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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (8391)	11/2/1999 6:37:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769669

Willie Brown of course! The only real contenders are Brown, Jordan and Ammiano... who is the lesbian? (these are all men). People are unhappy in SF because Silicon Valley money has raised rents so high that long time residents are forced to move. You'd never think too much money would be a bad thing, but in a geographically constricted region, it is.

To: Bill who wrote (8391)	11/3/1999 4:06:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769669

I don't have much faith in the accuracy of polling but at least there is some reason to feel better about Bubba repudiation. Poll Shows Bush Leads Gore In Presidential Race Updated 1:00 AM ET November 3, 1999 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush held a lead of 16 percentage points over Democrat Al Gore in a poll released by ABC News Tuesday. Fifty-five percent of the 1,205 adults questioned by ABC News from Oct. 28-31 said they would vote for the Texas governor if the election were held now, compared to 39 percent who said they would support the vice president. The addition of conservative commentator Pat Buchanan, who is seeking the Reform Party's presidential nomination, reduced Bush's lead. In that hypothetical three-way race, Bush drew 50 percent, Gore 37 percent and Buchanan 8 percent, the poll found. The ABC poll had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. ABC pollster Gary Langer said four factors had boosted Bush's ratings. "His very positive personal image; a centrist, inclusive message on the issues voters care about most; Al Gore's perceived weakness in leadership and new solutions; and Clinton fatigue," Langer said. Bush holds a commanding lead in the race for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination, while Gore maintains a big lead for the Democratic nomination, the poll found. Neither Republican John McCain, a senator from Arizona who is challenging Bush, nor Democrat Bill Bradley, who is challenging Gore, made any major gains in their respective races in the latest poll. The poll found that more Americans trusted Bush than Gore to lead the country on issues such as taxes, foreign affairs, crime, the budget, the economy and encouraging morals. Gore ran neck-and-neck with Bush on other issues such as abortion, education, protecting Social Security, gun control and patients' rights, but led Bush on only one issue -- environmental protection, the poll said. CBS News also released a new poll Tuesday, concluding that Bush held an overwhelming lead in the contest for the Republican nomination and had "established a generally favorable image with the American public." Seventy-one percent of the 1,065 people polled Oct. 28-30 said they felt Bush understood the problems with which a president must grapple, and 67 percent said he had the right leadership qualities to run the White House. In the Republican nomination contest, Bush had the backing of 63 percent of those questioned, with McCain at 14 percent, publisher Steve Forbes at 6 percent and Alan Keyes at 3 percent, the poll found. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points, CBS said.