Strategist warns Bush could fall in polls w/Dem nominee

[stevedeshazer]

Memo: 'This race is likely to be very tight'



WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Once a Democratic nominee emerges, President Bush could temporarily fall in the polls, the president's senior strategist warns in a campaign memo obtained by CNN.

The memo -- written by Matthew Dowd, the president's pollster, to Bush campaign chairman Marc Racicot and campaign manager Ken Mehlman -- comes one year before Election Day and seeks to lower expectations regarding the president's standing in the coming months.

A campaign spokeswoman said the two-page memo is aimed at grass-roots supporters as a "psychological benchmark" to explain why polls will show the president's numbers at varying levels. It seeks to reassure the president's backers and lay out where Dowd believes the campaign is headed.

"After the Democratic nominee is all but certain in the late winter/early spring, it would not be surprising for us to fall behind for a bit," writes Dowd.

more: http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/elec04.prez.bush.memo/

[Military Brat]

1. I have a different outlook

Dowd: "...it would not be surprising for us to fall behind for a bit."

I think he should say, "It would not be surprising for us to fall on our behind."

I accidentally heard a bit of bush ranting and raving in his speech today about how we're fighting for the security of America! And the dimwits in the audience were actually clapping and cheering. What a travesty. What a farce. What a digusting perversion of the truth.

[Voltaire99]

2. The Orwellian US media...

reassuring the masses that our Glorious Leader may fall behind "temporarily" in the polls.

"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling the transmission..."