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To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (685615)	6/14/2005 1:58:54 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Flopper, can you name one city in the US with a population over 500,000 that did not vote for John Kerry? Try naming just one.

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (685615)	6/14/2005 2:55:13 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

There's hope for President Bush yet! news.independent.co.uk

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (685615)	6/14/2005 3:23:12 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Interesting... popularity ratings for Governors: surveyusa.com SORTED FROM HIGHEST RATED TO LOWEST: APPROVAL RATINGS FOR ALL 50 GOVERNORS AS OF 05/10/05 # State Governor Party Approve Disapprove 1 North Dakota John Hoeven R 71% 20% 2 South Dakota Mike Rounds R 70% 19% 3 Wyoming Dave Freudenthal D 67% 20% 4 Connecticut Jodi Rell R 66% 23% 5 Utah Jon Huntsman R 64% 21% 6 West Virginia Joe Manchin D 64% 24% 7 Vermont Jim Douglas R 60% 27% 8 Arizona Janet Napolitano D 59% 32% 9 Hawaii Linda Lingle R 59% 27% 10 Oklahoma Brad Henry D 59% 30% 11 Montana Brian Schweitzer D 58% 27% 12 Louisiana Kathleen Blanco D 55% 36% 13 Virginia Mark Warner D 55% 31% 14 Colorado Bill Owens R 54% 38% 15 Idaho Dirk Kempthorne R 54% 33% 16 Kansas Kathleen Sebelius D 54% 34% 17 Minnesota Tim Pawlenty R 54% 38% 18 Nebraska Dave Heineman R 54% 20% 19 Nevada Kenny Guinn R 54% 34% 20 New Mexico Bill Richardson D 54% 39% 21 South Carolina Mark Sanford R 53% 35% 22 North Carolina Michael Easley D 52% 34% 23 Tennessee Phil Bredesen D 52% 40% 24 Arkansas Mike Huckabee R 51% 41% 25 Iowa Thomas Vilsack D 50% 39% 26 New Hampshire John Lynch D 50% 29% 27 Rhode Island Don Carcieri R 50% 39% 28 Florida Jeb Bush R 49% 46% 29 Pennsylvania Edward Rendell D 48% 43% 30 Georgia Sonny Perdue R 47% 40% 31 Maryland Robert Ehrlich R 46% 43% 32 Indiana Mitch Daniels R 42% 49% 33 Massachusetts Mitt Romney R 41% 51% 34 New Jersey Richard Codey D 41% 40% 35 Wisconsin Jim Doyle D 41% 49% 36 California Arnold Schwarzenegger R 40% 56% 37 Delaware Ruth Ann Minner D 40% 51% 38 Texas Rick Perry R 38% 48% 39 Maine John Baldacci D 37% 55% 40 Mississippi Haley Barbour R 37% 55% 41 Alabama Robert Riley R 36% 52% 42 Illinois Rod Blagojevich D 36% 54% 43 Kentucky Ernie Fletcher R 36% 50% 44 Michigan Jennifer Granholm D 36% 57% 45 New York George Pataki R 36% 56% 46 Oregon Ted Kulongoski D 36% 48% 47 Washington Christine Gregoire D 34% 58% 48 Missouri Matt Blunt R 33% 57% 49 Alaska Frank Murkowski R 27% 66% 50 Ohio Bob Taft R 19% 74% Avg 48% 41%

