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To: SiouxPal who wrote (64823)	10/31/2004 7:53:33 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Yep, Washington Incumbent OUT THE DOOR. What is that, a 40 year unbroken track record?

To: SiouxPal who wrote (64823)	10/31/2004 11:11:41 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

"This streak started with Herbert Hoover, and will continue this week when George Bush (news - web sites), the only president since Hoover to lose jobs, loses his," Kerry said. Kerry claims victory after Redskins' loss Sun Oct 31, 6:24 PM ET Offbeat - AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) - Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) declared victory in the US presidential election, staking his claim on a historical quirk linking past White House races and the Washington Redskins football team. The National Football League's Redskins lost 28-14 to the Green Pay Packers at home on Sunday and, if tradition holds, this means President George W. Bush (news - web sites) is bound to lose the White House. The legend surrounding the Redskins' last home game before Election Day is simplicity itself: If they win, the White House incumbent will remain president. If they lose, the incumbent loses. Going into the 2004 vote, the Redskins' electoral barometer has held true for 80 years or 17 straight elections -- a record that professional pollsters can only dream of. "I couldn't be more thrilled with the Packers win today," Kerry said in a statement titled "Packers Win -- Kerry's In!" released soon after the final whistle blew at Fedex Field outside Washington. "This streak started with Herbert Hoover, and will continue this week when George Bush (news - web sites), the only president since Hoover to lose jobs, loses his," Kerry said. "When the Redskins get beat before the election, the incumbent loses. The Packers have done their part, this Tuesday, we'll do ours." The polls show Bush and Kerry locked in a dead heat ahead of Tuesday's vote. Kerry and the Packers have a bit of history already, although the candidate understandably did not bring that up on Sunday. At a campaign rally earlier this year in Wisconsin, home of the Packers, Kerry clumsily referred to the team's famed stadium as "Lambert Field" instead of Lambeau Field. Omens that can supposedly predict the outcome of US elections are legion and stretch from sports playing fields to Wall Street and fashion house catwalks. Since 1904, according to Jeffrey Hirsch, editor of the Stock Trader's Almanac, the incumbent has failed to win re-election if the Dow Jones index falls by 0.5 per cent or more in October. This October, the Dow has fallen 0.52 per cent, pointing to a Kerry presidency. Another piece of unconventional wisdom involves fashion styles, with liberally rising hemlines indicating election victory for the Democratic candidate and a more modest, conservative skirt-length suggesting a Republican win. But with low-slung jeans having replaced miniskirts as the new pioneer in pushing the frontiers of flesh-baring street wear, no discernible consensus has emerged on where hemlines are right now. Connecticut-based Weekly Reader magazine, meanwhile, believes it has located the perfect sample group for predicting the ballot outcome, even if none of its members are old enough to vote. The magazine's hundreds of thousands of school readers, ranging from first grade through 12th grade (aged six to 17), traditionally take part in a nationwide mock vote which, since 1956, has accurately chosen the actual White House winner. This time around, more than 60 percent opted for Bush over Kerry, who only won one state, Maryland. One of the more fanciful indicators takes its readings from the sales of candidate Halloween masks. In 2000, the Wisconsin-based internet costume company, www.buycostumes.com, began tracking presidential candidate mask sales by five different manufacturers and asked 12 different chains to research their sales history. Their findings showed that since 1980, the candidate whose likeness has outsold his opponent's has won the White House. As of this weekend, Bush masks were reportedly the more popular choice, but only by the narrowest of margins. Back on the sports field, fans of divination are still mulling the possible electoral impact of the historic World Series (news - web sites) win last week by the Boston Red Sox baseball team -- its first world championship since 1918. Some believe it augurs a Kerry win, given that Boston is the Massachusetts senator's home team. They also point out that the Red Sox won the World Series in two other election years -- 1912 and 1916 -- and in each case the Democrat candidate came out on top. A tongue-in-cheek counter argument insists that the Red Sox triumph was so extraordinary that the only electoral equivalent would be a victory Tuesday for independent candidate Ralph Nader story.news.yahoo.com