sisyphusshrugged | the hobgoblin of small minds

Shorter Boston Globe: Even after spending $50+ million on TV, Bush is tanking because he isn't doing his job. Kerry, on the other hand, is icky.

I mean, how else can you explain why the challenger to an sitting Commander in Chief who until recently had astronomic approval ratings is only beating him in the polls by "only single digit leads"?

Of course, single digit leads can be framed differently. Take, for instance, this Reuters analysis (I assume) piece, published in the Boston Globe:

President Bush's approval rating hovers at an all time low, but if the election were held today more voters would still vote for Bush than his Democratic rival John Kerry, according to a poll published on Wednesday.

The nationwide poll by Hamden, Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University found Republican Bush's lead over the Massachusetts senator had narrowed, but Kerry had not gained ground.

If the Nov. 2 election were held today, 43 percent of the registered voters surveyed April 26-May 3 said they would vote for Bush, 40 percent for Kerry and 6 percent for independent Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate. Bush had a six-point lead over Kerry in the previous Quinnipiac poll published March 25 -- 46 percent to 40 percent.

Bonus quote from today's article: "Even Boston Globe [sic] gives platform to longtime, crackpot, Kerry-hating veterans, one of whom pulled same dirty tricks against Kerry for Richard Nixon 33 years ago."

Gosh. Even them.