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Poll: McCain springs ahead in California
CNN ^ | January 28, 2008 | Paul Steinhauser

Posted on 01/29/2008 1:21:57 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

The Arizona senator is 13 points ahead of his closest rival in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Monday: Thirty-nine percent of likely California Republican primary voters back McCain, while 26 percent support former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

For McCain, that's a 19-point jump in the polls since the last CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey conducted in the state two weeks ago.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: bullshiite; bullshirt; ca2008; california; mccain; scamnesty; shamnesty

1 posted on 01/29/2008 1:21:59 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
McCain springs ahead in California

He's risking snapping a hip if he keeps that up.

The dude looks OLD.

2 posted on 01/29/2008 1:25:45 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life atheist)
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To: Darkwolf377

“He’s risking snapping a hip if he keeps that up.

The dude looks OLD.”

He doesn’t just LOOK old, he is OLD.

I suspect CNN anything...esp their polls since they are in the tank for McAmnesty


3 posted on 01/29/2008 1:28:18 AM PST by JaneNC (I)
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To: Darkwolf377

nobody seems to have learned from the dole experience


4 posted on 01/29/2008 1:31:08 AM PST by ari-freedom (McCain is consistently liberal. We need a change.)
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To: ari-freedom

You hit it on the head—McCain is Dole II—or Dole A.D.


5 posted on 01/29/2008 1:32:41 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life atheist)
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To: JaneNC

Exactly! Don’t believe any CNN poll...Romney is easily within striking distance in CA...Of course, Hillary (if she’s the nominee) will very likely win CA over McCain OR Romney. But if the Obamanation is the nominee, a lot of folks will opt for Romney, IMHO.


6 posted on 01/29/2008 1:33:02 AM PST by levotb
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Ah, the once great, conservative state of California loves McCain. The two M’s love McCain. (Moderates and Mexicans).

I will not vote for McCain under any circumstance. Fear not for those who hate
Hillary more than McCain, as the vote McCain loses from me will be more than countered by Rino’s, Moderates, Independents and Mexicans both legal and illegal.

If McCain is to be sent to the White House, let the above mentioned rainbow voters listed above carry him across the finish line. As for me, I won’t be apart of that bunch.


7 posted on 01/29/2008 1:33:21 AM PST by tennmountainman
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To: tennmountainman

I do not believe McCain leads any longer in California.
ILLEGALS are a huge problem in CA...and people do not want a guy who is for amnesty.

He is pretty long of tooth...and he is mean spirited...
He also lies like a rug.


8 posted on 01/29/2008 1:41:34 AM PST by JaneNC (I)
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To: JaneNC

“CA...and people do not want a guy who is for amnesty”

Ca is swamped with legals and illegals and that, unfortunately will work in McCains favor. I wish it were not true, but it is a fact.


9 posted on 01/29/2008 1:45:13 AM PST by tennmountainman
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To: tennmountainman

ok...

But illegals cannot (supposedly) vote


10 posted on 01/29/2008 1:46:31 AM PST by JaneNC (I)
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To: Darkwolf377

dole at least tried to be a conservative


11 posted on 01/29/2008 1:52:16 AM PST by ari-freedom (McCain is consistently liberal. We need a change.)
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To: ari-freedom
He tried BEFORE he ran for president. When he was going to run, I was excited--then he morphed into this "moderate" and I thought "What the hell happened to him?"

Like Dole, McCain doesn't get me at all interested in voting for him.

12 posted on 01/29/2008 1:54:50 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life atheist)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

13 posted on 01/29/2008 1:58:42 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat ((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
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To: ari-freedom

Is our crop of candidates really that bad that people are flocking to MCCAIN? This is just depressing.


14 posted on 01/29/2008 1:58:50 AM PST by Junior_G
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To: ari-freedom

And you’re right...McCain is Bob Dole with half the charisma.


15 posted on 01/29/2008 1:59:19 AM PST by Junior_G
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To: JaneNC

Dead people can’t vote either, but their names pop up on voter rolls a lot as well. The fact is Ca has been overrun by moderates, independents and lots of hispanics. And that is McCains voter base. Conservatives are are a big minority, like new York.


16 posted on 01/29/2008 2:02:40 AM PST by tennmountainman
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Mike Huckabee is the only conservative left.

It could be a travesty not to support him.


17 posted on 01/29/2008 2:04:43 AM PST by unspun (Mike Huckabee: Government's job is "protect us, not have to provide for us." Duncan Hunter knows.)
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To: tennmountainman; JaneNC
TMM, speaking as a Californian, if McCain really is ahead here, which I seriously doubt, it's not because of McCain/Kennedy, I assure you. The media is using the polls to support their darling McCain. They will change drastically anyway after Florida votes.

I don't see why you think a large hispanic population will help him. Either they will vote Democrat to protect their social programs, they are successful tax payers who don't support illegals and won't vote for him, or they are illegal and can't vote. Contrary to our reputation, there are a lot of very conservative people here, and independents can't vote in our Republican primary.

18 posted on 01/29/2008 2:16:46 AM PST by athelass (Proud Mom of a Sailor and two Marines! McCain is to conservatism as Hillary is to Playboy)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

McCain, if you want to be sold out for a day on TV.


