Poll Results Show Allen Losing Ground (Allen 48%, Webb 45%)

WUSA-TV/SurveyUSA ^ | 8/21/06

[MikefromOhio]

on explaining why we didn't find WMD in Iraq

Except that we DID find WMD in Iraq.

[HitmanLV]

The issue is that Dubya can't make his case. Whether we found WMD is less important than whether most people believe they were found. He doesn't talk about WMD in Iraq anymore, since about 1/2 the population thinks he is talking out of his arse.

Did you hear his response to the NSA ruling the other day? Maddening - rambling, nonsensical, unfocused, and unconvincing. Uninspiring.

I like the guy and voted for him twice, but the next 2 1/2 or so years are going to be very long.

[roses of sharon]

Ol FR trolls abound!

[MikefromOhio]

maybe maybe not...

He is doing what needs to be done in the WOT.

Sure it won't appease you Savage fans, but the military loves him. And really after George Allen, there isn't one electable REpublican out there at this time and he needs to win convincingly in his Senate reelection run to keep that.

Besides considering the onslaught of MSM bias against him, he's doing just fine.

[HitmanLV]

Has nothing to do with being a savage fan or if the military loves him. I like the guy. I'm just saying that he hasn't been able to be a convincing leader for much of the last year.

Did you hear him describe our enemy in the war the other day as "an extremist (pause) group of folks."

Yea, that's damn inspiring.

[roses of sharon]

LOL, Savage fan's must be constantly "inspired", or they lose their way!

Maybe Hillary can save them!

[MikefromOhio]

I don't need him to scream and yell to tell me who we are facing.

Neither does anyone else and honestly I think he does just fine when describing who and what we are facing.

He doesn't need to be inspiring. We are winning the damn war. He needs to be consistent. He's very consistent and doesn't listen to what the polls say.

And yes it has everything to do with being a Savage fan.

[HitmanLV]

Has nothing to do with screaming. He needs to be consistent and tough, you are right. He also needs to convince people he is right.

Lately, he hasn't been doing that. That's all.

[MikefromOhio]

I honestly don't think he cares what people think. A leader makes a decision.

Unlike Clinton, who governed by polls, he doesn't need to have 51% or more of the country on his side to do what he thinks is right. He makes decisions and he sticks to them.

Reagan had the same attribute.

[HitmanLV]

A leader also leads - that is, convinces people he is right. A leader without followers is just an odd fellow.

[MikefromOhio]

Last time I checked, the President had about 61 million followers.....

[HitmanLV]

Last time I checked his popular support, more people won't follow him than will.

[MikefromOhio]

I see you'll also believe polls when it suits you....

[freedom1st]

Looks like the pollster wanted to show a slip in polls for Allen and attribute it to Allen's failed attempt at humor.

[HitmanLV]

I think on balance the polls are accurate. While any one poll is suspect, if we look at 10 polls taken around the same time and if they all have the same message, I beleive it tells us something meaningful about the electorate.

This neither suits me or doesn't suit me.

[Welike ike]

I agree. Jim Webb made some stupid anti semitic jokes about Harris Miller that the Liberal Media hid under the carpet. Allen's campaign will seaze on this soon.

[muawiyah]

Seize + Sleaze = Seaze

In politics!

[Clintonfatigued]

Acknowledging that a conservative public official has flaws or has made mistakes does not make one a troll.

[roses of sharon]

Depends on the troll.

[AntiGuv]

Add the OK-05 run-off to the list of races nailed by SurveyUSA. SUSA polled the race at 61% Fallin to 36% Cornett, and the actual results are 63% Fallin to 36% Cornett.