Both Obama And Clinton Hold Edge Over McCain (Liberals Prefer Real Thing Over Cheap Imitation)

Washington Post ^ | 03/06/08 | Jon Cohen and Jennifer Agiesta

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) kicks off his general-election campaign trailing both potential Democratic nominees in hypothetical matchups, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) leads McCain, who captured the delegates needed to claim the Republican nomination Tuesday night, by 12 percentage points among all adults in the poll; Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) holds a six-point lead over the GOP nominee. Both Democrats are buoyed by moderates and independents when going head to head with McCain and benefit from sustained negative public assessments of President Bush and the war in Iraq.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Here's the summary of Juan's most recent FEC report, listing all cash-on-hand as of 1/31/08:

A pitiful 5.2M in cash... and a humiliating 5.5M in debt (!!!).

What was that we've been hearing all throughout this very site, these past few weeks, about this "exciting new electoral coalition of moderate Democrats, independents and Hispanics," all of 'em just dying, just friggin' DYING for the opportunity to sweep Juan McCain into the highest elected office in all the land...? ;)

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Ping!

[drzz]

Check other polls :
http://www.pollingreport.com/wh08gen.htm

Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll. Feb. 21-25, 2008. N=1,246 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.

McCain 46
Clinton 40

McCain 44
Obama 42

[Bahbah]

When you check out the data page:

901. Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as:

Democrat Republican Independent Other No op.
3/2/08 40 28 28 3 1

904. Do you lean more towards the:

Democratic Party Republican Party (VOL) Neither No op.
3/2/08 46 26 22 5

NET LEANED PARTY:

Democrat Republican Independent Other No op.
3/2/08 55 36 7 1 1

The chart shows up better on the Flopping Aces post which can be found here: http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/03/05/what-a-shocking-poll/#more-4146

[Joe Boucher]

Great summary of McLame,
“a cheep imitation of a liberal”.
Good work there, KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

[YOUGOTIT]

The left wing Nazi traitors said: “sustained negative public assessments of President Bush and the war in Iraq”

The cause is the lies done on a daily basis by the left-wing Nazi media who are supporters and may even be members of al-Qaeda.

The media is scum!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

... and? According to the tireless Team Juan shills heareabouts, The Man Who Would Be King (of Mexico) is riding a massive, unstoppable tsunami of support combined of equal parts "moderate Democrats, independents and Hispanics." By that logic, the presence of a healthy number of 'rats and indys in said polling data should be working FOR, rather than AGAINST him.

Can't have it both ways, people. ;)

[econjack]

Exactly. I’d trust the Post and ABC polls about as far as I could throw them. If you take the margin of error (and believe it), it could be McCain 49 Hillary 37 and McCain 47 to Obama’s 39.

The real player in the final race is going to be whether the GOP is willing to take off the kidd gloves and fight for a victory, and that means calling out the empty suit or the spend-master. No one has called either of them on the cost of their programs, nor have they done objective examinations of national healthcare. The GOP needs to grow a pair and take the fight to the trenches and give up this PC tact that we’ll win ‘cause we’re the nice guys.

[Bahbah]

I don’t like him either, Kent. Just pointing out how they conduct their polls.

[tlb]

Maybe it would be simpler for you to simply link to the applicable DU thread of some new poll cheering on the dem candiate? Meanwhile,

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
Wednesday, March 05, 2008

The Rasmussen Reports

Looking to the general election, John McCain has a slight lead over both Democrats. McCain now leads Obama 48% to 43% and Clinton 46% to 45%

Nationally, McCain is viewed favorably by 52% and unfavorably by 45%. Obama’s numbers have slipped a bit recently and he is now viewed favorably by 50% of likely voters nationwide, unfavorably by 48%. Clinton earns positive reviews from 49% of Likely Voters nationwide and negative assessments from 50%

[LS]

The sad fact is, though, that ALL YEAR McCain has led in almost every SurveyUSA poll of states, esp. VA, NM, CO, AZ, FL, KY, and MO (the only Republican to lead in many of these) and has led at some point in OH; has been only 1-2 down in WI, PA, and NJ and barely trails in WA.

I don't like McCain. I think Kent's characterization is exactly right. But don't fudge the reality here: McCain could come out with far more electoral votes than Bush had in 2004; or, if he melts down, it's possible for many of those states to slip away and for him to lose by a very large EV margin.

[mtbopfuyn]

Real thing over cheap imitation

You gotta give 'em that.

[Perdogg]

Why don’t you just go ahead and vote for Hilabama?

[LS]

Kent, be fair and objective now: SurveyUSA all year has had McCain (my last choice, even below Huck and Rudy) ahead in the STATE polls of MO, AZ, NM, KY, FL, CO, and, often, OH. They have had him tied or within two in WI, very close in PA and NJ, and only 5 points out in WA state. Like him or not, he was the only Republican in their state-by-state polls to amass an EV over Hillary or Obama, and if a few states broke his way, it could be a bigger EV victory than Bush had.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Maybe it would be simpler for you to simply link to the applicable DU thread of some new poll cheering on the dem candiate?

The one most anxious and willing to peddle his sorry, treasonous hinder (and our nation's security!) to Vicente Fox for a moist, wadded handful of pesos IS, for all practical intents, a Dem candidate.

Some are smart enough (and conservative enough) to be able to discern that much, unaided.

Meanwhile: check out Post #2. Last month alone, Hillary raised 35M, and Obama raised a staggering 50M during the same period. During that same stretch: Juan only managed to scratch out the meager amount you see, above.

In the REAL world of electoral politics: the most reliable barometer of any given candidate's overall level of support, pre-election, is how much $$$ people are willing to donate to them. Oopsie.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Good enough. ;)

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

See #16. ;)

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Why don’t you just go ahead and vote for Hilabama?

Stay classy, Team Juan! You're silver tongues and sweet, seductive ways are your anointed candidate's secret weapon, gathering support-wise!

*snort*

[iowamark]

You are campaigning for Clinton-Obama why, exactly?