Newsweek poll needs attention plus good article on KKKarl Rove

[Bandit]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032542/site/newsweek/

Aug. 27 - Karl Rove makes Chuck Colson look like a girly man. Colson didn’t have the audacity to go after John Kerry’s military record when President Nixon was looking for dirt on antiwar leaders. After researching Kerry’s medals, Colson, who now heads a prison ministry program, backed off. “Maybe Chuck knew he was going to find Jesus back then because he had a degree of shame,” says a senior staffer to a Senate Republican.
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My Republican mole on Capitol Hill says the green light has gone out to Republicans to do whatever it takes to get Bush elected. “This is the way we hold onto power,” he says with disgust. Pollster John Zogby’s survey of battleground states taken last week as the Swift Boat controversy raged shows no fundamental change in the race. “It’s running its course, and it may boomerang,” he says of the attack on Kerry’s heroism. The fact that the sleeper network has gone nuclear is evidence of Bush’s weakness, not his strength, says Zogby. “If weren’t seeing serious damage, they wouldn’t be hitting so hard so early. The president is on the ropes; there’s no other way of looking at it.”
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The irony is that Kerry does have courage—the very quality this smarmy campaign seeks to denigrate. The rap on him is that he is slow to battle, that it takes a near-death experience to get him fully engaged. By assailing his heroism, the GOP may have done Kerry a favor. Maybe they’ve awakened a sleeping giant.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5843033/site/newsweek/

[livetohike]

1. Done!

Doesn't look like Bush received any bounce. He may have lost some.

[The Sushi Bandit]

2. kick

[Bandit]

3. 29000 votes so far and 50% say no Bush* can't beat Kerry

8% undecided :shrug:

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4. done...it's CLOSE....GO Vote!

Do you think George W. Bush will beat John Kerry? * 28919 responses


Yes
42%

No
50%

I don't know
8%

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5. 28995 responses

Yes
42%


No
50%


I don't know
8%

[Kukesa]

6. Done: Yes, 42%; No, 50% - 29,044 votes. n/t

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7. kick