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New poll: 25% of Hillary voters will vote for McCain
Washington Post (registration needed) ^ | 08/09/09 | Washington Post/ABC News poll, September 8, 2008

Posted on 09/09/2008 2:44:52 AM PDT by drzz

"a quarter of Hillary Clinton's supporters are ready to vote for McCain."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008polls; electionpresident; elections; hillary; hillaryvote; mccainpalin; obama; puma

1 posted on 09/09/2008 2:44:52 AM PDT by drzz
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To: drzz

And the zerobama is toast!


2 posted on 09/09/2008 2:46:45 AM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: drzz

Valid poll? Could be velly, velly serious for the O...LOL!
I think the pressure on the BHO Campaign must be building, the Pumas are attacking, Hillary is skankin’ in the shadows, the Moron Media is in chaos....what a freak show this election has become.


3 posted on 09/09/2008 2:48:20 AM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: iopscusa

The Washington Post was livid... Must be valid :-)


4 posted on 09/09/2008 2:49:41 AM PDT by drzz (I)
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To: drzz

I heard on the radio news this morning that McCain/Palin raised $4 million in Chicago. Imagine that. The Palin Factor!!!


5 posted on 09/09/2008 2:53:14 AM PDT by itsinthebag (E)
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To: drzz

Pumas see this as their chance to position Billary for the 2012 race. If the Messiah loses he’s toast in 2012.


6 posted on 09/09/2008 2:54:06 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: 101voodoo
If the Messiah loses he’s toast in 2012.

"Behold His Mighty Hand!!!"

ROTFLMAO!
7 posted on 09/09/2008 2:57:14 AM PDT by mkjessup (If Ronald Reagan were with us today, he'd say "Vote McCain/Palin, & Win One More for the Gipper!!!")
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To: drzz

Maybe after OBummers visit with Slick Willie, they might get to without crossing party lines.


8 posted on 09/09/2008 2:57:29 AM PDT by depenzz (Get the most out of life, its not a dress rehearsal)
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To: drzz
Oprah is not amused.


9 posted on 09/09/2008 2:58:15 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot

ROTFLMAO!!!!


10 posted on 09/09/2008 3:04:37 AM PDT by drzz (I)
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To: SkyPilot
"follow my path, buddy!"
11 posted on 09/09/2008 3:07:08 AM PDT by drzz (I)
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To: drzz

18MM X 25% = 4.5MM votes = OWNED!!!!!!!!!!


12 posted on 09/09/2008 3:07:30 AM PDT by mmanager (What a mess we are in.)
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To: 101voodoo

As bad as Bill and Hillary are, if I knew today that I could have McCain/Palin for the next 4 years, but would have Hillary for the 8 after that, I’d take that deal in a second vs taking my chances with Obama.


13 posted on 09/09/2008 3:20:13 AM PDT by jeltz25
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To: mmanager

it could be higher. 18M voted for Hill but you have to assume they represented a much larger figure of total Hill supporters.

And it’s not just 4.5M, it’s a 9M vote swing because they’re not for Obama and are for McCain. Add on the Hill voters who stay home, write her in, go 3rd party, etc... and it could end up being a very big deal.


14 posted on 09/09/2008 3:22:31 AM PDT by jeltz25
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To: SkyPilot

Good job SkyPilot.
Think this is how I’ll envision the oprah in the future,
Good job.


15 posted on 09/09/2008 3:26:04 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: drzz

Do you have a better link for this?


16 posted on 09/09/2008 3:28:03 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
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To: jeltz25

I believe this is going to be a landslide. When the curtain is pulled America knows what is at stake and will vote for McCain.


17 posted on 09/09/2008 3:28:32 AM PDT by mmanager (What a mess we are in.)
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To: 101voodoo

If the Messiah loses he’s toast in 2012.


It depends. If he loses by a landslide, he’s toast. If its a squeaker (which I think it will be), he’ll be back. And the Dems & MSM will just keep carrying water for him.


18 posted on 09/09/2008 3:31:01 AM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: SkyPilot

she looks like a man in this movie...very unattractive


19 posted on 09/09/2008 3:34:09 AM PDT by Jen from Tn.
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To: jeltz25
it could be higher. 18M voted for Hill but you have to assume they represented a much larger figure of total Hill supporters.

And it’s not just 4.5M, it’s a 9M vote swing because they’re not for Obama and are for McCain. Add on the Hill voters who stay home, write her in, go 3rd party, etc... and it could end up being a very big deal.

Just so, and the talk on the PUMA forums seems to indicate that the more Palin is attacked the greater the number of Hillary supporters pledging votes, dollars, and time to defeat the DNC Obama, Pelosi, Reid axis. These ladies are seriously p***ed.

