NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...


Besides, pro football is fixed. Everyone knows that.


So are Presidential elections. Everybody knows that, too. Prepare for 4
more years...



Well, while we agree that these early polls are meaningless, this is
interesting:

Kerry leads Bush in new poll
Bush's approval numbers dip

(CNN) --Sen. John Kerry, the front-runner among Democrats vying for
their party's presidential nomination, leads President Bush in a
head-to-head matchup, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released
Monday.

Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina and retired Gen. Wesley Clark also
emerge as formidable opponents, according to hypothetical matchups in
the poll, which found a decline in Bush's approval numbers.

The poll, based on interviews with 1,001 adult Americans, including 562
likely voters, was conducted in the days after the New Hampshire primary.

The poll underscores both Kerry's momentum after his wins in New
Hampshire and Iowa, and increased favorability among Democrats in
general as they dominate political news with their primaries and steady
criticism of Bush.

The general election is slightly more than nine months away and Bush has
yet to launch his campaign in earnest, meaning the poll numbers are all
but certain to shift.

When the 562 likely voters were asked for their choice from a Bush v.
Kerry race, 53 percent of those picked Kerry, and 46 percent favored Bush.

When that same group was asked to pick between Edwards and Bush, the
numbers were 49 percent for Edwards and 48 percent for Bush. With a
Bush/Clark face-off, Bush was favored by 50 percent of those surveyed
and Clark, 47 percent.

Howard Dean, the onetime front-runner in the Democratic field, had a
poorer showing against Bush, 45 percent to 52 percent for the incumbent.

The question of choice for president among likely voters had a sampling
error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The margin or error was
different for other questions, as some questions were posed to likely
voters, others to just Democrats and others to all adults surveyed.

Kerry was the overwhelming choice of registered Democrats for the
presidential nomination. Support for Kerry as the Democratic nominee
stood at 49 percent, compared to 14 percent for Dean and 13 percent for
Edwards. The other Democratic candidates were in the single digits.

The poll showed Bush's job approval rating at 49 percent among all the
adults surveyed, the first time since he became president that his job
approval has dipped below 50 percent. A month ago his rating was at 60
percent, as he enjoyed a spike in approval after the capture of Saddam
Hussein.

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Oh, I'm sure Bush has some more "spike" events planned, but he's wearing
out his welcome.




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