BREAKING…. … Kerry 48% Bush 43%

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A New CBS poll has JUST COME OUT!




February 2004.


In the 2004 Presidential race according to a new CBS news poll, Democrat John Kerry is now leading President Bush George Bush 48% to 43%.


From the article on the poll:


"Registered voters now give a five-point lead to an unnamed Democratic candidate over George W. Bush. By 47 percent to 42 percent registered voters now say they would support a Democrat over the Republican President."

But different Democrats fare differently against the President. If the November election were held today, voters would favor Kerry over Bush 48 percent to 43 percent. Meanwhile, Bush would defeat John Edwards 50 percent to 41 percent and Howard Dean by a much more sizeable 54 percent to 37 percent margin.


Snip………..


George W. Bush's job approval is 50 percent, unchanged since last month. His ratings in specific areas -- on the economy, foreign policy, and handling Iraq -- are under 50 percent, and only when it comes to his handling of terrorism does a majority approve of his performance. 57 percent say the Administration exaggerated pre-war intelligence about Iraq's weapons in order to rally support for the war.

Views of the direction the country is headed are often considered a predictor of how an incumbent president will do when he stands for re-election, and from that perspective the news for Bush is not good. 51 percent think the country is headed on the wrong track, while 41 percent think it is going in the right direction.


Read more:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/16/opinion/polls/main600505.shtml#

Any of this sound familiar?, (including Gallup which ironically has Obama at 50% today.)


Perspective people…. its all about perspective.

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1. While the President maintains steady approval ratings near his popular vote number..

...and while we haven't even started the real primary season yet, let alone the general election, I've no concerns about any match up polls.