Endorsments
Hey Guys,
Actually 15 newspapers endorsed Sen. Kerry today including the NYT and the Boston Globe (which were no surprise)..But what is really cool is that 5 Florida newspapers endorsed him which is awesome. Even cooler is the fact that one of the most conservative newspapers in the country, the Tampa Tribune, refused to endorse Bush this year like they did in 2000. They have endorsed the Republican candidate every year since 1952 (except 1964). They are no friend of Kerry's, but the fact that they spent a whole page (top to bottom) talking about this failed admin. is a big plus!
As far as the polls go...we were gaining some ground last week in the national polls with many showing Kerry leading narrowly. However, it appears we will be slaughtered this week with a bunch of national polls showing Bush up a few points (see Gallup and Zogby tomorrow). But, I want all of you to read this and remember Oct. 27, 2000.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/27/tracking.poll/
Furthermore, I find it interesting that despite the national polls this is still an electoral game and Kerry is leading in many of the battleground states. When you factor in that the new reg. (which many are youths who only have cell phones and are not being polled), plus our huge GOTV efforts (which can account for 3 or 4 points as we kicked the Rep. ass at the ground game in 2000 and they admit it) I am very confident about the future of the election.
Anyway, have to be at the airport very early in the morning for Kerry's motorcade and I still have a five page paper to right. Hope all is well.
-Kyle
Actually 15 newspapers endorsed Sen. Kerry today including the NYT and the Boston Globe (which were no surprise)..But what is really cool is that 5 Florida newspapers endorsed him which is awesome. Even cooler is the fact that one of the most conservative newspapers in the country, the Tampa Tribune, refused to endorse Bush this year like they did in 2000. They have endorsed the Republican candidate every year since 1952 (except 1964). They are no friend of Kerry's, but the fact that they spent a whole page (top to bottom) talking about this failed admin. is a big plus!
As far as the polls go...we were gaining some ground last week in the national polls with many showing Kerry leading narrowly. However, it appears we will be slaughtered this week with a bunch of national polls showing Bush up a few points (see Gallup and Zogby tomorrow). But, I want all of you to read this and remember Oct. 27, 2000.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/27/tracking.poll/
Furthermore, I find it interesting that despite the national polls this is still an electoral game and Kerry is leading in many of the battleground states. When you factor in that the new reg. (which many are youths who only have cell phones and are not being polled), plus our huge GOTV efforts (which can account for 3 or 4 points as we kicked the Rep. ass at the ground game in 2000 and they admit it) I am very confident about the future of the election.
Anyway, have to be at the airport very early in the morning for Kerry's motorcade and I still have a five page paper to right. Hope all is well.
-Kyle
posted by Kyle at 4:14 PM
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