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

To: Mr. Palau who wrote (278148)	7/19/2002 11:53:30 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Respond to of 769670

Anybody else find Netscape down; extremely 'sluggish' most of day? During the trading hours ... Seems to be working fine now. bia

To: Mr. Palau who wrote (278148)	7/20/2002 12:07:57 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 769670

What a totally false and made up headline that was. Talk about partisan spin at its best. Not one quote from the Republicans represented could have been interpreted that way unless you were a partisan spin doctor from the Democrat N.Y. Times. Every day I lose more and more respect from that once fine paper.

To: Mr. Palau who wrote (278148)	7/20/2002 12:28:54 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 769670

More Gore in 2004? Friday, July 19, 2002 newsmax.com Defeated Democrat presidential candidate Al Gore is far out in front in the contest for his party's nomination as its standard-bearer in 2004, a new Washington Post and ABC News poll shows. In the poll reported in the Post by writers Richard Morin and Dan Balz, Gore had almost half the support of his party's members in a "hypothetical Democratic primary" featuring six other candidates seen as probable contenders for the presidential nomination in 2004. None got than 10 percent support. The poll had the former vice president with 46 percent of all self-described Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents [who can't vote in most Democrat primaries]. Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.) got 10 percent in that hypothetical matchup; Senate plurality leader Tom Daschle (S.D.) got 8 percent; Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) 6 percent; House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (Mo.) 5 percent; and the widely touted favorite of his fellow trial lawyers, Sen. John Edwards (N.C.), a mere 3 percent. Vermont Gov. Howard Dean received a tiny 1 percent. Eighteen percent of those polled declared themselves undecided. Lieberman says he won't run if Gore does, and without him in the running, Gore's share of the vote increases to 50 percent, with the remaining votes scattered among the rest of the field or undecided. But should Gore decide not to run, and Lieberman does, his share of the hypothetical vote doubles to 21 percent, Daschle gets 14 percent, Gephardt 13 percent, Kerry 10 percent, Edwards 7 percent, and Dean moves up to 3 percent. Other poll findings: A narrow majority of Democrats and a larger majority of the general public would prefer a new Democrat ticket in 2004 to a rerun of the 2000 Gore-Lieberman ticket. The nation's political mood on domestic issues is getting back to where it was prior to 9-11 - not good news for the GOP's hopes in this fall's congressional elections. President Bush's overall job approval stands at 72 percent, but ratings on how he has handled the economy, budget, education and other key areas have fallen to near pre-Sept. 11 levels, with skepticism of Bush growing among Democrats and independents. The GOP also appears to have lost the advantage it held earlier in the year in a generic measure of the congressional vote. In the current polling, 47 percent of all voters said they would vote for the Democrat candidate running in their congressional district, while 46 percent said they favored the Republican. In January, GOP candidates held a 50 percent to 43 percent advantage. Gore enjoys broad support among rank-and-file Democrats, according to a survey of 1,512 randomly selected adults. Almost 64 percent of Democrats surveyed said they would like to see Gore run again, while 49 percent said they would like Lieberman to seek the presidential nomination. Fifty-four percent of Democrats said they would prefer a ticket other than Gore-Lieberman, while 42 percent said they would like another Gore-Lieberman ticket. The president's approval rating on the budget has dropped from 59 percent in January to 50 percent in the latest poll. At the same time, the percentage of Americans who disapproved rose 12 percentage points, to 42 percent, exactly where that figure was in July 2001. His performance rating on education dropped 9 percentage points, to 62 percent, over the past six months, while his approval rating on the economy has fallen from 64 percent in April to 58 percent. His loss of support is heaviest among Democrats and independents. His approval rating on his handling of the budget has dropped by 12 points, to 45 percent, among independents, and by 15 points, to 28 percent, among Democrats. On education, his approval rating dropped by 18 points, to 52 percent, among independents, and 8 points, to 47 percent, among Democrats. Only on his handling of the campaign against terrorism does Bush continue to claim support from a clear majority of Democrats (73 percent) and independents (78 percent). And the 2004 election is over two years away.