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To: tejek who wrote (184362)	3/8/2004 8:25:10 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575543

Poll: Edwards leads the pack for vice-presidential preference among Democrats Monday, March 8, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (03-08) 16:18 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- If Democratic voters had their say, John Edwards would be the choice as John Kerry's running mate, according to a poll released Monday. Edwards, the North Carolina senator who dropped out of the presidential race last week, was the choice of 30 percent of voters who are Democrats or lean Democratic, according to a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll. Almost a dozen prominent Democrats were mentioned by poll respondents, but they drew support in the low single digits. In a matchup of the presidential candidates, Kerry and President Bush were about even, Kerry at 47 percent and Bush at 45 percent with independent candidate Ralph Nader at 5 percent among registered voters. Kerry was slightly ahead 50-45 percent when only he and Bush were included in the question. In a three-way matchup among likely voters in the Gallup poll, Kerry had 50 percent, Bush 44 percent and Nader 2 percent. An ABC-Washington Post poll out Monday found that almost six in 10, 57 percent, believe it's time for a new direction in the nation's leadership. The survey also found when people were asked whether Bush or Kerry would do a better job with the campaign against terrorism, Bush held more than a 20-point lead -- 57 percent to 36 percent. In the ABC-Post poll, Kerry led Bush among registered voters by 53 percent to 44 percent, and had a slight edge in a three way race, 48 percent to 44 percent, to 3 percent for Nader. The Gallup poll of 1,005 adults, including 892 registered voters, was conducted March 5-7 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, 4 percentage points for results with registered voters. The ABC-Post poll of 936 registered voters was taken March 4-7 and has a margin of sampling error of 3 percentage points. sfgate.com

To: tejek who wrote (184362)	3/8/2004 8:42:37 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575543

Ted, what you said in your original post was, "I have never heard someone from the upper class complain that tax cuts were hurting the nation." Then you qualified that statement with, "I meant before Bush's round of tax cuts." Your wording is a little confusing. Perhaps you meant to say that no one in the upper class was demanding a tax cut before Bush implemented one anyway. Tenchusatsu

To: tejek who wrote (184362)	3/9/2004 8:52:41 AM
From: hmaly	Respond to of 1575543

Ted Re... meant before Bush's round of tax cuts. Makes you wonder, though, when so many of the rich are critical. I think it transcends partisanship. The rich, throughout US's history, have given to the poor, above and beyond taxes, through their foundations, such as Carnegie, Rockefeller, etc. Soros does as well. George is also a Dem. so by urging the gov. to raise his taxes, he is really helping a cause he believes in, just as his foundations do. So, his call for more taxes, is just another form of giving, however, it also buys him power, in the democratic party, just as lobbying does, without actually paying them, unless everybody else has their taxes raised. So George gets a lot of influence in the dem. party, for peanuts, and believe me, he can afford it.