NEWSWEEK POLL: BUSH LEAD GONE (Kerry leads by 2)

[private_ryan]

edited to reflect the link

what will be Bush's respose?
Kerry's homosexual lover in exile to Australia or the stuff :) about his black illegitimate kid..

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NEWSWEEK POLL: BUSH LEAD GONE
Sat Oct 02 2004 16:42:32 ET

New York-Sixty-one percent of Americans who watched the first presidential debate on September 30 say Sen. John Kerry won; 19 percent say President George W. Bush won and 16 percent say they tied, according to the latest Newsweek Poll which was conducted after the debate ended. Fifty-six percent say Kerry did better than they expected; 11 percent say so for Bush. Thirty-eight percent say Bush did worse than expected; 3 percent say so for Kerry, the poll shows.

The debate erased the lead the Bush/Cheney ticket has held over Kerry/Edwards in the Newsweek Poll since the Republican convention. In a three-way trial heat including Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo, among registered voters Kerry/Edwards leads Bush/Cheney 47 percent v. 45 percent with 2 percent for Nader/Camejo. In a two-way heat, Kerry/Edwards leads 49 percent v. 46 percent for Bush/Cheney, the poll shows.

A 62-percent majority of viewers says Kerry seemed more confident and self-assured (26% say so for Bush) and 51 percent say Kerry had better command of issues and facts (37% for Bush). Forty-seven percent say Kerry seemed more personally likeable (41 % for Bush) and 49 percent say Kerry came closer to reflecting their own views on most foreign policy issues (43% for Bush). The two were nearly even on several other points, including who came across as a strong leader (47% Kerry, 44% Bush) and who had a better plan for dealing with the situation in Iraq (45% for both). Forty percent of viewers thought Kerry was too wordy and 57 percent thought Bush was too repetitive.
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash1nw.htm

[sonicx]

1. "Kerry has an illegitimate French son"

:P

[frylock]

5. kerry has an illegitimate BLACK french son..

and Teresa is a drug addict.

[Doosh]

22. kerry has an illegitimate black french TERRORIST son

and Teresa is a drug addict who slept with Osama.

[tishaLA]

27. kerry has a GAY, illegitimate black french terrorist son

whose same-sex marriage to Osama's son was arranged during drug-addicted Teresa's affair with Osama.

[johnnyrocket]

40. kerry has an ORANGE, gay, illegitimate black french terrorist son...

[sonicx]

41. kerry has an orange, gay, illegitimate black french ATHEIST terrorist son

Who has orgies with drug-addicted Teresa, Saddam, Michael Moore and Sean Penn.

[johnnyrocket]

44. And with Antonin Scalia?

;)

[ClassWarrior]

58. In an orgy.

Orange and black terror?? Just in time for Trick or Treat!!

23.

[RobinA]

57. No, No, No

Kerry IS an orange, gay, illegitimate, black, French, atheist, terrorist son. Ever see pictures of his mother? Neither have I. VERY suspicious. I'm bettin' every single one of them has a Eiffel Tower in the background.

[despairing optimist]

59. Can I throw in Kerry and Cher's UFO baby here?

He/she/it is trisexual. Trumped ya. Ha ha!

[simpsonsbuff]

13. My favorite

FIRST OFF: YES!!!!!!!!!

Second: Jon stewart show "well we all glad that JK came so close to the president considering he was raised by a bunch of French homosexual billionaires"

[THUNDER HANDS]

2. well, that means one of two things

We're either tied, or up by 10 points.

[ruggerson]

3. YES!!!!

[jobycom]

4. Oww. Wish I hadn't looked! How do people handle Drudge? nt.

[wryter2000]

6. I hate to be a spoilsport

But can someone confirm it with Newsweek? If Sludge got the info, maybe someone from here could, too? :shrug:

To paraphrase Leona Helmsley: I wouldn't believe him if he had his tongue notarized.

[DougieZero]

7. Seriously though....

Kerry does have those Hollywood values... plus, he was against Vietnam which means he is against the military which means he is for Bin Laden...

I'm just sayin'..

/sarcasm

[Goldmund]

8. It's not there -- did he take it down?

Or am I blind?

[Goldmund]

34. I'm not blind

But I'm dumb.