19 posted on 01/29/2008 2:33:13 AM PST by bmwcyle (McCain Sucks!)
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To: ari-freedom

Frankly, your characterization is unfair to Dole. :)


20 posted on 01/29/2008 2:55:12 AM PST by A Balrog of Morgoth (QMC(SW) USN........ CG21 DD988 FFG34 PC6 ARS53)
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To: levotb
But if the Obamanation is the nominee,...

"Obamanation" sounds like some kind of a bowel movement!

21 posted on 01/29/2008 3:03:30 AM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I guess McCain’s amnesty bill has made him a hit out there.


22 posted on 01/29/2008 3:27:52 AM PST by rvndoc (M Co 3rd Bn 3rd Marines 1966-1967)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

You gotta love the press. USA Today is crowing that “Florida’s primary has skated into irrelevance” - most likely due to the fact that McCain is likely to lose this one (not that you would know that by the poll that USA is touting showing McCain with the advantage.” ) Sadly, USA Today’s numbers won’t slide as badly as NY Times simply due to the fact that, if you stay in a motel/hotel, USA Today is the free paper given and people are stuck with it. Personally, I think we should be offered the NY Post or another paper but that will never happen.


23 posted on 01/29/2008 4:07:29 AM PST by onevoter
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To: tennmountainman

California Polster: Hello, are you a likely Republican primary voter?

Si

Whom are you going to vote for?

Si

OK, let me put it this way, are you going to vote for John McCain?

Si

Thank you. Goodbye.


24 posted on 01/29/2008 4:18:08 AM PST by TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Is California an open or closed primary?


25 posted on 01/29/2008 4:20:26 AM PST by airborne (The Founding Fathers would be deeply saddened.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

no surprising from such a socialist state.....


26 posted on 01/29/2008 4:23:28 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
This cnn would be gupta’s polling... owned and controlled by hidebeast inc. No, I think I will not believe this.

LLS

27 posted on 01/29/2008 4:26:32 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims and vote for?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“The land of fruits and nuts”

Fertile ground for McCain.


28 posted on 01/29/2008 4:33:13 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: ari-freedom

CNN/Opinion Research Corp = “We keep asking until your answer is what we want”


29 posted on 01/29/2008 4:42:48 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (Number1FredHeadSwitch2Mitt)
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To: Berlin_Freeper; Jim Robinson

Must be because the FR founder likes him so much. (s) HEHE!


30 posted on 01/29/2008 4:58:53 AM PST by wolfcreek (The Status Quo Sucks!)
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To: ari-freedom

I can’t stand McCain.


31 posted on 01/29/2008 5:05:19 AM PST by bronxboy
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Here are the Senators who voted against the Cornyn amendment , which would have established a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals looking to snag a shamnesty visa. Republicans underlined:

Never forget McCain not only pushed the amnesty bill, he refused to allow exclusions for the worst of the lot. And he unloaded his infamous temper on his mild- mannered senate colleague for having the audacity to introduce this amendment.

Apologies to any who feel I am spamming this message on campaign threads, but it is an important message on a key vote which needs to get out.

32 posted on 01/29/2008 5:28:45 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: TitansAFC; meandog; therut; MARTIAL MONK; furquhart; sportutegrl; aroostook war; mossyoaks; ...
The McCain List.
33 posted on 01/29/2008 9:31:17 AM PST by Norman Bates
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To: ari-freedom

Dole also had a sense of humor and was only mean when it was funny .


34 posted on 01/29/2008 9:33:12 AM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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To: ari-freedom
nobody seems to have learned from the dole experience

Given a choice between losing with a Bob-Dole-style candidate and losing with a John-Kerry-style candidate (Flip Romney), I'll take Dole, thanks.
35 posted on 01/29/2008 9:35:48 AM PST by Antoninus (All you Mittens out there are going to feel like Flippers come November...)
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To: tennmountainman

“Si se puede.”


36 posted on 01/29/2008 9:38:30 AM PST by Califreak (Hangin' with Hunter-under the bus)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Do you think a polling company ever scratches their collective head and wonders what’s wrong with their methodology when they see people supposedly completely change their opinions in a 2-week period like this? 19 points?


37 posted on 01/29/2008 10:49:06 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: JaneNC

CNN’s “campaign contribution” to McCain in Florida, hoping to keep up the “McCain can beat Hillary” meme for a few more hours.


38 posted on 01/29/2008 10:49:43 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl

ROFL! How true!


39 posted on 01/29/2008 10:51:22 AM PST by Yaelle (almost a mitten)
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To: tennmountainman

Looks like you nailed it with the hispanic vote. Fox News just said exit polls indicate 50% of hispanics voted for McCain, though they didn’t say the % of hispanics within the electorate. They also said the majority of evangelicals and conservatives are voting for Romney, so that’s an interesting development, since the media has been saying we never would. I still think if McCain takes California it won’t be by much. He just doesn’t fit us somehow. I was afraid we’d go to Rudy, but that doesn’t seem to be an issue now.


40 posted on 01/29/2008 3:42:21 PM PST by athelass (Proud Mom of a Sailor and two Marines! McCain is to conservatism as Hillary is to Playboy)
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To: athelass

Thanks for your post to me. A couple of posters did not seem to like my opinion.
I am not for McPain and would vote for Fred in Tennessee. But he is no longer in the race.

It appears the Rockefeller wing has taken over this once Grand Old Party.


41 posted on 01/29/2008 4:24:27 PM PST by tennmountainman
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To: onevoter

NY Post endorsed McCain (and Hussein).


42 posted on 02/03/2008 7:04:08 AM PST by TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl
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