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In the latest bit of poll mania, Bush is leading Kerry 50-44 in a USA Today/Gallup poll and 48-43 in a Washington Post/ABC survey.
I could spin these numbers either way. To wit:
1) The latest polls are awful news for John Kerry. After all, Bush has just endured one of the worst months of his presidency. Escalating violence in Iraq and disturbing questions from the 9/11 hearings have battered the president and thrown him on the defensive.
If Kerry can't eke out a lead after the avalanche of negative headlines for Bush, how can he win the election? ...
2) Kerry's candidacy is alive and well, according to the latest polls. Despite the fact that the Bush team has dumped $50 million of advertising on his head, portraying him as a big-taxing, soft-on-defense flip-flopper, the senator is only a couple of points down.
- Howard Kurtz, "Numbers Game," Washington Post April 21, 2004
posted April 21, 2004 in politics. 20032001