Poll: Chimp Retains Advantage on Security

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040329/ap_on_el_pr/presidential_polls&cid=694&ncid=1963&sid=96378798

They haven't used Clarke enough. Why no Ad about Clarke?

Besides, never get in the way of a perfectly good train wreck.

as the one who has no remorse in killing Arabs whether they are connected with terrorism (Al Qaeda) or not ( Iraq).They are all the same to Americans.This attitude seems to transcend all racial and religious barriers.Regretfully the racism and xenophobia against Arabs and Muslims is the last permissible form of prejudice in our society.Bush ( or more precisely Rove) has correctly perceived this prejudice as a political asset.He is very likely correct.

CNNUSATODAYGALLUP POLL: Americans' views of Richard Clarke largely determined by who they plan to vote for
Mon Mar 29 2004 16:50:18 ET

Interviews with 1,001 adult Americans conducted by telephone on March 26-28, 2004.

Americans' views of Richard Clarke are largely determined by who they plan to vote for in November, and although the public thinks that the Bush administration didn't do enough to prevent terrorism before 9/11, they also don't believe that the White House could have prevented 9/11 from happening. The number of Americans who approve of how Bush is handling terrorism has dropped since last year, but a solid majority continues to give Bush a positive grade on terrorism and Iraq. 54% say that the Bush administration did not do all that could be expected on terrorism before 9/11. However, even larger numbers say that the Clinton administration did not do all that could be expected. And two-thirds say that the Bush administration would not have been able to prevent the terrorist attacks on 9/11. Most, however, also say that the White House is covering something up in the 9/11 investigation. Since Richard Clarke's charges were made during an election, it comes as no surprise that the public is as closely divided on his charges as they are on the election itself. 46% say they are more likely to believe the Bush administration; 44% say they are more likely to believe Clarke. Democrats overwhelmingly trust Clarke and Republicans trust Bush by an equally large margin.

have their mind made up. Its just who can get the best voter turnout in my opinion

who will not make up their minds until very late in the season, possibly one week before election day.This is the 10-15% we need to convince by hammering the theme Richard Clarke talks about in his book,i.e failure to properly address the terrorism issue and guard
against Al Qaeda and not Iraq.In a sense, we need to convince these fence sitters we will be better at stopping terrorism than Bush.Clarke has really given us an opening for this.Kerry, Edwards, Clark, Dean, Sharpton, Kucinich and all democrats need to keep repeating this like a mantra until election day.This is the issue that Bush is banking on to be returned to the WH and this is precisely the issue on which we can deny him victory.

the final week of the election is THE key in close races like this.

Which is why I advocate a last-minute infomercial on the Thursday night before the election. Any reaction to the infomercial by the Bush camp would be buried in the weekend news, and it could make the difference in how the undecideds break in that final week.

At that point in the campaign, we'd know our candidate's weakness with the swing voters. A carefully-honed one-hour message targeting these voters is what would be most effective. Security a concern to these people? We highlight Bush's failures at home to screen cargo and protect certain facilities while showcasing Kerry's proposals to remedy these shortcomings. The economy? We remind people of how Clinton-like Kerry's plan is while also giving a positive flashback to the Clinton Years.

And if Kerry has enough money, a carefully-timed infomercial after Bush's convention speech could blunt any bounce that he gets in the polls. And Kerry would then have an opportunity to respond point-by-point to the lies that Bush will inevitably tell in New York.

Ross Perot used cheesy forms of the infomercial and was in first place at one point! Had he not jumped in and out of the race repeatedly, we might've ended-up with a Perot presidency. So we know that the infomercial works.. and I've written the campaign on this topic (and other topics)a number of times. If there's one piece of advice of mine that the campaign follows, it's the infomercial. It must be done.

I don't think that Clarke will do anything other than harden the same opinions that people already have, one way or another.

Voter turnout in the Midwest will determine the election, unless another domestic attack happens.

Chimpy can do no wrong. Un frigging believable.

I swear of someone shit on me the way Bush is shitting on this country I'd sure change my opinion of him damn quick. How can anybody feel confident with Bush on the security issue when he has bungled this so badly.

Are people so brainwashed that they cannot think critically anymore?

Wake up people! Bozo boy ain't what you think he is and the sooner you see that the better for us all.

MzPip
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Wouldn't many Germans have still voted for the Nazi party? Some people just will not change their minds.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

"Bush held the advantage on which candidate would do a better job of defending the country from terrorist attacks by 53 percent for Bush to 29 percent for Kerry. That's about the same advantage Bush had on protecting the country earlier this month in a Pew poll."

What they don't tell you is that as little as two months ago, Bush*'s number was at 70%, not 53%. IOW, Bush*'s numbers have dropped 17% in two months, and the full impact of Clarke's testimony has yet to have it's affect. IOW, Bush* has lost more than one-fifth of his support over his ability to fight terrorism, supposedly his greatest strength.