Democrats Lead on Economy, Immigration, Energy in Swing States

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a1O.1FdE1vrQ&refer=home

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In strongly Democratic New Jersey and in swing-state Ohio, respondents give a clear edge to the Democrats on issues such as Iraq, the economy, taxes, gasoline prices, and immigration; in traditionally Republican Missouri and Tennessee, Republicans fare better with voters than they do in other states. Respondents in Virginia, which has been a Republican stronghold, are in the middle but trending toward the Democrats.

Kenny Buchhold, a Virginia voter from Midlothian and a self- described independent, said he no longer trusts Republicans more to defend the nation. ``They bungled the mission in Afghanistan, and Iraq was folly to begin with,'' said the 42-year-old computer consultant, a respondent in the poll who was contacted for a follow-up interview.

The poll of 2,314 likely voters in the five states was taken Oct. 20 to Oct. 23. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 4 percentage points in Ohio, Missouri and Tennessee, plus or minus 5 percentage points in Virginia, and plus or minus 5.5 percentage points in New Jersey.

Republicans are getting clobbered by voters on the question of which party can best handle the economy even as the stock market hits record highs, gasoline prices plunge and the unemployment rate stands at a five-year-low.

Voters in all five states said the economy is worse off because of the Bush's policies of the past six years. In New Jersey, 53 percent of respondents said worse, versus 26 percent who said better. In Missouri, the margin narrowed to 41 percent to 33 percent.

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1. The gop leads in lying, pedophilia and belitting those with diseases

They also have a leg up on forgetfulness, as in hastert talking to the "ethics" committee. I don't remember being told about any emails and who is this foley guy you are talking about.