The Problem With the TIME Poll (RE: Bush Ahead by 11)

[liberalpragmatist]

The poll is probably an outlier. Probably, Bush is about 5 points ahead of Kerry, similar to what Kerry was ahead of Bush after the DNC.

The problem with this outlier, however, is that the media will latch onto it, like they do all outliers. Remember how that one outlier CNN/Time/USAToday poll had Kerry 3 points behind Bush after the convention, even though ALL the others had Kerry 3 or 4 or 5 or more points ahead? Well, that outlier became the media meme. And the story's going to become "Bush had a successful convention" and "Kerry did not."

We shouldn't be in panic mode, we just have to continue to fight back and do well in the debates, and I think we'll pull ahead and win. But the race is not lost or won, it's still very competitive. Stay vigilint!

[Th1onein]

1. Oh bullshit!

Bush is NOT ahead in any respect. I don't believe the polls at all. You turn to your neighbors, people standing in line at the grocery store, your fellow workers, and you will find that they HATE that idiot in the WH. And, I'm in TEXAS, which is supposed to be a Republican stronghold. The fact is that people vote their pocketbooks, and we've all been hit hard by this administration, in that respect. Bush is LOSING by a landslide.