Battleground States

WSJ_Zogby Battleground States Poll/Map

2004 Presidential Race Battleground State Match Ups

"No battle of any importance can be won without enthusiasm."
~ John Lord O'Brian, NY Delegate to 1916 Republican National Convention in Chigago, Illinois
Cheney Rallies Republicans

"There is no city in the United States in which I can get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Columbia, Ohio." ~
President John F. Kennedy
No Republican has ever won the presidency without Ohio, and only two Democrats have done so since 1900, Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 and John F. Kennedy in 1960.

All Eyes On Ohio
Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland is hosting The Race at Case, the only vice presidential debate of the 2004 election.

virtus post nummos

The business of America is business and the chief ideal of the American people is idealism.

Calvin Coolidge 1872-1933, Thirtieth President of the USA

Local Businesses Brace For Next Month's Republican Convention

What helps people, helps business.

Leo Burnett American Marketing Expert

For some, no Garden party

Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.

Charles Dickens 1812-1870, British Novelist

our continuing small business poll conducted in the blocks around madison square garden starting today will attempt to measure the optimism of the local business community. our question, "republican convention, good or bad for business?" we will present the raw data for our "rnc optimism index"(sm) in these pages each day from now until the convention. our current totals good 7, bad 4, don't know 3.

rating	business	Location	Date and time
good	news stand	34th & 8th	7/31 10:14 am
bad	coffee cart	33rd & 8th	7/31 10:23 am
good	jay's clothing	525 8th	7/31 10:26 am
good	coffee cart	36rd & 8th	7/31 10:29 am
bad	coffee cart	36th & 8th	7/31 10:33 am
good	news stand	34th & 7th	7/31 10:40 am
good	bush button seller	33rd & 7th	7/31 10:48 am
bad	cabbie	31st & 7th	7/31 10:55 am
good	cabbie	32nd & 8th	7/31 11:00 am
don't know	street vendor	36th & 8th	7/31 11:04 am
bad	bus driver	34th & 7th	7/31 11:11 am
don't know	cabbie	31st & 7th	7/31 11:18 am
good	cabbie	32nd & 8th	7/31 11:26 am
don't know	cabbie	41st & 8th	7/31 11:31 am

The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinnning cobweb distinctions of what things ought to be.

William Hazlitt 1778-1830, British Essayist

Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.

Ovid BC 43-18 AD, Roman Poet