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To: carranza2 who wrote (56894)	7/29/2004 10:14:06 AM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793957

Poll Shows Kerry Support Slipping July 29,2004 NewsMax.com's Fr. Michael Reilly says there's bad news for the Kerry Edwards ticket in the latest major media poll. A Washington Post/ABC poll conducted just before the Democratic convention could spell trouble for Sen. John Kerry at just the time he’s seeking a major post-convention bounce. Story Continues Below The poll shows the Bush Cheney ticket leading Kerry Edwards by a margin of 48 – 46 percent, indicating that whatever bounce John Kerry got from adding Edwards to the ticket has now evaporated. In more bad news for Kerry, Bush now leads him on four of six key issues and Kerry has lost significant ground in all six issues over the last month. * On terrorism, Bush leads Senator Kerry by a margin of 55 to 37 percent. [No "Fahrenheit 9/11" bounce for Kerry?] * On taxes, it's Bush over Kerry, 49 to 43 percent. * On Iraq, Bush leads 52 to 40 percent * On the economy, it's Bush over Kerry, 47 to 46 percent. * On education, however, Kerry has a slight lead over Bush, 45 to 44 percent. * And on health care, Kerry also holds an edge, 47 to 44 percent. Worse still for Democrats, Americans give Bush higher marks than Kerry in an array of personal characteristics. * 55 percent see him as the stronger leader, only 36 percent say that's true of Kerry. * 64 percent see Bush as the more consistent of the two candidates. Only 24 percent give Kerry that title. [The GOP's flip-flop campaign apparently worked after all.] * 46 percent see Bush as more honest, only 40 percent say that's true of Kerry. * Asked who will keep the country more safe; again, poll respondents picked Bush over Kerry - 54 to 38 percent. * Asked which candidate shares your values, 49 percent picked Bush, only 43 percent chose Kerry. One of the few areas where Kerry maintains an advantage is on the question of who best understands the concerns of average Americans, where the Democrat leads Bush, 46 to 42 percent. But in more bad news for Democrats, starting Thursday night when the party officially nominates Kerry, he must comply with federal limits that cap his campaign expenditures at $75 million for the duration. Kerry campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter admitted on Tuesday that the budget constraints will force the Kerry-Edwards campaign to "go dark" for the month of August. Meanwhile, the Bush Cheney campaign will be able to advertise significantly throughout the summer - all the way to Sept. 1, when Bush is nominated. At that point, public attention will be focused and Bush’s post-convention bounce will likely enable him to sustain a significant lead in the polls throughout the fall.