[Bleacher Creature]

9. Screw the polls

I decided to ignore them when they were all whoring for Bush. And now they want back on the bandwagon? No thanks.

I'll still peek at them to spot trends but, in the end, they are worthless.

Kerry/Edwards is doing great, and I don't need any stupid poll to tell me that!

[Doosh]

10. FOX FLASH "Kerry is Osama's godfather, went windsurfing with Saddam"

[Triana]

11. Kerry camp stole computers from bu$h offices!!

(Rove planted them there so he could say so...)

[democrank]

12. I was heading my mouse on up toward

your Drudge link when something snapped in the back of my head. It was like: ZZZT/ZZZT/ZZZT/ZZZT. Now I`m too scared to go there. Afraid something awful will happen to me if I do.

[TheWebHead]

14. So does this mean tied

or is Kerry ahead? Should be interesting... especially to see the internals.

[sonicx]

15. Being tied would be excellent. Kerry has room to get a decent lead. nt

[TSIAS]

17. I think Kerry will be up

I predict he'll be leading, but still within the MOE.

[shawmut]

16. I wonder if some of the sample was taken before the debate?

They've had only one full day to poll since the debate ended.

[59millionmorons]

18. I am skeptical of this poll

But if it is the only one released this weekend it will drive the news. Good for Kerry.

[sonicx]

20. If it gets Kerry some good press from the poll, then i don't mind...

i still think newsweek polls suck.

[Mz Pip]

19. Kerry IS Osama!!!

No one has seen Osama in a very long time.
And no one has actually ever seen Kerry and Osama together in the same place.
And Kerry is very very tall.
And we've never seen Osama without that beard.
They must be the same person!
They must be.


MzPip
:dem:

[Renew Deal]

21. I have illegitimate black children and I find this offensive.

:P

[ZombieNixon]

30. I AM and illegitimate black child and I find this offensive.

:P
j/k

[okieinpain]

23. okay u guy's are right, drudge is full of scum. kerry: hiv - ...

what bs. but seeing how he is a bs artist, u really can't expect much

[slinkerwink]

24. excellent!!!!!!!!!1

[wyldwolf]

25. Link up! Kerry leads! Kerry leads! Kerry leads!

The debate erased the lead the Bush/Cheney ticket has held over Kerry/Edwards in the Newsweek Poll since the Republican convention. In a three-way trial heat including Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo, among registered voters Kerry/Edwards leads Bush/Cheney 47 percent v. 45 percent with 2 percent for Nader/Camejo. In a two-way heat, Kerry/Edwards leads 49 percent v. 46 percent for Bush/Cheney, the poll shows.

A 62-percent majority of viewers says Kerry seemed more confident and self-assured (26% say so for Bush) and 51 percent say Kerry had better command of issues and facts (37% for Bush). Forty-seven percent say Kerry seemed more personally likeable (41 % for Bush) and 49 percent say Kerry came closer to reflecting their own views on most foreign policy issues (43% for Bush). The two were nearly even on several other points, including who came across as a strong leader (47% Kerry, 44% Bush) and who had a better plan for dealing with the situation in Iraq (45% for both). Forty percent of viewers thought Kerry was too wordy and 57 percent thought Bush was too repetitive.

Fifty-seven percent of all poll respondents say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time. Bush's job approval rating dropped two points from the Sept. 9-10 Newsweek Poll to 46 percent-a 6-point drop since the poll taken during and after the Republican convention. Forty-eight percent of registered voters polled say they would not like to see Bush re-elected but almost as many (46%) say they would.

[faithnotgreed]

33. there are so many but i think my favorite is 57% thought bush repetitive

which he has been for about 8 yrs now, but at least people are beginning to catch on to the facts!

its great that there were 62.5 million people watching. excellent

[Kahuna]

26. Face it. Kerry bridged the likability gap, Thursday. He came across..

as a true gentleman. A wise, honest and kind statesman. While snippy came across as a petulant little a-hole. Talk about your poetic justice. Gore supposedly "lost" because of his obnoxious behavior during the debates. Now the same can be said about snippy.

