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To: Jumper who wrote (148976)	5/25/2001 7:43:21 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

<<Jeffords to Bush "Banana Boy - One Term Turkey">> Jeffords made it to the Senate, Bush is president and gets twice the pay Clinton did. Jeffords is a looser, one week in the lime light.

To: Jumper who wrote (148976)	5/26/2001 9:53:37 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Friday May 25, 2001; 11:02 p.m. EDT Jeffords Should Stand for New Election, Vermonters Say While the media is nearly unanimous in applauding Vermont Senator James Jeffords' decision to drop his GOP affiliation, a majority of Vermonters believe he should have faced the state's voters before handing the Senate over to Democrats, according to the results of a new statewide poll. In the "Research 2000" survey conducted by WCAX-TV and The Rutland Herald, 53 percent of Vermont residents said that Jeffords should stand for a new election in order keep his seat as an independent. Just 37 percent said they approved of the Vermont maverick's move without their consent. The survey of 402 likely voters, conducted the day before Jeffords announced he was leaving the GOP, had a margin of error of +/- 5 percent. Vermonters also doubt Jeffords' explanation of why he switched parties, with just 33 percent saying they believed personal conviction alone drove him away from the GOP. A full 60 percent said personal gain was either the sole motivation or played a role in Jeffords' decision to jump ship.