"Kerry Must Win the 'Persuadable' Vote"

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WASHINGTON (AP) - If Democrat John Kerry has a chance of winning the White House, he must win over many in the small but central slice of the electorate known as "persuadable" voters who harbor serious doubts about his leadership abilities.

They tend to like Kerry better on handling the economy and half say a fresh start would be worth the risk. But doubts about his leadership skills are mentioned early as an obstacle to those considering a switch to the Democratic nominee.

An Associated Press poll of 1,329 persuadable voters highlighted the difficult task facing Kerry in the dwindling weeks of the presidential campaign.

About one in every five voters is persuadable - including about 5 percent who tell pollsters they don't know who will get their vote and about 15 percent who say they are leaning toward one candidate but could switch to another.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040929/D85D5HNG1.html

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1. In the debates Bush will be on his own.

He is going to have to stand next to Kerry without all those adoring crowds. He is going to have to answer questions without a prompter. Kerry is going to get to say his piece without interruptions from an "interviewer". My only concern is that Kerry will overdo it because it is the only real chance he has. He may try to compensate in 90 minutes for all the unbelievable garbage that the media has spewed out about him for the last year.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Won't * have Rove piped into him on an earpiece, though?

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3. Yeah! Look out for an antenna!