Kosgasm -

Look for the Daily Kos and sites that accept his word as gospel to get in a lather over this story:

President George W. Bush's approval rating has slipped to 48 percent, the lowest level since February 2001, according to the Newsweek poll. Fifty percent of registered voters say they would not like to see Bush re-elected to a second term (45% say they would). And if the election were held today, Democratic frontrunner Sen. John Kerry would win over Bush by 50 percent to 45 percent among registered voters.

Note to all of you; it's a post convention high. They showed Walter Mondale beating Reagan at this point of the '84 campaign, too.

The story also notes:

However Bush would have clear wins over Democratic contenders Sen. John
Edwards (49% to 44%), former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (50% to 44%) and retired
General Wesley Clark (51% to 43%).

I'm sure Bush would beat up on Paul Tsongas, too.

Here's the part of the story I find intrigueing:

When deciding which presidential candidate to support, 67 percent say it
is either very important (25%) or somewhat important (42%) for them to learn about the candidate's spouse. Seventy-two percent say the relationship between a candidate and his spouse tells voters either a lot (40%) or something (32%) about how good a president he would be; 13 percent say it tells you not much and 12 percent say it tells you nothing.

By all accounts I've heard:

• The President has a solid, functional, great relationship with Laura, whom he credits for helping him straighten up after his rounds of addiction.
• On the other hand, John Kerry is Teresa Heinz' lapdog.

Not that it would change my vote at all...

Posted by Mitch at February 9, 2004 05:00 AM