It's been over. We just had to wait for the MSM and pollsters to catch up.
Posted on 09/07/2008 7:32:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Now that’s a bounce and a half …
Obama, Biden, the LEFT and the MSM can complain all they want in their efforts to discredit Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, the truth of the matter is that their efforts are failing and the favorable trend of the McCain/Biden ticket is on the up-swing. The LEFT does not have the right to tell McCain how he is to run their campaign … Obama and his crew only have the right and ability to run theirs in the manner they seem fit. In all honesty, the Obama campaign has been run terribly of late.
The once candidate of Change has been anything but and is seeing his poll number go down the drain. Obama had a chance for change by choosing a woman for his VP. Obama did not and he now gets to witness the consequences. McCain to the chance and showed America who the real candidate of change really is.
In polling land all signs are pointing to an incredibly favorable trend to John McCain and Sarah Palin. The bounce from the Republican National Convention is ongoing as the momentum from the Palin phenomenon and McCain’s most watched speech is paying dividends.
The Gallup Daily tracking poll has McCain up by 3% points ahead of Obama. Not too long ago Obama had an 8 point advantage. These results of the Gallup poll are based on September 4-6 interviewing. As Hot Air points out the McCain advantage is outside the margin of error.
McCain’s 48% share of the vote ties for his largest since Gallup tracking began in early March. He registered the same level of support in early May. This is also McCain’s largest advantage over Obama since early May, when he led by as much as six percentage points. Obama has led McCain for most of the campaign, and for nearly all of the time since clinching the Democratic nomination in early June.
Earlier, Zogby had shown that McCain had taken the lead by a rather substantial margin 49.7% to 45.9%.Todays Gallup poll certainly confirms that the bounce is still in play and trending upward for McCain. Think the Obama camp is not worried? They most certainly are.
Nothing is over. We need to win 70% to 30 if we can.
Obama now has 2 chances to win slim and none and slim left town hour ago.
First sentence..McCain/Biden ticket? Typin’ a bit to fast...eh?
They can’t cheat if we win big
Memo to Joe Biden:
Hire a food taster.
“Nothing is over. We need to win 70% to 30 if we can.”
Roger that. And NO damnable “hanging chads.”
I'm with you. I want Obama to be beaten so badly that the democrats never nominate a marxist POS again.
I'm probably dreaming here ... but a drubbing MIGHT convince the democrats that they have to do some soul searching and maybe, just maybe, purge the moonbats from their leadership and become a viable alternative to the Republican party.
“slim”
That’s racist.
We need to work harder. Take nothing for granted.
Too early for the game to be over, but most polls next week will show a 5-8 point McCain lead.
I’m in California. It’s hard for me to tell how the rest of the country is taking Palin.
How is McCain doing in the swing states?
What’s the typical post convention bounce (that Obama did not get)?
I’m in California. It’s hard for me to tell how the rest of the country is taking Palin.
How is McCain doing in the swing states?
What’s the typical post convention bounce (that Obama did not get)?
Stay the course, Liberal media.
This is going exactly as planned.
I’ve been thinking that I don’t just want to win this election. I want Obama to lose so badly that he pulls several Senate and Congressional races down with him. I want him to get a butt kicking like McGovern. Is that asking too much? Lol
Maybe he will just go back to Illinois and never come back.
Usually the big dirty tricks are used just before the election (think the DUI story in 2000) but if his numbers drop he may have to start using them sooner.
The pre-election polls always under-count all of the dead people and illegal aliens that will turn out for the Democrats on election day.
BBBaaarrrraaaccckkkk! The sound of a scared sick Senator Obama hurling.
Biden will not be an attack dog for Obama
Hillary's appearances on behalf of Obama-Biden remind voters that Obama did not pick her
Expect the investigation into ANYTHING even remotely negative they can find on Palin (troopergate?) to be played up by the media ad-nauseum. If that doesn’t stick, the gold plated race card will be played 24-7 from that point until November. It’s all they have left.
I would wager that we would see a lot of carefully crafted stories in the media where the underlying theme will be: “If you don’t vote for Obama; you are a racist”
Now starting the COUNTDOWN: Keating 5 and Lobbyists In His Office stories.
...I give the over/under at 10 days from today, Sunday the 7th.
The ugly attacks on Sarah Palin served to reveal the ugliness of the Left for exactly what it is--ugliness and viciousness.
Mendacity, decadence, and self-serving exploitation are always ugly, and that's exactly what the Left is.
The American people have listened politely and have heard what Obama and the rest of the Left have to say. Their response will be a resounding NO! in the November election.
Once again Leftist depravity has outfoxed itself by revealing itself.
