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...Republican pollster Bill McInturff likes to note: in 1980, Democrats not only had the presidency, they also held substantial Senate, House, and gubernatorial majorities. They had a majority of literally thousands when all state legislative seats were added together. Forty-nine percent of Americans identified themselves as Democrats, only 35 percent as Republicans. The best news Democrats can get today is that they are even on party identification, rather than behind—which is where they are everywhere else...
...when her 6-year-old daughter needed X rays and blood work. "It was really hard, but I didn't have a choice," Godboldt says. "She was so sick, and we didn't know what was wrong." Anxieties like hers explain why, in Republican pollster Bill McInturff's surveys, twice as many people (14%) thought it likely that they would have trouble paying for a major illness as expected to lose their jobs (7%). And why, for the first time in several years, McInturff's numbers indicate that more than 30% want to see the nation's health-care system...
...when her 6-year-old daughter needed X rays and blood work. "It was really hard, but I didn't have a choice," Godboldt says. "She was so sick, and we didn't know what was wrong." Anxieties like hers explain why, in Republican pollster Bill McInturff's surveys, twice as many people (14%) thought it likely that they would have trouble paying for a major illness as expected to lose their jobs (7%). And why, for the first time in several years, McInturff's numbers indicate that more than 30% want to see the nation's health-care system...
...allies, a Chamber of Commerce-led coalition, has struggled to raise the $4 million it has spent to help some of the most endangered freshmen Republicans. A separate effort by the same group to go after Democratic incumbents has been truncated for lack of funding. Grouses G.O.P. pollster Bill McInturff: "We're playing a game of poker with Congress: the other side has doubled its bet, and the business community is just walking away from the table...
Nader is more interested in spreading his message than winning. He is raising no money and intends to spend less than $5,000 from his own pocket, foreseeing a campaign of video- and audiocassettes. Still, Republicans are excited about his prospects. Says G.O.P. pollster Bill McInturff: "The Greens are my favorite little splinter party...