Posted on 10/14/2008 7:20:31 AM PDT by Longstreet63
I do think that some of the crazy poll spreads at times between even some of the more "respected" pollsters should give us some hope that this is a difficult election for them to get consistent data. If McCain can close things up for real then who knows what can happen.
What do you mean by motivation? This is a poll that’s used on realclearpolitics in it’s superpoll average...I posted like many others have...if you don’t want to deal with it don’t...
Don't forget that MOST of 0bama supporters are under the age of 25....
Parents teach your children well....NOT!
Um, no.
Most 0bama supporters are under the age of 25...college kids are voting in droves this year.
Yes, he's ahead but I'm done believing he's ahead by more than 6 until I see the internals.
No election in a generation has had a spread of more than plus-four for the Dems and Rasmussen is plus 5.5 and that's only a 5 point race.
Plus, this is the pattern. IBD releases a poll showing Obama only up 2 and then down comes a flood of demoralizing polls. It happens every time and has since the 2000 race.
And watch the MSM no doubt report incessantly on this poll when they’ve never mentioned it before.
WHY IS IT SO DAMN HARD TO BELIEVE MCCAIN IS LOSING?
McCain is running a horrible campaign. The worst we have ever seen. Even Kristol is saying he is in serious trouble. There is no benefit to prancing around denying the GOP is in trouble everywhere in this election. It just makes posters here look divorced from reality.
I definitely agree with this concern. Of course, I am an Obama supporter (just ask any Freeper who hates reading my posts and they will tell you), so what do I know?
Internals? Battleground Poll, you need to ACT LIKE A MAN! and post your internals you pricks!!!!!
We conservatives are calling your and your media buddies bluff! And we are going to take this pot down!! And you are going to be some broke SOB’s begging VP Palin for a bailout.
I imagine she’ll just stomp your throats with her stiletto heel! Bye Bye Drive By Media. Nice knowing you. Thanks for making me rich shorting your sorry asses!!!!!
you’re smart...you know, an ostrich with its head in the sand kind of smart...
When did this forum become a place to launch ad hominems at people? Hmm? For crying out loud, you’re insulting me not even for my opinion but for posting a poll that’s used on realclearpolitics...
Maybe you should say why you don’t believe it (like many of us) instead of attacking me with your drivel...
Longstreet63: 9-7-08
ScottinVA: 9-17-08
That is what they say every election.....the young are voting in droves....it never happens, they are too busy partying or sleeping it off. I doubt seriously they will be any significant bump in the youth vote this election.
Are these registered or likely voters?
James Carville said (paraphrased) that there’s a word political consultants use to describe candidates who depend on the youth vote. That word is “losers”.
Let’s see how many Obamaphiles can actually tear themselves away from taking bong hits long enough to vote.
I hope IBD shows the race tied or even McCain up when their new poll comes out. Because it’s a 6-day rolling tracking poll, so much of their polling was taken while the market was still tanking, so if that’s the case, the IBD poll may actually have McCain up in the next day or so, but then again, with the influence of the bogus polls like this one, it could go the other way. Sigh.
The way I figure it, we might as well kick it into overdrive with the truth-telling about 0bama regardless. If we really ARE this far behind (which we're NOT, btw, but I'm merely speaking hypothetically) then we have nothing to lose. If this is just leftist poll-blizzarding to discourage McCain and his supporters, then let's not let it happen, but let's get serious about getting the info into the hands of the undecideds - by any means necessary!
I won't spend my hard earned money on wasted efforts any longer, simply accept socialism and bide my time until my euthanasia appointment.
If Republicans can't garner any more support than that against a never-done-anything opponent, they don't deserve any more support.
There is a PUMA call out to tell them you are voting for Obama if they poll you. That is what I will do if polled.
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