Demo- crats have themselves repositioned and their issues resonate. The September polls' close relationship to the eventual election results is sometimes coincidental, because the margin between the candidates has often varied widely between post-Labor Day polls and the election. Richard Nixon, for example, was ahead of Hubert Humphrey in the Gallup Poll by 12 points in September of 1968 and the race closed to less than a percentage point by the election. The Newsweek poll of 755 registered voters taken Wednesday and Thursday had an error margin of 4 percentage points. Cheney made the statement as he prepared to release his financial disclosure forms and 10 years of income tax returns.
Options allow someone to buy a company's stock at a preset price.
Some have urged him not to retain the options because Halliburton's stock price could be affected by actions taken by a Bush-Cheney administration. Unlike stock, options cannot be placed in a blind trust, where the recipient has no control over his or her investments. Cheney said he would put his stock in a blind trust if elected. The tax returns of Cheney, a former congressman and defense secretary, show what a difference the transition into the private sector made. The two are bright, articulate, knowledgeable and enthusiastic.