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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Chris Frandsen
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 10:28 AM
> To: Killer Bs Discussion
> Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Bush is Not Incompetent
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> My first Post here:
Welcome
> I think you are absolutely on track.
Thanks..
> I am a Goldwater Republican
> looking for a party. My old party now has become the entity that Pres
> Eisenhower warned about as he left office.
That's an interesting comment. At the time of Eisenhower's comment,
military spending was over half of governmental spending, and about 10% of
GDP. In 2005, it was roughly a fifth of the federal budget and 4% of GDP.
> The traditional Democratic
> bases of union members and minorities have been effectively
> marginalized. States like Texas have made unions almost illegal
> particularly for teachers, a previous very strong Democratic voting
> block.
Texas has long been an open shop state. That's a tremendous burden for any
union.
>The real question is can the Democrats come up with an attractive
>candidate. I still do not see one. But then again I do not see a good
>candidate on the Republican side either.
There are Republicans with fairly low negatives...but not Democrats. In a
recent CNN poll, three big name Democrats and three big name Republicans
were listed as potential candidates. The public was asked if they would
definitely vote for that person (would), might vote for that person (Maybe),
or definitely wouldn't vote (wouldn't). The results are:
Would Maybe Wouldn't Unsure
Clinton 22 28 47 3
Gore 17 32 48 3
Kerry 14 35 47 4
Giuliani 19 45 30 6
John McCain 12 48 34 6
Jeb Bush 9 26 63 2
Jeb Bush, for the Republicans, is clearly out of the picture. But the other
two only have 30-35% of the voters saying they definitely wouldn't vote for
them. That means they'd have to get about 60%-70% of the maybe's and
unsure's. Clinton, Gore and Kerry would have to get 90%+ of the maybe's and
unsure's....or a number of definitely not's would have to change their
minds.
That's a big hill to climb.
Dan M.
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