Posted on 09/09/2008 5:15:52 PM PDT by 11th_VA
A poll released Tuesday by Rasmussen Reports has John McCain up 11 points over Barack Obama, 53 percent to 42 percent, compared to the one point advantage he held in a similar poll conducted at the end of July.
Other findings:
McCain is now viewed favorably by 60% of Montana voters, little changed from 59% in July. However, the number with a Very Favorable opinion of the Republican hopeful jumped from 26% in July to 35% today.
Obama earns positive reviews from 50% of Montana voters, down slightly from 53% in July.
Sarah Palin is viewed favorably by 59% of Montana voters, a figure that includes 44% with a Very Favorable opinion of her.
In Montana, Biden is viewed favorably by 44% and unfavorably by 47%.
55% of voters in Montana say McCain made the right choice in picking Palin as his running mate. Just 35% say Obama made the right choice.
Sen. Max Baucus holds a comfortable 30+ point lead over Republican challenger Bob Kelleher.
With only a handful of polls conducted in Montana with fairly large fluctuations—Obama had a five point lead July 1—it’s tough to gauge how accurate this one is, but it would appear that adding Palin to the ticket boosted McCain, considering that 44% view her very favorably. It could also be a Palin-fueled convention bounce, typically short-lived.
But it doesn’t bode well for Obama in Montana, one in a trio of traditionally red states—North Dakota and Indiana, too—with high ratios of working-class Democrats where the campaign is going “full steam ahead,” as campaign manager David Plouffe said during a briefing with reporters today.
"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
Amount Averages To $1 Million Per Hour Spent Here
Mike Flannery CHICAGO (CBS) ― Republican John McCain raised about $5 million in Chicago Monday night, or about $1 million for each hour he spent in Democrat Barack Obama's home town.
OUCH!
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/mccain.chicago.fundraiser.2.812952.html
This might be why...
THE REAL OBAMA COUNTRY
Antoine Members is a Republican challenging incumbent Democrat Bobby Rush in the 1st CD, the congressional district where Barack Obama lives. Watch this zero-budget YouTube in which Antoine, a spunky 29 year old Chicago corrections officer, tells the world what it's like to live in Obama's home district. . with video
DOUBLE OUCH!
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/08/the-real-obama.html
Antoine Members for Congress
It is a shame we cannot get rid of draft dodging Baucus.
Life in Obama’s district:
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/08/the-real-obama.html
There.
Barama will carry three counties in Montana, maybe four. ‘Bout the same as sKerry.
Speaking of Montana, what is former Gov. Mark Racicot involved with these days?
Tazewell county, where I live, does anyway. I am not so sure about Cook county.
Damn. Just...damn. McCain is opening this thing up WIDE. Or, should I say, Sarah Palin is.
Can someone please explain to me why Montana was even in play to begin with? I can’t imagine that many socialist whackos living in Montana...
A lot of socialist whackos have bought ranches and invested in ski resorts in Montana. Ted Turner is just one example. MoveOn.org bought a senate seat for John Tester, who has been somewhat of a disappointment to them.
Thats what I don’t understand. I’ve always thought that people who lived in Montana were independent and liked their freedoms. I saw the Gov. speak for a minute during the Dem. convention and was really surprised.
That Gov was picked because he simulates a conservative in appearance.
DINO trumps RINO
(conservative trumps all)
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