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Polls: Kerry Leads Bush in Pa. and Ore...

by Blake Cook Jul 24, 2004 6:47AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat John Kerry holds a 10-point lead over President Bush in Pennsylvania, and a slight lead in Oregon, polls released Friday said.

Two new Florida polls found the race deadlocked in a three-way race, suggesting that independent Ralph Nader again could play a pivotal role in the essential swing state of 2000. Bush won the disputed Florida election by a margin of a few hundred votes, and Democrats blamed Nader, who had more than 97,000 votes, for tipping the balance in the state and awarding Bush the presidency.

In Pennsylvania, a key swing state won by Democrat Al Gore in 2000, Kerry was up over Bush by 48 percent to 38 percent, while Nader was at 5 percent, in a state poll conducted by the Los Angeles Times.

In Oregon, Kerry led Bush 50 percent to 42 percent, while Nader had 4 percent, according to a poll by the American Research Group. Gore narrowly won Oregon in 2000.

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Re: Polls: Kerry Leads Bush in Pa. and Ore...

by Mary Kay Jul 24, 2004 8:51AM PDT

An eye needs to be kept here also

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5344731/

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Salvaging A Candidacy...

by Blake Cook Jul 24, 2004 11:52AM PDT

Yes I read that too. It's probably going to be very close in November. The nice thing, there's still a lot of time between now and November and there are several swing states that GW won in 2000 that he is probably going to lose. The majority of the Independent vote is not too pleased with GW at the moment and they are likely to vote against him this year...

The short-lived spike in the economy seems to now be sputtering too and Iraq seems to be heating up, not cooling down. I think GW is in severe political trouble and he needs something huge to salvage his candidacy. Probably the only thing that can rescue GW is another major terrorist strike here in the US or the capture of OBL. I wouldn't be surprised if OBL just happens to get captured or killed just prior to the November election...

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