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Poll: Obama 49%, McCain 47% in Minnesota (New survey USA Poll)
KSTP Eyewitness News (Twin Cities) ^ | 9/12/2008 | Channel 5 Story

Posted on 09/12/2008 9:09:04 PM PDT by vwatto

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To: yongin
His campaign is a money machine. He rakes in least $30 million a month.

And spends $40 million. That change to Invesco field alone cost, I hear, about $18 million.

61 posted on 09/12/2008 9:43:25 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: IndianPrincessOK

It keeps Obama off offense as well.


62 posted on 09/12/2008 9:43:47 PM PDT by jerry557
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To: vwatto
That McCain is only a few points behind Obummer is fantastic.

The Peoples' Republic of Minnesota is truly one of the most politically-befuddled states in the union. Jesse Ventura and Al Franken are testimony to this.

The descendents of the old Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party which was formed in 1924 still have visions of government sugar-plums dancing in their heads and they vote accordingly every four years.

Through the years, the F-L Party evolved into a socialist, government welfare/largesse organization till it finally merged with the Democrat party after WW2. The leftist ideology fostered through the decades is still a dominant undercurrent in the state....and it creates all kinds of identity crisises among the politicians and voters.

I won't be at all surprised if the two political oddballs, Al Frankenstein and Obama, win the state. Minnesota is a strange state....so much cold all the time has got to have a negative effect on the little gray cells.

Leni

63 posted on 09/12/2008 9:45:59 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Stay Home Nov. to Vote for Obama-ization, More Regulation, Taxation, Litigation and Ginsburgization)
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To: jerry557

It keeps Obama off offense as well.

Oh wow....that’s right. He now has to defend his turf instead of going after ours!!! I got it....nice!!


64 posted on 09/12/2008 9:49:26 PM PDT by IndianPrincessOK (McCain/Palin...2 pit bulls, one with lipstick! Pigs will fly with lipstick Nov. 4th)
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To: jerry557

Not true. Assuming OH and FL stay as is, we don’t need CO.

Four smaller states will tell the tale, NM, NV, CO and NH.

If 0bama wins three of four, he’s in. If he takes CO and either NM or NV, it’s 269-269 and goes to the Congress.

McCain is trending ahead in NM and NV right now. Encouraging in the status quo scenario.


65 posted on 09/12/2008 9:49:52 PM PDT by goawaylibs
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To: yongin

The Obama campaign is sending out emails begging for money.
I wonder why Iran and China cut off his funding. Maybe they too have seen the latest polls.


66 posted on 09/12/2008 9:49:58 PM PDT by 1035rep (McCain/Palin 08)
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To: Norman Bates

More great news! Thanks for the ping.


67 posted on 09/12/2008 9:51:03 PM PDT by 1035rep (McCain/Palin 08)
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To: hsalaw

Nah, I mean the one in MN, not in general. :)


68 posted on 09/12/2008 9:51:08 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (Palin 2008 (oh yeah, and McCain too))
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To: yongin
One problem with Obama not using federal money is that he has to take campaign time to beg for it, and he needs to put on his wings and hang out with the moonbats to get it. That means he can't move towards the middle like most candidates do or else risk having his money stream cut off. Bwahahahahaha!
69 posted on 09/12/2008 9:54:39 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Whale oil: the renewable biofuel for the 21st century.)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

Obama has staff everywhere - the “57 state strategy”. He has huuuuge overhead. He can’t simple cut back on ads, he needs a constant influx of cash to keep the beast going.


70 posted on 09/12/2008 9:59:07 PM PDT by Chet 99 (http://www.mccainpalinvictory2008.com/)
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To: LS

I think VA will return solid red (it should be blue - incumbent party used to always be blue, out of power party red) sooner rather than later.


71 posted on 09/12/2008 10:00:54 PM PDT by Chet 99 (http://www.mccainpalinvictory2008.com/)
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To: LS

Well, if they’d take my advice, which I’m sure they won’t and probably rightly so, my thinking is that (if the current outlook is holding), they should heavily concentrate on VA, NH, and CO and chain each of those Senate candidates to Sarah Palin while they do it. If they can help those candidates, we MIGHT be able to eke out a 1 seat net gain in the Senate or a push and have Lieberman move to R to give us the majority as a final f-u to Reid. Taking the house back is nearly impossible, but (again if the current climate holds) we can make a modest gain.

