Poll: Many Democratic Voters Still Looking for a Candidate

July 13— Some potential voters are stepping to the sidelines for now, saying they wouldn't vote for any of the announced candidates for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination.

Much of the shift comes at the expense of Sen. Joseph Lieberman and Rep. Richard Gephardt, and it leaves the search for George Bush's challenger wide open.

Thirteen percent of Democrats and independents who lean toward the Democratic Party favor Lieberman in this poll, compared with 29 percent in April.

Ten percent support Gephardt, compared with 19 percent earlier. Thus the two arguably best-known candidates have seen the largest attrition.

more: http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/ThisWeek/poll030713_democrats.html

Because the best known are the weakest candidates. And this with no benefit of GOP and media assassination squads. So? No frontrunner, which really boils the GOP strategy so they have to settle for the absurd "dissatisfaction" story. What dissatisfaction? Most voters are paying zero attention to all but the occasional blurbs, which are not news making or policy creating.

All these anticipatory efforts are silly, usually offbase, questionable motivation or not. A "frontrunner" experience shows, is usually a big target and eventual loser. Those with name recognition LOSING traction is interesting if this vaguely worded story is true. I guess being a political analyst is like a sportcaster with a crystal ball in a psychological mindreading game.