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

To: American Spirit who wrote (514091)	12/21/2003 6:45:41 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Respond to of 769667

The 20% devaluation of the dollar proves that it's already having negative effects. We are 20% poorer as a whole under Bush. Who is 20% poorer and what does that have to do with exchange rates? BTW, did you know that exports are growing at several times the rate of import growth?

To: American Spirit who wrote (514091)	12/22/2003 7:38:12 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

The Post-ABC poll suggests that Dean's recent surge has come disproportionately from Democrats who do not closely identify with their party. In mid-October, Dean claimed the support of one in six Democratic-leaning independents and an equal proportion of party rank-and-file. Today, he gets significantly more support from independent Democrats (35 percent) than he does from party faithful (26 percent). But as a general election candidate, Dean starts well behind Bush in the public's estimation. In an early test of strength, 55 percent of those surveyed said that if the election were held today, they would vote to reelect the president and just 37 percent saying they would favor Dean. No other Democrat was tested against Bush in the Post-ABC News poll. Dean's Democratic rivals have warned that the former governor's lack of foreign policy experience would hurt him in a general election against Bush, and when asked in the poll whether they trusted the president or Dean more to handle national security and the war on terrorism, 67 percent of the respondents said Bush and 21 percent Dean. Even on the kind of domestic issues that normally favor Democrats, such as Social Security, health care and the education, Bush bests Dean by 50 percent to 39 percent.