Town of Braintree

''I'm a liberal and proud of it

-- ''John Kerry. In his 20 years in the Senate, he's been a standard-issue Massachusetts liberal, with a lifetime rating from Americans for Democratic Action of 93 on their 0-100 scale. By contrast, the other Senator from the Bay State, Teddy Kennedy, has a lifetime rating of 88. ''That makes Kennedy the conservative of the two,'' chortled Republican National Chairman Ed Gillespie as he visited New Hampshire last week on an anti-Democratic strafing run.'' -- James Pinkerton, 1/26/04

-- ''On Key Votes, Kerry Voted 100% Of The Time With Senator Kennedy In 2001, 1999, 1998, 1993, 1992, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, and 1985. Over the course of his Senate career, Kerry has sided with Senator Kennedy 94% of the time for key votes.'' -- The Republican National Committee

-- ''Kerry And Kennedy Had Exactly The Same Low Rating From The American Conservative Union In Both 2001 (4%) And 2000 (12%). Kerry?’s lifetime rating from the ACU is 5.'' -- The Republican National Committee

-- ''Kerry then went on to promise that the 8 million to 12 million illegal aliens in the U.S. would be given a ?“path to citizenship?” in his first 100 days in office.'' -- Matt Hayes at FOXNews describes a promise made by John Kerry in a speech at the national conference of the race identity group La Raza (The Race).

-- ''I'm a Christian. I've read the Bible and I know you can find the clauses that go both ways (on gay marriage). I'm not here to argue that with you.'' -- John Kerry on March, 2004

''(John Kerry is a) down-the-line liberal who won election as Lieutenant-Governor by emphasizing his anti-war credentials.'' -- The Economist, 4/21/84

-- ''They talk about the top bracket and going after only those people in the top bracket. Well, the fact of the matter is a great many of our small businesses pay taxes under the personal income taxes rather than the corporate rate. And about 900,000 small businesses will be hit if you do, in fact, do what they want to do with the top bracket. That's not smart because seven out of 10 new jobs in America are created by small businesses. You do not want to tax them. It's a bad idea to increase the burden on those folks. The senator himself said, during the course of the primaries, that the Kerry plan would drive us deeper into deficit. Those were the senator's word about his running-mate.'' -- Dick Cheney in his debate with John Edwards

-- ''Of course (John Kerry) going to raise your taxes. You see, he's proposed $2.2 trillion in new spending. ... Now, either he's going to break all these wonderful promises he's told you about or he's going to raise taxes. And I suspect, given his record, he's going to raise taxes.'' -- George Bush in his third debate with John Kerry

-- ''Kerry has compiled a generally more liberal voting record. After winning election to the Senate in 1984, he ranked among the most-liberal senators during three years of his first term, according to National Journal?’s vote ratings. In those years - 1986, 1988, and 1990 - Kerry did not vote with Senate conservatives a single time?… Kerry had a perfect liberal rating on social issues during 10 of the 18 years in which he received a score, meaning that he did not side with conservatives on a single vote in those years. That included his 1996 vote, with 13 other Senate Democrats, against the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibited federal recognition of states?’ same-sex marriage laws. -- The National Journal on Feb 27, 2004

-- ''(The) Nonpartisan National Journal Scored Kerry?’s Votes Most Liberal In Senate For 2003.'' -- Republican National Committee

-- ''I'm a liberal and proud of it''. -- John Kerry on July 21, 1991
he's been a standard-issue Massachusetts liberal


By Teddy Kennedy

Look for the Liberal Label.

Unfortunately for Bush, the Liberal label he tags on Kerry is backfiring.

Americans have caught on to the four years of lies about being a ''Compassionate'' Conservative.

Americans have seen the results, both domestically and overseas, of policies driven be extreme right-wing ideology.

History has shown that when an incumbent can't pull away this close to an election, that they are toast. Don't believe me? Ask 41.

