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07/29/2003 Archived Entry: "Poll Finds Democrats Lack Crucial Support to Beat Bush"

BUSH VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT: The Democratic Leadership Council warns Democrats that George W. Bush will be virtually impossible to beat unless Democrats are able to increase their support from white males, the Washington Post reports today.

The gloomy prognosis came despite evidence in the poll and in the assessments of Democratic elected officials attending the DLC's "national conversation" here that the economy alone makes Bush vulnerable for reelection. But Mark J. Penn, who conducted the poll, said that the party's image has regressed since former president Bill Clinton left office and that those weaknesses put Democrats in a weakened position.

Penn said his polling indicates that since Clinton left office in 2001, more Americans believe Democrats are the party of big government and higher taxes and he said Bush's handling of the war on terrorism has opened up a huge gap with Democrats on who is more trusted on issues of national security.

Let's hope Americans don't notice whose been ramping up spending...

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