Latest Polls show Clarke in virtual dead heat with Dean and Clarke seen as pulling ahead in most States now. The Poll also shows that Bush would still beat either Clarke or Dean in a landslide:
1-7-2004
Clark closes in on Dean in poll; Bush still beats Democratic field
The 21-point lead he held over Clark less than a month ago has narrowed to just 4 percentage points, within the poll's margin of error.
Meanwhile, President Bush begins the election year with the Republican nomination assured, the national mood brightening and higher ratings for the way he is handling the economy and Iraq.
Overall, 60% of those surveyed Friday through Monday approve of the job Bush is doing. And 55% say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country, the highest level in nearly nine months.
In the poll, Bush beat Dean by 22 percentage points among likely voters. Against an unnamed Democrat, Bush won by 17 percentage points.
The survey shows a political landscape more favorable to Bush's re-election than that faced at this point by other recent presidents - by President Clinton in 1996, who won a second term, and by the first President Bush in 1992 and President Carter in 1980, who didn't.
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