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (685615)	6/14/2005 3:25:43 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Senator popularity ratings (looks like voters love 'rebels'...): surveyusa.com SORTED FROM HIGHEST 06/05 APPROVAL RATING TO LOWEST APPROVAL RATINGS FOR ALL 100 U.S. SENATORS AS OF 6/13/05 05/05 06/05 Change 05/05 to 06/06 # State U.S. Senator Party SR/JR Approve Disapprove Approve Disapprove Approve Disapprove 1 IL Obama, Barack D JR 67% 22% 72% 21% +5% -1% 2 ME Collins, Susan R JR 71% 22% 71% 23% +0% +1% 3 ND Conrad, Kent D SR 63% 27% 71% 22% +8% -5% 4 VT Leahy, Patrick D SR 70% 23% 71% 22% +1% -1% 5 ME Snowe, Olympia R SR 71% 21% 71% 24% +0% +3% 6 ND Dorgan, Byron D JR 68% 24% 70% 24% +2% +0% 7 HI Inouye, Daniel D SR 68% 18% 70% 19% +2% +1% 8 WV Rockefeller, Jay D JR 65% 25% 70% 22% +5% -3% 9 RI Reed, Jack D SR 66% 22% 69% 23% +3% +1% 10 IN Bayh, Evan D JR 66% 24% 67% 22% +1% -2% 11 SD Johnson, Tim D SR 62% 28% 67% 25% +5% -3% 12 AZ McCain, John R SR 69% 23% 67% 26% -2% +3% 13 VT Jeffords, James I JR 66% 25% 66% 27% +0% +2% 14 AK Stevens, Ted R SR 63% 27% 66% 24% +3% -3% 15 DE Biden, Joseph D SR 63% 27% 65% 27% +2% +0% 16 NY Clinton, Hillary D JR 64% 32% 65% 30% +1% -2% 17 CT Lieberman, Joseph D JR 61% 30% 65% 28% +4% -2% 18 MS Lott, Trent R JR 64% 29% 65% 29% +1% +0% 19 TX Hutchison, Kay R SR 59% 25% 64% 26% +5% +1% 20 NE Nelson, Ben D JR 62% 26% 64% 26% +2% +0% 21 WV Byrd, Robert D SR 56% 36% 63% 32% +7% -4% 22 DE Carper, Thomas D JR 62% 23% 63% 23% +1% +0% 23 MS Cochran, Thad R SR 59% 27% 63% 26% +4% -1% 24 HI Akaka, Daniel D JR 59% 23% 62% 24% +3% +1% 25 WI Feingold, Russell D JR 53% 37% 62% 33% +9% -4% 26 OR Wyden, Ron D SR 57% 27% 62% 24% +5% -3% 27 NM Domenici, Pete R SR 60% 28% 61% 32% +1% +4% 28 IA Grassley, Chuck R SR 64% 24% 61% 27% -3% +3% 29 UT Hatch, Orrin R SR 58% 31% 61% 32% +3% +1% 30 MA Kennedy, Edward D SR 59% 33% 61% 34% +2% +1% 31 IN Lugar, Richard R SR 59% 24% 61% 26% +2% +2% 32 NY Schumer, Charles D SR 60% 28% 61% 28% +1% +0% 33 NM Bingaman, Jeff D JR 55% 28% 60% 28% +5% +0% 34 MD Mikulski, Barbara D JR 60% 30% 60% 31% +0% +1% 35 UT Bennett, Robert R JR 51% 29% 59% 27% +8% -2% 36 ID Crapo, Michael R JR 58% 27% 59% 26% +1% -1% 37 WI Kohl, Herb D SR 53% 34% 59% 31% +6% -3% 38 WY Thomas, Craig R SR 59% 25% 59% 30% +0% +5% 39 MT Baucus, Max D SR 60% 30% 58% 35% -2% +5% 40 ID Craig, Larry R SR 55% 30% 58% 28% +3% -2% 41 CT Dodd, Christopher D SR 54% 33% 58% 30% +4% -3% 42 NE Hagel, Chuck R SR 56% 29% 58% 31% +2% +2% 43 AR Lincoln, Blanche D SR 55% 33% 58% 33% +3% +0% 44 AR Pryor, Mark D JR 56% 27% 58% 31% +2% +4% 45 AL Shelby, Richard R SR 58% 25% 58% 30% +0% +5% 46 NV Reid, Harry D SR 57% 35% 57% 36% +0% +1% 