 2004 Presidential Election
Here's a pre-Republican National Convention article from the Rocky Mountain News [August 28, 2004, "Big Apple awaits GOP core"]. From the article, "The setting and timing have for months seemed scripted for maximum drama: blocks from ground zero, days before Sept. 11, with war dividing the nation and a presidential election running hot and tight with two months to go. But few expected when the year began that the convention drama would spill back to Colorado, which suddenly has an open seat that could tip the balance in the U.S. Senate and where recent polls show President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry dead even. High stakes at home and inside Madison Square Garden will draw scores of Coloradans to New York this week: candidates seeking a leg up, conservatives struggling with their place among an array of centrist prime-time speakers, protesters with big complaints and big plans to vent them, party loyalists young and old on whose shoulders Bush's re-election chances may rest."
TalkLeft: "If you see an injustice, record it. Pen and paper are fine. Cell phones are better."
TalkLeft: "New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is starting off Convention week with a light-hearted humor. How long will he keep it up? We'll track his comments periodically as the week progresses to see."
Is it time to move off of the Vietnam War this election cycle? Here's a link to a film clip of former Texas Lieutenant Govenor, Ben Barnes, apologizing for getting President Bush into the National Guard during the war. Thanks to Adding Understanding for the link. The 'Ol Coyote would rather that the candidates discuss the War in Iraq, the War on Terror, the War on Drugs, the War on Poverty, Healthcare, unemployment, water, gay rights, the ... well you get the idea. 
Electoral-vote.com: "CNN had a story about the electoral college yesterday. They put the score at Kerry 264, Bush, 274. We agree on 46 states but differ on four states. CNN gives Wisconsin to Kerry; I have it currently for Bush. Personally, I think they are right, but the last poll puts Bush ahead. CNN awards Nevada and Tennessee to Bush; I have them for Kerry at the moment. Both are close. It is premature to call Nevada for Bush. It has gone back and forth several times. It is really a tossup. Tennessee should be an easy win for Bush, but the polls say otherwise and the many emails I have had from people in Tennessee also suggest otherwise. Finally, there is Colorado. In recent years it has gone Republican, but the polls say it is a tie now. The conventional wisdom would paint it red, but the data paints it white right now. It is interesting to note that if CNN is right except for Nevada, it is an exact tie, 269 to 269."
Update: Taegan Goddard: "New Polls. According to a new Time magazine poll, President Bush is supported by 46% of likely voters, Sen. John Kerry by 44% and Ralph Nader by 5%. In the two-way race, it's dead even: Kerry 46%, Bush 46%. Here are the latest state polls: Minnesota - Kerry 48%, Bush 44% (Rasmussen)."
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