It would be interesting for FReepers active at local levels to report on the crossovers.

20 posted on 09/09/2008 3:42:10 AM PDT by Covenantor (With Gov. Palin on board, the fish fry has commenced.)
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To: FreedomPoster
It's on the second page of this article.

Here is the paragraph, the extra formatting is mine...

"Obama has made gains among those who supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, with 78 percent of women who wanted Clinton to win the nomination now backing him, a new high. But among all voters who supported Clinton, nearly a quarter say they plan to support McCain in November."
21 posted on 09/09/2008 3:57:47 AM PDT by Tom_Busch (Liberal media logic: Palin doesn't have enough experience, but Obama does.)
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To: Tom_Busch

Obama will lose older white Democrats in droves. They’ll sit on their hands or vote for McCain.


22 posted on 09/09/2008 6:44:19 AM PDT by zebrahead
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To: drzz

All the leftist blogs are saying that nothing has changed, this is all just a bounce, that American women are going to FLOCK to Obama and that basically Sarah handed the election to them. Yes, they are STILL saying that!

Of course, our bounce might come down a bit (but maybe not). But it is fascinating watching the left live in utter denial at this moment. Then again, the left has a thing about wishful thinking and “let’s pretend”.


23 posted on 09/09/2008 6:52:09 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: drzz

IF this is true Obama lost.


24 posted on 09/09/2008 6:53:26 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: drzz

Even if it’s only a third of that percentage Obama is in serious do-do.


25 posted on 09/09/2008 6:59:32 AM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: ConservativeDude

“All the leftist blogs are saying that nothing has changed”

We were hearing grumbles that Dem Internal polling was showing REAL TROUBLE for Obama, even BEFORE the Convention and Palin.

(Stephanopolous-”Internal polling I’ve seen has Obama down by as much as 12 points”)

If that is the case, his Internal Polling must be telling him IT’S OVER by now.

He’s pulled Advertising from the South, word getting out that Messiah Fundraising is collapsing, and NOW Obama is begging the Clinton 527’s he once spurned for help...


26 posted on 09/09/2008 7:02:58 AM PDT by tcrlaf (SARAH PALIN-The American Everywoman (Yes, You Really CAN!))
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To: Covenantor
It would be interesting for FReepers active at local levels to report on the crossovers.

I don't have any info on that, but for a few days now I've been seeing things shape up that will be bad news for Obama.

I think this election is not at all like traditional Dem/Repub elections--at least here in the Northeast. It seems to be shaping up more along the lines of the mayoral races we often see in the big Northeast cities (Giuliani vs. Dinkins in NYC, Street vs. Katz in Philly, etc.). Voters in the NE urban areas are very polarized along racial lines...regardless of party.

If Obama gets tagged as the "black candidate" in many of these cities, ethnic Union Democrats may well not support him and will support the Republican white candidate instead. That's a little ugly aspect of the Dem party right now, but anyone in the urban NE knows what I'm talking about.

If that indeed does happen--and I think that Hillary was already alluding to this in the primary when she said flat out that Obama couldn't carry core Dem constituencies--Obama is finished. To win states like Pennsylvania he needs a massive Dem turnout in the cities and suburbs to offset McCain's sizable majorities in the rural areas. Obama needs Union Democrats in places like Scranton, Pittsburgh & Philly. If McCain is siphoning off Union Democrats, I can't see any way Obama can pull this off.

27 posted on 09/09/2008 7:05:54 AM PDT by Claud
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To: Claud

Nice take.


28 posted on 09/09/2008 7:07:51 AM PDT by bvw
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To: ConservativeDude

“the left has a thing about wishful thinking and “let’s pretend”.”

No....
The left has a brigade of THOUGHT POLICE on Blogs like KOS that do not allow anything other than today’s approved Groupthink to stay posted for long...


29 posted on 09/09/2008 7:08:18 AM PDT by tcrlaf (SARAH PALIN-The American Everywoman (Yes, You Really CAN!))
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To: drzz
I love when I'm able to find a poll I like and run with it. Rass has the race tied, the CNN battleground poll has obama leading in the Electoral college. Then we get this one. So if 120 million people vote and its 50/50 before the hillary voter defection, now it's 65 to 55, and game over. Obama wins 3 or 4 states. I'm going with this poll today because it fits my template.
30 posted on 09/09/2008 7:09:50 AM PDT by mainerforglobalwarming
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To: Claud
Obama needs Union Democrats in places like Scranton, Pittsburgh & Philly. If McCain is siphoning off Union Democrats, I can't see any way Obama can pull this off.

