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To: JBTFD who wrote (653531)	10/29/2004 6:01:26 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

blind demohack ???

To: JBTFD who wrote (653531)	10/29/2004 6:01:55 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

The New York Post's Robert George tells a story from the Kerry campaign trail that helps show why the haughty, French-looking Massachusetts Democrat, who by the way served in Vietnam, is having trouble with black voters. Two weeks ago tomorrow, Kerry gave a speech in Xenia, Ohio, a largely black town outside Dayton. On his way was historically black Wilberforce University, where "organizers were led to believe that if there were at least 100 people, Kerry's motorcade would make a quick stop": Eventually 150 students and supporters . . . gathered for four hours on a cold (rainy and snowy) Ohio day. And the Kerry caravan drove right on by. All the long-suffering got from the candidate was a clenched "victory" fist out the window. According to Shavon Ray, president of Wilberforce's NAACP, the students were devastated--with comments such as "This is why I don't vote." . . . After the incident--and Ray's criticism--made the local paper, the Democratic Party sent one Ken Miller to Wilberforce to meet with Ray. He offered 50 tickets--and 8 VIP tickets--to a Kerry event in Dayton. Ray declined what she saw as "hush tickets." . . . Next, Miller offered to have Rev. Al Sharpton stop by as a speaker. That annoyed Ray even more: "We don't want a black face to speak to black students." The final straw was when Miller said Sharpton would be sent to speak to Central State University--along with X-rated rapper Foxy Brown. When Ray reminded Miller that they didn't want anything to do with Sharpton, Miller allegedly responded, "What do you want--Kerry to lose the f---ing race? We got you Al Sharpton. What more do you want?" "Meanwhile, this past Wednesday, George W. Bush had a huge rally in the Pontiac Silverdome in the battleground state of Michigan," George adds. "On stage with him were two of the most popular black gospel singers--Marvin Winans and Freeport, Long Island's own Donnie McClurkin." Blogger Jay Cost argues that Bush's appearance in Michigan--a state he lost in 2000 and can almost certainly afford to lose this year--is a sign of great confidence. Kerry is scheduled to appear in Detroit tomorrow, which suggests he isn't confident of his prospects in the Wolverine State. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that Dick Cheney plans to campaign Sunday in Hawaii, a state that only two Republican presidential candidates (Nixon in 1972 and Reagan in 1984) have ever carried and that gave Al Gore a wider margin of victory than any other state save Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York. A pair of recent polls show the race virtually tied in the Aloha State, but still, sending Cheney almost seems overconfident--especially given all the flying time that he could be spending in certain battleground states. Then again, maybe the veep just decided to get out of his undisclosed location and get some sun. Nuance Alert A CNN report on an ABC interview with Bill Clinton includes this curious quote: "I feel kind of distant from the to and fro of the elections," Clinton says in excerpts made available Wednesday, "and a lot of these things I see happening, I just shake my head and say, 'Gosh, I did that for 20 years, I know, but it doesn't have much to do with how we're gonna live when it's over.' On the other hand, I think it matters profoundly." It doesn't have much to do with us, but it matters profoundly. That's nuance worthy of John Kerry!

To: JBTFD who wrote (653531)	10/29/2004 6:04:52 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

