[Mikey_1962]

All subject to change with the debates; but usually people have made up their minds by then.

[markomalley]

4. Palin narrows the enthusiasm gap

That should be #1, right there!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

1) Sarah Palin
2) Sarah Palin
3) Sarah Palin
4) Sarah Palin
5) Sarah Palin

Did I mention Sarah Palin?

[TornadoAlley3]

[nhwingut]

1. The pick of Palin
2. The media smearing of Palin
3. The speech of Palin
4. McCain’s speech (more effective than most think)
5. Obama being exposed for who he is (chitown thug)

Game over.

[yazoo]

I thnk the economy is the main issue. When Obama promises to cut taxes for 95% of the country and spend trillions on government programs even someone with a 2nd grade education can do the math.

[palomonte]

Agree with you - but would add another:

Wrongly slinging the “racist” term around doen’t have any effect - they tried it - every orifice of the lefty media proclaimed that voting for anyone not named Obama was a racist - did not work.

I give Sarah Palin credit for that - she seems to get everyone “over” that bs - she is the antidote for lefty, elitist, we’ll tell you what to do, venom.

[Eleutherios]

from Politico: “While Democrats have continued to hit at Palin’s inexperience, only 36 percent of likely voters believe Palin lacks the proper experience while 47 percent said the same of Obama.”

***

Hallelujah!
47% get it.

That is a BIG headstart.

[Eleutherios]

from Politico:
“The week before the Republican convention, just 39 percent of voters said they leaned toward or identified themselves as Republicans. Following the convention, that number rose dramatically to 47 percent, Meanwhile the percentage of voters leaning toward or identifying themselves as Democrats dropped from 53 to 47 percent.”

***
If such an exact statistical tie is even
reasonably close to correct ...
that should add 4 or 5 points to all McCain numbers
in polls that weight for party ID - that is, ALL of them.

[hosepipe]

Make no mistake.. John McLaim is merely WINDOW DRESSING to Sara Palin....
Nobody likes John McLAim.. the arch weasle of Washington D.C..

[ViLaLuz]

They got it wrong. It’s:

1-Palin
2-Palin
3-Palin
4-Palin
5-Palin

[Gumdrop]

They firgot to include the do-nothing congress and senate. With leaders like Nany Pelosi and Harry Reid, the Democrats ought to be really, really scared.

If the GOP cannot raise up a serious energy agenda and hammer it home for the next 7 weeks, then they deserve to lose seats in the senate and house. The time is NOW for the GOP to show some leadership on the energy issue. Many voters are aware of “drill here, drill now”, but are not yet connecting it with the GOP. It needs to be done!