RASMUSSEN: 15% STILL IN PLAY- (BUCK UP)

Rasmussen reports ^ | 10-15-08 | Rasmussen

[gundog]

...12% of voters remain persuadables who favor one candidate or the other but could change their mind...

I’m wondering what kind of person could have watched these candidates for two years and not decided yet?,

Scary, huh? To paraphrase P.J. O'Rourke: Ultimately the US judiicial system comes down to the decision of 12 people too stupid to get out of jury duty.

[MyDogAteMyBallot]

I’m afraid McCain has killed her career too. If Obama isn’t firmly entrenched as a dictator by 2016, I’m hoping Bobby Jindahl can revive conservatism. It will be too late for restoration of a private healthcare system.

[r9etb]

Hm. If they’re really “still in play” (a tenuous assumption), that’s probably bad news for Obama.

[Mase]

I suppose this is why McCain has been keeping his $160 million in powder dry until the last three weeks. I've been seeing six ads for Obama for every one of McCain's here in Florida for some time now. The good news is that even with this kind of saturation, Obama still can't close the deal.

If McCain finally has a good debate (and that is a big if) and then follows it up with some hard hitting commercials that finally explain to people what Obama really stands for, then a lot of these fence sitters can be persuaded. McCain can't let Obama look harmless again in these debates.

If he continues to praise Obama as a good man who offers nothing to fear as president, he will finish just like Bob Dole.

[Names Ash Housewares]

They will break for McCain.

Historically liberal northern senators have a very poor track record trying to win the white house, for democrats southern governors have been the key, southern governors that appear to run as moderates.
Governors are always favored for the white house. Reagan, Carter, Clinton, Bush 43. Governors all.

So we have an uber liberal/socialist junior senator from the north with radical ties, against a moderate experienced senator war hero from the west with a Governor on the ticket. If history is any teacher, Americans will elect McCain.

[SaintDismas]

You got that right sister. For crying-out-loud, how could anybody undecided about the election this far in even get throught the freakin day? Should I get out of bed? Should I wear that? Should I eat breakfast? What should I eat for breakfast? Do I really want coffee? DANG!

[dotnetfellow]

Although impossible to know, it would be interesting to find out how many of those undecideds really are decided but are just unwilling to let the pollster in on it.