Democrats polish image on key issues.

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Democrats polish image on key issues.

In new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, Americans back Democrats by 35 percentage points on prescription drugs for seniors amid looming showdown with White House over Medicare drug benefit. Since Bush's presidency began, Democrats have turned an eight-point deficit on taxes into an eight-point edge, and narrowed deficit on "moral values" to nine points from 22.

Approaching 2008, Democrats have "a once-in-a-generation opportunity to be...reconsidered" as a national party, says Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducts the Journal/NBC survey with Democratic counterpart Peter Hart. In new book, Senate Democrats' campaign chief Schumer of New York recommends a "kitchen-table compact" including unconventional issues like reduced cancer mortality to court centrists like the fictional couple "Joe and Eileen Bailey" he uses to shape strategy.

The Baileys remain "up for grabs," Schumer says, "but they're more open to our message than theirs."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116977878892288578.html?mod=todays_us_page_one (subscription)

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1. Democrats have a Polish image?

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