NBC/WSJ: Post-Saddam, Dean Leads Dems, Tiny Bush Bounce

[tsipple]

NBC News and the Wall Street Journal have released their latest polling, and the results are right in line with the other two major national polls which show only a tiny Bush bounce with the capture of Saddam Hussein.

Also, confounding so-called political "experts," Howard Dean's support held steady (within the margin of error) during the weekend, as did the support for other Democrats. He now has a large and statistically significant national lead among Democrats with 25 points (29 points Saturday) -- over twice the support of any other candidate in his party. This is one of the largest Dean national leads yet reported. Clark and Gephardt are tied at 11 points apiece, and the remaining candidates failed to reach double digits.

Bush's job approval ratings went from 52 points on Saturday to 58 points on Sunday -- only slightly outside the margin of error.

N=512 for each poll, MOE=+/- 4.3%, two polls conducted 12/13/03 and 12/14/03 by Hart-Teeter Associates for NBC/WSJ.

On edit: Adding standard disclaimers, which are that: (1) public opinion polls are imprecise; (2) polls reflect only a moment in time; (3) the Democratic nomination process is not a national primary; (4) public opinion can and does change over time.

On second edit: Improved some of the language to better relay the facts in this poll. Added comma in title.

[joeybee12]

1. So, the experts really aren't experts, are they?

What a surprise!!!!!!!!!!

[Sean Reynolds]

2. I totally read that wrong - I thought it said Saddam Dean....

I was like, WHAT now they're calling Dean, Saddam Dean now?

;-)

[tsipple]

4. Added That Comma!

Sorry about that. My bad.

[a_random_joel]

3. I love that - "experts"

The "experts" don't seem to realize that the capture of a 65-year old man hiding in a hole in the ground does absolutely nothing to change the fact that we were LIED TO ABOUT THIS DAMN WAR BY AN ILLEGITIAMTE SQUATTER, AND THAT 400+ soldier's lives aren't worth the capture of an old man who was NO THREAT WHATSOEVER.

And the "experts" also don't seem to realize * still hasn't found:

1. Osama Bin Laden
2. Mullah Omar
3. The Anthrax Killer
4. Ken Lay
5. 3.3 million jobs
6. Cheney's Energy Docs
7. Money stolen from California by the Enron energy cartel
8. An exit strategy out of Iraq
9. A single soldier's funeral
10. WMD! WMD! WMD!

[CMT]

5. the poll adds that

Bush only gained one-point in his head to head match up with Dean, going from a 51-39 lead on Saturday to a 52-31 lead on Sunday, but they emphasized in the story how Bush only gained a point and the rest moved into the "neither/undecided" column rather than to Bush. This is a typical bounce and other democrats experienced the same thing--it will not last.

[pansypoo53219]

6. but but but

bush is supposed to be a god now.