I think Gilmore is a good candidate who can beat Warner if we really get behind him. Same in CO. Sununu may be a lost cause, but we should go down fighting.

I’d be okay with the children running the house for 2 more years, while the adults can smack down their nonsense in the Senate. Plus, we can get some judicial nominees through.

Isn’t it funny that the guys we trust to smack down foreign enemies are so gutless with domestic ones that they actually lay down and take it when their sworn enemy tells them they’re going to lose? lol


72 posted on 09/12/2008 10:03:51 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (Palin 2008 (oh yeah, and McCain too))
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To: Prole
If Minnesota throws Norm Coleman out and elects that jerk Al Franken, then I will remain certain that theirs is the Lunatic State.

"Ain't" going to happen this time around my FRiend.

73 posted on 09/12/2008 10:04:48 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: vwatto; LS

Look at this Rasmussen poll.

Friday, September 12, 2008

“John McCain is holding a two-to-one lead over Barack Obama in the Republican stronghold state of Oklahoma, according to the first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters there this election year.”

“McCain has 63% of the vote versus Obama’s 32%”

“Not only does the GOP presidential nominee have the backing of 95% of Republicans, but 41% of Oklahoma Democrats support him, too.”

I think it’s the Independents and Democrats that are making these huge swings towards McCain.


74 posted on 09/12/2008 10:06:38 PM PDT by 1035rep (McCain/Palin 08)
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To: Chet 99

Wouldn’t be something if Obama had to lay off his paid staff, while blasting Mac / Plain for outsourcing jobs. :)


75 posted on 09/12/2008 10:08:19 PM PDT by yongin (Obama is bitter about Veterans & Elderly Folks)
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To: 1035rep

bump


76 posted on 09/12/2008 10:10:50 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (Obama is the Democrats guy. They bought the ticket, now they must take the ride.)
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To: vwatto

It would appear that Obama is slightly ahead in NH, PA, MI, WI, MN. And up by four in WA.

Factor in the Bradley effect, and McCain could win all five.

This could be a major blowout.


77 posted on 09/12/2008 10:21:34 PM PDT by proudpapa (McCain - Palin'08)
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To: Chet 99
Obama has staff everywhere - the “57 state strategy”. He has huuuuge overhead. He can’t simple cut back on ads, he needs a constant influx of cash to keep the beast going.

Against a VP selection named Palin to boot.

Perhaps Obama is out of his league?

78 posted on 09/12/2008 10:22:48 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: yongin
Obama’s latest gaffe about Mac not being “cool” enough to learn to use e-mail will really endure him in Pa, OH, and CO. The GOP needs to hammer Obama on that gaffe. When I learned about that news I really wanted to give Obama a black eye.

When you say "gaffe," I assume you are referring to the fact that McCain can't type or use a keyboard because of his POW injuries?

Or is there something else I should know?

79 posted on 09/12/2008 10:53:02 PM PDT by RocketMan1
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
Taking the house back is nearly impossible, but (again if the current climate holds) we can make a modest gain.

Say hello to my little friend: The Gallup Poll.

GALLUP: Battle for Congress Suddenly Looks Competitive...

"The positive impact of the GOP convention on polling indicators of Republican strength is further seen in the operation of Gallup's "likely voter" model in this survey. Republicans, who are now much more enthused about the 2008 election than they were prior to the convention, show heightened interest in voting, and thus outscore Democrats in apparent likelihood to vote in November. As a result, Republican candidates now lead Democratic candidates among likely voters by 5 percentage points, 50% to 45%. If these numbers are sustained through Election Day -- a big if -- Republicans could be expected to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives." I'm so giddy right now, I could pee myself. Granted, we still have ~6 weeks to go, but I'm starting to feel VERY good right now. Especially with the messiah having money troubles, the Left becoming unhinged (did you see Bahbwa's long face today ?), and Mac being competitve in States he would normally have no business being competitive in.

80 posted on 09/12/2008 11:05:28 PM PDT by RocketMan1
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