Bush Seen Vulnerable to Kerry Among Independent Voters

[Jon8503]

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites), who holds a sizable lead in some polls, still appears to be vulnerable to Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) among independent voters whose shifting loyalties could determine the winner of the November election, pollsters say.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040918/pl_nm/campaign_independents_dc

[underpants]

1. Three paragraphs from that article

A Monitor/TIPP survey, one of several that showed the national presidential race returning to a dead heat, suggested a 10-point Kerry lead among independents.


And then this


Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway predicted independent voters would ultimately favor Bush, saying most opposed to the president had already thrown their support behind Kerry.

"For some reason, they were sitting on the fence," she said. "But that really has changed in the last few weeks. You find many of the new Bush voters actually supported him in 2000 and were not sold on John Kerry."

[tedoll78]

2. This is the big story from most polls.

Independents are favoring Kerry. If Kerry can keep his margin high within the Democratic Party and get the vote out, he wins. Plain and simple.

[Jon8503]

3. Exactly, nothing that the Ditto Heads can do about it. Independents &

Democrats, Liberals can think for themselves and will decide the best way to go.

[emulatorloo]

4. Thanks for posting this. . . .I have read that traditionally independents

break for the challenger. . .

[bluedog]

5. play bush like the stock market

ask people if they would risk their life savings on this man based on what he has done in the past 4 years..........everything negative would bring your money value down.........and if one had a child involved with the military.that would be their last bottom dollar to wager on this liar!

[Chili]

6. so...

...if heavy turnout favors Kerry (which it does) and some 90% or more of Democrats go for Kerry (likely), and there's a fair-sized group of Republicans crossing over (we hear this all over), and independents are favoring Kerry - then how in the hell is Bush going to win?

The polling this election is the biggest smoke-screen in the history of politics.

BTW, don't believe anything Kellyanne Conway says, she's a consummate liar.