In Polls, Kerry, Edwards Both Lead Bush

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20040219/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_poll

WASHINGTON - Both John Kerry (news - web sites) and John Edwards (news - web sites) are ahead of President Bush (news - web sites) by double digits when matched against him in hypothetical elections, says a poll released Wednesday.


Kerry, the Democratic front-runner and a Massachusetts senator, leads Bush by 55 percent to 43 percent among likely voters, according to the CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll. Edwards, the North Carolina senator who is challenging Kerry, leads Bush by 54 percent to 44 percent.


The poll comes at a time that both Kerry and Edwards have been highly visible as they compete for the Democratic presidential nomination. Bush has been defending himself on his National Guard service and his Iraq (news - web sites) policy after an adviser acknowledged he doesn't believe weapons of mass destruction existed.


"Certainly, we'd rather be up than down," said Republican National Committee (news - web sites) Chairman Ed Gillespie. "But I understand where we are in this cycle. We have seen $49 million in negative advertising and I suspect that has had an impact."

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1. They make a natural duo in the media spotlight

If they can milk that for all its worth and then head into the elecion as One and Two, I think a increasingly worried public will throw money at them from all corners and continents, especially as the KIA rate eases up to 900.

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2. Dupe... locking

Please continue discussion within the original LBN thread about the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, which can be found here:

Top Democrats lead Bush in poll - Kerry/Edwards 12-10 point edge over Bush

It would be very helpful to those following this story if you could add your article/links to the original thread.

Thanks!

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