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Barack's Bounce (Newsweek poll: Obama 51%, McCain 36%)(LINK to full poll internals)
Newsweek ^
| June 20, 2008
| Michael Hirsh
Posted on 06/20/2008 9:12:15 PM PDT by FocusNexus
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To: REDWOOD99; allmost
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posted on
06/20/2008 10:11:47 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(GOP: If you reward bad behavior all you get is more bad behavior.)
To: allmost
You have that backwards, my friend. OY, five months of this ridiculous speculation and badmouthing McCain. it’s already old.
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posted on
06/20/2008 10:11:50 PM PDT
by
Hildy
To: FocusNexus
Looks like newsweak polled their editorial staff again...
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posted on
06/20/2008 10:14:05 PM PDT
by
rhinohunter
(Welcome back to the GOP "glory" days of Gerald Ford and Bob Michel)
To: freespirited
Ras has them only 4 percentage points apart.That's why this poll is ridiculous. This only has the ability to register numbers that are unbelievably lopsided swings/results compared to a majority of other polls due to the use of "adults" as the main criteria. Of course generally 1 in 2 eligible voters vote so instantly you have an amazing amount of variability that is unjustified when the group polled is "adults".
At the same time it has become clear that the constant legitimacy placed on polling outfits such as Newsweek is an assault on legitimate polling. The only fix would be to have a verification of those polled for proof of actual registration, party affiliation, ethnicity, gender etc. Otherwise the skewing of polls is guaranteed to be swung by the uninformed, the false-claimers and the numbers of both that don't actually vote. Newsweek is so blatantly biased that they have no compunction to look like polling amatuers when if anything they are pros at creating biased, lopsided results and always get a pass because enough waiting rooms still stock their rag.
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posted on
06/20/2008 10:15:38 PM PDT
by
torchthemummy
("The stumbles we make (Carter) just point out the path we must or must not take." Irongranpa at LGF)
To: Hildy
I hope I am wrong. Didn’t mean to ruffle your feathers.
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posted on
06/20/2008 10:15:55 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: SoConPubbie
I expect the “real conservatives” will do as they always do - make the best choice available for their country.
I expect the cry-babies to continue calling me a “fourth-grader” until election day.
If you intend to stay home, tell me now so I can find someone to sign up and replace your sorry butt.
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To: FocusNexus
LOL. The AOL Straw Poll shows McCain beating Obama (a.k.a. The Teleprompter Kid) 63% to 37%.
To: FocusNexus
Believe it or not, most Newsweek readers favor Obama. Just look at the poll. :D
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posted on
06/20/2008 10:29:31 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Obama for President!)
To: REDWOOD99
expect the cry-babies to continue calling me a fourth-grader until election day.
If you intend to stay home, tell me now so I can find someone to sign up and replace your sorry butt.
No intentions of staying home. I will do everything in my power to make sure that RINO losers like McCain do not take over the GOP and destroy it.
I will be voting and writing in the name of a conservative for President and voting for any actual Republicans in down-stream races.
You sell your soul, McCain is a hill too far, a fake Republican whose positions on the issues and his plans for Amnesty spell doom for conservatives, the GOP, and this country.
And it is people like you, willing to sell out their principles for short-term gain without any concern for the long-term health of the GOP, conservatism, and this country whose "sorry butts" we need to replace in our party.
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posted on
06/20/2008 10:44:01 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(GOP: If you reward bad behavior all you get is more bad behavior.)
To: SoConPubbie
If it was your party, your candidate would be running. I’ll find someone to replace you.
To: the invisib1e hand
“poll-manipulation alert”
More importantly, take a look at how many of the “Obama Landslide!” polls are heavily UNDERSAMPLING Seniors in comparison to thier historic voting pattern.
One PPP poll I saw had 18-24’s as 24% (Historicly about 8-10%) and SENIORS as only 14%!!!
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posted on
06/20/2008 10:46:00 PM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(I Refuse To Inject Myself With The "Hopium" Obama Is Selling)
To: REDWOOD99
If it was your party, your candidate would be running. Ill find someone to replace you.
The only reason your candidate is the nominee, is that Democrats and Independents (just another name for Democrats) crossed over in the open primaries to vote for him.
He won with nothing more thatn 35% of the GOP vote while candidates 6 or so other candidates who could actually lay claim to being at least somewhat conservative and actual Republicans split the rest of the vote.
McCain is a turd of a candidate and if you had a conservative bone in your body, you'd be at least honest about it.
All actual conservatives who hold their nose and vote for McAmnesty will regret it within the first 6 months as he happily signs an amnesty bill and a Carbon cap and trade bill that will be happily served up by the Marxist Democrat controlled house and senate.
After he signs those two bills, you won't be able to elect a GOP President for decades to come.
Hey, but he's got an R next to his name so that makes it Okay, right?
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posted on
06/20/2008 10:51:10 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(GOP: If you reward bad behavior all you get is more bad behavior.)
To: SoConPubbie
“The only reason your candidate is the nominee”
My candidate was Fred Thompson.
“Hey, but he’s got an R next to his name so that makes it Okay, right?”
Nope. Just better than the guy with the D.
To: allmost
WE can not let Barry the Bama win......we must stop him.....first thing we could do, is to stop having every other thread here on FR have Barry in the title....
conservatives can be such defeatist....
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posted on
06/20/2008 11:37:30 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: cherry
“conservatives can be such defeatist....”
This year with good reason. We have a suck candidate.
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posted on
06/20/2008 11:40:39 PM PDT
by
flaglady47
(Hey Obama, to quote your Preacher man, your "chickens have come home to roost")
To: FocusNexus
I believe this poll was conducted in Congress.
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posted on
06/20/2008 11:52:09 PM PDT
by
taxesareforever
(Quick justice for the senseless killing of Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield.)
To: FocusNexus
Meaningless. In the month of June Dukakis was even further ahead of George Bush, and Jimmy Carter was blowing Reagan away.
To: FocusNexus
A 64% favorable ratings for Obama? I stopped reading right there. This poll is bunk.
To: SoConPubbie
This isn’t about the GOP. It’s about what’s best for America.
The war in Iraq isn’t going to wait until the GOP gets its act together. A Democrat Congress isn’t going to wait until 2012 to raise taxes.
Conservatives who vote against McCain are hoping the country goes to hell in the next four years. That way, conservatives will become enraged and unify. That, my friends, betrays the movement more than John McCain ever could.
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