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G.O.P. strategists and pollsters have been impressed during the war by opinion surveys and focus groups that show strong public revulsion toward expressions of criticism or even skepticism by Democrats in Congress and by news reporters. "We're seeing a rejection of the cynicism that's been with us for so long," says Bush pollster and adviser Robert Teeter. "The most important thing that has occurred as a result of this war is a watershed change in the way the country thinks about itself...
...seen since World War II, where you have hundreds of thousands of soldiers returning as war heroes." Many of the reserve officers were prominent in their communities before the war and now have a valuable new credential. Though the Democrats may also try to woo returning soldiers, observes Republican pollster Linda DiVall, "we will have the upper hand because of the clear party division on this war and the President's popularity...
...well aware that the public knows U.S. troops would not be fighting in the Persian Gulf if the region were the world's leading producer of tapioca rather than the repository of 70% of the world's oil reserves. In a nationwide survey taken last month by bipartisan pollsters, oil was most often cited as the main reason for the U.S. presence in the Middle East. The U.S. is more reliant on foreign oil today than at any time since the 1973 oil shock; imports have doubled since then, and last year accounted for more than half the trade deficit...
...battle with Republican William Weld, an aristocratic former federal prosecutor. Silber offended blacks and women and frightened voters of all types with his anger. (In typical style, he branded Weld a "backstabbing son of a bitch.") Weld's 4% victory was largely a rejection of Silber's intemperateness. Says pollster Gerry Chervinsky: "Voters bought his message, but they couldn...
...Independent pollster John Gorman, of Opinion Dynamics in Cambridge: "For $4 million, [Jim Rappaport has] convinced half the electorate he's a bad person."--Nov. 6 in the Boston Herald...