LAT: Convention Helps Bush Gain Undecided Voters (small group)

[DeepModem Mom]

Link to thread, posted by kskiska, from WP about small group of undecided voters with different view:

"Speech Fails to Sway These Undecideds"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x800965


LAT story:

THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Convention Helps Bush Gain Undecided Voters
Interviews among a small group show the message on steady leadership and the attacks on Kerry have solidified his standing.

By Maria L. La Ganga, Times Staff Writer

Maybe it was the one-two punch of Vice President Dick Cheney and First Lady Laura Bush, extolling the virtues of the man who wants to be president — again. Maybe it was the lack of punching back by Sen. John F. Kerry, the target of increasing attacks at the Republican National Convention and in a barrage of broadcast ads.

Maybe it was the confluence of factors — a good nominating convention for President Bush in New York and a bad month for his Democratic rival. Either way, Jackie Costa, a 36-year-old public relations account executive from suburban Milwaukee and heretofore undecided voter, has made up her mind (for Bush.)

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With its relentless reminders of Sept. 11 and some of the most aggressive speeches of the campaign, the Republican convention helped Bush solidify his standing as a steady leader who can help the country navigate a dangerous world, at least among a small group of undecided voters interviewed Friday. They were among the 5% of the electorate identified by a recent Times Poll as unsure about who to choose as president in November.

For most of them, Bush largely came across as forceful and consistent during the four-day nominating convention in New York, and the majority finished the week either considering a Republican vote in November or pretty firmly in the president's column.

In addition to the convention, which was capped by the president's acceptance speech Thursday night, the undecided voters said they also were nudged by a barrage of negative ads about Kerry. The combination left many of them with a sense that the Democratic candidate could not make up his mind about questions facing the nation....

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-voters4sep04,1,7255133.story?coll=la-home-politics

[hadrons]

1. yup, high roading it really works ....

:eyes:

[lancdem]

2. Yep

Our failure to attack Bush during the DNC was really costly, in retrospect.