NEWSWEEK POLL bush/cheney kerry/edwards dead heat

Bush/Cheney in Dead Heat With Kerry/Edwards
in Two-Way and Three-Way Matchups Among Registered Voters

Fifty Percent Favor Embryonic Stem Cell Research;
36 Percent Oppose It

Bush Gains on Handling the Economy, Health Care

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- In a two-way matchup, the presidential race remains in a dead heat in the latest Newsweek Poll. Among registered voters, Bush/Cheney gets 48 percent and Kerry/Edwards 47 percent of the vote, a two-point gain for the Bush/Cheney ticket from the Newsweek Poll two weeks ago. Among likely voters, the Bush/Cheney lead opens up, 50 vs. 45 percent for Kerry/Edwards and among swing voters, Kerry/Edwards leads Bush/Cheney 39 vs. 33 percent, with 28 percent undecided, the poll shows.

In a three-way trial heat among registered voters, the race is just as close: Bush/Cheney beats Kerry/Edwards 48 vs. 46 percent with 1 percent for Nader/Camejo, the poll shows. That represents a four-point margin swing from the Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Newsweek Poll: Kerry/Edwards led Bush/Cheney 47 vs. 45 percent. Among likely voters, the gap is bigger: 50 percent for Bush/Cheney vs. 44 percent for Kerry/Edwards, with 1 percent for Nader/Camejo. And among swing voters, Kerry/Edwards gets 34 percent of the vote; Bush/Cheney get 33 percent with 5 percent for Nader/Camejo and 28 percent undecided, the poll shows. For this Newsweek Poll, swing voters are defined as those who plan to vote but say they have not yet made up their mind about who to support. Likely voters are determined based on response to six questions about voting intentions, voting history, interest in politics, and knowledge of the voting process.

With the death of actor Christopher Reeve, the topic of stem cell research has surfaced in the campaign. In the Newsweek Poll, 54 percent of registered voters say Kerry would handle stem cell research better than Bush, who got 32 percent of the vote on that issue. Fifty percent of registered voters (and 48%of swing voters) say they favor using federal tax dollars to fund medical research using stem cells obtained from human embryos. And of those who favor it, 75 percent say it's because they support scientific progress generally; 21 percent say it's because they have/know someone with disease. Thirty-six percent of registered voters oppose the research (and 39% of swing voters). Of those who oppose the research, 58 percent say it's because it conflicts with religious/moral values; 37 percent say it's not a good use of public money.Among registered voters, 44 percent say the issue of stem cell research is at least somewhat important (14% say very important) in determining their votefor president. Twenty-eight percent say it's not too important and 25 percentsay it's not at all important in determining their vote, the poll shows.

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stolen honor sinclair kerry documentary

stolen honor wounds that never heal is scheduled to run on 62 Sinclair stations between now and November. Most likely the 42 minute documentary will air between October 21st and 24th.

Sinclair Broadcasting has offered John Kerry time on its affiliates to air a rebuttal. So far, John Kerry has passed on that offer.

Those 62 Sinclair stations reach nearly a quarter of American television households.

Excerpt from the Documentary

• Winter soldier's investigation
• POW's believe the anti-war activists kept them in prision
• Kerry paints a lasting portrait of Vietnam veterans

Press Release Announces Release of Stolen Honor Documentary

WASHINGTON, DC (9/10/2004) - When John Kerry appeared before the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the spring of 1971, his anti-war testimony accusing American soldiers of barbaric acts in Vietnam sent shock waves throughout America and the world.

In a new documentary STOLEN HONOR: WOUNDS THAT NEVER HEAL, former POWs tell their stories of their brutal life as prisoners of war in North Vietnam and the suffering they endured after their North Vietnamese captors read to them John Kerry's words accusing American soldiers of atrocities and demanded the POWs confess to Kerry's "war crimes" allegations.

The surviving men and their families, who felt betrayed by Kerry, speak out through Stolen Honor against the testimony made by Mr. Kerry in the early 1970's. Funding for the documentary's production was made possible by Pennsylvania veterans.

Many POWs were interviewed for the documentary which produced more than 20 hours of testimony of the physical and psychological abuse they suffered in the North Vietnamese prison camps. Then, in 1971, Kerry gave the North Vietnamese what the POWs had endured torture and solitary confinement to avoid saying.

Stolen Honor, produced by Red White and Blue Productions, Inc., an independent documentary producer based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was released Thursday, September 9 and previewed at the Marine Officers Reserve Building in Washington, DC with many POWs and their family members featured in the film. The 45-minute film includes testimony from highly decorated POW's and their wives of previously undisclosed details regarding life in the North Vietnamese prison camps after John Kerry's congressional testimony and public anti-war statements and activities.

Carlton Sherwood, President of Red White and Blue Production and producer of STOLEN HONOR is a decorated veteran of Vietnam and a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. He served with the 2nd Battalion 4th Marines while in Vietnam before forging a journalistic career. Sherwood also worked as a reporter for Gannett News Service. Others interviewed include James H. Warner, Marine Pilot, POW 5 years, five months, one day, Silver Star, Legion of Merit and Leo Thorsness, Air Force Pilot, POW 5 years, 19 days, medal of Honor Silver, 6 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 10 Air Combat Medals, 2 Purple Hearts.