dean beat bush?

[jravnsbo]

Also DEan is running ads AGINST the Dem leadership.  He keeps saying we need to chang eour partya nd our nation.  You know this ticks off the Clintons as their man , McAuliffe is the head of the DNC.

[jravnsbo]

the ad doesn't mention anyone specifically , it mentions the party generally.  It sure doesn't come across as just anti-gephardt, and I knew Gephardt was a leader while does all in the electorate make that connection i don't think so.

[jravnsbo]

DEan will get the nomination or if not it won't happen till the convention which would be a mess for Dems, not picking a nominee until July , with no one watching politics in Aug with the 200th aniv of the Olympics in Athens, followed by the GOP Convention.

It would be very interesting politically to have a convention candidate picked though.  Plus then they might pick the VP through the convention too.

[jravnsbo]

Is That A Smile, Andy? President Bush's Baghdad sojourn seems to have worked perfectly in one regard: his poll numbers jumped across the board in the days following the secret trip, the National Annenberg Election Survey has found.

The poll, conducted before and after the president’s trip, found "substantial immediate" improvement in Mr. Bush’s job approval (up from 56 percent to 61 percent), disapproval (down from 41 percent to 36 percent) and likability (up from 65 percent to 72 percent).

61%!