“The pre-election polls always under-count all of the dead people and illegal aliens that will turn out for the Democrats on election day.”
True. Isn’t that one of the primary functions of a community organizer? Get the street people, the illegals, and dead to vote.
No more marxist candidates. Turn the problem on the Pelosi-Reid congress. Sarah go after them, now!!! Drill!!!Drill their brains out!!!!!!!!!
60 days to go. That’s an eternity in politics. If it’s late October and McCain’s up *by* 49%, then I MIGHT start to relax.
I would settle for a butt kicking like Dukakis (45% of the popular vote/20% of the electoral vote), but would really like to see a butt kicking like Mondale (40% of the popular vote, 2.5% of the electoral vote).
Not likely, but we can dream can't we?
“Mendacity, decadence, and self-serving exploitation are always ugly, and that’s exactly what the Left is.”
I have suggesting that when Senator Obama loses he will have to write a new book titled “The Hopelessness of Stupid Audacity.”
Exactly. I’ve never understood how Axelrod is this great political strategist. Seems more like a partisan hack who benefited from operating in Dem controlled Chicago.
Welcome to the big leagues, David.
We can’t afford to think we are winning ... we have to act like we (well, ok, McCain and Palin) are 20 points down.
but this is sure encouraging news !!!!
Not over. Biden gone soon and MSM will go to any lengths to destroy Palin.
McCain - Palin campaign act like you’re 20pts down!
I agree. This is a wakeup call for us.
For this big a shift, that means the public opinion is still volatile and can still swing the other way.
We need to work as if we are 10 points down.
I hate be in Obama’s shoes ever.
And I also hate to be in Michael Moore’s Bruce Springsteen’s Oprah’s Alec Baldwin’s Susan Sarandon’s Barbara Steisnstan’s
ect. on 11/5.
A couple hours of conservative adjenda promoted and reaching a national audience. UNFILTERED by the liberal propaganda machine we call the news media. LOOK at the results.
Thus far the attacks are bouncing off of McCain/Palin and there is a law of diminishing returns.
Obama’s best shot is the debates, imo, and we saw how he did in Saddleback.
Yes, but we know that "none" would register the dead to vote.
And "none" would bus the homeless to multiple polling sites.
And "none" . . .
Eternal vigilance.
I’d be curious to know how she’s being received in Cali.
It ain’t “game over”, though it is a nice start at punching out the Obama campaign. The Dems have got a pile of cash and the media selling team Obama to beat the band!
Also at issue is the fact that it doesn’t really matter what the points are if the electoral map breaks the wrong way.
Something else to look forward to; the debates. I think they will give favor to McCain/Palin; lots of off the cuff “uhhms” by Barry and The Resonator driving through Biden like a train.
Can't answer that - I'm in Texas which is safely McCain - YEE-HAWW!!!! :-)
There was an article in the weekend WSJ that said that McCain has Michigan in play for the GOP for the first time in twenty years.
I am hopeful and prayerful that the nation will come to its senses and reject BHO and his veiled marxism.
It's been over. We just had to wait for the MSM and pollsters to catch up.
You’re right. I’m continuing to hover at the point of giving money to McCain. I knew I’d probably grudgingly vote for him, but would NEVER give him money. I guess I feel a bit like Dennis Prager says he felt the first time he voted Republican. He said it was harder than when he broke kosher as an experiment.
I can’t think of a time I’ve ever liked, trusted, or (politically) respected McCain. I still don’t, really. But Palin changes the calculation. I just wish he’d credibly promise never to apologize for her or backstab her, between now and the election.
My bumper sticker would be the “McWhatshisname / Palin” one.
I am definitely giving money this time and the last time I did was 2000.
I felt that we had the election in the bag in 2004 and no way was Kerry going to win.
This time I was not so sure seeing our side’s enthusiasm levels even lower than 2006 and now this has changed 180 degrees and has electrified our side and am more confident than 2004, but am still going to donate and try to volunteer if I am not traveling for work.
Strongly agree. We must all remember that what goes up must come down - the sun, political icons and people’s opinions. God gave us another chance - we better not screw this one up! Being cocky does not become anyone.
The more McCain stays up the more likely it is that Obama’s support continues to evaporate, especially among the young. They won’t want to be seen backing a loser.
Also there are a fair number of whites who have fallen victim to supporting Obama due to the liberal racism guilt trip.
If McCain has a 5 point lead, it doesn't matter. That translates into a significant landslide. Michigan, Penn, Minn, Wisc would all swing to the GOP.
I grew up in Texas, and I still have lots of family and friends there. I either get the liberal California spin, or the republican Texas spin.
I haven’t even asked what my friends (except a few conservative ones) what they think of Palin. I try not to talk politics around here.
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