And she will debate well. All she needs to know is where McCain stands and how wrong Obama's view is - and have a sense of humor. Huckabee won a lot of people over with his humor. Sometimes we lose perspective and don't realize there are no rules here. Reagan won with humor as well :-)
On the day that Barack Obama announced Joe Biden as his running mate, 39% of voters said he made the right choice. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 25% disagreed and another 35% are not sure. Women are notably less enthusiastic than men—33% of women say Biden was the right choice while 27% disagreed. Men, by a 46% to 24% margin, said that Obama made the right choice.
Not surprisingly, Democrats were more supportive of Obama’s decision than anybody else—52% of those in his party agreed with his pick while 19% disagreed. However, just 43% of Democratic women said the presumptive nominee made the best pick while 23% disagreed.
Premium Members can review full crosstabs and see results by gender, age, ideology, party, income, religious affiliation, and other demographics. Time is running out to save on Premium Memberships. Sign up now and save. Learn More. Those figures are virtually unchanged from a month ago.
Overall, 32% said the selection of Biden made them more likely to vote for Obama and an identical percentage said it made them less likely to do so. Among unaffiliated voters, 25% are more likely to vote for Biden while 33% had the opposite view.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) say Biden is ready to be President while 35% disagree.
Biden is now viewed favorably by 48% of voters and unfavorably by 34%. Those figures reflect a slight improvement from Thursday night polling.
Forty-three percent (43%) now say Biden is politically liberal and 33% say politically moderate. Before he was named as Obama’s running mate, 41% viewed him as liberal and 22% said moderate.
More details will be posted Sunday morning.