no Black guys ?

   I guess you need to have your last hurrahs before the big move ... to France - when your buddy Bush loses (wasn't that your promise ?).  Well, we shall see about that one.

   Oh, and when the locals refer to you and your friends as culos, they aren't saying you guys are cool.

Have fun !

Virtually every poll prior to the Edwards selection indicated that there were no more than 10% of the entire electorate that had been in the undecided camp.  

Based on what I've seen, Kerry's "bump" from the selection of Edwards increased his percentage of the electorate by ~3-4%.   That is a relative HUGE bump, out of only 10% of POSSIBLE voters that would even consider to move Kerry's way.

Plus, I'm quite certain that Cheney's "bump" when he's re-affirmed as the Republican nominee, will be a "negative" bump for Bush - unless he steps down from the VP nomination.

And, BTW, the reason we aren't gloating, is because none of this matters unless it holds on November 2.  I could care less what the polls say on July 15, because the Neither Iraq, nor the Economy, nor Al Qaida is currently what it will be in November.  The Economy could improve, or, as now appears to be the case, the "recovery" could have already peaked in the 2nd qtr and already be dropping.  In Iraq, we could have the beginnings of a stable government, or we could have a few more assassinations and a growing insurgency with even more chaos.  And we could have a terrorist attack, a thwarted terrorist attack, or no terrorist attack on U.S. Soil.

The fact is, events on the ground with those three issues will decide this election.  Not trivial posturing about Gay Marriage, or whether Dick Cheney swears and favors Halliburton, or whether John Edwards outshines Kerry and opposes limits on tort awards.  That's just noise.  We have an economy that is either in a recovery, or a failed recovery, and two separate wars, one that is highly visible in Iraq, that will either turn out to be costly but ultimately successful, or a fiasco in progress, and one with Terrorists on our own soil, that is much harder to evaluate.  And neither you nor I nor anyone else genuinely knows WHAT will happen over the next 3 and a half months on these 3 very important issues.

BTW, we have something in common.  I love to deep-sea fish out of Cabo.  Last time I was out there, I pulled in three 25-40 lb. Dorado, and I had a ~150-200 lb. Blue Marlin on the line for over an hour before he fought his way off.  I surely don't take offense at that (and I tried the local talent, repeatedly, I might add).

Apparently just where FOX News told you to.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AP_IPSOS_PRESIDENTIAL_METHOD?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT  



However, if you had checked around a little more you might have found a small to medium sized bounce:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5388317#survey

http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/kerrybackpages.pdf

http://rasmussenreports.com/Presidential_Tracking_Poll.htm

http://www.zogby.com/features/featuredtables.dbm?ID=54

http://www.gallup.com/content/?ci=12298

"Bounces" don't mean anything.  Only the bounce you get on the first Tuesday in November counts.

I expected a lot more progress from the president who said he was going to be a uniter.  But I guess, as always, you forgive Bush for making stupid promises he could never keep.  With Republicans in charge of all three branches of government for the last few years, could it be that Bush is having trouble showing people that the Republican way is better?  

It will be interesting to see if Bush will actually wins an election this time.  Or will he have a handful of Floridas for the taking?

BTW, you're the only guy who can make a weekend of kissing ass sound like a vacation.  Just remember the locals charge premiums to guys with brown noses.

/Zin