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Autumn of Discontent
The latest NEWSWEEK poll shows serious political trouble for President
Bush.
WEB EXCLUSIVE
By Marcus Mabry
Newsweek
Updated: 2:00 p.m. ET Nov. 12, 2005

Nov. 12, 2005 - In the wake of the bombings in Jordan by suspected
followers of Iraq’s Al Qaeda chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the
indictment of top White House aide I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby and the
withdrawal of Harriet Miers’s nomination to the Supreme Court,
President George W. Bush is sinking deeper and deeper into political
trouble, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. Only 36 percent of
Americans approve of the job he is doing as president
They're oversampling Democrats...as usual:

"When NEWSWEEK asked registered voters whether they planned to vote for
a Democrat or a Republican in those elections, 53 percent said a
Democrat and 36 percent said a Republican"


These polls mean nothing as long as they continue to oversample
Democrats.



More likely it shows that a percentage of those who voted Republican
last
time around aren't going to do so in 2006 or 2008. Doesn;t mean they are
Repubs or Dems.

Yeah, they conveniently leave out the statistics about how many
respondents were registered Democrats vs. registered Republicans. But
the AP-Ipsos poll *did* provide that data: 52% registered Dems and 39%
registered Republicans. I'd suspect that this poll is just as badly
skewed.







But for the second day in a row, Rasmussen has Bush at 46%:

HArd to find anyone paying attention to Rasmussen and his autodialers.

Hard for someone intentionally trying to ignore it maybe.

Well, I don't watch Faux or read Fauxnewsmax.


Here is a sampling of local (and some national) news outlets that have made
mention of Rasmussen polling data in the last couple of weeks:

Fort Worth Star Telegram
Kansas City Star
Suffolk News Herald
Palm Beach Post
Richmond Times Dispatch
Washington Times
Stockton Record
St. Petersburg Times
The Free-Lance Star
Lynchburg News and Advance
Huntington Herald Dispatch
LaCrosse Tribune
Eatonville Dispatch
Bloomberg
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Daily Free Press

And then, of course, there are plenty of Conservative "news" outlets that
have carried it:
Christian Science Monitor
WorldNet Daily
Rushlimbaugh.com
etc...


You may not be reading it in your local rag...but folks around the country
are reading it in their local papers every morning.

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Autumn of Discontent
The latest NEWSWEEK poll shows serious political trouble for
President Bush.
WEB EXCLUSIVE
By Marcus Mabry
Newsweek
Updated: 2:00 p.m. ET Nov. 12, 2005

Nov. 12, 2005 - In the wake of the bombings in Jordan by suspected
followers of Iraq's Al Qaeda chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the
indictment of top White House aide I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby and the
withdrawal of Harriet Miers's nomination to the Supreme Court,
President George W. Bush is sinking deeper and deeper into political
trouble, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. Only 36 percent of
Americans approve of the job he is doing as president
They're oversampling Democrats...as usual:

"When NEWSWEEK asked registered voters whether they planned to vote
for a Democrat or a Republican in those elections, 53 percent said a
Democrat and 36 percent said a Republican"


These polls mean nothing as long as they continue to oversample
Democrats.



More likely it shows that a percentage of those who voted Republican
last
time around aren't going to do so in 2006 or 2008. Doesn;t mean they
are Repubs or Dems.

Yeah, they conveniently leave out the statistics about how many
respondents were registered Democrats vs. registered Republicans. But
the AP-Ipsos poll *did* provide that data: 52% registered Dems and 39%
registered Republicans. I'd suspect that this poll is just as badly
skewed.







But for the second day in a row, Rasmussen has Bush at 46%:

HArd to find anyone paying attention to Rasmussen and his autodialers.

Hard for someone intentionally trying to ignore it maybe.

Well, I don't watch Faux or read Fauxnewsmax.


Here is a sampling of local (and some national) news outlets that have
made mention of Rasmussen polling data in the last couple of weeks:

Fort Worth Star Telegram
Kansas City Star
Suffolk News Herald
Palm Beach Post
Richmond Times Dispatch
Washington Times
Stockton Record
St. Petersburg Times
The Free-Lance Star
Lynchburg News and Advance
Huntington Herald Dispatch
LaCrosse Tribune
Eatonville Dispatch
Bloomberg
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Daily Free Press

And then, of course, there are plenty of Conservative "news" outlets that
have carried it:
Christian Science Monitor
WorldNet Daily
Rushlimbaugh.com
etc...


You may not be reading it in your local rag...but folks around the country
are reading it in their local papers every morning.



Does not matter what the polls say, Bush is POTUS until January 2009. What
kind of candidate is the Democratic party going to run? Another loser like
AGore or Kerry? If the Dem's persist on peeing on their leg, and the
Republican's put up a more moderate candidate, the Dem's are toast for
another 8 years.

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:09:12 +0000, Bill McKee wrote:


Does not matter what the polls say, Bush is POTUS until January 2009.
What kind of candidate is the Democratic party going to run? Another
loser like AGore or Kerry? If the Dem's persist on peeing on their leg,
and the Republican's put up a more moderate candidate, the Dem's are toast
for another 8 years.

There are quite a few "ifs" in there, but the main one is a "more moderate
candidate." A lot of Americans don't have a problem voting Republican or
Democrat. A lot of Americans do have a problem with voting for someone
who panders to the far wings, left or right. This country has always been
run from the center. Some of the most vocal in the Republican Party,
think they have a mandate to move this country way over to the right.
They don't.

"thunder" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:09:12 +0000, Bill McKee wrote:


Does not matter what the polls say, Bush is POTUS until January 2009.
What kind of candidate is the Democratic party going to run? Another
loser like AGore or Kerry? If the Dem's persist on peeing on their leg,
and the Republican's put up a more moderate candidate, the Dem's are
toast
for another 8 years.

There are quite a few "ifs" in there, but the main one is a "more moderate
candidate." A lot of Americans don't have a problem voting Republican or
Democrat. A lot of Americans do have a problem with voting for someone
who panders to the far wings, left or right. This country has always been
run from the center. Some of the most vocal in the Republican Party,
think they have a mandate to move this country way over to the right.
They don't.

We'll see. Two successful conservative Supreme Court nominations could
certainly move us to the right.

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 04:09:28 +0000, NOYB wrote:


We'll see. Two successful conservative Supreme Court nominations could
certainly move us to the right.

Uh, no, that would move the Court to the right. Personally, I'm thinking
it's a wash. Rehnquist was already quite conservative. I think Alito
will be comparably right, but I'm also suspecting Roberts is a lot close
to an O'Connor than you would like. Still, Stevens is 85. If he can't
hang on, and Bush gets to appoint yet another Justice, all bets are off.
I'd also point out, if you think the Court is too liberal, you have no one
to blame but Republicans. They have appointed 7 of the 9 Justices.

"thunder" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 04:09:28 +0000, NOYB wrote:


We'll see. Two successful conservative Supreme Court nominations could
certainly move us to the right.

Uh, no, that would move the Court to the right. Personally, I'm thinking
it's a wash. Rehnquist was already quite conservative. I think Alito
will be comparably right, but I'm also suspecting Roberts is a lot close
to an O'Connor than you would like. Still, Stevens is 85. If he can't
hang on, and Bush gets to appoint yet another Justice, all bets are off.
I'd also point out, if you think the Court is too liberal, you have no one
to blame but Republicans. They have appointed 7 of the 9 Justices.

Just because a President has an (R) after his name, doesn't mean that every
choice
he makes is a good one. That is, unless we're talking about Bush 43.