Project Vote Smart - American Government, Elections, Candidates and Voting

I found this website on a brochure that is being distributed around the library. It's a good way to research your politicians, and find out where they really stand. (As opposed to where they say they stand.)

Okay, I'm out for the weekend.

I've seen so much voter fraud, and other severely depressing news today that I'm not going to be able to continue reading it and remain sane. I'm taking a break from the news until Monday. If something urgent happens, please email me. Thanks.

What will it mean?

What will it mean if al-Queda attacks in the next few months? The booga-booga machine is certainly gearing us up for that eventuality. In the last 2 days, 2 new videos have come out with supposed al-Queda members saying they will attack soon. Of course, they don't give a specific time, just "at any moment."

So, barring the tin-foil hat stuff here, what does a successful attack on America mean? To me, it means that: even after 9/11; even after all this talk about stopping terrorists; even after we invaded the supposed geographic base of terrorism; even after removing our liberties via the "patriot" act; OUR GOVERNMENT STILL CAN'T PROTECT US FROM TERRORISTS, and it's a sure sign of the failure of the policies of GW Bush.

Chile Welcoms Bush with Law Suit

Chilean citizens are going to try to get Bush tried as a war criminal. I was wondering when this sort of thing would start happening. I'm surprised no one in the USA has tried it yet. Apparently it's pretty common for regular citizens to bring criminal law suits in Chile. (Like chili, not sweet chile-o-mine.)

Hopefully something will come of this, if only waking a few people up and making them realize that Bush is not immune to the law, just because he's the president of the US. I still have a hard time believing this moron is our president.

Arkansas is Baaaaack

Kos has the scoop.

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Unfortunate Headline

Cassini Radar Sees Saturn Moon's 'Cat'

BUSH FLIP-FLOP: 380 Tons--Al Qaqaa Weapons Gate

BUSH FLIP-FLOP: 380 Tons--Al Qaqaa Weapons Gate

Some required viewing.

Terror threat to be televised.

I hate Matt Drudge as much as the next news hound, but I wanted to point out the fact that

The terrorist's face is concealed by a headdress, and he speaks in an American accent, making it difficult to identify the individual.

Now, why would an Islamic terrorist speak with an American accent, I wonder? Could it be because, al-Queda is a government funded group, used to produce sympathy when it is needed most? *cough* 9/11 *cough* AHEM!

Is Arkansas Back in Play?

According to this WaPO story, Clinton will be campaigning here and the DNC may be buying some ads. MoveOn already has.

Arkansas Tied Up Again

We really could seal the deal this year.

So I guess it is time again for another . . .

GOTV!!

The World's Shortest Blog: Just One Question...

All you journalists with your finger on the pulse should be jumping at this.

I knew there was something wrong with Dickson

When they finally "finished" remodeling the Dickson street sidewalks and crosswalk, the first thing that came into my head when I saw it was, "That isn't a crosswalk." They don't look like any crosswalk I've ever seen before, and they are impossible to differenciate from the actual sidewalk. There is no reflective white paint that you would see on a normal sidewalk, they are just bricks and cement in the middle of the street. Now, because I'm a pretty smart guy, I figured out that these were actually crosswalk, but I think I could be justified in saying that the person I ran over was jay walking since that doesn't look like any crosswalk I've ever seen. Now, there's this story, about a blind woman who can no longer go to Dickson street without a sighted friend because her guide dog can't differenciate the road from the sidewalk.

Bunning unaware of Iraq story

This is a good reason why people should not trust only one news source. Read several papers; get on the internet; open your eyes just a little bit.

U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning said yesterday that he was unaware of reports that a unit of Army Reserve soldiers in Iraq had refused an order to deliver fuel for reasons including that their trucks were lightly armored.
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When reporters told him that the unit's refusal was a national news story and involved a soldier from Louisville, Bunning said, "Let me explain something: I don't watch the national news, and I don't read the paper. I haven't done that for the last six weeks. I watch Fox News to get my information."

A buddy of mine who is in the navy says that his chain of command tells them to get their news only from FoxNews. That they are the only reliable source. I, of course told him to at least get one other perspective, like the NY Times, or something. Obviously, just watching FoxNews isn't enough.

Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq

How 'bout now? Are we safe now?

