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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (47016)	9/4/2004 9:59:10 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Poll of the right/wrong direction for where the country is headed. .............Poll Date Right Dir. Wrong Dir. Spread RCP Average..8/15 - 8/29 39.2% 52.6% - 13.4% NBC News/WSJ 8/23 - 8/25 39% 50% -11% Annenberg 8/9 - 8/29 39% 52% -13% LA Times 8/21 - 8/24 40% 52% -12% CBS News 8/15- 8/18 39% 55% -16% Battleground 8/15- 8/17 39% 54% -15% MY COMMENT: This is a key figure. Reagan used this effectively against Carter. And it has been true in every election since then. "Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago"

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (47016)	9/5/2004 10:17:23 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 81568

Howard unfazed by doctors' Iraq statement September 5, 2004 - 4:22PM Prime Minister John Howard said today he did not agree with 54 of Australia's leading doctors who today came out against the Iraq war, but said they had a right to express their view. The joint statement condemned the Howard government for taking Australia into a war which caused horrific injuries and loss of life to Iraq's people, particularly children. The doctors, from all over Australia, called on the incoming federal government to ensure it met Australia's moral responsibility to make amends for the ''tragic mistake''. ''I respect their right to have another view, this is a democracy,'' Mr Howard told reporters. ..more at theage.com.au