Is Finding It Difficult to Shift G.O.P. Trend at Home By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD ith the fanfare of a concert tour, Senator John Edwards plans to return home to North Carolina today to cast an early ballot and attend a rally in his honor, accompanied by the rocker Jon Bon Jovi and thousands of supporters. But if the polls are any indication, the voters of his state would sooner welcome President Bush than Mr. Edwards, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee. Despite warnings by Mr. Edwards during the primary season that it would be an enormous mistake to ignore the South and his promises to "beat President Bush in my backyard,'' North Carolina seems to be falling in line with the rest of the South in the Bush column. The Kerry campaign is not advertising in the state, having shifted much of its television money since mid-August to swing states in the Midwest and West, and political analysts in North Carolina said Mr. Edwards would have faced a tough hurdle even at the top of the ticket. North Carolina has not voted for a Democrat for president since Jimmy Carter in 1976. That reflects the larger shift that has taken place across the South in the past four decades, from reliably Democratic to solidly Republican in presidential elections. Jack Fleer, a professor emeritus of political science at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, said Republicans had captured the region largely because its voters see the Republicans as kin on social and cultural issues, including opposition to abortion rights and gay marriage, and because it has large numbers of military personnel who view the party as stronger on defense. Hastings Wyman, editor of the nonpartisan Southern Political Report, predicted that Mr. Edwards would have faced a difficult challenge had he decided to run for re-election instead of announcing his retirement after one term to run for president. Mr. Edwards, who defeated a one-term Republican incumbent in 1998 by five percentage points in a hard-fought race, has also suffered because of the perception among North Carolinians that his presidential ambitions have come at the expense of serving his constituents, Professor Freer said. As the vice-presidential nominee Mr. Edwards has visited the state 10 times - this will be his fourth campaign trip since Labor Day. The latest Mason-Dixon poll, conducted Oct. 18-19, showed Mr. Bush leading 51 percent to 43 percent among 625 likely voters, with a margin of error of four percentage points. Al Gore lost the state by 13 percentage points in 2000, but some Democrats had initially hoped that Mr. Edwards just might pull the state for Mr. Kerry. Ed Turlington, North Carolina chairman for the Kerry campaign, points out that the polls are tighter than in 2000 and suggests that Democratic efforts to register new voters and increase turnout mean the state is not entirely a lost cause. "I'm not going to try to sell you that we're even,'' Mr. Turlington said. "But I think we're in the single-digit range, and if we have a surge and the turnout it could be a good result.'' Republicans expressed delight that Mr. Edwards would spend time and resources in North Carolina instead of true swing states. "We welcome them to spend as much time and resources as they can there,'' said Reed Dickens, a spokesman for the Bush campaign. The Kerry campaign's difficulty in North Carolina is all the more striking because Mr. Edwards repeatedly promoted his Southern credentials during the primary season and promised to carry his own state. One of his standard lines was: "Too many times, the Democrats ignore the South. We can't do that, because historically we've never elected a Democrat president without winning at least five Southern states.'' But earlier this year Mr. Kerry himself noted at Dartmouth College that it was possible to win the presidency without the old South. "Everybody always makes the mistake of looking South,'' Mr. Kerry said. "Al Gore proved he could have been president of the United States without winning one Southern state, including his own.''

To: JBTFD who wrote (653531)	10/29/2004 6:11:44 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

As the vice-presidential nominee Mr. Edwards has visited the state 10 times - this will be his fourth campaign trip since Labor Day. The latest Mason-Dixon poll, conducted Oct. 18-19, showed Mr. Bush leading 51 percent to 43 percent among 625 likely voters, with a margin of error of four percentage points. Al Gore lost the state by 13 percentage points in 2000, but some Democrats had initially hoped that Mr. Edwards just might pull the state for Mr. Kerry. Ed Turlington, North Carolina chairman for the Kerry campaign, points out that the polls are tighter than in 2000 and suggests that Democratic efforts to register new voters and increase turnout mean the state is not entirely a lost cause. "I'm not going to try to sell you that we're even,'' Mr. Turlington said. "But I think we're in the single-digit range, and if we have a surge and the turnout it could be a good result.'' Republicans expressed delight that Mr. Edwards would spend time and resources in North Carolina instead of true swing states. "We welcome them to spend as much time and resources as they can there,'' said Reed Dickens, a spokesman for the Bush campaign. The Kerry campaign's difficulty in North Carolina is all the more striking because Mr. Edwards repeatedly promoted his Southern credentials during the primary season and promised to carry his own state. One of his standard lines was: "Too many times, the Democrats ignore the South. We can't do that, because historically we've never elected a Democrat president without winning at least five Southern states.'' But earlier this year Mr. Kerry himself noted at Dartmouth College that it was possible to win the presidency without the old South. "Everybody always makes the mistake of looking South,'' Mr. Kerry said. "Al Gore proved he could have been president of the United States without winning one Southern state, including his own.''