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To: LindyBill who wrote (70661)	9/15/2004 10:00:46 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794009

Someone mentioned the NJ poll earlier. But the Illinois "tossup" is new. Kerry spot THIS POLL RESULT, IF ACCURATE, IS STUNNING So, how much is all this media focus on Dan Rather hurting the Bush in the presidential race? Well, SurveyUSA has Bush head of Kerry, 49 to 45. In New Jersey. Is this possible? Well, according to Dales, Quinnipiac had Kerry by ten back on Aug. 23. But Rasmussen had Kerry by 4 among 400 likely voters in Sept. 3. Rutgers/Eagleton had Kerry by two on Sept. 2. And Strategic Vision, a Republican pollster, had Kerry by three on September 12. It will take another poll or two to confirm that Bush is ahead. But this last bunch of polls suggests its time to take New Jersey out of the “safe Kerry” pile and into the “toss up” pile. UPDATE: What could be bigger than Kerry's lead evaporating in New Jersey? How about it crumbling in Illinois? The turn in this election tide could set up a political stunner. Illinois is a Democratic powerhouse in national elections, and John Kerry does maintain a small lead in our exclusive CBS 2 poll, but President Bush appears to be gaining support among voters. Illinois no longer looks like a sure thing for Democrat John Kerry. His once 13 percentage point lead is now down to four points. That's exactly our survey's margin of accuracy, meaning the contest could be a dead-heat.

To: LindyBill who wrote (70661)	9/15/2004 11:12:25 PM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 794009

Ken Charles, the program director of KPRC radio in Houston, told the Kerry Spot Wednesday evening that he has notified CBS Radio news that he will be switching to Fox News feed for their Friday evening news, instead of using the Dan Rather-anchored CBS feed. This is huge. Ken has to be responding to correspondence from his customer base. A coupla more and CBS will have to worry about an avalanche. CBS does not exist to make RAthER look good. It is a business. Cut their business because of personnel and they will change their personnel and never ever forget the lesson. I have been e-mailing CBS direct...I am switching to e-mailing the local TV and radio stations.