McCain will be fine.
President hussein sounds scary...and coming soon.
The Gallup results seem to be contradicted by key battleground states where McCain has the lead, Ohio, Missouri, and Florida.
Those polled by Gallup are only registered voters and not “likely” voters. And I emailed Gallup to ask what the the percentage of Democrats, Republicans, and African-Americans are polled and they have not returned an answer in over one week nor do they post that information.
Also the Rasmussen presidential tracking poll for 2004 was the most accurate and they poll likely voters.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I’m not surprised with this. While ads like ‘celebrity’ or ‘the One’ is good, they cannot rely on materials like that forever. So far, McCain hasn’t really found an effective, consistent message for his campaign.
Such a pity. Perhaps he should start stressing his McCain-Feingold bill, his views on amnesty, his opposition to Bush tax cuts in 2001....
This is a volatile race with the potential for much greater swings than previous races, in my humble opinion. Rasmussen has this as ‘even’. Was this registered or likely voters? Even the concept of ‘likely’ voters is hard to pinpoint in this election. The other side is nervous too. To quote a great woman, ‘now is not the time to go all wobbly’.
Hard to imagine since McCain should win by a large margin. Obama’s IQ and educational; scores are impressive, but so are his anti-American credentials. I don’t think America’s ready to elect a left-of-socialist (communist?)
Huh... they were tied last week.
If you are concerned now, just use it for positive good.
We were further behind in 1988.
Obama is still favored to win, be he has NOTHING THERE. He’s a vacuous and dnagerous extremist empty suit, who will be a disaster as President. He is wrong on marriage, life, judges, spending, taxes, energy, immigratio, social issues, GWOT, Iraq and just about everything else.
Polls at this point have been a VERY poor indicator of the final winner.
We haven’t even had a single debate yet.
Didn’t Kerry also lead in every gallup?
Gallup had Kerry leading Bush in 2004, and we all know what happened there.
Nah. Obama is ahead, but not solidly. Not even close.
There are enough states out there that even a one point shift from Obama to McCain gives McCain their EVs and with it the election.
The Obama campaign has to be concerned that Florida, Missouri, Virginia, Nevada, and Colorado are all starting to drift away from them. Ohio is probably their best bet to flip enough EVs to win the election, but McCain has been running strong there as well.
This race is very close to being dead even right now.
I’m not crazy about McCain but I hope he CRUSHES Obama, because of what Obama stands for (which is nothing except more government and anti-Americanism).
It will require burning bridges between McCain and the leftists - and frankly, I do not see how McCain can be trusted otherwise anyway. Maybe they will be able to in the future, but Republicans today CANNOT win without the support of the Right. It is going to come down to turnout - Clintonian triangulation is not going to cut it, and I sincerely hope the campaign does not go that route. A conservative running mate combined with a clear denunciation of a suitably sacred leftist holy cow would be a strong guarantee that McCain is not going to be the POTUS equivalent of a David Souter.
McCain will be our next President.
Registered voters poll. It’s likely voters that count.
Polls are meaningless, but McCain stands no chance. The only thing we can do is hope for a conservative candidate to get the nomination or prepare for 4 years of Hussein. McCain stands no chance, because no conservative with principles would vote for such a piece of scum.