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They can't win on the Terrorism as all their attempts to hang that on President Bush has backfired or failed in some way. So their only chance is back to the domestic issues which has been their bread and butter issues anyway..... Below are a couple of polls showing some ranking of the issues in recent months.....

Problems and Priorities
All data are from nationwide surveys of
Americans 18 & older.
Election issues | Priorities for government

Priorities for Government

The Harris Poll. Latest: May 15-21, 2002. N=1,013 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
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"What do you think are the two most important issues for the government to address?"
		Top Responses
		5/02	4/02	3/02	2/02
		%	%	%	%
	Terrorism	30	23	24	27
	The economy (non-specific)	17	15	24	26
	Education	11	12	14	12
	National security	9	4	7	7
	Health care (other than Medicare)	7	8	9	7
	Taxes	7	8	8	7
	Middle East peace process	6	18	2	1
	Homeland security/Public safety	5	4	5	4
	The war	4	8	14	8
	Social Security	4	5	4	5
	Foreign policy (non-specific)	4	4	2	3

CBS News Poll. May 13-14, 2002. N=647 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.
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"What do you think is the single most important problem for the government -- that is, the President and Congress -- to address in the coming year?"
		%
	Terrorism/War/Military	23
	Economy/Jobs	15
	Education	5
	Social Security/Medicare	4
	Health care	4
	Taxes/IRS	4
	Foreign policy	3
	Other	27
	Don't know/No answer	15

So terrrorism (which we are winning on) and the economy (which is improving) are the two most important issues? Hmmmm.

Terry only has a little while to turn this around.

Unless, of course, CBS is fudging the figures to try and fool Republicans. I don't think Racicot would be that gullible, however. The RNC has its own people polling.

Funny that both of those poll show taxes at the same level as "health care".