Kerry widens lead in new Rasmussen poll

[59millionmorons]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Presidential_Tracking_Poll.htm

[Florida_Geek]

1. Karl has told me that polls do not count

only the CEOs of voting machines companies count.

[DBoon]

3. Didn't Stalin say something like this?

n/t

[mobuto]

2. And this is before Kerry's offensive

Kerry's about to open a huge PR offensive - positive bio ads and the like. By this time next week, unless Bush pours some serious money into the campaign, Kerry's lead will be outside the MoE.

[trogdor]

5. Remember, the Bushies need to outspend Kerry...

...by a factor of 10:1 to move opinion polls one percentage point.

[prodigal_green]

4. Good to hear

I was wondering how their numbers showed Kerry up when every other poll (http://www.pollingreport.com) shows him down, but then I scrolled down and found the answer.

This is very good news. I'm a little concerned about Minnesota being a tossup. I thought that our good neighbors in the north were a lock for Kerry. Nice to see Florida in our camp as well. I don't think it will be enough to simply win. We have to humiliate the whole family!!

[lancdem]

7. Kerry is ahead by 3 points in Minn.

and Gore won by 2 points in 2000, so that's not bad at all. I like that Kerry has small leads in Florida and Ohio, two electoral-vote-rich states Bush won in 2000.

BTW, I just read a post on http://www.emergingdemocraticmajority.com saying Rasmussen doesn't include Nader in the horse-race polls because they don't think he'll be a factor.

I also noticed how Rasmussen says Bush's approval rating is down to 50 percent, his lowest of the year. They had him consistently over 50 percent, which strikes me as awfully high, a figure not corroborated by any other polls.

[mikey_1962]

6. Still a dead heat

The vast majority will not pay attention until Labor Day. Only us junkies care right now.....