Dean within striking distance of Bush in Florida ( Clark too)

[CMT]

Howard Dean is within striking distance of George W. Bush in Florida which has 27 key electoral votes.

Bush currently leads the ex-Vermont Governor 49-41 percent. (according to poll archives at this time in 1999 Gore was running nearly 20-points behind Bush).

Wes Clark is also poised to jump on Bush behind by a similar 8-point margin of 48-40.

Bush leads Kerry 51-38
Bush leads Gep by 50-39
Bush leads Edwards 53-35.

The key issues according to Florida voters:
Protecting Social Security and Medicare 36%
The situation in Iraq 34%
Improving education 24%
Increase access to Affordable Healthcare 23%

If Florida is looking doable in '04 I think Bob Graham would be a great choice for vice president.

[DACT]

1. 8 point deficit is pathetic

n/t

[ringmastery]

4. no

a 27 point deficit in New Hampshire is pathetic.

8 points is great.

[CMT]

5. pathetic

considering your up against a sitting president in a state represented as governor by his brother and you got him under 50% and are within 8-points that is pretty impressive.

By the way, who are you supporting? and how are they doing in Florida against Bush?

[janx]

8. Before the primaries? Are you kidding?

It's fantastic!

[Jerseycoa]

2. Bob Graham, yes! (eom)

[Lefta Dissenter]

3. within striking distance of bush?

better watch out for the Secret Service! (and that is not said entirely in jest)

[goobergunch]

6. Before it's requested, here's a link

http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/05/State/Poll__Florida_Democra.shtml

It's also important to note that Bush only narrowly defeats a generic Dem.

[CMT]

10. oops

thanks I forgot to put the link on.

[adadem]

11. And we must reach

out to the "some other candidate" and the "don't know" voters with strong, viable opposition to shrubby

[madfloridian]

7. Nobody is paying attention yet, so that is quite good.

Not bad at all.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. Again, this is before an actual campaign

and all the ads etc... STOP wasting time with these stupid polls.