There are Dinosaur Media north of the border, and they too are doomed to extinction.
Posted on 09/28/2008 7:37:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
John McCain's campaign is in crisis. The Republican presidential candidate must quickly reverse recent sharp declines and recapture the momentum in this election race if he is to avoid falling fatally far behind Barack Obama, his Democratic opponent.
Provided the 12-figure rescue package agreed to over the weekend makes it through the House of Representatives and the Senate, and quickly, the financial emergency may recede a bit as the overriding issue of this election campaign, although it will never be far from voters' minds.
Wall Street's distress poses an existential (this election's favourite buzzword) threat to Mr. McCain's campaign. Six of seven opinion polls, all conducted last week, put Mr. Obama at least five percentage points ahead of Mr. McCain (though one poll, GW/Battleground Tracking, had Mr. McCain ahead by two points).
The most recent survey, by Gallup Tracking, has Mr. Obama eight points up. And while many pundits, including this one, thought Mr. McCain outperformed Mr. Obama during the foreign-policy part of Friday night's televised debate, viewers disagreed.
Three separate snap polls – by CBS, CNN/Opinion Research and USA Today/Gallup – confirmed that it was actually Mr. Obama's night.
In the USA Today/Gallup survey, for example, 46 per cent of those polled thought Mr. Obama had outperformed Mr. McCain, while 34 per cent thought the opposite.
Fifty-two per cent picked Mr. Obama, when they were asked which candidate offered the best proposals for change to solve the country's problems. Thirty-five per cent picked Mr. McCain.
Two things seem to be at work. First, the economy – which was always the No. 1 issue in this campaign – has become elephantine in proportion.
(Excerpt) Read more at theglobeandmail.com ...
Crap.
There are Dinosaur Media north of the border, and they too are doomed to extinction.
Yes, and it'll make 1980 look like a picnic.
Yes. I snap at your snap polls.
Good stuff! Thanks for the heads-up. More of this type of advertising is needed - ASAP!!!
“Repubs take it back 2 years into Obama’s term and then retake the WH in 2012.”
Do you honestly think there is going to be anything worth taking back if this dirtball gets his scummy little hands on the presidency?
It won’t take this steaming pile of Marxist waste to destroy what’s left of our country and constitution.
He is dangerous. Not because he is some kind of whiz kid (he is a moron) but because of who will be pulling his strings.
We are, baring a miracle, seriously screwed.
Thanks for that response. That's what I was trying to say. I don't think it is extreme to be concerned about Obama's tactics and friends in high places; to think about the power he could yield if there was some made-up reason for "martial law." It is just thinking ahead.
Good post! You said it all in a nutshell.
I love this country so much, but I think it’s really screwed up to just hold our breath and wish and hope... that’s what Obama’s offering.
Somebody’s always going to disagree even if it’s just in principle. Right now, we’re looking pretty weak on the international scene as well. I believe if Russia or anyone else took us to task they would be surprised, but if you look closely their goals are long-term. They’re in it for the long haul and are positioning for future exploits.
Somebody will think I’m taking that too far also, but as you said, “time will tell”.
Time will tell...
oops
put “four years” between “waste” and “to”
It won’t take this steaming pile of Marxist waste four years to destroy what’s left of our country and constitution.
I have two.
1. I believe that McCain and Palin will win this November. “Front-runners” don’t always end up winning, and a lot can happen between now and Nov. 4.
2. I can’t wait until this election is over!!!!!
Tell me again which planet the Globe and Mail is from?
Canuckistan.
I will be glad to not hear the opinions of the d@mned British again. If we wanted their input in our election we would still be a colony. They should get their teeth repaired or go attend their new Sharia court or have a cup of tea and mind their own business.
Wishful thinking on their part.
McCain is still going to win in a landslide, that’s when we get to read the REALLY FUN articles.
There will never be a President Barack Hussein Obama, at least not in my lifetime, and I’ll be glad I’m dead when there is.
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