Kerry Losing Ground Before Democratic Convention

According to the recent ABCNEWS/Washington Post poll, Kerry is losing ground and losing favor at the moment where he should ideally be gaining against Bush

Kerry has lost support against Bush in trust to handle five of six issues tested in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, including terrorism, Iraq, taxes and even health care. And Kerry’s ratings on personal attributes – honesty, strong leadership, consistency, empathy and others – have softened as well.

Both candidates are in a dead heat at about 49% for Bush and Kerry at 48%, with a 48%-46%-3% result once Ralph Nader is inserted.

I wonder why the media isn’t including Libertarian Michael Badnarik in their polling. From what I understand, Badnarik is polling evenly with Nader. . .