Friday, October 15, 2004

Apocalypse Now

Reuters Poll: Bush Opens Four-Point Lead on Kerry

So this is how it's gonna be, America? John Kerry walks all over George W. Bush for three debates, the news about Iraq and the economy is terrible, and with two weeks left Bush is up by four? I'm hoping this result is only an indication of the fact that lots of Democrats go out on Thursday night to celebrate the impending end of the work week, or couldn't be troubled to answer their phones while watching Will & Grace. How else could Kerry lose enough ground in a third of the tracking poll to boost Bush by two and drop Kerry by one? For Bush's advantage to grow three points in one day, his lead on Thursday would have to be nine points better than it was on Monday, wouldn't it? I just don't believe that a sample of American opinion last night would show Bush up 51-42.

Oh well. Polls 18 days out are meaningless, right? If it looks like this ten days from now, though, I'll start to panic.

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