47 AL Sessions, Jeff R JR 53% 30% 57% 31% +4% +1% 48 LA Vitter, David R JR 59% 26% 57% 33% -2% +7% 49 WY Enzi, Michael R JR 57% 27% 56% 30% -1% +3% 50 KY McConnell, Mitch R SR 54% 33% 56% 32% +2% -1% 51 WA Murray, Patty D SR 50% 36% 56% 33% +6% -3% 52 WA Cantwell, Maria D JR 45% 35% 55% 30% +10% -5% 53 NC Dole, Elizabeth R SR 58% 29% 55% 32% -3% +3% 54 CO Salazar, Ken D JR 53% 34% 55% 33% +2% -1% 55 IA Harkin, Tom D JR 54% 34% 54% 35% +0% +1% 56 LA Landrieu, Mary D SR 50% 40% 54% 39% +4% -1% 57 KS Roberts, Pat R JR 51% 31% 54% 29% +3% -2% 58 PA Specter, Arlen R SR 54% 34% 54% 36% +0% +2% 59 VA Allen, George R JR 48% 35% 53% 32% +5% -3% 60 RI Chafee, Lincoln R JR 48% 40% 53% 39% +5% -1% 61 SC Graham, Lindsey R SR 54% 29% 53% 34% -1% +5% 62 NH Gregg, Judd R SR 49% 31% 53% 30% +4% -1% 63 MA Kerry, John D JR 51% 42% 53% 42% +2% +0% 64 VA Warner, John R SR 55% 27% 53% 32% -2% +5% 65 TN Alexander, Lamar R JR 53% 29% 52% 34% -1% +5% 66 MO Bond, Kit R SR 49% 34% 52% 35% +3% +1% 67 MN Coleman, Norm R JR 52% 35% 52% 39% +0% +4% 68 NJ Corzine, Jon D SR 44% 38% 52% 36% +8% -2% 69 CA Feinstein, Dianne D SR 49% 36% 52% 33% +3% -3% 70 MI Levin, Carl D SR 51% 33% 52% 34% +1% +1% 71 MD Sarbanes, Paul D SR 51% 33% 52% 31% +1% -2% 72 SD Thune, John R JR 56% 36% 52% 42% -4% +6% 73 CA Boxer, Barbara D JR 50% 38% 51% 37% +1% -1% 74 TN Frist, Bill R SR 58% 32% 51% 39% -7% +7% 75 GA Isakson, Johnny R JR 46% 31% 51% 30% +5% -1% 76 OR Smith, Gordon R JR 51% 31% 51% 33% +0% +2% 77 KS Brownback, Sam R SR 52% 34% 50% 38% -2% +4% 78 MT Burns, Conrad R JR 52% 38% 50% 42% -2% +4% 79 GA Chambliss, Saxby R SR 46% 34% 50% 34% +4% +0% 80 IL Durbin, Richard D SR 46% 34% 50% 34% +4% +0% 81 OH Voinovich, George R JR 47% 40% 50% 39% +3% -1% 82 CO Allard, Wayne R SR 45% 33% 49% 35% +4% +2% 83 SC DeMint, Jim R JR 46% 34% 49% 35% +3% +1% 84 NV Ensign, John R JR 47% 34% 49% 34% +2% +0% 85 AZ Kyl, Jon R JR 44% 31% 49% 31% +5% +0% 86 AK Murkowski, Lisa R JR 46% 45% 49% 42% +3% -3% 87 MI Stabenow, Debbie D JR 47% 33% 48% 36% +1% +3% 88 MO Talent, Jim R JR 50% 32% 48% 38% -2% +6% 89 KY Bunning, Jim R JR 41% 41% 47% 38% +6% -3% 90 FL Nelson, Bill D SR 50% 26% 47% 29% -3% +3% 91 NH Sununu, John R JR 47% 37% 47% 37% +0% +0% 92 MN Dayton, Mark D SR 41% 41% 46% 41% +5% +0% 93 PA Santorum, Rick R JR 44% 38% 45% 44% +1% +6% 94 OH DeWine, Mike R SR 45% 37% 44% 43% -1% +6% 95 OK Inhofe, James R SR 46% 33% 44% 42% -2% +9% 96 OK Coburn, Tom R JR 47% 32% 43% 40% -4% +8% 97 FL Martinez, Mel R JR 35% 44% 43% 39% +8% -5% 98 NC Burr, Richard R JR 42% 34% 42% 36% +0% +2% 99 NJ Lautenberg, Frank D JR 42% 39% 42% 40% +0% +1% 100 TX Cornyn, John R JR 39% 33% 40% 36% +1% +3% Average 54% 31% 56% 32% +2% +1%