With party caucuses and primaries reorganized to set the presidential race in motion earlier than ever before, it’s astounding to find that according to news sources, no candidate seems to be in the lead. Mitch Kokai tried to sort out the media ambivalence on 850 AM the Buzz. As the national political frenzy grows to hysteria, the din surrounding the “abysmal” approval ratings of G-Dub Bush has hushed. This may be due to the growing momentum for 2008. Or it may have something to do with the low approval ratings of Congress. Jon Sanders goes inside the numbers in his Townhall.com article and with Jerry Agar in New York on WABC. Though JLF staffers have comments on what’s going on nationally, our bread-and-butter issues are local. Citing our By the Numbers Report in a re-election campaign, Burlington Councilman Mark Jones pointed out that the city’s low tax burden is a reason he should win over the electorate.
