It's possible that some people are thinking that the ground troops will face almost no casualties, as happened in the Persian Gulf.

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It's obvious that the debate helped Kerry. What's less obvious is how.

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Part of it is his resume, part of it is his announcement bounce, part of it may simply be that he's a fresh face. He is, after all, the flavor of the month.

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I think that's one of the things that made people start thinking differently about Vice President Bush in early 1988, where they started to see him come out on his own, become his own man, win a few.

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Might have helped Dole slightly.

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Americans may rally around a president when he sends troops to war but not when he sends them the bill.

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In many respects, the public is reacting to the Edwards pick in almost the same way that they reacted to his rival, Dick Cheney, in 2000.

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The polls showed very clearly that Bush the father had exactly the same problems in 1987 that Al Gore is facing today, ... He wasn't considered inspiring, people didn't think he could bring about change and he wasn't thought of as a strong leader.

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It's difficult to tell from these poll results how the speech will affect general U.S. public.

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