On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 19:13:52 -0500, John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 5) The Economy - ABC reported today that the economy issue broke for Mr. > Bush, even in Ohio - presuming that you believe those exit polls. Tihs > further highlights the fact that despite what you may hear from Paul > Krugman, by historical standards, the US economy is doing just fine. Like > the lack of primary opposition, the current economic numbers have generally > been a leading indicator of incumbent re-election. Have you got the ABC link because everything I have seen indicates the opposite. For example: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=2&u=/latimests/20041103/ts_latimes/thenationalfissureremainsdeepandwide Bush seems to have won because of his position on "moral values". People who cared about the economy voted for Kerry. People who hated gays voted for Bush. Martin _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
