Poll shows Bush losing ground

By Richard Benedetto, USA TODAY

MANCHESTER, N.H. - With one day of campaigning left, Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain appears to have widened his lead over Texas Gov. George W. Bush.

Meanwhile, Democratic challenger Bill Bradley is still playing catch-up in his race against Vice President Gore.

In the latest USA TODAY/ CNN/Gallup New Hampshire day-to-day tracking poll, as of Saturday-Sunday:

McCain leads Bush 42%-32%. Bush, buoyed by a victory in last week's Iowa caucuses, was even with McCain Friday.

-- Vern (bacon17@ibm.net), February 01, 2000

Answers

Bush is a lightweight...

Even so...how did Dixon's Notch vote???

-- Z (Z@Z.Z), February 01, 2000.

But can he flip a pancake?

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), February 01, 2000.

Meaning?????

McCain wins a state that could keep his campaign going but probably doesn't mean anything except the media will love the distraction from the democratic candidates spending all their money in the primary race. Here in the midwest nobody seems to care a wit. As much as the media wants to create a race there just isn't one. The money says that Al Gore will win by having locked up the super delegates (fix is in), Bush will win by the size of his compaign war chest. Meanwhile we wait for the final 4, because that is more important than who controls the federal government.

We just don't care.

-- Squid (ItsDark@down.here), February 01, 2000.

Dixville Notch shows Bush with 12 votes. Apparently there are only 6 admitted Democrats there and they voted 4-2 for Bradley/Gore.

Bush, to me is unimpressive. I have yet to hear him utter a single, coherent, declarative sentence. He's an overage Fratboy with a lot of expensive handlers.

Alan Keyes (who doesn't have a chance)is, on the other hand, articulate, intelligent and an honest man. Like I said: he doesn't have a chance.

McCain would have been my choice (out of the choices we're likely to be given), but I happened to find out something about him that I find disturbing. Not unusual; not surprising by any means, but definitely suggestive.

What would you think about a McCain-Bush ticket? With Bush as the V.P.?

As for the Democrats, I sincerely hope that Bradley drops out. I believe that he is Gore's superior in intellect and in his commitment to liberalism/socialism. He's also superior to nearly every other candidate. That makes him infinitely more dangerous. How about a Bradley-Gephardt ticket?

-- chairborne commando (what-me-worry@armageddon.com), February 01, 2000.

Commando, how about a Bush/Keyes ticket? I think Alan would be a voice that would keep W on the proper course. And could he provide an education to the American people on the Constitution and American hetitage.

In all sincerity, right now Keyes has a public recognition problem that four or eight years as Veep would erase. And experts have said for fifteen years that the first black President would be a Republican.

And Keyes has an excellent column this month in Guns and Ammo, too.

WW

-- Wildweasel (vtmldm@epix.net), February 01, 2000.