It's time for Bush to get worried

http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/10-15b-04.asp

The big story of the US presidential election up to Thursday was how few undecided voters there were. Now the final presidential debate is over, these voters have essentially made up their minds - and it is George W.Bush who should be worried. If John Kerry is elected the 44th president, it will be because of a single night in Miami, Florida, when he came to debate and Mr. Bush came to - well, no one is quite sure. The double-digit lead that Gallup polls, long considered an authority for presidential polling, gave Mr. Bush after the Republican convention was fully erased by that fateful 90-minute confrontation.

Step by step, debate-by-debate, John Kerry has addressed and removed many remaining doubts among uncommitted voters. My own polling research after each debate suggests a rather bleak outlook for the Bush candidacy: many who still claim to be “undecided” are in fact leaning to Mr. Kerry and are about ready to commit.

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"Was and will make me ill, half a gram and I just am."

is that Karl's dirty tricks won't work

:D

Bush can turn around Kerry's economic plan by talking about his Senate record??? Um... Bush HAS been talking about his Senate record, but that's not working either. Americans tend to give the challenger the benefit of the doubt, especially on this vote or that, because they know how things like that can easily be skewed, distorted, and mischaracterized. The only way he can reverse the tide and rival Kerry is to present a more appealing, more comprehensive PLAN of his own that differs from the plan he has now. Problem is, Bush likes things the way they are. Voters don't. That's Bush's problem. Over 60% say the country is going in the wrong direction. You can't just dismiss that and say "stay the course" and be credible. If Bush wants to change things, he has to realign. But he won't. He's just too damn ideological and stubborn.

It's such a drag to wait until the last minute.