Breaking News!!!! Kerry ahead of Bush 5% in Oregon!!!!

[CRYINGWOLFOWITZ]

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1078664357255731.xml

Most of the article is about gay marriage, but, look at the end:

"The poll also showed Kerry has a narrow lead in Oregon over Bush, while independent Ralph Nader maintains a steady level of support. Kerry is backed by 45 percent, compared with 40 percent for the Republican president and 5 percent for Nader. "

Kerry leads Bush 5%!!!

[WilliamPitt]

1. Only 5%?

Bad.

[thebigidea]

3. nah. Its "good but not good enough."

[CRYINGWOLFOWITZ]

9. it isn't good enough, but gore only won it by less than 1%

5% puts us in a much better position.

[dusty64]

16. I would have expected

better, but then again its barely started. All these polls showing nader gaining more support than 2000 leave me VERY skeptical.

[bluestateguy]

2. Does Oregon have a lot of gays?

Gays will vote 90% Democratic this year (it was 71% last time).

[CRYINGWOLFOWITZ]

10. 1 million out of 4 million gays voted for Bush in 2000

Rove is trying to get a few million evangelical idiots to come out who didn't in 2000. Well maybe the gay marriage amendment will bring out some, but it no doubt alienated almost all of his 1 million 2000 supporters.

[sandnsea]

4. Told ya so!

Although that 5% Nader surprises me. People are fed up with Bush 'round here!

[fujiyama]

5. Expect the 5% for Nader to drop...

once Kerry is campaigning more aggresively.

I sure hope we keep the left coast in tact. We sure need to. Gore barely win OR.

[ButterflyBlood]

6. Nader got 5% in OR last time

hence Gore's narrow victory.

No way in hell * wins Oregon this year. It has the highest unemployment rate in the country.

[DaveSZ]

7. I thought

Ohio had the largest unemployment rate?

I think we'll have the left coast wrapped up this year.

[AndyTiedye]

8. Looks Like Nader is Doing It Again

Taking just enough votes to make it close enough to steal.:mad:

[CRYINGWOLFOWITZ]

11. we HAVE to keep Nader off the ballot in battleground states

Most of that 5% would no doubt go for Kerry if Nader isn't on the ballot.

[WitchWay]

12. ???

First, how do you propose keeping Nader off the ballot in battleground states?

Secondly, I think there are a lot of people who would never vote for Kerry. Not in a million years. At least with Nader, there are Republicans who have an option besides the Boston Brahmin Kennedy wannabe multimillionaire who they just can't stand. So, I don't think that, whatever your plan is, that it would be democratic or wise.

Why not convince Kerry to be more representative of the American people and have a good strategy in order to actually earn whatever he can of what he thinks "his" part of the Nader vote is?

[OKNancy]

13. Democrats should challenge every single

suspect signature on petitions. Although you don't like that....that is what Democrats should do. I don't know how it is in Oregon, but an independent in many states can not have anyone sign the petitions that voted in the Democratic or Republican primary.

[WitchWay]

14. Not a good way to win...

I think there are only a few states like that.

What I am saying, is that there is the potential to cause great resentment. There is the potential to be antagonistic towards the democratic process. Such suggestions only further alienate disgrunteled democrats AND potential republicans - and independents will be especially turned off by this sort of attitude.

I like to think of myself as a predominately democratic voter, but if I saw this sort of thing occuring I would most definitely wonder if I ever wanted to vote democrat again! It would make me feel that the democratic party hated democracy. What a waste of time and resources, when the party could be trying to register and appeal to voters.

[OKNancy]

15. Since I posted the reply to you I did some

googling and I finally found the requirements for each state.

Oregon...the candidate has to get signatures from 15,306 people by 8-24.
The site doesn't say if there is the rule about whether or not they voted in the Rep or Dem primary, but I know from past readings that it is a requirement in many states.

http://www.ballot-access.org/2002/1201.html
( about 2/3 the way down on page)