Ignore the first paragraph of this report, it's intended to produce more fear than is necessary. Pay attention to this paragraph:

The huge facility, called Al Qaqaa, was supposed to be under American military control but is now a no man's land, still picked over by looters as recently as Sunday. United Nations weapons inspectors had monitored the explosives for many years, but White House and Pentagon officials acknowledge that the explosives vanished sometime after the American-led invasion last year.

So how 'bout it? Feeling safe now, Bush?

GOTV!!

Attention all NWA Democrats:

Door-to-door Canvass

Meet at:

2423 N. College Ave
Fayetteville, AR 72703
Fayetteville Headquarters

When:

Saturday, October 23 at 10:00 AM

RSVP here!

I will be out of town, or I would see you there.

GOTV BABY!!

8 years for Abu Ghraib soldier

I'm just writing about this because I know for a fact that this dude is not the highest ranking person involved. However, he is the highest ranking person being charged. This guy is a staff sargent. To put that in civilian terms, it's kind of like saying he's an assistant manager. This guy gets his orders from another NCO (probably a sergeant first class or a master sergeant) who gets their orders from an officer. To imply that this guy is the mastermind behind the Abu-Ghraib tortures is preposterous.

I'm not saying that the guy is innocent, or that he doesn't deserve to be punished; I'm just saying, there's no way in hell this guy is the highest ranking individual involved. It's impossible.

The Last Straw - Carl Worden Makes His Vote Official

Worden is a self-described republican who has cast his ballot for John Kerry. He describes a couple of incedents which happened during Bushs' Oregon visit, that conivinced him that todays republicans are not for him.

I am now a man without a political party. I will never again register as a Republican unless the party returns to what it was before the fascists took it over. I'm certainly not a Democrat or a liberal, but I might just register as a Democrat to help them avoid mistakes in the next primary, like running another John Kerry for president. Any moderate, pro-gun southern Democrat would have easily swept Bush aside this election. As it is, the race is so close it could go either way at this point.
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What I do know is that any party that would find the words, "Protect Our Civil Liberties" offensive or even threatening, is a party I won't belong to anymore.

Enjoy The Draft - Sobering FAQ

This might be the most frightening site I have every been to. Every single person I know would be effected, including my wife.
I wanted to add this pic, because I think it's funny in a really not-funny way.

The Big Dog Cometh

Clinton begins campaign appearances for Kerry six weeks after triple-bypass.

Woot!

(or is that woof?)

Take Action on the CIA Report

Athern has got some good advice on what to do with this CIA report.

Well, what are you waiting for? Get to it, slacker!

Big numbers for 1st day of early voting.

Looks like early voting is a hit in Arkansas. The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports that all counties saw heavy turnout yesterday.

With Democrats and Republicans trying to get their voters to the polls as early as possible, county courthouses around the state saw a heavy turnout Tuesday, the first day of voting in the election that culminates on Nov. 2. "This has been a busy time," said Barbara Clark, office manager at the St. Francis County clerk’s office in Forrest City. "We’ve had stormy weather and [turnout] has been pretty steady."
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In Northwest Arkansas, population growth and high voter interest combined to bring record numbers to county courthouses.

Washington County experienced what appeared to be an all-time high for one day of early voting, County Clerk Karen Combs-Pritchard said. By 10 a.m., 200 people had voted, and lines formed throughout the day.

According to this article, Pulaski county is using touch screen voting machines at their polling places. This is dissappointing news to me. I didn't know Arkansas was using them anywhere.

Early voting in the Pulaski County Courthouse at 401 W. Markham St. in Little Rock was conducted on five touch-screen machines. Trainers explained to voters how to use them. The process was simple and voting took only a few minutes for most voters.
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One of Pulaski County’s early voters was Bill Wilson, a U.S. District Judge in Little Rock. "First computer I ever used," he said after completing his ballot at a touch screen. Then, raising his large hand for illustration, he added, "These big old paws don't work too well on it."

Yet another problem with these machines: people unfamiliar with computers or with bad hand-eye coordination might not have such an easy time using them.

I would urge all Pulaski County residents to use an absentee ballot in order to avoid problems with your vote. Here is some information about the process, and here is the ballot itself, in PDF format.

Calling all Conservative Bloggers

Tit for tat.

