Vox Populi

Newsweek Poll, taken Jan 29-30:

"Do you think Iraq actually had banned chemical or biological weapons right before the Iraq War started in March, or not?"

Yes -- 55%
No -- 32%
Don't know -- 13%

"Do you think Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq was DIRECTLY involved in planning, financing, or carrying out the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, or not?"

Was -- 49%
Was Not -- 39%
Don't Know -- 16%

(That latter is almost unchanged from September 2003.)

Quinnipiac, Feb 2:

In possible 2004 presidential matchups, Kerry beats Bush 51%-43%, compared to a 49%-45% percent Bush lead January 26. Bush beats all other Democrats:

* 49-44 percent over Dean, down from 54-38 percent January 26;
* 47-45 percent over Edwards, down from 50-42 percent;
* 48-45 percent over Clark, down from 51-41 percent;
* 49-44 percent over Lieberman, down from 53-39 percent.

Someone on rec.arts.sf.fandom said that a separate CNN poll also showed Kerry beating Rutherford Bush. So that's three polls in the last ten days which agree on that.

Say it's so, Joe

Joltless Joe Lieberman has withdrawn from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, making it official that he was the last person in America to realize he had no chance of winning it.