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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (753016)	11/1/2006 10:35:26 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Rasmussen Reports rasmussenreports.com Partisan Trends: Dems Peaking at the Right Time November 1, 2006 In the final full month before Election 2006, the number of people identifying themselves as Republicans has fallen to its lowest level since we began reporting this measure of partisan trends in January 2004. As a result, Democrats have their biggest net advantage of the past two campaign cycles. In October, just 31.5% of Americans considered themselves Republicans. That’s a startling decline of nearly six percentage points from 37.2% two years ago. It’s also down nearly a full point from last month. Democrats have also lost a little ground since October 2004. Today, 37.7% identify themselves as Democrats, down a point from 38.7% on the eve of Election 2004. However, Democrats now have a 6.2 percentage point advantage over the GOP, their largest recorded over the past 34 months. In October 2004, the Democrats advantage was a miniscule 1.5 percentage points. These results are based upon tracking surveys of 15,000 adults per month. The margin of sampling error is less than one percentage point, with a 95% level of confidence. Please keep in mind that figures reported in this article are for all adults, not Likely Voters. Republicans typically do a bit better among Likely Voters (in fact, the two parties ended up even among those who showed up to vote in 2004). It’s worth noting that the three best months for the Democrats have been the last three. They enjoyed a 5.3 point advantage in August and a 4.8 point advantage in September. Other than that, their advantage has not topped the 4.0 mark since January 2004. When 2006 began, 36.1% of Americans said they were Democrats and 34.5% said they were Republicans. Today, 30.7% are not affiliated with either major party. That’s up from 24.1% in October 2004. As the party affiliation trends continue moving in the Democrats’ direction, the battle for control of the Senate remains too close to call (see our Senate Balance of Power summary). The President’s Job Approval ratings continue to hover around the 40% mark and 56% rate the situation in Iraq as poor. Monthly data from January 2004 to October 2006 can be reviewed here.

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (753016)	11/2/2006 11:27:46 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

buddy, be good and dont chase the squirrels in back yard: Pa. Letter Carrier Attacked by Squirrel E-MailPrint Save By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: November 2, 2006 Filed at 11:09 a.m. ET OIL CITY, Pa. (AP) -- Letter carriers occasionally have to deal with angry dogs or maybe even a spider's nest in a mailbox, but a mean squirrel? Barb Dougherty, a 30-year Postal Service employee, said she was attacked and bitten Monday by a squirrel while delivering mail in Oil City, about 75 miles north of Pittsburgh. ''It was a freak thing. It was traumatic,'' Dougherty told The Derrick newspaper. ''I saw it there on the porch, put the mail in the box and turned to walk away and it jumped on me.'' She said the animal ran up her leg and onto her back. ''I eventually got a hold of the tail and pulled it off me,'' Dougherty said. ''No one was home at the house where I was delivering the mail, but the neighbor lady heard me screaming and came over.'' An ambulance took Dougherty to a hospital, where she was treated for cuts and scratches. The squirrel was killed with a BB gun and sent to a lab to be tested for rabies. Dougherty was given the first series of rabies shots as a precaution. Postal officials said the attack is extraordinary. ''In about 230 years of postal history, I bet it is not the first, but I've personally never heard of another squirrel biting,'' said Steve Kochersperger, spokesman for the Erie district.