Posted on 08/30/2008 6:42:16 AM PDT by Night Conservative
Well, the Rasmussen 4% lead isn’t significant for its value. The significance is the trend or change.
There was none.
Now, Palin may have trampled on Obama’s speech uptick, and she may have erased some very strong day a few nights earlier in the sampling (probably the Hillary speech night), but if there was a miracle it would have shown last night.
We will watch the trends and see what is what in days upcoming. I am loathe to declare a 4% Rasmussen lead as “No Bounce” because Rasmussen’s methodology compresses everything.
Yes, and I’m encouraged by how the fawning coverage of Obama’s great international adventure backfired: It means voters may see through the media’s anti-Palin hysteria as well.
Here we have the press praising "One of the greatest convention speeches ever" to almost Palinpalooza. That's PR genius at work on McCain's team. Palin just needs to maintain this level of public favor. I think she may improve upon it.
I hope Palin’s getting brushed up on foreign policy stuff. You know the press will try to get her in a gotcha moment. She probably knows all the basics like asking her do you know the differance between Sunni and Shiite?? etc....
I can see where an Obama fan like yourself would say no change is unfortunate.
For people rooting for McCain, that news is EXCELLENT. That means Obama got no further bounce at all after his big speech.
It also means that as the big Obama days roll off the poll, we should see the race move to (at worst) a tie again by Tuesday or Wednesday.
I could not be happier about the Rasmussen poll results.
BTW, Rasmussen's four point Obama lead now includes polling from the three best nights the ‘Rats will likely have. Hillary's speech, Bill's speech, and Obama’s speech. Those three nights produced a “miracle” of four points collectively.
It was good, but unfamiliar-- to me sounded like a cross between Star Wars and a Scottish march?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
That’s the music from the movie Rudy.
I practically have the Billboard charts from the 60s & 70s memorized, but I’m clueless about modern pop music. However, at Yahoo, they say the music was from the Sean Astin film “Rudy”.
Obama's speech was high on style, and low on substance, but a lot of uninformed voters eat up the style. I'm very interested to see what Gallup shows today. If they also show little to no gain in today's tracking polls, it will be outstanding news for the McCain camp.
I do see your point but I would bet with her son in the Army and headed for Iraq she is already pretty well versed on the ins and outs of Iraq tribes.
She has also been to Kuwait to visit her National Guard troops from Alaska and to Germany to visit troops in the hospital that Obamaosama couldn't take time to visit because his photo op people were denied entrance, according to criteria Obama and the media set up for the anointed one,this qualifies her as foreign policy expert!
This stuff will start coming out, ads and such, and Obamaosama's team will really take it in the shorts.
Ah, FR is wonderful — to a goofy Q, I get an answer in under 6 minutes, and an actual link in under 11!
Obama’s style was near perfect...the performance basically flawless. But it didn’t seem like we were watching the candidate for president. It was sort of like attending a Tony Robbins seminar or one of those megawatt church fetes. Obama comes off as likeable enough...just not presidential.
But it's all surface shine created by media presentation. After you get down to the socialist/racist core he stinks like a road-killed skunk.
It's our duty to let the American public know what his inner man truly is.
Rudy soundack. About the under sized player for Notre Dame.
ROTFL-----Biden better hire top-notch security. I don't think the Secrt Service will do the job needed to keep Joe safe.
The Dems musta regressed into a fetal position when Gov Palin praised Hillary and Gerry.
Wait'll Sarah, Hillary and Gerry meet in the WH with Laura Bush.
The Dems daily consumption of valium and vodka wil break new records.
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