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To: lurqer who wrote (32521)	12/10/2003 11:09:28 AM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

In case anyone was wondering how the '04 election is "shaping up". Bush continues to leads Democratic challengers in national poll President George W. Bush continues to lead all potential Democratic challengers in a national poll released Wednesday. The Quinnipiac University poll of registered voters found that although former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean increased his lead among the Democratic contenders, Bush easily outdistanced each of the Democrats vying for the party nomination. Among Democratic voters, Dean had support from 22 percent, followed by Sen. Joe Lieberman with 13 percent, former Gen. Wesley Clark with 12 percent and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and the Rev. Al Sharpton with 8 percent each. No other candidates topped 5 percent and 18 percent of those surveyed said they were undecided. In a similar Quinnipiac poll in October, 17 percent of voters favored Clark for the party's presidential nomination. Dean and Lieberman each were chosen by 13 percent, 12 percent picked Gephardt and 10 percent chose Kerry. Poll director Maurice Carroll said Dean was surging even before his endorsement from Al Gore. "Dean has the most commanding lead, except for Sen. Hillary Clinton, or any Democrat in this seesaw pack," Carroll said. However, Carroll said that at this point all the Democrats lost to Bush in one-to-one matchups. Bush was favored 51-40 percent over Dean, 51-40 percent over Lieberman, 51-39 percent over Kerry, 53-38 percent over Gephardt and 50-41 percent over Clark. The poll is not all positive for the president. Bush's job approval rating remains at 51 percent, matching his all-time low in a poll released Oct. 29. The poll surveyed 1,071 registered voters nationwide by telephone from Dec. 4 and Dec. 8. It had a survey error margin of about 3 percentage points. newsday.com Just pointing this out to show that a lot of work is still to be done. Fingers crossed and JMO lurqer