Lible

The Red Sox wer toast. Look where they are now. How could the Liberal Tag on Kerry be backfiring? As usual Kerry admits he's a liberal and then denies he is. Kerry is like a cameleon. Changes colors for whoever he's siding with. He got you didn't he? Be optimistic. There is hope for you.

Bush has jumped into a lead

President Bush has moved ahead of Sen. John Kerry in three states won in 2000 by former Vice President Al Gore, and is statistically tied in three others, putting him in a better position than he was in four years ago.
But the president is in trouble in Ohio, which he won in the 2000 election, and may need to pick up some states that went to Mr. Gore in order to win the election.
Mr. Bush has pulled ahead of the margin of error in Iowa and now leads Mr. Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee, 51 percent to 45 percent, according to a Survey USA poll of 690 likely voters released Thursday. In the previous poll by the survey group, the Massachusetts senator led 48 percent to 47 percent.
A new Mason-Dixon poll in Iowa, which Mr. Gore won by just 0.3 percent, also put Mr. Bush well outside the three-point margin of error, up 49 percent to 43 percent.
In New Mexico, won by Mr. Gore by just 366 votes, or 0.06 percent, Mr. Bush has jumped into a lead, 49-44, according to the Mason-Dixon poll of 625 registered voters -- despite the fact that 332 (53 percent) of those surveyed were Democrats. Just 37 percent of those polled were Republicans.
The group's last poll on Sept. 16 found the two presidential candidates within the three-percentage-point margin of error, at 47-44.
In Wisconsin, which Mr. Gore won in 2000 by 0.2 percent, Mr. Bush has jumped out to a 50-44 lead, according to the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. The last joint poll on Oct. 5 had the two statistically tied, 49-46. But the latest Mason-Dixon poll puts the two in a tie, 45-45.
Mr. Bush has also made a surge in Michigan, which Mr. Gore won in 2000 by 5.2 percent. The Mason-Dixon poll put Mr. Kerry up by just one point, 47-46, which means the president has jumped five points from the group's last poll, which had Mr. Kerry leading 47-41.
The two candidates are deadlocked in two other states Mr. Gore won in 2000, Pennsylvania, which the vice president took by 4.2 percent, and Minnesota, won by Mr. Gore by 2.4 percent. The Mason-Dixon poll showed Mr. Kerry up 46-45 in Pennsylvania (although a Survey USA poll released Sunday showed the senator up 51-45).
The same poll put Mr. Bush ahead in Minnesota, 47-45, the same two-point lead he held in the group's previous poll on Sept. 14.
Just days before the 2000 election, polling found Mr. Bush trailed Mr. Gore by one point in Iowa; by three in Minnesota and Pennsylvania; and by six in both Michigan and Wisconsin. The two were tied 45-45 in New Mexico.
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''You really can only look at the polls out of the margin of error,'' Mr. Zogby said. ''I hate to be dodgy, but I really don't know. They're all over the place. You still have a long campaign to go. I would be very cautious in noting trends, even on four- or five-point leads.''
On the other hand, polls illustrate trends. For instance, the Gallup poll showed Mr. Bush up by nine points just after his early September acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention; he lost that bounce to lead by two points at the end of the month; and in the latest poll released Thursday trails Mr. Kerry by one point.
Because of redistricting, the states Mr. Gore won last time are worth 260 electoral votes -- down from 266 -- and Bush states are worth 278, up from 271. To win, a candidate will need 270 electoral votes.
Most election analysts agree that Mr. Kerry must hold onto Pennsylvania and win at least one of the two other most competitive big prizes, Florida and Ohio -- and perhaps both -- in order to defeat Mr. Bush. The president is in a slightly better position: He could lose Ohio, with 20 electoral votes, but because redistricting gave him a slight edge, he would need to pick up just 12 new electoral votes to win.
He would defeat Mr. Kerry if he grabbed Michigan (17 electoral votes) or some combination of Wisconsin (10), Minnesota (10) and New Mexico (5).

By Bushup 49 percent to 43 percent