You exposed RatherGate by proving the CBS documents were fake -- nice work! But now the liberals have found a bunch more documents so our work is not done. Let's get to work proving that these are fake, too!

Dick Cheney's DUI
George W. Bush's DUI
George W. Bush's Second DUI
Bush and Cheney have excellent judgement and would never get behind the wheel while drunk.

Well... get on it! I'm sure you can prove these to be fake too.

There's more.

Early Voting Starts Today

Starting today, Arkansans can go to their County Clerks' office and vote. I'm heading up there after work today. If any of you needs a ride, let me know, and I'll come pick you up.

AR Still a Tossup

Trapper John notes today's Zogby poll, and then calls on the Big Dog to tip it:

"This is a winnable state, and we have a great Senator in Blanche Lincoln just cruising to reelection. She should have coattails. And the last elected President of the United States can help."

Photo: Segway Centaur

This is an offroad version of the Segway personal transport. Looks pretty nifty. Maybe it will not cost 4 bajillion dollars and I can actually get one. Maybe.

Pulling Stakes

Kerry may have abandoned Arkansas, but now it looks like Bush will be abandoning Pennsylvania, with three times as many EV's at stake.

Good news.

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Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

Boycott Sinclair Broadcast Group

The title link leads to a list of companies who advertise through Sinclair. The best way to get these people to listen to what we are saying is to deny them your money. Check the list for companies you associate with, and write them a letter or give them a call and tell them that if they continue dealing with Sinclair then they won't get any more of your business. If you've got time, write them all. I'm only going to be writing the ones I actually do business with, for now.

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Is Arkansas Getting Redder?

Donna Hilton of the Siftings Herald thinks traditionally Democratic rural areas are shifting:

In some areas of Arkansas, political party affiliations are almost an afterthought. In others, they can make or break a candidate.

In Southwest Arkansas, voters traditionally support candidates affiliated with the Democratic party.

But, as the song goes, "the times, they are a changin."

Jonathan Huber is the first Republican elected to the Clark County Quorum Court since Reconstruction, he said.

. . . Since the South was rebuilt after the Civil War, "Arkansas has been a solid Democratic state," Bass said.

Beginning in the mid 1960s, some Republican candidates received support on a national level, but only in recent years have members of the Republican party been elected to state and local offices.

Bass cited the election of Republicans to the state legislature and Congress beginning in the late 1960s and '70s as a sign that Republican party members were beginning to produce more competitive candidates.

"It hasn't really trickled down to the local level from those established pockets" of Republican strongholds, he said.

He cited Northwest Arkansas as being one of the first areas of the state to support Republican candidates. In South Arkansas, there are a few isolated areas that have begun to show traditional support for Republican candidates, but not many, Bass said . . .

Maybe Chuck could comment on his experiences down there.

Justice Dept. wants new antipiracy powers

The DoJ thinks that just because a tool can do something that you will be induced to do that thing. They're referring to things like Kazaa or Bit Torrent. These applications are used to share files. The DoJ is insisting that these programs are inducing people to share copyrighted material.

Here's an analogy: hammers are a common tool used for hammering things. Sometimes people use them to hammer people or property (windows, cars, etc.) So, by the DoJ's logic, hammers are inducing people to commit these crimes simply by being hammers.

Make sense? Yeah, me neither.

Being an Arab-American = Suspicious Activity

Oh that FBI. How silly they are. Don't they know that you can't judge a book by its cover?

In the latest spate of unconstitutional activity by our illustrious FBI, Arab-American and Muslim Floridians are being persecuted for being Arab-Americans or Muslims (or both, I suppose.)

FBI officials said the questioning was not in response to any specific threat and wouldn't focus on only Muslims or Arab-Americans. For example, federal agents plan to question people who may store chemicals or explosive materials or operate rental businesses, said Sara Oates, an FBI spokeswoman in Tampa.

As if that's any better. "Yeah, we're going to investigate possible terrorists. On the list: people who store dangerous chemicals or explosives, and the entire Arab-American and Muslim population."

Give me a freaking break.

Paths of 3 hurricanes

While I don't personally believe in God, I find this to be a strange coincidence. The title links to a pic of the paths of the last 3 hurricanes to hit Florida. In compliance with the copyright notice at the bottom of the image, I have not done any photoshopping, so the image might take a sec to load. Go check it out.

