the best part of the polls coming out of new hampshire this week is one by newsweek in which john kerry beats awol by three points.
overall, 52 percent of those polled by newsweek say they would not like to see bush serve a second term, compared to 44 percent who want to see him win again in november. as a result, kerry is enjoying a marginal advantage over bush, a first for the poll. forty-nine percent of registered voters chose kerry, compared to 46 percent who re-elected bush. in fact, all democrats are polling better against bush, perhaps due to increased media attention to their primary horserace: clark gets 47 percent of voters’ choice compared to 48 percent from bush; edwards has 46 percent compared to bush’s 49; leiberman wins 45 percent versus bush’s 49 percent; and dean fares the worst with 45 percent of their votes to bush’s 50 percent.[ed. note: great internet poll on that page! go take it!]
even better, john kerry is not backing down on his earlier assertions that awol is awol. the nypost, of all places, reports:
when vietnam veteran kerry, who tried to cut a macho image yesterday by playing in an ice hockey game with some former boston bruins players, was asked about moore's harsh attack, he said it was "over-the-top language."so do we.
but in 2000, kerry lashed out: "those of us who were in the military wonder how it is that someone [bush] who is supposedly serving on active duty having taken that oath can miss a whole year of service without even explaining where it went."
asked if kerry still believes that, spokeswoman stephanie cutter replied: "he stands by that statement."
cross-posted on our own blog and the american street and our daily kos diary.
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