A poll on the political mood in the United States 
    conducted by the Democratic Party has alarmed the party 
    at its own loss of popularity. Conducted by the party-
    affiliated Democracy Corps, the poll indicated 43 percent 
    of voters favored the Republican Party, while 38 percent 
    had positive feelings about Democrats. 

    "Republicans weakened in this poll ... but it shows 
     Democrats weakening more," said Stanley Greenberg, who 
     served as President Clinton's pollster.

    Greenberg told the Christian Science Monitor he 
    attributes the slippage to voters' perceptions that 
    Democrats have "no core set of convictions or point of 
    view."