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Bush or Kerry?

World 'wants Kerry as president'

Global research company GlobeScan Inc and the University of Maryland found clear leads for Mr Kerry among those polled in 30 of the countries.

Only Filipino, Polish and Nigerian respondents clearly backed Mr Bush.
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Kerry would win handily if the people of the world were to elect the US president.
- Steven Kull of Maryland University.

But, that doesn't matter a damn bit. Only Americans get to vote in the Presidential election.
According to this article in latest issue of Time magazine...
Bush's Bounce: Poll shows Kerry flagging

For the first time since the presidential contest became a two-man race this spring, it seems to have a clear leader: President Bush. The latest TIME poll shows Bush leading his rival, John Kerry, 52% to 41%. Kerry's decline has coincided with the airing of television ads attacking his Vietnam War record and antiwar activism. Anxious Democrats say Kerry was not quick or aggressive enough in countering the largely unsubstantiated attacks on his record by a group calling itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, but Kerry's drop in the polls also suggests continued confusion over his explanations of where he stands on Iraq.

If Kerry wants to get back in this race, he should talk in a way that is not meant for a Harvard graduate, but for a person working or shopping at Walmart. That is the biggest demographic and he should target it. He should stop making statements like this...

Kerry ... announced, "I will not have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have and who misled the nation into Iraq."