Re: George W. Bush, c'est fini

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

At 8:33 AM -0700 10/3/03, Devine, James wrote:
> Yoshie writes> Bush is finished -- <
>
> I don't think we should put that much faith in polls

The latest New York Times/CBS News poll (and trends in previous polls
about Iraq and economy) simply confirms my findings based upon
participant observation of students and workers in Columbus, OH -- a
key swing state:

At 11:00 AM -0400 10/3/03, ravi wrote:
> it then comes down to one or two swing states

*****   Ohio key to '04, top Democrat says

09/24/03

Mark Naymik
Politics Writer

. . . Fifty-five percent of Ohioans approve of Bush's performance as
president, according to a poll released yesterday by the University
of Cincinnati's Institute for Policy Research. That's down 21
percentage points from his 76 percent approval rating in the
university's April poll.

The new poll, which surveyed 809 adults, also found that 53 percent
of those surveyed said they now disapprove of Bush's handling of the
economy, down 12 percentage points from the April poll. . . .

Though Bill Clinton won Ohio twice, Gore lost the state to George W.
Bush by less than 4 percentage points. Many Democrats still believe
that if Gore had not stopped campaigning here a month before the
November election, he would have won Ohio and the presidency. . . .

<http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1064395879102500.xml>
*****

Americans are losing jobs at home, and American soldiers are losing
lives and limbs in Iraq, and there is no way the Bush administration
can turn them around in thirteen months.

At 3:54 PM +0000 10/3/03, Carl Remick wrote:
> Whoa there, hold the confetti, Yoshie.

No confetti for any Democrat from me.  The thing to do is try our
best to prevent votes for the Democratic nominee from turning into
the votes for demobilization of activists after the Democratic
victory in 2004.
--
Yoshie

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