Bush tops Edwards almost 2 to 1 on the jobs issue

[Feanorcurufinwe]

Sixty-eight percent of registered voters polled say American jobs and foreign competition will be very important in determining their vote for president this year; 22 percent say it will be somewhat important, according to the latest Newsweek Poll. When asked which presidential candidate would do the best job of protecting American jobs and creating new ones, regardless of the candidate they may support, 35 percent of registered voters say President George W. Bush would do the better job, but Democratic contender John Kerry gets 31 percent of the vote; 18 percent say it would be Kerry's opponent John Edwards. And 55 percent of all those polled disapprove of the way Bush is handling American jobs and foreign competition; just 32 percent approve.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040221/nysa009_1.html

[NewYorkerfromMass]

1. Read this one:

Trade issue holds perils for Edwards

"...Edwards' drive to exploit disappearing jobs could be an iffy proposition given
his own support of bills giving China preferable trade status and the president
"fast-track" authority in future trade deals.

Edwards also runs the risk of tarnishing his reputation for positive, uplifting
campaigning - a winning tactic for him thus far - by putting too sharp an edge
on his comparisons with Kerry ..."

"...Clyde Prestowitz was a trade negotiator in Japan for President Ronald Reagan.
He was an adviser on trade to Howard Dean's ill-fated campaign and has given
advice to many politicians.

"I think that all the Democrats are handling it very badly and that nobody is
talking sense. What we are talking about are fundamental forces at work in the
global economy, and nobody is explaining what is happening," he said....

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/emaf.nsf/Popup?ReadForm&db=stltoday%5Cnews%5Cstories.nsf&docid=52B2B8BE6D0C818D86256E41002205FA

[Cuban_Liberal]

2. Quite misleading.

Kerry and Edwards combined make it 35-49. There is no Bush v. Edwards comparison in the poll.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

4. One half say that a DEMOCRAT would be better a creating new...

jobs and only a third say that a Rethug can create jobs.

Very decieving. The fact is that the Democrats are the only
winners on the economy.

[KFC]

5. I agree

I'm thinking that when it comes down to Bush vs. one Democrat, the Democrat wins on this issue.

I damn sure hope so.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

6. Actually your post is misleading

"There is no Bush v. Edwards comparison in the poll."

Well, I didn't say anything about a Bush v. Edwards matchup, did I?

When asked which presidential candidate would do the best job of protecting American jobs and creating new ones, regardless of the candidate they may support, 35 percent of registered voters say President George W. Bush would do the better job, but Democratic contender John Kerry gets 31 percent of the vote; 18 percent say it would be Kerry's opponent John Edwards. And 55 percent of all those polled disapprove of the way Bush is handling American jobs and foreign competition; just 32 percent approve.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040221/nysa009_1.html

Since there seems to be some problem reading this paragraph, let's put the numbers in a chart:

Asked which presidential candidate would do the best job of protecting American jobs:

Bush: 35%
Kerry: 31%
Edwards: 18%



Facts are facts. Your arguments are not persuasive when you attempt to obscure them.

[Cuban_Liberal]

7. No, but you implied it.

Nice try--doesn't fly.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

9. No, I told the truth, and you didn't like hearing it.

Sorry.

[Cuban_Liberal]

11. No, I don't like the misleading subject line.

You didn't like having that pointed out.

[rfranklin]

13. Not a head-to-head comparison...

you're stretching it (and I have no horse in this race.)

[Cuban_Liberal]

14. Thank you!

I rest my case. :)

[SangamonTaylor]

8. it's misleading n/t

[Feanorcurufinwe]

10. In what way?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

3. I should've included this as well: GOOD NEWS:

If the election were held today with a Bush/Cheney ticket v. a Kerry/Edwards ticket, Kerry/Edwards leads by 49 to 45 percent among registered voters. And when asked if they'd like to see Bush re-elected to another term as president, 52 percent of registered voters say no; 43 percent say yes.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040221/nysa009_1.html

[AP]

12. If you asked them two weeks ago, 5:1. Next week 1:2. This is not Kerry's

issue, just like middle class opportunity wasn't Gore's.

[jeter]

15. Jeez, add the Kerry and Edwards numbers together -

You get 49% compared to Bush's 35%.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

16. Yep. that's the good news.