Posted on 10/22/2008 6:32:21 AM PDT by tatown
“So celebreate on the unemployment line!”
And thus the fruits of socialism. Wish that would get out to the electorate. To simplify it for the room-temp IQ’d voter, “when Obama takes money away from rich people, they will find some way to get it back. That means lost jobs.”
And of course the dimwit voter will respond, “but i’m-a git me a guh-mint check!”
What is better for the media right now? For McCain to be ahead (the old white candidate) or the first African American candidate?
Also, it is better for the media if Obama is ahead in the polls on election day, that way if he loses than can have their many many many news cycles about racism and riots.
This way, if he wins or loses, the media will be in hog heaven.
Heard McCain interview this morning. He said that in 2004 it was Kerry +13 over Bush at this point in one of the polls. This is a close race, and daily roller coaster angst just isn’t worth it.
I wonder if the pollsters have cooked in the "Powell bounce" on their own, assuming there should be one even if there isn't.
Gotta hand it to lib establishment — they’ve done a helluva job dumbing America down.
I think McCain is stretching really hard with that statement.
I was at a library yesterday where they were doing one stop voting. These college aged punks were wheeling in old people in chairs and beds. I walked by and said “Bring out your dead for Obama.”
I will vote straight ticket, but I’m afraid this race is over.
Gallup Expanded was +4 on Saturday, never closer than that.
Gallup does not fix party weights in advance, so their polls are very sensitive to shifts in voter mood. Probably Powell endorsement registered in their trackers.
I think right now McCain is in Dole territory. Dole lost by 8.5, perhaps McCain is doing a tiny bit better, but not by much.
Yeah — stretching a long way. Maybe he was talking about a CA or MA poll. Nothing national had a wide spread at all.
State polls are all that matter now. Don’t let national numbers worry you.
Remember the Electoral College.
thank you mr gloom and doom
how come u only show up in poll threads?
How did you learn about the individual samples from Monday and Tuesday?
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This form of passive resistance needs to be done in all small businesses in America. If they won't hear , then they will pay and learn the hard way. I know we can't divine peoples political leaning but where that is apparent I am sure CEOs will make it a point to let Dem leaning employees go. So Obama koolaid drinkers, think long and hard before you think you are going to stick it to the man. You might be the one actually bending over for the soap.
“Heard McCain interview this morning. He said that in 2004 it was Kerry +13 over Bush at this point in one of the polls.”
If McCain really said that he is just blowing smoke. Why would he state something that is so clearly wrong? The polls were virtually ALL pro-Bush at this time of the cycle. Here are ALL 2004 national polls from 9/1 forward to election day:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/bush_vs_kerry.html
I can’t IMAGINE what McCain would be thinking, claiming that polling was pro-Kerry in 2004, and even showed a 13% Kerry lead at this point in 2004. The opposite is true. Almost every poll showed Bush ahead for the entire 9/1 through 11/1 time frame. Look for yourself.
In September, the number of Americans who consider themselves to be Republicans increased a percentage point from 33.2% in August to 34.4% in September.
During that same period, the number of Democrats declined slightly from 38.9% to 38.4.%. The remainder, 27.2%, are not affiliated with either major political party.
That gives the Democrats a net advantage of 4.0 percentage points, down from 5.7 percentage points in August.
Look at how he has shifted his sampling with his most recent polling effort:
For polling data released during the week of October 19-25, 2008, the partisan weighting targets used by Rasmussen Reports will be 39.7% Democratic, 33.0% Republican, and 27.3% unaffiliated.
A 5.7% Dem advantage in August, a 4.0% Dem advantage in September, and a 6.7% advantage in October... Like I said earlier, he is using his SECRET SAUCE!!
“I will vote straight ticket, but I’m afraid this race is over”
Sounds like the band is tuning up to play “Autumn”....
- John
(that was the final tune the Titanic’s band completed before it sank)
Rasmussen ....ROFL ROFL ROFL
What a joke
>> how come u only show up in poll threads?
because this is is what I find interesting to discuss here.
If you want my encouragement to vote and donate - here it is. I already did both.
But please, donate to our Senate candidates, not McCain. Coleman in MN and Chambliss in GA actually have a chance, McCain does not, imo.
Easy now. I know some little ole ladies for Hillary that are voting Palin.
Maybe, but I am intrigued by the distinct disconnect between Obama’s polling numbers showing him leading in states where Hillary beat him by double digits in the primaries. McCain-Palin is not Dole-Kemp. There is a lot more energy in the McCain-Palin campaign, and there are very distinct philisophical differences between the candidates. Clinton essentially ran as a moderate, and still never broke the 50% barrier. Obama has a much more liberal platform, but I do agree that McCain needs to do a better job pointing this out to the electorate.
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