Gop Wins In Governor Races Good For Bush

[Morgan]

1. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102068,00.html

Tuesday Elections Could Be Bellwether for 2004

WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats agree on one thing: Victory in Tuesday's elections will reflect the nation's mood and could signal how much success President Bush will have in his re-election campaign next November.

"If the Democrats win, you can be sure the Democratic National Committee will be saying it's the beginning of the end for George W. Bush, and if the Republicans win, the Republicans will be saying it foretells a national landslide for Bush," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.

In Kentucky and Mississippi, the GOP looked poised to take control of two states that have long elected Democratic governors. Dual victories by Republicans would show even more erosion of Democratic power in the once "solid South."

2. http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap2003...31104_1863.html

GOP's Fletcher Wins Kentucky Gov. Race

Republican Fletcher Wins Kentucky Governor Race; Polls Set to Close in Mississippi Governor Race

The Associated Press

Nov. 4 — Rep. Ernie Fletcher easily won the Kentucky governor's race Tuesday, becoming the first Republican to lead the state in 32 years, while the GOP hoped to take another Democratic governor's seat in Mississippi.

With 41 percent of precincts reporting, Fletcher who got a big campaign assist from President Bush in the campaign's final days led with 52 percent, or 246,033 votes, to Democratic Attorney General Ben Chandler's 48 percent, or 224,468 votes.

In both states, candidates tried out slogans and strategies that could well be used in the 2004 presidential race. President Bush campaigned with GOP candidates in both states. In Kentucky, party activists argued that a vote for Chandler would tell the White House its economic policy is a failure. Mississippi Democrats criticized Republican Haley Barbour as a "Washington insider."

***That's all she wrote. Looks good for a 2004 re-election of Bush.

[Craig Read]

Bush's precense was apparently key in this votes. This bodes VERY well for 2004. I predict that Bush will win 35 States and the plurality of the vote. I also predict that the Dumbocruds will not win ANY states in the South and that they will be confined to their anti-reality bastions on the Weird Coast and in New 'Post Modern' England.

The Demo's are in danger of imploding and being a 2 region party, albeit with massive media support including the talking hair and teeth on the major networks [except for Fox] and CNN.