Some Swing States Appear to Be Swinging to President

The New York Times ^ | September 29, 2004 | KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

[ohioWfan]

I love how a 6 or 7 point lead for the President in Ohio is "barely Bush."

Paint Ohio RED.

[Common Tator]

Presidnet Bush drew almost 60 thoudand people in Cincinnati this Tuesday.

That is the biggest political crowd in Cincy history.

If Kerry can't win Cincy.. he has lost Ohio. Sixty thousand is a huge crowd for any site in Ohio. Kerry can't draw 60 thousand in Cleveland. If greater Cleveland and greater Cincy is a wash... Bush has an easy Ohio win.

[jmaroneps37]

I'm glad that the slimes thinks Colorado is still up for grabs because frenchie himself has pulled out of the state. Maybe the slimes will pay for spots in Colorado. They're rats and rats never have to follow the law, so why not?

[ohioWfan]

My understanding was that, not only was that the biggest political rally in Ohio's history, but it was one of the largest political rallies ANYwhere, EVER.

Picture to prove the point.....

THIS is the reason that Karen Hughes said that she doesn't need a poll to show that BUSH is ahead in OHIO!

[newfreep]

Yikes! What happened to W's lead in FL? The link indicates latest poll has kerry up by 1 pt. Is this the start of 'rat fraud?

[nwrep]

This had to be hard for the NY Times to write...

Yeah, but notice how they side-step mentioning the Gallup poll, while still giving the results of the Pew and ABC polls.

[w8mm]

I love how a 6 or 7 point lead for the President in Ohio is "barely Bush." Paint Ohio RED.

These polls only talk to people who are currently alive.

They don't take into account the Dem's "get out the vote" drives in cemetaries.

The stated GOP strategy is to whip up enough enthusiasm from Southwest Ohio Bush voters to counter the "tsunami of dead Dems" from Northeast Ohio.

Ohio remains close at only +6 to +7% advantage with live voters.

[Pete'sWife]

It's the journalistic equivalent of passing a kidney stone.

[Ravi]

That one point lead is Rasmussen's premium member tracking poll of Florida. So take that with a grain of salt. One day Bush is ahead one in Florida then the next day Kerry and so on. All this during and after the hurricanes. I put more stock in the Gallup and Quinnipiac late last week which had a slightly bigger spread for Bush in Florida.

[Theodore R.]

C-SPAN said Wednesday that OR has moved from "undecided" to Kerry!

[Theodore R.]

If the Democrats get the electoral-vote "reform" passed on Nov. 2 in CO, the change will be retroactive and would likely yield a 5-4 Bush-Kerry split, rendering CO meaningless in the election outcome, a net loss for Bush presumably.

[smith288]

I tried to listen to my Reds last night and ended up having, what I think, was Air America (blech)...just to get a laugh, I stayed on it for a bit. The guy, sitting in for Jeanine (I assume Garafolo?) was whining that NY Times has become conservative and was asking his listeners to bombard them with complaints... LOL

What a crock. So the NY Times puts out factually correct info for once and the liberals get into a tizzy.

[StarFan]

On the day of the rally, a caller to Sean Hannity's rdio program estimated 40,000 in attendance and we were flabbergasted. We now learn this was the largest campaign rally of the year with 50,000 crammed in to hear our President. Color Ohio deep RED.

[RockinRight]

Final result prediction as of today: 361/177 Bush.

[StarFan]

I too saw Bush ahead of Kerry by a larger margin in Florida. Some of the State polls don't reflect what I've seen or heard on foxnews and other outlets so I'm assuming (and hoping) they're behind in gathering info.

[ohioWfan]

Dead guys aren't going to make up for the unbridled, overwhelming enthusiasm coming from us LIVE ones.

The President will be visiting our small city on Saturday, and the enthusiasm here is AMAZING.

Ohio will be DEEP RED in November. The Dims can try, but they won't succeed.

IF IT'S NOT CLOSE, THEY CAN'T CHEAT! (Hugh Hewitt........read it!)

[ohioWfan]

Actually, there were 50,000 ticketed patrons. Add onto that 8,000 volunteers........or more.

Never been anything like it in these here parts. ;o)

[StarFan]

Can you imagine his reaction when he walked into the park and saw the magnitude of that crowd? It's giving me goosebumps.

[KC_Conspirator]

I would take all these polls in FL with a grain of salt with so many people affected by the hurricanes.

[ohioWfan]

I think his words have been "There's something happening out here."

You're right, Mr. President...........and that something is YOU!