Has our Democratic Strategist been by lately?

[Annette]

Just wondering if I had missed any posts by Democratic Strategist. We could use a pep talk or some advice about now.

[dweller]

1. .

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dp

[Annette]

4. Crickets?

What does that mean? Excuse me for being a total idiot tonight, I'm still a newbie.

[dweller]

8. sound fx

on a quiet nite.

shh.
dp

[Wonk]

2. If I remember correctly, they quit DU in a big huff. nt

[Annette]

3. In a big huff?

Guess I missed that part. What were they huffy about, or should I even ask?

[KittyWampus]

6. It Wasn't Really A "Huff". Said Poster Just Bowed Out After DU'ers With

chips on their shoulders decided to use Dem Strategist as a whipping boy.

[Kammer]

7. Peptalk?

Here:
The new Harris Interactive/Wall Street Journal poll, completed on Sept. 13, shows Kerry with 48 percent, Bush with 47 percent and Ralph Nader with 2 percent. Those results were nearly identical to the last Harris poll, taken before the Republican Convention, when Kerry was ahead by 1 point. The most noticeable shift in this poll's results is that the 10-point lead Bush enjoyed last June is gone. More than half of the respondents think Bush "doesn't deserve to be reelected ."

The most recent poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press shows the Bush lead falling precipitously during the past week. Between Sept. 8 and Sept. 10, Bush was ahead of Kerry by 54 to 38 among "likely voters" -- but between Sept. 11 and Sept. 14, that gap diminished to Bush 47 versus Kerry 46.

Today, the Economist released a new YouGov poll, which employs online technology developed by a British survey firm, and found Bush ahead of Kerry by a single point, 47 to 46. To the magazine's editors this represents an "impressive" result for Bush because more than 56 percent of the voters polled by YouGov say they are "dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time."

Democracy Corps, run by James Carville and Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg, completed a new poll of 1,003 voters on Sept. 14, which also showed Bush one point ahead, 49 to 48 percent. Greenberg's poll includes lots of data suggesting that voters want a new direction -- and that independents, in particular, are deeply dissatisfied with Bush.

The latest survey by Investor's Business Daily and the Christian Science Monitor, completed Sept. 12, actually shows Kerry ahead by two points among registered voters and tied with Bush among "likely" voters.

Even Gallup says this:

As Gallup polling director Frank Newport said last week when Bush was riding high on a post-convention wave, the presidential election remains in flux and unpredictable.

"In all presidential elections there has been at least some movement between Gallup's Labor Day poll and the final outcome on Election Day," Newport explained. "The general tendency is toward a closing of whatever gap exists on Labor Day. Certainly, the race is close enough at this point to suggest that while it is possible that George Bush may maintain his lead or expand it, it is also quite possible that John Kerry will gain and move into the lead himself."

Now, get out and get to work, call the Kerry campaign and ask what you can do to help........

[yardwork]

15. Welcome to DU. Good post!

[Dem_Loyalist]

16. Thank you, thats very interesting info

But the truth is never really known until people pull the lever at the polling place. People arent always truthful to pollsters. I don't think we should slow down for even a minute no matter what the polls say. GO GO GO GO GO KERRY!!!

[henslee]

5. I saw him at shakey's drinking a pitcher.

[janx]

9. I bought him that pitcher--

as a matter of fact! ;-)

[henslee]

11. U have shakeys where you are? They are still quite a few left in CA

[oasis]

10. Joe Lockhart, a former "Clintonista" and now a Kerry advisor. If Dem

Strategist doesn't return, then we can only conclude that he is Joe.

[WilliamPitt]

12. Yeh, cuz Lockhart had nothing else to do besides post on DU

or something.

[oasis]

14. As Dan Rather would say "That's my story and I'm sticking to it."

;-)

[Jacobin]

13. Must be back at work, judging from the looks of things

:shrug: