Rasmussen: Kerry 48% Bush 42%

[gldstwmn]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Presidential_Tracking_Poll.htm

Wednesday April 07, 2004--Senator John F. Kerry leads President George W. Bush 48% to 42% in the latest Rasmussen Reports Presidential Tracking Poll. This is Kerry's biggest lead of the year and the lowest level of support for Bush since Kerry became the front-runner.



Today's result marks a nine-point net gain for Kerry since last Friday morning. That change is especially dramatic because Friday's strong job creation report was expected by many to boost the President's numbers.

[dissention]

There is a God. :laugh:

I think his poll numbers will go up even more with his announcement of the VP candidate. :)

[DrummerDeanna]

I sincerely hope that trend continues...this is the best news I've heard all day :D

[darklinensuit]

I'm still deluded enough to imagine that Bush might lose Texas.
I can dream.

- Jake

[strandinthewind]

Proof (once again) that Billy O. is not as conservative as some think!!!!

(from his section of www.foxnews.com)

Wednesday, April 07, 2004

By Bill O'Reilly

Hi, I'm Bill O'Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight.

As we told you yesterday, the chaos in Iraq is having a huge influence on President Bush. And today, a poll by the Pugh Research Center tells the tale. The president's approval rating has dropped to 43 percent, the lowest of his tenure and down a whopping 13 percent since January. The problem, of course, is the continuing chaos in Iraq.

The Defense Department has severely underestimated the resistance by both Sunnis and Shi'ite fanatics. And now the U.S.A. has to fight a second war in Iraq to clean things up.

As you may know, the Marines are sieging the Sunni town of Fallujah, which has been a trouble spot for the past year. Fighting there is intense. At the same time, a terrorist Shi'ite cleric named al-Sadr has been allowed to arm a militia of 10,000 men. That in itself is insane. And now the U.S. military has to break that militia. Heavy casualties today in that campaign as well.

America cannot back down from this fight. That would lead to increased terrorism everywhere. But President Bush has to level with us. His administration has made costly mistakes in the Iraqi occupation. And now it is time to correct those mistakes.

This is not Monday morning quarterbacking, ladies and gentlemen. This is analyzing a situation that's costing American lives and dividing the country. As "Talking Points" said yesterday, there can be no more dependence on hearts and minds. Some people can never be reasoned with. We either break the back of the Iraqi resistance now or we lose. Period.

President Bush does have time to turn this situation around and is aided by the fact that his competition has few solutions. Senator Kennedy is good at criticizing, but how many of you want Kennedy leading the war on terror?

And if Senator Kerry has a better idea, I would like to hear it. History may show that the Iraq campaign was a mistake. But it also may show the opposite. These terror killers, some of them supported by Iran, we'll deal with that in a minute, will have to be confronted sooner or later by us. France isn't going do it. Spain isn't going to do it. So now is the time the Shi'ite militia must be crushed and Fallujah subjugated.

Not only does Mr. Bush have almost everything riding on this, so does the entire country.

And that's "The Memo."

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I love it when he slams W - which he does here. AND - he is correct, if John Kerry has a better idea, let's hear it. Which brings me to my point, Kerry MUST, to win, demonstrate that this is all W's fault and that he has a better plan. I am unsure he can do that. I certainly hope he does, but he has not so far, except to say the UN should be more involved, which the UN does not really want. After all, the US not the UN made this horror called Iraq of today.

[GypsySorcerer]

Wasn't Bush ahead by 10 points over Gore a week before the election? We see where that went.

This election will be very, very close. They will continue to be untl we get some better candidates.

[strandinthewind]

Actually, using national polls as an indicator of which candidate will win is very misleading IMO in this election. Most pundits think this election will be won by the results of a handful of midwest states. So, the polls there are the only thing that matter, other than synergy and momentum (up and down) gained by an increasing or deceasing poll position, etc. As we all know, winning the popular vote means nothing :cool:

[Johnny Stew]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
Proof (once again) that Billy O. is not as conservative as some think!!!!I don't think Bill O'Reilly is any less conservative than we think he is... my opinion of this (and other rare examples of O'Reilly criticizing the Bush Administration) is that Mr. O'Reilly is a smart enough man to know when supporting something can hurt his credibility.

Even rats are smart enough to know when to desert a sinking ship. ;)

[strandinthewind]

Originally posted by Johnny Stew
I don't think Bill O'Reilly is any less conservative than we think he is... my opinion of this (and other rare examples of O'Reilly criticizing the Bush Administration) is that Mr. O'Reilly is a smart enough man to know when supporting something can hurt his credibility.

Even rats are smart enough to know when to desert a sinking ship. ;)

True and Billy O. is not exactly a liberal, but he has bucked W many times before this. I watch him all of the time just to get my BP up :laugh: So, it is not that he is a R (actually he is a self-admitted liberitarian to some degree), it is just that he is not a D. :laugh:

[Rob67]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
I love it when he slams W - which he does here. AND - he is correct, if John Kerry has a better idea, let's hear it. Which brings me to my point, Kerry MUST, to win, demonstrate that this is all W's fault and that he has a better plan. I am unsure he can do that. I certainly hope he does, but he has not so far, except to say the UN should be more involved, which the UN does not really want. After all, the US not the UN made this horror called Iraq of today.

A agree with all of his assertions (even anti-Bush, libs!!) and he also touches on the reason why I will not vote for Kerry.

As for the UN....don't get me started on the Leauge of Nations: Part Deux.

Rob:cool: