Posted on 09/06/2008 12:41:11 PM PDT by Clairity
A new SurveyUSA survey finds Sen. John McCain's GOP convention speech has scored well, at least with Florida voters.
We asked voters who heard the speeches by both McCain and Obama to tell us who would do a better job with certain issues. Here is what they told us:
Who has the better plan for Iraq? McCain
For energy independence? McCain
For Health care? McCain
Who is stronger on the environment? McCain
On education? McCain
(Excerpt) Read more at corner.nationalreview.com ...
Ohio 20, Florida 27,Virginia 13,Nevada 5, north Carolina 15, Indiana 11
total of 91 add to what McCain will get for sure: 174 = 265
AND you need: Colorado 9
I don’t think you will get new Mexico 5
265 + 9 = 274 you really needs Colorado and the ones above..
Where are the straight-up preference polls since the Convention? They should be up by now.
You are assuming that McCain can not win in states predicted for Obama win. I think McCain can, and that when the election day comes... Obama will find that a man with the funny name “Hussein” time has not come in America.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and predict that McCain will win all those states you listed on the first line. Colorado could go either way, but I have a gut feeling there will be some surprises this time around, like Michigan coming over to McCain.
Trends I’m seeing on Rasmussen indicate the swing states and some states like Michigan/Wisconsin/Oregon that normally dems can count on are trending in our direction, even though it will still be a fight. Also, take a look at what states Hillary won in the primaries and I think you get an indication that the moderate-conservative blue collar dems who are key in nearly all the important states are not that comfortable with the Obamessiah.
"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
Thank you. I'm really growing tired of seeing everyone wanting to play defense only. Maybe two months ago. But this is a new election. Obama is no longer the frontrunner. This election is up for grabs, as are MANY GOP and Dem states from the 2004 election.
Sorry, but predicting a Republican will win states that the Republican Presidential candidate normally carries ain’t exactly going out on a limb.
McCain is already leading in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, and Indiana.
If he gets Virginia, Colorado, and Nevada McCain wins.
They were ALL Bush states in 2004. Virginia is tilting his way. Colorado and Nevada are the only true undecideds.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, PA, NH, Conn, Washington, Michigan are all in play. McCain can will all of these states.
A. Lets all remember folks it’s a LONG way to the election.
B. I would really enjoy seeing Obama roll up huge majorities in deep blue states, only to get whipped in the Electoral College, just so I could see all the Progressives heads explode....
GWB squandered his VP pick on Cheney. Cheney is from a state that is one of the most Republican and has just 3 electoral votes. Had Rove and Bush gotten a candidate from a Great Lakes state, GWB might have had a shot at picking off Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and perhaps Pennsylvania. I can't understand why people think Rove is such a great strategist. He's managed to take the Repulbican party from a position of having strength in some states in most parts of the country with a solid base in the south to being weak everywhere but the south and the Rocky Mountains and still being vulnerable in Colorado and New Mexico.
Brian?
Obama needs to worry about WI, NH, MI and maybe PA.
I'm not sure Gov. Bush could have picked a better person for Vice President. And to this day I'm incredibly thankful for his wisdom.
By the way, the rest of your post is as silly as your assertion of “squandering” the VP pick.
But he could have just as easily served as Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, or some other powerful cabinet position in the GWB administration and been just as effective. I'm tired of of the GOP haning on by fingernails in the electoral college. A pickup of a few more states would have made Florida irrelevant in 2000.
We just had the conventions, so I don’t think any numbers can be reliable.
They need to “set in” a bit, and we have the debates.
Also, anything can happen in the next two months. For instance, Bolton has said that if Israel thinks Obama will win, it will attack Iraq before the election, because they don’t trust Obama. That could be a game changer.
I have a great idea for an advertisement in Colorado.
Hey, Colorado! You invited the dem party to your state and the only way you could prevent them from burning down Denver was increasing your police force by borrowing and hiring from other towns. And you want to vote for them?
Indiana is not a battleground state. McCain was up six to eight points pre-Sarah.
We need to worry about these states too. If nothing else, RATS know how to cheat.
All by himself?
what a bogus premise, Mac & Cuda will win the Upper Midwest negating all this sine qua non scenario you goofballs float ad nauseum. Keeping telling yourself that, BO is fighting the last war.
Cheney kept GWB from being a total footpad for the Democrats. He knew precisely who the enemies oh his country were and treated them as such. I thank God for him.
I expect McCain to win CO and NH and I would think having the wife of a person with Native American heritage might well tip the close balance in NM.
As I have written elsewhere, if it is a close election I see it decided in an arc from PA, OH, MI, WI, MN, IA and MO. The GOP won 3 of those 7 in 2004, OH, IA and MO totalling 38 EVs.
And if I won the lottery my bills would be irrelevant.
If he wins Washington, I will be amazed.
I am sure that all those fine people in Minn who witnessed insane dims trash their state are thinking twice about elevating dims to run the country.
thanks for telling ‘us’ what ‘we’ need.
Appreciate your help. Are you going over to DailyKos to tell ‘them’ what ‘they’ need now?
Yeah, sure, anything you'd like me to tell them from you?
Sure hope Israel doesn't attack Iraq anytime soon b/c our troops are there and IraN is where the nuke action is!!
Iran cannot yet use nuclear weapons, BUT they have a huge army that could over-run our forces in Iraq presently if they decided to make an allout assault. Iran is suicidal so I wouldn’t put such idocy past them ... and it would be devastating to our forces in the Middle East. If Israel is about to pummel Iran’s nuke facilities, we had better beef u[p our naval armada in the area and have resupply already in the works, not just from Kuwait.
Monday. They're on a 3 day cycle.
Im sorry, I was typing too fast. That is Iran, not Iraq. To take out nuclear facilities.
I know, just teasing — I don’t think anyone was in doubt as to which country you meant to reference. :^)
p.s. I wish I could do away with my own typos but I am a really fast (but imperfect) typist and sometimes I just can’t stop to proof read before I hit “post” — a personal failing of mine! :^)
>> maybe PA
The bitter clingers here in PA will go with McCain.
Sure, it would be nice if McCain cruised from here on out, but I'm not counting on it.
If anyone mentions it! I wonder if Palin often mentioned it in the governor's race in Alaska?
All I care about is a W though, no matter if it is small or a landslide.
That is why my focus continues to be on Ohio, Colorado, Virginia, Florida and Nevada. Anything additional beyond those states is gravy.
I was just wondering since you used the words ‘you’ and ‘your’ as opposed to ‘us’ and ‘our’.
makes one wonder. it there was nothing intended, no harm no foul.
I’m putting that one in the no harm-no foul category.
I still consider you one of ‘us’ - even if you don’t illegally vote in the US like Obama supporters in Chicago..... Conservatives are only found in the U.S. and we don’t have a copyright on the ideas.
Freep On.
Today is a great day for many reasons. I know the bounce is temporary but a huge McCain win may be coming. If he takes Washington, it could be part of a 40 state rout.
I hope you’re right. My state of maine is a lost cause.
Thanks for the input. I hope you’re right. I think McCain has the edge nationwide now, sans convention bump. I only wish there were ten debates, the more people see him and palin, the more people hear bidden and the messiah, the more likely a landslide will be for McCain.
The way things are going...it just might happen.
The way things are going...it just might happen.
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