FF1047
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 Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 7:19 pm Post subject: Kerry's own pollsters negative thoughts ... |
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From Mark Mellman on Sunday ...
| Quote: | "Win or lose, it is important to acknowledge the daunting challenge Sen. John Kerry faces."
" First, we simply do not defeat an incumbent president in wartime."
"Democrats have spoken often and powerfully about the nation’s economic problems. But by historical standards, they are not that bad. The “misery index” is 7.8 today but was 20.5 when Jimmy Carter was defeated....The level of economic pain we are now feeling is not commensurate with voting an incumbent president out of office."
"On average, incumbents who have been defeated have only had a 38 percent job rating. Bush is 10 points higher than that."
" We often point to the fact that a majority of Americans say the country is seriously off on the wrong track. Fifty-two percent hold that view. But when Bush Sr. was defeated, 72 percent thought the country was seriously off on the wrong track.
"It has been an uphill fight." |
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