Bush To Shift Staff, Advertising To Minnesota, Wisconsin
In an indication that the Bush camp feels it has the upper hand in the battle for an Electoral College victory, the Washington Post reports today that Bush "aides said they plan to move staff and advertising from several states where Bush won narrowly but is now running strong, including West Virginia and Missouri, into ones he wants to make Democratic nominee John F. Kerry defend, notably Minnesota and Wisconsin – two states in the upper Midwest where churchgoing is heavy and issues of values play well."
Political analyst Dick Morris, a former advisor to Bill Clinton, said on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor that "Bush is playing chess and Kerry is playing checkers. Kerry is trying to deal with one move at a time. He has two press secretaries now, Joe Lockhart and Mike McCurry, who were good press secretaries, but they're not strategists, running his campaign, which means each day, he's playing for the next day. Each day, he's responding to the next day's story."
Bush Leads Kerry By One Point In Colorado.
An ARG poll of 600 likely Colorado voters, conducted September 10-13, shows 46% would vote for George Bush; 45% would vote for John Kerry; 3% would vote for Ralph Nader; 1% would vote for another candidate; 6% don't know.
Kerry Leads Bush By 2 Points In Two Minnesota Polls.
An ARG poll of 600 likely Minnesota voters, conducted over September 10-12, shows 47% would vote for John Kerry; 45% would vote for George Bush; 2% would vote for Ralph Nader; 1% would vote for another candidate; 5% don't know.
A Mason Dixon poll of 635 voters (+/-4%) taken 9/11-9/14 for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Minnesota Public Radio, has Kerry leading Bush 46%-44% with Nader at 1% and 9% undecided.
Bush Leads By Two In Pennsylvania Poll.
A Philadelphia Daily News/CN8-TV Keystone Poll of 491 registered Pennsylvania voters conducted 9/8-9/15 by Franklin & Marshall College's Center for Opinion Research has George Bush leading John Kerry 47%-45% with 8% undecided.
Kerry Leads Bush By 2 Points In Oregon.
An ARG poll of 600 likely Oregon voters, conducted over September 10-13, shows 47% would vote for John Kerry; 45% would vote for George Bush; 2% would vote for Ralph Nader; 1% would vote for another candidate; 5% don't know.
Kerry Leads Bush By Seven Points In Washington.
An ARG poll of 600 likely Washington voters, conducted over September 9-13, shows 51% would vote for John Kerry; 44% would vote for George Bush; 2% would vote for Ralph Nader; 3% don't know.
