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Richard Burr, the Republican candidate for Senate from North Carolina, has been attacked mercilessly for the past few weeks by opponent Erskine Bowles over the issue of breast cancer.One ad features a breast cancer survivor who is so angry she is practically spitting when metioning Burr’s name. Today I saw a Burr ad in answer to the Bowles’ attacks on the issue of breast cancer. The new Burr ad features a breast cancer survivor, also. The breast cancer survivor in Burr’s ad just happens to be his sister.

— Lorie Byrd

As most of you know, we here at Polipundit.com are not enthusiastic supporters of either the New York Times or CBS News, but there are some very interesting findings in their latest poll showing President Bush up 48%-45%. You can find the polls at the New York Times website. I cannot link to it.

John Kerry has a 41% favorable, 47% unfavorable rating. This is his worst rating ever.

President Bush has a 48% favorable, 41% unfavorable rating. That is his best rating since last December.

Undecided voters lean to President Bush 50%-47%, validating the Pew finding and calling the Gallup number into question.

66% of Bush voters strongly favor their candidate.

50% of Kerry voters strongly favor their candidate.

By a 49%-34% margin, voters expect President Bush to win.

President Bush has a 49%-44% job approval rating.

The right track today is 43%. In 1996, it was only 39%.

48% of voters will vote on national security issues; only 33% on domestic issues.

By a 54%-29%, voters believe the Bush Administration has made them safer.

53% of voters do not think that Kerry agrees with their priorities, his worst number ever. 42% believe he has the same.

48% of voters do not think that Bush agrees with their priorities. 49% believe he does share their priorities.

52% of voters think Kerry has leadership qualities, his lowest number ever.

62% of voters think President Bush has leadership qualities.

57% of votersare uneasy with Kerry’s ability to handle a crisis.

60% believe Kerry says what people want to hear. Only 36% say that about President Bush.

53% of Americans say we did the right think in Iraq. Only 42% disagree.

31% say their families are better off than they were four years ago. 40% say about the same.

Most importantly, the percentage of voters call themselves a liberal has declined to 17%, the lowest number since 1997. 35% call themselves conservative.

— Alexander K. McClure

The last Gallup poll of this campaign shows Bush leading 49-47.

I agree with AKM’s take below on the laughability of the state-by-state numbers. With these numbers, Bush wins the electoral college. However, he’s much more likely to win Florida and/or Ohio and lose Pennsylvania.

Stop worrying about the polls. Get out and vote. It’s all you can do now.

— PoliPundit

The new Gallup state polling data is out, and it’s frankly laughable. Why the most respected pollster in the world is going out on a limblike this is beyond me.

Florida=Kerry leads by three
Pennsylvania=Bush leads by four
Ohio=Kerry leads by four
Minnesota=Kerry leads by eight
Wisconsin=Bush leads by eight
Iowa=Bush leads by two

In the national poll, Bush wins 49%-47%, but Gallup estimates that the undecideds will go to Kerry, leaving it at a 49%-49% tie.

— Alexander K. McClure

CBS: Bush by 49-46

Like I said, for every poll that shows one move, others show the opposite. Today, WaPo and Fox show the race tightening. Rasmussen, Zogby, TIPP, Pew and CBS show movement towards Bush.

Ignore the polls. Get out and vote. That’s all you can do now.

— PoliPundit

The Kerry other-than-honorable discharge story seems to have some compelling evidence in favor of it. All the talk suggests this story will break tonight.

We’ve seen this smoke before. I hope there’s some firebehind it this time. It would be wonderful if Kerry had to finally pay for his pro-Communist activities.

— PoliPundit

NRO’s Battlegrounders have good posts on Minnesota and Michigan.

— PoliPundit

Richard Burr, the Republican candidate for Senate from North Carolina, has been attacked mercilessly for the past few weeks by opponent Erskine Bowles over the issue of breast cancer.One ad features a breast cancer survivor who is so angry she is practically spitting when metioning Burr’s name. Today I saw a Burr ad in answer to the Bowles’ attacks on the issue of breast cancer. The new Burr ad features a breast cancer survivor, also. The breast cancer survivor in Burr’s ad just happens to be his sister.

— Lorie Byrd

As most of you know, we here at Polipundit.com are not enthusiastic supporters of either the New York Times or CBS News, but there are some very interesting findings in their latest poll showing President Bush up 48%-45%. You can find the polls at the New York Times website. I cannot link to it.

John Kerry has a 41% favorable, 47% unfavorable rating. This is his worst rating ever.

President Bush has a 48% favorable, 41% unfavorable rating. That is his best rating since last December.

Undecided voters lean to President Bush 50%-47%, validating the Pew finding and calling the Gallup number into question.

66% of Bush voters strongly favor their candidate.

50% of Kerry voters strongly favor their candidate.

By a 49%-34% margin, voters expect President Bush to win.

President Bush has a 49%-44% job approval rating.

The right track today is 43%. In 1996, it was only 39%.

48% of voters will vote on national security issues; only 33% on domestic issues.

By a 54%-29%, voters believe the Bush Administration has made them safer.

53% of voters do not think that Kerry agrees with their priorities, his worst number ever. 42% believe he has the same.

48% of voters do not think that Bush agrees with their priorities. 49% believe he does share their priorities.

52% of voters think Kerry has leadership qualities, his lowest number ever.

62% of voters think President Bush has leadership qualities.

57% of voters are uneasy with Kerry’s ability to handle a crisis.

60% believe Kerry says what people want to hear. Only 36% say that about President Bush.

53% of Americans say we did the right think in Iraq. Only 42% disagree.

31% say their families are better off than they were four years ago. 40% say about the same.

Most importantly, the percentage of voters call themselves a liberal has declined to 17%, the lowest number since 1997. 35% call themselves conservative.

– Alexander K. McClure

The last Gallup poll of this campaign shows Bush leading 49-47.

I agree with AKM’s take below on the laughability of the state-by-state numbers. With these numbers, Bush wins the electoral college. However, he’s much more likely to win Florida and/or Ohio and lose Pennsylvania.

Stop worrying about the polls. Get out and vote. It’s all you can do now.

— PoliPundit