It can't hurt that Palin has a Union husband.

31 posted on 09/09/2008 7:11:19 AM PDT by Junior_G
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To: Claud

Speaking for Pennsylvania, blue-collar union democrats are going to contribute to a sizable Bradley/Wilder effect.


32 posted on 09/09/2008 7:11:34 AM PDT by Petronski (Zero-bama. All this time we thought it was an "O" but, nope, it's just a "0".)
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To: tcrlaf

The only hope they still have left is if Palin absolutely BOMBS in the debate. I have to say that I saw her debate for the Governorship on Cspan the other day, and I was not very impressed. She didn’t answer questions directly. I assume they’re helping her and I know she’s a quick study....But I also think Obama is going to bomb during the debates..he’s teeting on the brink right now. He is frustrated and it shows...he doesn’t like to lose because he doesn’t know how to lose. I don’t trust people who have never lost antyhing.


33 posted on 09/09/2008 7:11:48 AM PDT by Hildy ("We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.")
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To: Tom_Busch

Thanks


34 posted on 09/09/2008 7:15:32 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
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To: drzz

This is great news,but in fairness we have to ask how many of these beast “voters” were Operation Chaos voters. :-)


35 posted on 09/09/2008 7:16:01 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Petronski

Indeed! My relatives in PA fit that demographic to a tee: loyal Democrats, ethnic, blue-collar, pro-Union, pro-Hillary. One of them told me flat out that he couldn’t stand Obama.

Course, it’s probably hopeless in my land of exile here in NJ. :)


36 posted on 09/09/2008 7:16:32 AM PDT by Claud
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To: Junior_G
It can't hurt that Palin has a Union husband.

Good point! Hadn't thought of that. They will identify more with him then they will with Obama. Biden they would probably like too, but he's not at the top of the ticket.

37 posted on 09/09/2008 7:18:15 AM PDT by Claud
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To: Tom_Busch

Oh, and further, now that I see it, it is simply amazing that they would bury such an important piece of information so deeply in the article.

And on further thought, it is also completely unsurprising.


38 posted on 09/09/2008 7:20:01 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
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To: drzz

Heck, even the Clintons and the Clintonistas aren’t gonna vote for Obama...
ruins Clinton’s plans to run in 2012 if Obama is elected POTUS.


39 posted on 09/09/2008 7:24:48 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: drzz

If this is true, and I highly suspect it is, there is no way Fauxbama can win. I believe 1/4 to 1/3 of Hillary voters will go McCain/Palin. And that measures out to 4.5 Million to 6 Million voters, and many of them are in “Battleground” states, Where Hillary won the primaries.

If there is any validity to this poll at all, Fauxbama cannot win this election, as long as the conservative and republican base show up reasonably for him, you are looking at a route. Even if Fauxbama does not collapse before election day, which I fully expect him to do.


40 posted on 09/09/2008 7:29:53 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Hildy

What politicians have impressed you in debates?


41 posted on 09/09/2008 7:32:42 AM PDT by Styria
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To: Covenantor

“It would be interesting for FReepers active at local levels to report on the crossovers.”

Our Jewish friends who supported Clinton are now 100% going for McCain/Palin.


42 posted on 09/09/2008 7:37:26 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Election '08: God is in control.)
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To: tcrlaf

well put


43 posted on 09/09/2008 8:00:27 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: Styria

A few...hey, I’m just reporting...did you see it? She was just fair...


44 posted on 09/09/2008 8:11:22 AM PDT by Hildy ("We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.")
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To: drzz
Not bad, but I would've liked to see more women unshackle themselves from the Democrat plantation.
45 posted on 09/09/2008 8:12:17 AM PDT by Tempest (The devil and the media have sided with Obama)
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To: drzz
Obama is meeting with Bubba. I'll bet Hillary is going onto the ticket and Joe Boredom is coming off.

It's that or probable disaster for Obumbler, and the Marxocrats know it.

46 posted on 09/09/2008 8:16:03 AM PDT by Gritty (Obama's ethics reform mandates clean sheets in the brothel. Palin's tears it down-Jonah Goldberg)
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To: Gritty

We need to get Bubba out on the campaign trail for Obama. That will be a sure path to victory for McCain.


47 posted on 09/09/2008 9:03:33 AM PDT by Bobkk47
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To: Hildy
I watched part of it, until my browser crashed. Shouldn't have touched XP service pack 3. =) She sounded alright but it was just a little into the round where they had time to rebut each other.

I'm just wondering what you were looking for, and whether the average person watching the debates will think the same thing.

48 posted on 09/09/2008 9:48:33 AM PDT by Styria
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