I live here. I better sign up for Joan Bailey's economic class.

[counterpunch]

If Bush takes Michigan or Pennsylvania it's all over.

What's all over? The election?
Whether or not he takes them November 2nd, the election will be over that day. And regardless of whether or not Bush wins them, he will win the election. That is not in question. It's not as if we're running from behind here.

Or do you mean the Democrat party will be over?
I think that would be a bit premature, though a nice thought nonetheless.

Or do you just mean the Democrat's monopoly on the black bote would be over?
Let's hope they should come around to the party of Lincoln rather than the party of pandering.

Or do you mean Kerry's career will be over?
If no Republican challenges him for his senate seat like last time it won't be. Even though Kerry could only manage 72% of the vote as the only candidate on the ticket.

Or do you mean the Democrat's attempts to steal the election through the courts?
Even a 50 state sweep wouldn't stop them from trying. In fact, it would only mean that it dragged on in the courts even longer.

[Terp]

Here's the link to the latest on Hawaii.

[GeronL]

I posted the same thing last night from the Lexington Kentucky newspaper.. different article but same conclusion

[gop_gene]

Yea, Kerry's schedule indicates he's in places he shouldn't be this close to the election. If Hawaii and Michigan are in play, my goodness, you know Kerry's in trouble.

Yeah, but on the other hand, I'm worried about W's seemingly shaky standing in OH and FL.

[nightowl]

Carl Cameron, Fox News Reporter covering Kerry, said yesterday "if Kerry loses Pennsylvania, Minnesota OR Iowa, he's toast".

The last poll I have seen has Kerry up 1 in PA, Bush up 6 in Iowa and in MN, I have seen a poll with Bush up 2 and one with Kerry up 2.

Ohio is all over the place and the last poll I've seen in FL has Bush up.

But, the polls do not figure the MASSIVE FRAUD going on. And I mean MASSIVE. George Will has a column about it in a column. I don't know if it is in Saturday's or Sunday's Washington Post, but you can probably link to it on the Drudge Report.

[wvbushman]

Kerry pulled out of wv over a week ago and canceled a visit. Then two days ago his team put $ 200,000 for ads. I think they didn't want to look like they had given up, plus the ads bleed over into other states like ohio.

[CT CONSERVATIVE]

This is a huge sign of the Left Wing Media beginning to distance themselves from the Monsuier. I know Philly and this rag must have held their nose to write this

[CT CONSERVATIVE]

well said. Perspective is key now

[hershey]

Naughty, naughty. Besides, they say men who've had heart operations become a tad cautious about engaging in sex.

[lt.america]

I heard on "The Heartland" that Mason Dixon was going to release an updated poll of Ohio showing Bush down by 1.

Hopefully that does not come to pass.

[hershey]

MSM inflating Kerry's poll numbers. Pretty soon we'll be told not to bother voting -- they'll select the President for us.

[Elle Bee]

Election Integrity At Stake ~ George F. Will Washington [Com]Post

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[SamAdams76]

Now that Hawaii is in play, I'm going to have to stay up even later on election night to see the results there. Hawaii is very expensive. I went to the Maui island there once and paid a lot of money. The macadamia nuts were at least cheaper than what I pay for them over here. But everything else was more money.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Your tagline is hysterical. Thanks for the laff.

[mykroar]

Considering what happened in the Oval Office, I somehow doubt Billy's ever been cautious about sex.

:o)

[syriacus]

we win WITHOUT Ohio.

Yep.

The old rule, that Republicans need Ohio to win the White House, might be broken in the same way the Red Sox broke the old "rule" that said, "no team comes back after losing the first 3 post-season games."

[RockinRight]

I do hope W wins Ohio, because I live there and can't stomach my state voting for Kerry.

However, it's nice to know we have several backup scenarios involving Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, New Mexico, and possibly PA, NJ and Hawaii.