Investor's Business Daily poll: President Bush 43 percent, John Kerry 40 percent, Ralph Nader 5 percent

National Review, July 12, 2004

* Investor's Business Daily poll: President Bush 43 percent, John Kerry 40 percent, Ralph Nader 5 percent. ... In The Hotline's survey of state polls, Kerry leads in 21 states, worth 270 electoral votes, and Bush leads in 26 states, worth 244 electoral votes (270 needed to win).... Bush at MacDill Air Force Base: "The future of Iraq is now coming into view....

No matter what the terrorists plan or what they attempt, a democratic free Iraq is on the way." ... Vice President Cheney on Saddam Hussein: "He was a patron of terrorism.... He had long-established ties with al-Qaeda." ... Cheney on media accounts of Iraq-al-Qaeda link, on CNBC: "What the New York Times did today was outrageous. They do a lot of outrageous things.... I do believe that the press has been irresponsible.... Sometimes it's through ignorance. Sometimes it's malicious." ... In Los Angeles Times poll, 52 percent say Iraq war was "not worth it." ... MWR poll: 57 percent say media have given "too much coverage" to abuses at Abu Ghraib prison. ... Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.): "No mountain is high enough, no cave deep enough, to hide forever from the fury of American military power when we are committing to unconditional victory, and that victory is to vanquish international terrorism--not reduce it, not change its operations, not temporarily subdue it, but to vanquish it." ... Fox News poll: 48 percent say Bush would do better job than Kerry during "national crisis," and 34 percent prefer Kerry. On taxes, Bush and Kerry tie at 41 percent.