Gore Stumps For Street; Katz Rides Truman Train

[Khephra]

Gore Stumps For Street; Katz Rides Truman Train

Nov 2, 2003 6:49 pm US/Eastern
PHILADELPHIA (AP) In a day fraught with symbolism, former Vice President Al Gore toured the city with Democratic incumbent John Street, and Republican challenger Sam Katz made like Harry Truman on a whistlestop tour -- on Truman's actual campaign train.

The Street campaign has been trying to insert national politics into the election, saying that a Katz victory would help President Bush's re-election chances, and used Sunday's visit by Gore to reinforce the point.

Katz, meanwhile, tried to use Truman's 1948 victory over Thomas Dewey as inspiration for his own candidacy, recalling the famously incorrect Chicago Tribune headline that proclaimed "Dewey Defeats Truman."

"You know what happened? The people spoke. And Dewey didn't win," Katz, speaking from the back of an antique train car, told a small but enthusiastic crowd Sunday afternoon. "We have a surprise for John Street. And the surprise is he's only got two more days."

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[goforit]

1. Way to go Gore and Clinton.........Time to team up boys!!!

Nothing like good ole fashioned UNITY!!!!

:bounce:

[jiacinto]

2. Every impending loser cites Truman

Street is going to eke out a win here because of the bug issue.

[goforit]

4. I certainly don't think much of Trumen either!

Not many under the age of 30 knows a damn thing about
him anyway!

[Demoiselle]

5. If the polls are to be believed...

...Street is going to do a lot better than "eke" out a win. He's ahead by 17 in one poll, 13 in another. I was at one of the Gore campaign stops today...he was wonderful! Relaxed and funny and very very clear that the Federal investigation reeks to high heaven. It was great and it was sad, too. I wonder where we'd be today if....oh well.

[jiacinto]

6. Yeah

I also include a "fudge factor", namely being that many white voters--out of the fear of looking racist--will tell pollsters that they are going to vote for a black candidate when they aren't.

My prediction:

53%-47% Street wins.

[Demoiselle]

7. You're probably right...

Except I always figure those are the "undecideds". It certainly won't be double digits (I can dream) but I think it will probably be respectable...and very close to your estimate.

[jiacinto]

8. Well

For a Philadelphia Republican Katz will do well, but fall short.

The bug issue turned into a race of Philadelphia vs the Bush administration from being Katz vs and inept/corrupt Philadelphia government. Katz had a chance--in fact, probably would have won--if the race came down to the latter; but, because it's the former, he is going to lose.

[Bronco69]

3. I wonder if they can recall in Philly

because you know if Street wins the repukes are going to start crying and the next thing you know there will be law suits.

[dArKeR]

9. Street should call for an IP and say Bush personally order the FBI to bug

his office. Bush is smarter than Nixon. Instead of Cubans he's using the FBI!

[GOPBasher]

10. They said the city "votes along racial lines."

I've always thought of Philly as being rabidly Democratic. I thought whites in that city were overwhelmingly Democratic too, not just blacks. Was I wrong about this? Or are they talking just in local elections?