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To: Road Walker who wrote (196656)	8/3/2004 8:22:51 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1576016

re: I guess I can go for the idea of "picking the best guy" but "picking the best guy" is not simply picking the person with the most tactical or strategic skill. OK, if not, who is the best guy? Tactical, operational and strategic abilities are a big part of the equation, but there is also management and people skills, and commitment to the operation as well as political considerations. If the commander has a great military mind but doesn't really want the operation to succeed or creates a political rift in the alliance or is under the command and military discipline of a country that isn't fully committed, or doesn't have experience working with the country that is providing most of the forces then he isn't a good choice. Tim

To: Road Walker who wrote (196656)	8/4/2004 5:44:40 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576016

Kerry Leads Bush in Battleground States, Marist Poll Finds Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry leads President George W. Bush 49 percent to 42 percent among registered voters in 17 battleground states, according to a Marist College Institute for Public Opinion poll. The survey, conducted July 30 through Aug. 2, found the candidates in a statistical tie nationwide, with Kerry, a four- term Massachusetts senator, capturing 45 percent and Bush 44 percent. Consumer activist Ralph Nader received 3 percent. Kerry, 60, and Bush, 58, held campaign rallies today in Iowa, one of the battleground states that both sides say will be closely contested. Bush lost Iowa's seven electoral votes by 4,144 votes to Democratic nominee Al Gore in 2000. Voters who may have supported Kerry before the Democratic National Convention last week because of their opposition to Bush are becoming more comfortable with Kerry on his own terms, said Lee Miringoff, director of Marist's Poughkeepsie, New York-based polling institute. ``Now, they're more positive about him,'' Miringoff said. Kerry accepted the Democratic presidential nomination last week at his party's convention in Boston. His post-convention boost in support may be concentrated in the battleground states, according to the poll. In July, Kerry led Bush 47 percent to 42 percent in those states, and Nader got 2 percent. Stephen Schmidt, a spokesman for the Bush campaign, said the Marist poll showed ``the race is extremely close.'' He pointed to other polls that showed Kerry got little benefit after the convention as evidence that ``the American people are beginning to see how severe John Kerry's credibility problem is.'' Kerry's campaign didn't return calls seeking comment. A Vision Voters' opinions of Kerry improved during the convention, the Marist poll showed. Sixty-three percent said Kerry had a vision for the future, a jump from the 55 percent who agreed last month. Forty-four percent said leaders around the world respected Kerry, while only 40 percent said so last month. Kerry's standing fell in one of 10 categories: 49 percent said he shared their values, compared with 50 percent last month. The Marist nationwide results matched other recent polls. Bush and Kerry each drew 46 percent support in an American Research Group poll of 600 likely voters taken from July 26-28. Two percent backed Nader. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The Marist poll was conducted among 1,075 adults, including 839 registered voters and 573 likely voters. The results for the full survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent, a margin of 3.5 percent for registered voters and 4 percent for likely voters. quote.bloomberg.com