Both Obama and Clinton beat McCain: (Quinnipiac) Poll

Baltimore Sun ^ | 5-14-2008 | Frank James

[Kleebo151]

Either one of the two Democratic contenders, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama or New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, leads the likely Republican presidential nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. Sen. Obama leads Sen. McCain 47 - 40 percent while Sen. Clinton is up 46 - 41 percent.

In an Obama-McCain matchup, independent voters back the Democrat 48 - 37 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Men split with 45 percent for McCain and 44 percent for Obama, while women back Obama 49 - 36 percent. McCain leads 47 - 40 percent among white voters, while blacks back Obama 87 - 4 percent.

[Kleebo151]

Part of the reason why Obama leads McCain is the media bias in favor of him, calling everyone who dares oppose his views "racist."

[Names Ash Housewares]

The electoral map is all that matters.

McCain is doing fine this early on.........

http://electoralprojection.blogspot.com/2008/05/2008-presidential-electoral-vote_14.html

[DarthVader]

Quinnipac’s surveys are usually not worth the paper they are printed on and are a waste of bandwith.

[WayneS]

What is a Quinnipiac University and why should I believe:

1) That they are “independent”?

or,

2) ANYTHING they report?

[SoldierDad]

The only poll that will hold any meaning will not take place until November. All other polls should be viewed with healthy doses of skepticism.

[lexusppd]

And the latest Gallup poll has McCain beating both. They are all meaningless at this time and given the distrust of the media by the public, especially the Conservatives, I believe they will not ever be truly representative of the potential vote. I am sure many Democrats identify themselves as Republicans just to skew the numbers.

[Dilbert San Diego]

So if there’s any truth here, Obama could win the election. Hillary says behind closed doors that she can win and Obama can’t win the general election.

Hillary may wonder why her arguments haven’t been working on super delegates. One reason could be Clinton fatigue, and another could be that Hillary and Bill are seen as not liberal enough for the hard core Dems. who like Obama.

[Dilbert San Diego]

So if there’s any truth here, Obama could win the election. Hillary says behind closed doors that she can win and Obama can’t win the general election.

Hillary may wonder why her arguments haven’t been working on super delegates. One reason could be Clinton fatigue, and another could be that Hillary and Bill are seen as not liberal enough for the hard core Dems. who like Obama.

[okie01]

Random thought...

Given how flawed both of the Democrat candidates are -- Hillary with over 50% negatives, Obama's inability to attract anybody but blacks and academics -- who would be the strongest candidate that the Democrats might nominate.

May I suggest it would be John McCain? In the general election, a John McCain on the Democrat ticket would sweep all opposition aside. He would defeat the Republican John McCain in a 60/40 landslide. Plus, his program would be essentiallly indistinguishable from the Democrat agenda.

If the Democrats chose John McCain at their convention, it would be a win-win for them.

[Kleebo151]

McCain has recovered in Gallup, but he still trails both by 1% (Obama) and 3% (Clinton).

[Amendment10]

Part of the reason why Obama leads McCain is the media bias in favor of him, calling everyone who dares oppose his views "racist."

Why don't we seize the opportunity provided by the MSM's cramming of Obama down our throats to permanently de-claw the IRS?

This post (<-click), while addressing taxes, helps to explain why government "leaders" like Senator Obama are actually in contempt of the Constitution that they have sworn to defend, foolishly following in the footsteps of FDR's dirty federal spending politics. In fact, the article referenced below shows that Obama is the #1 federal spending proposer in the Senate for '08; Clinton is #2.

Obama, a big-shot federal spender

The people need to reconnect with the Founder's division of federal and state government powers. The people then need to wise up to the major problem that the federal government is not operating within the restraints of the federal Constitution, particularly where constitutionally unauthorized federal spending is concerned.

The bottom line is that the people need to send big-shot, Constitution-ignoring federal spenders like Obama home as opposed to trying to send people like him to the Oval Office. The people need to get in the faces of the feds, demanding a stop to constitutionally unauthorized federal spending while appropriately lowering federal taxes - or get out of DC.

[Polybius]

And the latest Gallup poll has McCain beating both.

Who ya gonna believe?

The Gallup Poll or some podunk college you've never heard of?

[Parmenio]

Another "registered voters" poll, conducted over the weekend. Not worth the paper it's printed on.

"From May 8 -12, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,745 registered voters nationwide, with a margin of error of +/- 2.4 percentage points.

[Polybius]

McCain has recovered in Gallup, but he still trails both by 1% (Obama) and 3% (Clinton).

May 2, 2008 Gallup Daily: McCain Moves to 6-Point Lead Over Obama

[Pietro]

Mc Cain is unlikable. Plain and simple. He’s going to lose.

[wolfcreek]

Since I am not voting for any of these 3, I totally agree with you.

McQueeg/GOP can go pound sand.

[chainsaw]

Retake the poll, of the same individuals, in five years after the seniors start paying taxes. My son had his eyes opened and became an instant conservative republican.

[ken21]

you mean that

mean mcbush

running on iraq

and an open border,

can’t win?

/s

[chainsaw]

Who ya gonna believe? The Gallup Poll or some podunk college you've never heard of?

The Gallup Poll or some podunk liberal college you've never heard of?

[RetiredArmy]

In my life time, I have never seen an election where there is ABSOLUTELY no one on either ballot that interests me. I will not and never will vote for a Dimocrat. There is no such thing as a conservative dimocrat. That is both an Ox and a Moron. McCain interests me about as much as having double hemorrhoid surgery. In all my days on this earth, I look at this election and say, THESE guys are the best America has to offer to be our President and leader??? America is scraping the bottom of the barrel this election. This election will look like an election in Chad or somewhere like that. This election is not American. I cannot vote for any of them. They are all useless and worthless to me.

[evad]

Who ya gonna believe? The Gallup Poll or some podunk college you've never heard of?

The Gallup Poll or some podunk liberal college you've never heard of?

Well, when you put it that way...neither.

[Steely Tom]

Quinnipiac can be counted on to predict that the election will be won by whomever the Quinnipiac faculty hope will win, right up until just before the election.

At that point, they will join their polling brethren in declaring the race "too close to call."

After the election, Quinnipiac College goes silent. They won't be heard from again until everyone has safely forgotten their name and that they even exist. They've been doing this since approximately 1984, when they figured out that (1) they could create a lot of "work study" positions for undergraduate students by putting them on the phone, calling people to ask them a bunch of inane questions about their political preferences, and (2) that there was probably only room in the market for one university to pull this scam, so they better act soon to get their name out there. The rest is history.

[mngran2]

Part of the reason why Obama leads McCain is the media bias in favor of him...

I'm so tired of people using this as an excuse. OK, the media bias favors liberals. That sucks, but it's the world we live in. What are we going to do to win elections anyway?

[redstateconfidential]

[Continental Soldier]

Quinnipiac — is that school teaching real courses for real studnents, or is it simply relying upon these silly polls to advertise itself to the country?

[johnthebaptistmoore]

It’s truly worse than just blaming the biased MSM. It’s all of political correctness all over the world and everything that it entails that’s the main problem. Political correctness includes the ongoing “dumbing down” of people all over the world, the ongoing political indoctrination in all public schools at every level all the way up to include almost all colleges and universities all over the world, and all “scare tactics” on every issue all over the world. The ongoing political bias in the MSM everywhere in the world is just a fraction of all of political correctness all over the world.