Fewer say Bush cares about them

[JoFerret]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47377-2004Apr3.html

<<As he approaches the November election, President Bush has shed a good part of the "compassionate conservative" image he cultivated during the 2000 election, a Washington Post poll has found.

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The Post poll found Americans split over whether Bush has governed in a compassionate way, with 49 percent saying he has and 45 percent saying he has not. That is down sharply from February 2003, when a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found that 64 percent of Americans thought he had governed compassionately.

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Whether this loss of compassion credentials is a problem for Bush depends on which voters prove to be the decisive bloc in November. Political strategists say the Bush campaign is gambling that it can win largely by mobilizing core GOP voters in large numbers -- a departure from recent elections, in which many moderate "swing" voters were the key.

Republican pollster Bill McInturff has determined that both Democratic- and GOP-leaning voters have made up their minds early this year. With fewer voters crossing between parties in recent elections, "there's not much flexibility on either side," he said. "Bush folks have been preparing for this type of election for a long time. There's a handful of groups up for grabs."
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[Cocoa]

1. the face of compassion

[Asteroid]

2. What Bush not compassionate?

Surely you jest. I mean look at all the compassionate things Bush has done:

Sending young men off to die, on what was back in 2002 an immediate threat to the security of our nation, to at present the liberation of the Iraqi people

Giving the wealthiest 1 % of Americans a tax break, while providing no help to middle and lower class families struggling to keep food on the table, and a roof over their head

Refusing to acknowledge the hundreds of soldiers that have been killed in action in the middle east.

I mean Bush is extremely compassionate, he just has a funny way of showing it,

[libbygurl]

3. As high as 49% STILL think him compassionate? What dictionary

do they use for their definition of "compassionate"? They've got to be Pod People, I tell ya.

[mitchtv]

9. He's as compassionate , as they

are Christian- they are ,after all his base.

[54anickel]

4. Could be interesting if he begins to play more to his core. It was the

undecided swing vote that happened to zig when it should have zagged that got him as many votes as he did (I can't say won, can I).

I think the type of message that plays well to his core leaves a bitter taste with non-core voters. Of course, I think he lost a lot of the non-freeper types a while ago anyway. Seems they may be writing them off. Perhaps that's where Nader plays a pivotal role.

Will the GOP core alone be enough for Shrub to win? :shrug:

[lancdem]

5. I wouldn't be surprised if core GOP voters do come out

but Dems will be energized, too. If Bush loses independents by more than a handful of points, I doubt he'll win.

[Just Me]

6. Only the blind could fail to notice his commitment to exploitation,...

,...of every resource we possess in order to empower himself and enrich his very small cabal.

[Jabbawalkiedingdong]

8. Don't trust polls I tells ya

Exactly who are these people in these polls?

"Yeah, Dubya has been looking out for me. Those Iraqis were gonna invade us any day."

I think this poll just shows us that 40% of the population is indoctrinated and thinks Bush can do no wrong.

[pinto]

7. I've taken to calling him a "conditional conservative"

everything about him comes with strings attached.

[0rganism]

10. Take this easy test to know if bush cares about you

Are you a RNCC "Ranger" or "Pioneer"? __ Yes __ No

Are you on the board of directors for a Fortune 500 company? __ Yes __ No

Are you in the "resource extraction" business? __ Yes __ No

If you answered "Yes" to at least two of the above questions, bush cares about you.

[0007]

11. Junior is a 'Cafeteria Conservative'

....and junior is the food server