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To: LindyBill who wrote (56358)	7/26/2004 8:24:44 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 794389

New Louisiana Poll Shows Bush Widening His Lead Delusional Democrats have long asserted that John Kerry could carry the Bayou State this November. Kerry has campaigned and advertised in the state. Early polls indicated that President Bush had a ten point lead in Lousiana, but a new poll by the Marketing Research Institute reports that the President has widened his lead to sixteen points. The exact numbers are 54% to 38%. Why is this important? 1. President Bush only carried Louisiana by eight points in 2000. If he carries it by 16 points in 2004, it bodes well for Bush in the rest of the South and in the popular vote. 2. Republicans narrowly lost the 2002 Senate race and the 2003 Gubernatorial race in Louisiana. John Breaux is retiring, and Republicans would like to pick up that Senate seat. A Bush landslide could pull Congressman Vitter with it. 3. Kerry has wasted money in Louisiana that could have been spent in more important battleground states. polipundit.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (56358)	7/26/2004 8:31:26 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 794389

Let's Nominate Tony Blair! Blogging from the floor of the Democratic Convention. By William Saletan Slate The 2004 Democratic National Convention begins inauspiciously. Delivering the invocation, the Rev. Stephen Ayres of Boston's Old North Church warns the delegates that had it not been for the courage of Boston's American revolutionaries, "You might be gathered this week to nominate Tony Blair instead of John Kerry." Even with Blair's stock at an all-time low, the deal sounds tempting. The afternoon hours are a parade of what Andrew Sullivan has called "azzas." Rep. Bob Menendez, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, addresses the crowd "as a Hispanic American." DNC Vice Chair Gloria Molina speaks "as a woman and a Latina mom." The speakers talk of "communities" and note that the politician they're about to introduce is the first member of some downtrodden ethnic group to be given this or that convention honor. It reminds me of one of my favorite Web nooks, the "issues" page of the Democratic National Committee Web site, which lists the various ethnic, gender, or special interest groups through which you can qualify as a Democrat. The frontier-pusher is DNC Treasurer Andy Tobias, who uses his appearance at the podium to announce, "Charles and I are celebrating our 10th anniversary next month." At first I'm surprised that Kerry's speech screeners signed off on such a plain homosexual declaration at the podium. Then I look at my watch: It's 5 p.m. Nobody's watching. Let's see how brave the Democrats are in prime time.