Update:This has been debunked by Snopes.

Backup Voting System Could Cause Problems

From the people who brought you the infamous hanging chad fiasco comes the latest in voter disenfranchisement schemes.

Congress required conditional, or provisional, voting as part of election fixes passed in 2002. For the first time, all states must offer a backup ballot to any voter whose name does not appear on the rolls when the voter comes to the polling place on Nov. 2. If the voter is later found eligible, the vote counts.

But Congress did not specify exactly how the provisional votes will be evaluated.

Look for this to be a big issue after the election.

Iraqis Want U.S. Out of Green Zone

I can't be certain, but I believe this to be the only area currently controlled by the US military. Now, Iraqis, the people we are supposedly defending, want us to leave, and give them their homes and land back. When I was stationed in Korea, the Korean college students would regularly protest our presence, demanding their land back. I used to laugh at them because if the US left, Kim Jong Il would certainly invade. No question about it, but I can see how the average citizen over there would be complacent with the apparent peace. This situation in Iraq is drastically different though. The danger in Iraq is tangible. We're not guarding against a distant, perhaps even mythical foe. The people can look around and see the effects of US presence, and they still want us to leave.

"We want and demand that the Americans evacuate the Green Zone because it contains Iraqi state and private properties," Baghdad Gov. Ali al-Haidari told The Associated Press. "We believe that Iraqi authorities should regain control of this area."

Seems pretty telling to me.

Bush Ad Surfaces As News Story on Schools

Bush using your money to feed you misleading information.

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has promoted its education law with a video that comes across as a news story but fails to make clear the reporter involved was paid with taxpayer money.
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The video and documents emerged through a Freedom of Information Act request by People for the American Way, a liberal group that contends the department is spending public money on a political agenda. The group sought details on a $700,000 contract Ketchum received in 2003 from the Education Department.

One service the company provided was a video news release geared for television stations. The video includes a news story that features Education Secretary Rod Paige and promotes tutoring now offered under law.

The story ends with the voice of a woman saying, "In Washington, I'm Karen Ryan reporting."

It does not identify the government as the source of the report. It also fails to make clear the person purporting to be a reporter was someone hired for the promotional video.

Emphasis mine.

If you read the article, you will learn that the Bush administration has been chastised for similar tactics promoting their Medicare law. This tactic was judged to be "covert propaganda" by the Government Accountability Office.

Early Voting

In an attempt to alleviate some of the paperwork associated with absentee voting, Arkansas has instituted an early voting process. Starting October 18th, you can go to the County Clerks office and cast your ballot.

I'll probably do this just for convenience sake. I don't like crowds or lines, and Nov. 2nd will see a lot of those.

Washington County Clerk
280 N College Ave # 300
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(501) 444-1711

Arkansas Even Again

Sweet.

Get Off The Internet And Vote

If you needed any more motivation to vote, these folks are having a contest. Send in proof that you voted, and you will be entered to win a prize. Everyone gets a prize for entering, and a special grand prize will go to one randomly selected winner.

NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source

NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source

Looks like NWANews.com finally hired a competant web developer. Hooray!

US Finally Grows the Tiniest Shred of a Backbone

In regards to Israel, the US always reminds me of that old Loony Toons dog that follows the bigger dog, Spike around asking "Whadda ya wanna do today, Spike? Huh, Spike? You wanna chase some cats? Huh, Spike?"

However, today US officials finally took offense to some of the insanity coming from Israel and called them on it. They want Israel to explain the comments of Sharons' chief of staff, Dov Weisglass, who recently said, ""The significance of our disengagement plan is the freezing of the peace process. It supplies the formaldehyde necessary so there is no political process with Palestinians."

In other words, the mission of the plan is to eliminate any possibility of a Palestinian state, one of the stated goals of the US "roadmap to peace.'

Update: Predictably enough, just when Sharon needs a distraction, 'al Queda' sets off a car bomb on the Israel/Egypt border. It's funny how no actual 'al Queda' agents have been found, or when they are found, they turn out to actually be Mossad, or FBI, or CIA. Funny might not be the right word actually.

New Link Added

I added a new link to the Arkansas Links section in the sidebar. It points to http://arkansas.indymedia.org. Looks like the site could use some help too.

