Kerry must have had an awesome Saturday in national tracking poll

[WI_DEM]

Rasmussen which has been doing daily tracking polls since January has been clearly indicating a close race. But on Thursday and Friday Bush spiked ahead by four points 49-45, but today, it is a virtual dead heat once again--Bush 47.6% to Kerry's 46.4%--only a 1.2% lead for Bush. Two-thirds of the interviews were done after Bush's acceptance speech (three day rolling averages). Which means to me if on Thursday and Friday Bush was averaging 49-45, then Kerry must have had a very good Saturday.

I think the TIME and NEWSWEEK polls have been sufficiently discredited even by Scott Rasmussen for interviewing more Republicans than a reliable sample should.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/

[Lefty48197]

1. KERRY SUPPORT SOARS

How long do you think before we will see this headline?

[Julien Sorel]

4. I don't believe we should be focusing on polls

at all, but to the extent that we do, this is the sort of value they have. Kerry being down in polls is an opportunity to build a story, Kerry as comeback artist, Kerry as a guy who wouldn't let bad polls bring him down. Instead we have hand wringing and fingerpointing.

[POAS]

10. That right

Don't focus on polls, focus on working hard and getting out the vote and registering new voters.

[MrBenchley]

6. Even then, it will be

"Kerry Support Soars....Sources Urge Campaign Shakeup" or some such rubbish...

[yardwork]

15. We need to write our own headlines!

Let's NOT let the corporations choose a president this time. Let's do it ourselves as Americans this time.

[soothsayer]

2. Bush Bounce Gone by Weekend----that's a great headline we won't see

bwa ha ha ha! I'm so glad that his wee bounce---if there WAS one---has evaporated.

bye bye, bushie!

[mitchtv]

3. the situation is easy to figure

once * opens his mouth, poll numbers go down.

[peacetalksforall]

5. The Republican Convention was an embarassment and now Time and

Newsweek put an addendum on it with their polls. They tried. They failed. They embarassed themselves. And everyone knows it.

[MrBenchley]

8. Exactly so...

It's the GOP campaign that is off the road and upside down in the weeds....

[faithnotgreed]

12. hey could you tell me more about this addendum? i hadnt

heard about their clarification or whatever they have done...

where was this reported ?

thanks very much

[liberal N proud]

7. I liked the Kerry I saw on Saturday!

He came out swinging without smearing.
Just stated the truth, but it is still hard to get through to those who they have sold their smears to.

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[WI_DEM]

14. No we can't put our hopes in any pollster

and Rasmussen himself admits he sucked in 2000. He says he has taken steps to correct that. So far his polls for 2004 have been very consistent and usually with Kerry leading by a small margin or even between the two. But who was right in 2000? not Gallup for sure, or TIME, NEWSWEEK, ABC Washington POst, ect all had Gore losing to Bush. Only Zogby and CBS put Gore ahead in their final polls.

[Richardson08]

11. Take off the sports jacket

He wears the sports jacket with the white dress shirt.Remove that jacket and roll up the sleeves.You can not fight wearing a sports jacket.

[faithnotgreed]

13. good point! welcome to du everyone! lets get going

[olddem43]

16. He does take off the jacket, depending on the weather.

I have seen him twice here in Ohio. Both times it was a hot day and he immediately took off his jacket upon being introduced.

[MaineDem]

17. Welcome to DU

:hi:

Great point but he does take his jacket off. A lot. I'm surprised you haven't noticed.

Again, glad to have you around. :)