In Ohio, doubts remain on Kerry

[Justice]

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/08/16/in_ohio_doubts_remain_on_kerry/


.....wariness about Kerry was expressed by all five members of a focus group conducted by the Globe over the weekend in the heart of this fierce battleground state, the second in a series of meetings that will follow the group through the election on Nov. 2. These five, recruited earlier this summer by the Center for Policy Studies at the University of Akron Law School, were considerably more ambivalent when they met for the first time in June.

During the latest two-hour discussion, however, these likely voters -- three of whom now say they are leaning toward Bush and two who are still undecided -- described Kerry as ill-defined, overly reliant on his Vietnam service, and decidedly Northeastern. By contrast, four years in office have bought the president the benefit of the doubt among these voters. Bush has done the best he could with difficult circumstances, they said, and even Locy, so critical of him on Iraq, did not fault his handling of the economy.

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I must say, these sound like people who would vote for Bush no matter what.

[AP]

1. They managed to find 5 people who are totally out of synch with polling

in OH.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

25. Give them credit

they found all 5.

[truthisfreedom]

2. shrug... 5 people? who cares.

[Maeve]

3. "did not fault his handling of the economy"????

What planet is she on? Ohio has taken major economic hits and this is one of the top issues in the state.

You can lead a hrse to water, but you can't make it drink;
You can send someone to college, but you can't make 'em think.

[hadrons]

4. 5 dopes rationizing why they like the taste of cyanide-laced Kool-Aid

let them enjoy it

[Connie_Corleone]

5. There are alot of Kerry supporters here in Ohio.

Anyone can find 5 people who are "doubtful" about Kerry. And Bush for that matter.

[Geo55]

6. 5 ? ........not hard to find 5 idiots......294 million / 5 ? nonsense

[fishface]

7. "people think Ohio people and this region's people are stupid"

Based on these idiots claiming they dislike Bush so much but still haven't decided who they'd vote for sort of confirms how stupid you morons are.

[blueknight]

8. i drove up

into ohio from ky this saturday. it is roughly a 210 mile round trip. i seen six or seven kerry stickers and one shrub sticker on the various auto's

[kikiek]

20. Too much road rage these days to put them on. Bad enough when

you don't know who the person is voting for, but add a Cheney/Bush sticker and I might raise a finger. I know bad bad bad.

[kikiek]

16. You are calling the entire state of Ohio morons?

[buff2]

28. No

I believe this person meant the idiots who wrote the article. :hi:

[kikiek]

9. Overly reliant on Vietnam service..he is defending his service.

Not to mention Bush doesn't have a Vietnam service that's why they're going after Kerry's. To keep the focus off his own! Also the decidedly Northeastern makes me laugh. As opposed to decidedly fake Texan. They are too lazy to follow and keep up with current events or they'd be campaigning for Kerry. Bush's favorite kind of people. Rove is counting on the majority of the people remaining ignorant. This country had better wake up.

[THUNDER HANDS]

10. "decidedly Northeastern"

Gee, ain't that a crime 'round these parts?

:eyes:

[sleepyhead]

11. Beat me to it, MR!

"Decidedly Northeastern" - guess he'd just better give it up right now. The horror!

[depakid]

12. This is the big risk the Kerry camp is taking

By not explaining to voters just how bad Bush and the Republicans- and why, they leave people feeling as if "Bush has done the best he could with difficult circumstances." It's difficult to make your case and contrast your plans, if you haven't first shown people that the status quo is in serious need of change.

Speech communication 101- something the Democratic establishment must have missed in their college days, considering how they've been running their campaigns (and losing) over the past 10 years.

[kikiek]

15. I think they have to wait until after the Republican

convention. That's why we're being hit with all these Bush ads. Kerry is on a budget now. I feel the coverage of Kerry is poor. Only a soundbite here or there unless he says something Rove can pounce on and distort.

[depakid]

17. The DNC could be airing these kinds of ads....

It's not like they don't have TONS of material:

http://www.democrats.org/bushrecord/index.html

[kikiek]

19. They are in MN. All the ads here are DNC. Seems like a lot of them.

Far better than Bush's too.

[depakid]

21. The two I've seen in OR are pretty weak

and don't contrast Kerry with Bush at all. My more moderate friends think they show that the two aren't all that different- especially the "we will win and they will lose" clip. The economic one wasn't any better.

Supposedly there's one about Bush "turning the corner," but I haven't seen it play anywhere on TV.

[kikiek]

22. I really wish they would get James Carville involved.

This election is too important. I am probably too nervous and need to calm down a bit too.

[depakid]

23. I'm hoping that they have something planned

and that they'll be airing them around the convention and certainly afterwards.... I too am worried about the consequences of giving the Republicans a pass. I've seen it too many times.

[Blue_Roses]

13. Likely voters?

that should tell you something there.

[Kolesar]

14. The Boston Globe is a republican newspaper ... eom

[depakid]

18. You're thinking of the Boston Herald...n/t

[Kolesar]

26. "Boston Herald, Boston Globe, what's the difference?"

thanks

[Philostopher]

24. I live in SW Ohio. I guess they've been watching

whatever channel they had on at Damon's, the other night, when Mr. Nownow and I had dinner. We hung out to play trivia and drink a beer. We were there a couple of hours, and I saw the 'Swift Boat Liars for Dim Son' ad about six times, and another one with President Asterisk and the First Stepford Lady at least twice. No Dem ads at all, not even from 527s like MoveOn or the state Dem party.

I think there might have been an exhibition football game on, so maybe it wouldn't have made any difference -- maybe ads for Kerry or against Bush* wouldn't have convinced anybody who was there to watch exhibition football, anyway -- but I did notice they were really hammering that SBL ad.

[buff2]

27. That is total BS

Everyone I talk to here in Ohio wants bu$h OUT. That is typical polling......pick 5 repukes and look what you get. What a crock. :puke:

[Maddy McCall]

29. A focus group conducted by the GLOBE, and they have doubts about JK?

Well GO FIGURE! :silly:

[Rose Siding]

30. Ah yes, the drooling, pulsing, writhing, devil-we-know syndrome

Stockholm?