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Bush gets religion
The GOP front-runner extols Jesus and criticizes McCain in his third debate.
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[12/13/99]

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[12/13/99]

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Going into the debate, 63 percent of the SpeakOut panel say they are now planning to vote for George W. Bush in their state primary or caucus.

Immediately following the debate, pre-registered members of the SpeakOut panel will be directed to a closed Web site to complete a post-debate survey. It is expected that approximately half of the panel will complete the post-debate survey.

Examples of Recent Natl. Polls

	FOX	AP			Speakout
	12/6/07	11/23/99			IA Panel
George W. Bush	65	60		George W. Bush	63
John McCain	14	12		John McCain	15
Steve Forbes	4	5		Steve Forbes	4
Alan Keyes	2	3		Alan Keyes	5
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Orrin Hatch	2	1		style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Orrin Hatch	1
Gary Bauer	1	1		Gary Bauer	2
Other (vol.)	1	6		Other/not vote R. primary	4
Undecided	11	12		Undecided	4

Only 44 percent of the panel expect Bush to "win" debate

Bush's generally lackluster reviews from Manchester, Vt., and Phoenix appear to have lowered expectations for his performance Tuesday night in Des Moines.

While 63 percent of the panel members say they now plan to vote for Bush, only 44 percent say they expect Bush to "do the best job" in tonight's debate. By comparison, 21 percent are expecting master-debater Keyes to do the best job, although only 5 percent of the panel say they would now vote for him in the Republican primary.

	“Regardless of who you now support, who will do best job in debate tonight?	Pre-Debate Vote %
George W. Bush	44	63
John McCain	17	15
Steve Forbes	3	4
Alan Keyes	21	5
Orrin Hatch	2	1
Gary Bauer	1	2
Other cand./May not vote GOP		4
Undecided	11	4

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