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To: carranza2 who wrote (12672)	2/18/2006 4:36:16 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541962

pollingreport.com Here's a sample: Extremely/ Very Important % Terrorism 89 The situation in Iraq 89 Health care costs 88 The economy 88 Education 85 Social Security 79 Taxes 71 Limits on lawsuits 50 Same-sex marriages or civil unions 40 You can see that terrorism is first with 89 percent. But then health care costs is 88 percent. So, yes, terrorism is first but so what. Here's another example, different format. Please tell me which one of these items you think should be the top priority for the federal government. [See below.]" If "All": "Well, if you had to choose just one, which do you think should be the top priority? % The war in Iraq 21 Job creation and economic growth 19 Health care 16 Terrorism 14 Illegal immigration 9 The cost and supply of energy 8 Congressional ethics and lobbying reform 4 The wiretapping of suspected terrorists 3 All equally (vol.) 6 If you combine Iraq and terrorism you get a third of the population putting it first. That issue may be a winner for Rove but he needs some other issues, too. I don't make any claims about the details of these polls, only the general results. I'm only trying to make the point that top priority isn't all it's cracked up to be.