Hope ya do. Because it's now a part of political history. And the Incredible Shrinking President keeps shrinking...
Bush's Bounce BackOOOOOO! The "D" word! And they're sticking it on President Crackhead. That's gonna leave a mark. Karl's gotta be having that aneurysm right...about...
One week after the conclusion of the Republican National Convention in New York, the latest NEWSWEEK poll shows George W. Bush's double-digit "bounce" narrowing by to six points. Bush-Cheney had enjoyed an 11-point lead over the Kerry-Edwards ticket coming out of their convention, but in the latest poll, taken on the eve of the third anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the incumbents now lead 49 percent to 43 percent in a three-way race.
With 2 percent of the vote going to Ralph Nader, removing the independent candidate from the ticket has little effect on the spread, with 50 percent of the vote for Bush and 45 percent Kerry. (The sudden shift in the NEWSWEEK poll from last week's results is dramatic but not unprecedented - in 1988 Michael Dukakis's 17-point lead dropped to 10 points within two weeks.)
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