Kerry Sleeps The Sleep Of Dukakis In April

Tonight, long after most of us have drifted off into a contented slumber, dreaming wondrous dreams, there will be people laying awake. People like Bob Shrum, Mary Beth Cahill, and even John Kerry himself will be looking up at the ceiling, drenched in their own nervous sweat, wondering if this is what it feels like to watch a campaign slip away into the ether.

What could produce such a reaction? Numbers my friends, very, very, bad numbers for the Kerry campaign. Despite the insurgency in Iraq, despite the 9/11 hearings, despite massive numbers of negative ads attacking Bush, despite it all, Bush is getting stronger while Kerry is hemmoraging support because of Bush’s negative ads….







































































































Trust to Handle It (Among All Americans)

Now

March

Terrorism

Bush +21

Bush +21

Economy

=

Kerry +12

Iraq

Bush +11

Kerry +1

Health ins.

Kerry +6

Kerry +20

Education

Bush +3

Kerry +12

Soc. Sec.

Kerry +4

Kerry +16

Deficit

Kerry +1

Kerry +15

Taxes

Bush +6

Kerry +8

Jobs

Kerry +2

Kerry +8

Rx drugs

Kerry +3

Kerry +9

Same-sex marriage

Bush +16

Bush +1

 

 

 

Trust to Handle the Issues: Now vs. March

Bush

Kerry

Economy-Now

47%

47

Economy-March

41

53

Iraq-Now

52

41

Iraq-March

47

48

Health Insurance-Now

42

48

Health Insurance-March

36

56

There’s a name whispering on the wind, softly, ever so softly…Dukakis, Dukakis, Dukakis. Can you hear it? John Kerry can….

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