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Who cares? He could drop to 1%. He's a lame duck. It doesn't matter.

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[/ QUOTE ]You could not be more wrong. It affects the '06 and '08 elections a great deal, and elections beyond that to a lesser degree. To pretend it doesn't is a rejection of proven political reality.

I'm not trying to gloat, and I'm trying to be objective- this is a big deal.

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So you're saying the approval ratings of a second term president during the FIRST YEAR of that term are strong indicators for how his party will do during the next election?

Sort of like how Clinton had great approval ratings all through his presidency, including his second term, and then Gore wiped the mat with his opponent in the 2000 election?

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