On edit now that the results have been posted. Woooo freakin hoooo!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[lasttrip]

46. you hit it. great point. nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

50. That's exactly right.

A good friend of mine said to me yesterday, "I didn't know John Kerry was so intelligent! I had no idea. I've NEVER heard him talk about the issues like that! I was SO impressed!" I told her the reason she had never heard him talk about the issues like that is because the media didn't want her to know how much smarter he is than the chimp. ;) Kerry has won her chimp lovin' husband over...the debate did it! He's now voting for Kerry. :bounce:

[WI_DEM]

28. Beautiful

Bush is down among likely and registered voters and this poll makes more sense about who won the debate. A huge victory for Kerry--none of this 43-35 stuff but 56-19--that is honest. Anybody, no matter how partisan they are could tell that Kerry outclassed the class clown.

[Lexingtonian]

29. nothing posted on their MSNBC website

(follow www.newsweek.com)

I'd guess Drudge got a leak from the polling company that Newswimp uses or the Newswimp newsroom before the story is written up.

[DougieZero]

31. it was a leak... n/t

.

[nolajazz]

32. Kerry/Edwards leads Bush/Cheney 47 percent v. 45 percent!

[alcuno]

37. My mom didn't watch the debate but she said she heard * was awful.

And she voted for him. And she lives in Florida. People who didn't see it have heard LOTS about it. And all of it is negative about *.

[Cooley Hurd]

35. Do a little dance, make a little love...

...GET DOWN TONITE!!!!!:thumbsup::party: and, of course, :smoke:

[NYC Liberal]

36. Couldn't have happened

to a more deserving person!

:bounce:

[DeepModem Mom]

38. GOD BLESS AMERICA!

[leeroysphitz]

39. God be praised! n/t

[faithnotgreed]

51. amen!

[DeepModem Mom]

42. EFF CNN and the rest of the media, for their shameless about-face...

on the significance of the debate.

[Hot Water]

43. I knew it was going to happen when I saw their article right after debate.

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[newyawker99]

54. Hi Hot Water!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[johnnyrocket]

49. CNN is disgusting, I saw that Lou Dobbs show the other night...

and whats her name was filling in, she looked at the 'who won the debate' polls ( 63 - 34 ) and actually said "Looks like Kerry has a slight lead in this poll"

The reporters she was interviewing corrected her quickly, but what an ABSURD statement to make - slight lead?? Now the debates don't matter...

someone needs to investigate CNN...That 'Outfoxed movie' is great to out FNC, but WTF is up with CNN???

[undercover_brother]

45. We'll get a 10 point swing each debate.

By end of the month Kerry might be up 25 points.

[TheWebHead]

47. full press release

http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-02-2004/0002263797&EDATE=

and look at the "fairer" internals, no more 8% more repubs this time...

N = 1,013 Registered Voters
Margin of error: plus or minus 4
Interviewing dates: September 30-October 2, 2004 (interviewing on 9/30
limited to the Pacific and Mountain time zones after the presidential
debate concluded)

SAMPLE SIZE/MARGIN OF ERROR FOR TOTAL ADULTS:
1,144 Total adults (plus or minus 3)

SAMPLE SIZE/MARGIN OF ERROR FOR REGISTERED VOTERS SUBGROUPS:
1,013 Total Registered voters (plus or minus 4)

481 Men (plus or minus 5)
532 Women (plus or minus 5)

345 Republicans (plus or minus 6)
364 Democrats (plus or minus 6)
278 Independents (plus or minus 7)

SAMPLE SIZE/MARGIN OF ERROR FOR DEBATE VIEWERS SUBGROUPS:
770 Debate viewers (those who say they watched at least some of the
debate) (plus or minus 4.1)

369 Men (plus or minus 6)
401 Women (plus or minus 6)

265 Republicans (plus or minus 7)
274 Democrats (plus or minus 7)
215 Independents (plus or minus 8)

[DaveinMD]

55. it still

slightly undersamples Dems.

[Guaranteed]

48. Kerry beat that fucker like a rented step-child.

Across the board. EVERY issue Kerry beat him in.

[MissouriTeacher]

52. The weighting is much better BUT...

They still only polled 2% more Dems than Republicans, if history is any indication, the margin should be even higher.

[Barad Simith]

53. thanks for posting this

made my day!

:toast:

[Harlan James]

56. Think of the pressure...

...on Bush in the next debate.

The little feller could very well snap.