Usama Bump for Bush Vanished by Saturday Night. ABC Poll

[Quixote1818]

The following statement was at the bottom of an AOL article on the Usama factor:

"The president briefly opened a small lead in an ABC poll, but it had vanished by Saturday night."

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/elections/article.adp?id=20041030044809990001

[Shopaholic]

1. Hee Hee.

Instant Karma's a bitch ain't it Mr. Rove?

[endnote]

2. There was no Osama bump for Bush.

[jefferson_dem]

4. Worse for chimp than that, actually. If he had a lead and lost it, that

means he polled worse later (when more people had heard / seen tape) than before. Nega-bounce.

[Gloria]

3. A bump??? when????

eom

[KittyWampus]

5. Maybe This Will Shut The Weak-Kneed DU'ers The Hell Up

I sure as heck wish something would.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

7. I doubt it. There's a genetic disposition for

JELLYLEGS!!!!!!!!!

[thinksmart]

6. did anyone notice the poll on the right hand side

DU the poll

[AlCzervik]

8. can you post some more of the atricle?

that link f's up my browser.

[Quixote1818]

9. OK

Bush, Kerry Seek Edge From Bin Laden Tape
By RON FOURNIER and NEDRA PICKLER, AP




APPLETON, Wis. (Oct. 30) - Wrapping up a campaign shadowed by war and terrorism, President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry unabashedly sought political advantage Saturday from Osama bin Laden's re-emergence.

"It's very helpful to the president," contended Bush ally Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., although the president didn't mention the menacing new message from bin Laden at his first campaign stops on a four-state, 14-hour swing.

Rather, Bush declared, "The terrorists who killed thousands of innocent people are still dangerous and they are determined."

Campaigning 25 miles from the president in eastern Wisconsin, Kerry responded to bin Laden's re-emergence with his months-old criticism of Bush's post-Sept. 11 tactics in Afghanistan, the terrorist mastermind's once and perhaps current home.

"It was wrong to divert our forces from Afghanistan so that we could rush to war in Iraq without a plan to win the peace," said the Democratic challenger. "It was wrong to outsource the job" of capturing bin Laden to local warlords.



As Bush and Kerry crisscrossed Midwest battleground states, a new poll showed the president moving ahead of Kerry in the popular vote, and Democrats said their private surveys hinted at momentum for the Republican incumbent.

The two candidates responded to the bin Laden tape in ways reflecting their long-held campaign strategies.

The president has sought to offset voter concerns about the war in Iraq, the economy and his overall job performance by fueling fears about terrorism - and raising doubts about Kerry's ability to respond.

At his first stop in GOP-leaning western Michigan, the president raised the stakes in the election while reminding voters of the 2001 attacks. "Americans go to the polls at a time of war and ongoing threats unlike any we have faced before," Bush said.

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That is probably more than I should post so I hope I don't get in trouble.

[Gloria]

10. What is this bit about "momentum" for Bush??

As Bush and Kerry crisscrossed Midwest battleground states, a new poll showed the president moving ahead of Kerry in the popular vote, and Democrats said their private surveys hinted at momentum for the Republican incumbent.

Also notice how Fournier and Nedra Pickler were snarky about Kerry's "paid volunteers" versus Bush's "volunteer teams".........It's very sneakily worded to make it sound like Bush has volunteers and Kerry has to pay people to work for him!!!

[KittyWampus]

11. This Mythical Bush Momentum Is Akin To Lieberman's Joementum

most polls showed Kerry getting a bump.

I am sick of seeing the mediawhore's crap on DU.

[venus]

14. Eeewh. Good point. Maybe some of the media are here

trying to sow discontent. We already know they come here so they don't have to do their jobs. and we just provide the fodder. Let's see how much of our comments appear on the "news" tomorrow: "some Democrats say... etc.".

[DeepModem Mom]

12. kick

[priapis]

13. I Wonder If He Knows He's Universally Known As "Chimpy"

[Bullshot]

15. If you're cynical like me, you were expecting something like this

right before the election. I still have my doubts that OBL is alive, if the stories about his kidney problems are true.