[Jerrek]

Originally Posted by Damien

I was reserching the last election and Gore was always behind in the polls?

No. Immediately after the DNC his numbers jumped.


Gore Pulls 10 Points Ahead in Newsweek Poll
September 2, 2000
In a new national presidential poll conducted by Newsweek Magazine,
Vice President Al Gore seems to have pulled substantially ahead of
George W. Bush, just as Bush launches a blitz television ad campaign
making attacks on Gore's credibility.

Newsweek Poll results, nation-wide (Aug. 30-31):
Al Gore 49%
George W. Bush 39%
Ralph Nader 3%
Pat Buchanan 1%

Iowa Poll sponsored by the Des Moines Register (Aug. 23-30):
Al Gore: 45%
George W. Bush 37%

Vermont Poll by Mason-Dixon:
Al Gore 49%
George W. Bush 36%

Also the republicans have aired a lot more negitive ads against kerry, only a few dont have a mention about kerry one of them playing on 9/11, (see bushs website) than kerry against bush (see kerrys website) so both sides are going for it.

What are you saying? Your English is hard to follow.

Gulliani would be a good choice for Bush due to the 9/11 links but it will look like he is taking advantage of 9/11 (lets face it, Apart from 0 tolarance Gulliani was not the biggest figure in politics before 9/11)

Maybe liberals will see it like that, because it is hard to say something bad about Guilliani without getting a public retaliation. The majority of the people won't see it as a negative mark and it may swing more people to vote for Bush.

I think it will again depend on the swing states especially ohio, i also think folorda will go to kerry but the other big states will be 50/50.

Ohio will vote Republican. And I'm reasonably confident Florida will too.

As for Bush i think that if things continue the same way he will be out of office, he needs a event to help him out

No. He can continue just like he is doing right now. He is a terrific guy and a good president. And, the Republican National Convention is coming up. That can be one event that will get the message out a bit.

After that, the campaign will kick into high gear.

and also the iraq mess

There is no "mess" in Iraq. Maybe for liberals, who expected a utopia of love and flowers after 2 days there. Most of us are more realistic. Iraq has its own government now, and the Iraq police and army are slowly taking over patrolling and guard duty.

You can bet that there will be Iraqis featured in upcoming Republican campaign ads and probably at the Republican Convention... something Democrats wouldn't dare do.

http://boortz.com/nuze/200407/07272004.html#convention

Had a Boston taxi driver yesterday from Iraq. He's going back home to visit his parents in a few weeks. He was none-too-pleased with the Democrats. He believes that Democrats hate his country and want Saddam to be back in power. He was adamant that things are much better in Iraq than the media is saying ... and he's at a loss as to why all of these media types won't tell the truth

the econamy is worse than it was with clinton

No its not... It is better. We had a quarter with 8% growth. And a few more all over 4% growth. That is more than anytime since Reagan. Unemployment is also down, to 5.6%.

In the late 90s, when unemployment dropped so low under Clinton, media hailed it as "an all-time low of 5.6%" and what a great shape the economy is in. We'll apply the same standards.

Kerry i think will just wing it if things stay the same but he needs a big speech tommorow to give him some 'presenance' he is a very dull candidate so far so he needs to improve his speechs and look a lot more like a leader

People don't trust him. And, people don't know where he stands. I for one will not vote for someone who I don't know where he stands.