※ 引述《cklonger (22)》之銘言：
: 今天聯合晚報
: 報導凱瑞辯論後支持度領先布希
: 請問有熟悉美國大選的板友
: 有這回事嗎
是這樣沒錯
剛剛我問了在美國的老師，他說美國的民調是這麼反應的，
至於原因據說是小布希的辯論沒有什麼重點
凱瑞對布希的攻擊火力集中，明顯讓民眾知道小布希的缺失。
今天華盛頓郵報的頭條如下
Debate Leads to Shifts in Strategy
Advisers Predict Tightening Race
By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 3, 2004; Page A01
A newly energized battle for the White House heads into a crucial two-week
period with John F. Kerry planning to capitalize on the momentum from a
strong debate performance by shifting the focus to President Bush's economic
record, while the president revives his attack on Kerry's foreign policy
credentials, according to officials with both campaigns.
Thursday's debate produced a dramatic psychological shift in the presidential
race, but strategists said it is less clear how much impact the 90-minute
encounter would have on a lead that Bush has enjoyed since his convention in
New York a month ago.
Yesterday found the candidates in the nation's two most important
battlegrounds, with Bush campaigning in Ohio and Kerry rallying supporters
in Florida. Bush hammered Kerry as someone who would turn over decisions
about the use of U.S. military power to other countries, and Kerry said
middle-class Americans cannot afford another four years of a Bush
administration.
Bush advisers were described as stunned by how negative the reviews were of
the president's performance, which many of them regarded as not his best but
not so bad. Bush was portrayed as upbeat while acknowledging to supporters
that he knew he could have done better. His aides indicated they plan some
retooling before Friday's debate, but they maintained a sense of outward
confidence.
Advisers to both candidates predicted that the race would tighten when the
debates end on Oct. 13, if not before, but Bush strategists say that will
have less to do with the debates than on a natural tightening as the election
nears. The first poll since Thursday night to measure the debate's impact,
taken by Newsweek, showed Kerry leading Bush 49 percent to 46 percent --
a reversal from a series of polls over the past month.
On Tuesday, Vice President Cheney and Democratic vice presidential nominee
John Edwards will meet in Cleveland for a 90-minute debate -- a session some
Republicans believe may have more relevance as a result of what happened in
Florida. On Friday, Bush and Kerry will attend a town hall meeting with
voters in St. Louis. The final presidential debate will take place in Tempe,
Ariz., on Oct. 13.
Democratic and GOP strategists said both candidates face new challenges as
a result of the first debate. For Bush, the immediate objective is to wipe
away impressions of that debate, in which he appeared annoyed and irritated
by Kerry's criticism. But just as significant may be how well he passes the
test of explaining why he believes his policies in Iraq are working at a time
when conditions on the ground suggest that the insurgency is stronger than
ever. The longer the focus is on Bush's record, these strategists said, the
more trouble he may have.
Republicans said Bush must avoid debating Kerry on the details of
micromanaging foreign policy and return to statements of principle with which
most voters agree, from the threat of Saddam Hussein to the need to stay in
Iraq. And, said one GOP strategist, Bush needs to keep reminding voters about
Sept. 11, 2001, and the impact of the terrorist attacks on the country.
For Kerry, the test will be to translate a positive debate performance into
sustained and consistent performance on the campaign trail, continuing to
undo the damage Bush has inflicted on him as someone who lacks core
convictions or clear positions, particularly on Iraq. The first debate may
have helped, but even Democrats say that it was not enough to solve the
problem. Beyond that, Democrats said, he must tie together his critiques of
Bush's foreign and domestic records more effectively than he has so far.
The aftermath of the debate produced a strategic change for the Kerry
campaign, which had used the two weeks before it to launch an argument about
Bush's record in Iraq that was designed to take the pressure off Kerry's
often-contradictory statements on the subject. Heading toward the final two
debates that will dwell on domestic policy, Kerry advisers said they will use
a big advertising buy to help put the focus on Bush's economic record.
Kerry strategist Tad Devine said voters want to know that the president can
deal with Iraq and domestic needs at the same time and that Kerry would offer
that assurance. "This represents a very aggressive move to the domestic
agenda," Devine told reporters yesterday as he described a 15-state,
$7.7 million ad buy.