IMC Gagged by FBI... again.

Not too long ago, I posted this story about a radio being gagged by the FCC, and now we have this.

Thursday morning, US authorities issued a federal order to Rackspace ordering them to hand over Indymedia web servers to the requesting agency. Rackspace, which provides hosting services for more that 20 Indymedia sites at its London facility, complied and turned over the requested servers, effectively removing those sites from the internet.

Since the subpoena was issued to Rackspace and not to Indymedia, the reasons for this action are still unknown to Indymedia. Talking to Indymedia volunteers, Rackspace stated that "they cannot provide Indymedia with any information regarding the order." ISPs have received gag orders in similar situations which prevent them from updating the concerned parties on what is happening.

...the rest.

Closing In

Kerry's post-debate surge is continuing, with him taking the lead in Pennsylvania according to polls from West Chester University, Survey USA, and Franklin and Marshall college. Neither candidate now has the 270 electoral votes needed to win, and many of the states are statistical ties. Michigan and New Hampshire are exact ties. If Kerry wins Michigan and Bush wins New Hampshire, then Kerry wins the election 270-268.

Zogby results will go in tomorrow.

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VP Debate

I made a comment earlier that I think deserves airing out in its own post. You know that I called the debate for Cheney last night. This is because I tried to watch it through the eyes of someone who was unfamiliar with both men . . . an undecided voter (I'm an actor so this kind of stuff comes naturally to me). Through that lens, it was my impression that Cheney waxed the floor with Edwards. I felt DC treated him like a child, and JE had no effective counter. JE seemed less composed and more nervous, and he stammered quite a bit.

Judging from an early reaction . . . and I do not count online polls . . . the whole things seems to have been a wash. K/E supporters called it for Edwards, B/C supporters did not.

(oh, man. why could he not have been John Carrey instead? the whole BC vs. CE thing coulda made a good bumper sticker . . . but I digress . . .)

No surprises so far. What did surprise me was that the undecided voters fell to Edwards by 13%! Was I that wrong? I mean, I thought it was a disaster.

Upon further reflection, it occurred to me that I was probably just very unsuccessful in "turning off" my partisanship. Before the debate, I was hoping Edwards would draw blood. Perhaps the undecided voters had already had enough. Maybe Cheney's constant barrage of punking was more than they wanted. Could be that they just liked Edwards and took his side against the permanent-insider attack dog Cheney. I would list more possibilities, but I've run out of alternatives for the word "perhaps". Oh, wait, no. Perchance these viewers were just rooting for the underdog. Mayhap Cheney came across as too snarly and sour.

I digress again, huh?

Aaanyway, what I am thinking now is that these personal impressions are not going to stick for very long. What I hope will stick are Cheney's patently false and easily refuted statements. And it has already begun. From today's WaPo:

Early in the debate, Cheney snapped at Edwards, "The senator has got his facts wrong. I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11." But in numerous interviews, Cheney has skated close to the line in ways that may have certainly left that impression on viewers, usually when he cited the possibility that Mohamed Atta, one of the hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001, met with an Iraqi official -- even after that theory was largely discredited.

On Dec. 9, 2001, Cheney said on NBC's "Meet The Press" that "it's been pretty well confirmed that [Atta] did go to Prague and he did meet with a senior official of the Iraqi intelligence service in Czechoslovakia last April, several months before the attack." On March 24, 2002, Cheney again told NBC, "We discovered . . . the allegation that one of the lead hijackers, Mohamed Atta, had, in fact, met with Iraqi intelligence in Prague."

On Sept. 8, 2002, Cheney, again on "Meet the Press," said that Atta "did apparently travel to Prague. . . . We have reporting that places him in Prague with a senior Iraqi intelligence officer a few months before the attacks on the World Trade Center." And a year ago, also on "Meet the Press," Cheney described Iraq as part of "the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault for many years, but most especially on 9/11."

In the debate, Cheney referred to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as having "an established relationship with al Qaeda" and said then-CIA Director George J. Tenet talked about "a 10-year relationship" in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. What Tenet cited were several "high-level contacts" over a 10-year period, but he also said the agency reported they never led to any cooperative activity.

