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August 02, 2004
What a shock!
CNN: "Poll: No Bounce for Kerry"
USA Today: "Poll: No boost for Kerry after convention"
New York Times?
Los Angeles Times?
Helloooo?
Washington Post?
Well if you burrow down to this obscure page, you'll see that Kerry not only failed to get a bosst in the polls from his compelling convention speech, but Pres. Bush managed to take and hold a small lead. Funny how that's not on the front page.
Did you know this is the first time since the '72 Democratic Convention that they've failed to get a bump in the polls? Hmm, what ever happened to that candidate? Hey, that was George McGovern, running against the most hated president in modern history (until now), Tricky Dick Nixon.
So, what happened to the challenger, running against a "corrupt administration" in the midst of an unpopular war against an innocent people?
Nixon buried him. Landslide.
Food for thought.
UPDATE:
The USA Today article notes:
The survey showed Kerry losing 1 percentage point and Bush gaining 4 percentage points from a poll taken the week before the Boston convention. The change in support was within the poll's margin of error of +/–4 percentage points in the sample of 763 likely voters. But it was nonetheless surprising, the first time since the chaotic Democratic convention in 1972 that a candidate hasn't gained ground during his convention.
Instapundit has this to say:
But hey, Kerry's way ahead in this poll! "When asked who would be a better president, the journalists from outside the Beltway picked Mr. Kerry 3 to 1, and the ones from Washington favored him 12 to 1. Those results jibe with previous surveys over the past two decades showing that journalists tend to be Democrats, especially the ones based in Washington."Who knew?
Indeed.
Posted by Mike Lief at August 2, 2004 07:25 AM
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