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

To: Neocon who wrote (37671)	9/18/2000 3:49:02 AM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Gore running up in the polls By William Spain, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 4:30 PM ET Sep 17, 2000 NewsWatch Latest headlines WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - With the great debate debate finally at an end, the presidential candidates and the American public can now focus on what's really important: Polls. A slew of new ones have been released in the last week and most of them hold troubling news for George W. Bush. Newsweek has the Texas governor trailing Vice President Al Gore by the widest margin, with just 38 percent to Gore's 50 percent while CNN's latest daily tracking poll has Gore up 48 percent to 42 percent. A CBS News/New York Times poll last week had Gore leading with a smaller edge - 46 percent to 43 percent, the same as another, slightly older poll by Fox News. The prevailing wisdom this year holds that the election is apt to be decided in a handful of electoral-vote rich states in the Heartland, although a major push by the Gore campaign seems to have put Florida -- once thought to be a shoo-in for the GOP -- up for grabs. The real bad news for Bush may be in a series of polls conducted by EPIC/MRA in key Midwestern states. Those figures have the Republican candidate slipping ever further behind. In Michigan, he trails Gore by 8 points, in Illinois it's 15 points and in Pennsylvania -- site of this summer's Republican National Convention -- the spread increases to 18 points. Only in Ohio does Bush retain a lead -- a slim 2 points. The regional polls come as large amounts of political ad money begins to fill the coffers of Rust Belt TV stations. The New York Times reported on Sunday that the Bush campaign and the RNC will purchase just shy of $1 million worth of Pennsylvania TV time this week, along with $719,000 in Michigan and $665,000 in Ohio. Gore and the DNC will spend $763,000 in Pennsylvania, $632,000 in Michigan and $745,000 in Ohio. William Spain is a reporter for CBS.MarketWatch.com

To: Neocon who wrote (37671)	9/18/2000 9:53:17 AM
From: microhoogle!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Neocon, Thanks for the link. But, I had a problem with an individual who was elected to state congress and was also able to defeat Republican Gov. in Gubernatorial primary. I did some digging on this guy this morning and came accross an old Washington Post article containing following information in the end. After reading the entire article, I am very much satisfied and encouraged with the Republican party members response. However, I hope I made my point of conveying why people like me (or who recently became citizens) are cirumspect of Republican Party. People who I talk to among friends and family get a wrong message. With this I rest my discussion about DD. ====================================================== "Duke has been a major embarrassment to the GOP since winning a Louisiana statehouse seat in 1989. In 1990, he was the Republican Party's nominee in an unsuccessful bid to defeat then-incumbent Sen. J. Bennett Johnston (D-La.). One year later, Duke gave up his legislative seat to run against and beat Republican Gov. Buddy Roemer in the gubernatorial primary. As the GOP nominee, Duke lost the general election to Democrat Edwin W. Edwards. ===================================================== ===================================================== These contests forced the national and state Republican parties into a defensive posture. GOP officials repudiated Duke at every turn, and many Republican leaders openly endorsed Duke's Democratic opponents. Duke has scared moderate whites away from the GOP in the South, where the party depends on large majorities among white voters to win elections. ===================================================== washingtonpost.com