Cheney suggested that an agreement had been reached on debt relief for Iraq, saying that "the allies have stepped forward and agreed to reduce and forgive Iraqi debt to the tune of nearly $80 billion, by one estimate." While there are reports of some sort of agreement, no plan has been made public. Cheney also said that allies had contributed $14 billion in "direct aid." Actually, $13 billion was pledged, but only $1 billion has arrived.

There is more. Much more. Like this:

Among Cheney's retorts was a slam at the first-term North Carolina senator's attendance record in Congress. Cheney noted that, as Vice President, he presides over the Senate, then told Edwards pointedly, "The first time I ever met you was when we walked on stage tonight."

A sly dig, to be sure. Also false: Cheney had met Edwards twice before.

And there are pictures to prove it. Tim Russert even said they met, shook hands, and exchanged words backstage on his show. He said this on the air.

Combine little untrue digs like that with his "attack dog" image, and Cheney might well have lost his ticket support among undecideds. Time will tell. But for now, I think the whole thing was effectively a wash. Despite my earlier comments.

I will let Digby have the final word in this post. He is a much better blogger than I:

Here on planet earth we have google and lexis-nexis and we can dig up all the examples of when they said things they claim they didn't say.

. . . I predict that once the full scope of the lies Cheney told tonight are artfully dribbled out by the Democrats over the next couple of days, Cheney's respectable "draw" will turn into a rout. This isn't 2000 and the Democrats are not going to stand for this shit this time.

Finally, just as an aside, we have the crappy moderator:

The biggest loser was Gwen Ifil. What an unmitigated disaster. But then, that's no surprise.

Agreed. She sucked.

OK. Back to work!

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These polls

We've been hearing a lot about the poll numbers lately. We hear about how the numbers are really close. We hear about how one candidate or anothers' numbers shift after certain events. But where are these numbers coming from? I'm a registered voter, and I've never been polled. I hear the term 'likely voters' when I go to any of the polling sites to find out. So, who are these likely voters? Really, I'm curious. I can't seem to find any info on how they determine who is likely to vote and who isn't, so I will make wild assumptions.

• Wild assumption #1: Likely voters are people who have been registered in their county for more than one election cycle.
• Wild assumption #2: Likely voters have voted in previous elections.

So, based on those wild assumptions, it's safe to say that new voters --that is, people who have recently registered, or who have not voted in previous elections-- are not being counted in these polls. I would posit that many, probably a great majority, of these new voters have registered for the specific purpose of getting Bush out of office. Many counties across the country are reporting a huge influx of new registrants. I would bet that most of those people have been motivated to vote in order to get Bush out, not to keep him in.

Of course, my wild assumptions have often been wrong in the past, but I bet I'm right. We'll know next month, I suppose.

Kerry Moves Ahead

You've already heard, I'm sure, but:

Oct. 2 - With a solid majority of voters concluding that John Kerry outperformed George W. Bush in the first presidential debate on Thursday, the president’s lead in the race for the White House has vanished, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. In the first national telephone poll using a fresh sample, NEWSWEEK found the race now statistically tied among all registered voters, 47 percent of whom say they would vote for Kerry and 45 percent for George W. Bush in a three-way race.

Of course, that is a national poll. We do not have national elections, so what I am most interested in is how these electoral numbers will be affected in the coming days, as new state polls come off the press. The first set of numbers may not bode well for Bush:

Survey USA has polled over 20,000 people in 14 states and 21 cities to ask who won the first debate. In 11 states and 15 cities Kerry was the clear winner. In 2 states and 6 cities, Bush was the clear winner. Colorado was a tossup. Ominously for Bush, the 2 states that said he won the debate are Texas and Oklahoma, which he has in the bag already, but the states that gave Kerry the win include Oregon (by 19%), Maine (by 18%), Pennsylvania (by 22%), Arkansas (by 12%), and most significantly Florida (by 24%).

American Research Group has now produced more details on its post-debate poll. Not surprisingly, practically all Democrats thought Kerry won and practically all Republicans thought Bush won. But among independents, Kerry won by 19%.

(emphasis mine) Since the undecideds (along with turnout) will determine this election, I'm encouraged by this. 19% of independents in a state where the difference is within MOE is huge.

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What Did You Think About The Debate?

Make some calls. Be heard.