Bush's team indicated they plan to stick to the strategy that has guided
their campaign by redoubling efforts to portray Kerry as a flip-flopper.
"While Senator Kerry was very articulate, I don't think he cleared up what
voters believed to be a central flaw in his candidacy, which is that in
response to very serious threats, his response is very often to vacillate
with the politics of the moment," Bush's campaign manager Ken Mehlman said.
Bush has seized on a statement the Massachusetts Democrat made in the debate
that U.S. decisions to launch military action needed to meet a "global test"
of acceptability among major allies, and the campaign launched a new TV ad on
the same theme. Kerry immediately responded with an ad describing the charge
as a willful distortion of Kerry's position.
Publicly, the Bush campaign team maintained a sense of confidence about the
outcome of the election and argued that, despite Kerry's attractive
appearance, Thursday's debate had provided openings they will exploit.
They also said they believe any Kerry gains from the debate will prove to
be transitory.
"I remember the swoon everybody was in at the time of their convention and
immediately afterward, and it turned out to be missed opportunity for him
and a great opportunity for us," White House senior adviser Karl Rove said
yesterday.
Other Republicans were privately less optimistic about the race, fearing
that Kerry's debate performance could erase much of the impact of months of
Bush-Cheney ads portraying the Democratic nominee as a flip-flopper. They
said they were surprised by Bush's lackluster performance, even granting that
the president is not the most skilled of debaters.
Asked whether he worried that Bush was on the defensive over his record in
Iraq, one GOP strategist said: "I'm far less worried about that than that
we had [Kerry] firmly pinned down as a wishy-washy flip-flopper and that's
now not nearly as pinned down as I wish it were." The strategist, who declined
to be identified to speak freely about the president's campaign, indicated
that the debates offer Bush the opportunity to drive home that argument
decisively and that in the Coral Gables debate he failed to do so.
Kerry advisers and Democratic strategists said the debate provided them with
much-needed momentum and marked a potential turning point that would take
Kerry off the defensive and shift the focus onto Bush in an effort to
capitalize on what polls show is continuing public disapproval of his
policies in Iraq and at home.
"The Kerry campaign and the Democrats are very realistic in knowing they did
not win the election Thursday night," strategist Anita Dunn said. "The
Republicans were the only ones who thought they could win the election
Thursday night."
Other Democratic strategists said the debate guarantees that Kerry will get
a fresh look from some voters, but they noted that more work remains if he
hopes to make the gains permanent. "I think he has opened people's eyes and
ears to him, and in the next debates he still needs to take advantage of the
opportunity," Democratic pollster Geoffrey Garin said. "But the opportunity
is very, very real at this point."
Democrats said the sequence of debates may work to Kerry's advantage, since
foreign policy and national security have been Bush's perceived strengths,
and the Kerry campaign's new ad strategy underscores their confidence.
But Bush advisers said they are prepared to go toe-to-toe with Kerry on
those issues, saying Bush can win the debate over taxes and regulatory issues
and can hold down Kerry's advantage on health care. "We feel comfortable
debating on either turf," a Bush adviser said.
The real battle may still come over foreign policy, with Kerry advisers
confident that the senator's performance in the debate demonstrated not only
deep knowledge of foreign policy but the strength of someone voters would
trust to be commander in chief.
Bush advisers, however, remain equally confident that voters already have
come to the conclusion that, whatever their fears are about Iraq, they have
more confidence in Bush as the one to lead the country in a war on terrorism.
"It's going to be more of a substantive slog, and there Kerry gave us some
openings," Rove said. "This global test thing was very big. This was
shorthand for all the questions people have about the guy."
Beyond the "global test" issue, another Bush adviser said they will challenge
Kerry for suggesting that he has a workable plan to stabilize Iraq and get
U.S. troops home. "The notion that Kerry is hanging his hopes on this plan
opens up a whole new avenue of discussion," the adviser said.
"What is Kerry's plan? What are the specifics? What nations does he think
will join a colossal mistake? In the end, I don't think this is going to help
Kerry at all."
Bush's campaign is banking on the fact that rarely has a single debate
turned around an election, and they express confidence that, in a highly
polarized electorate, many judgments about the candidates have been locked
away. Kerry's team sees the debates as pivotal in regaining ground lost in
the past two months, and the team believes Iraq and the domestic environment
provide them with the ammunition to win the election.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/
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