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To: JohnM who wrote (54814)	7/17/2004 9:37:37 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

Kevin Phillips. He wants the Dems to pick up the Perot/Buchanan vote by getting angry and going left. Won't work.

To: JohnM who wrote (54814)	7/17/2004 10:10:04 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

George H.W. Bush, prior to his defeat, fell from a record high job-approval rating of 90 percent after the Gulf War to a low 30s summer bottom before the election. His son, who hit the low 90s right after 9/11, by early June had fallen to 42-43 percent, another fifty-point decline. No elected President has ever done this; the Bushes have done it twice. Maybe it's the gene pool Maybe. Of course, to be able to do this at all, you have to first have approval ratings of 90% or above, and I don't remember any other Presidents managing the feat...