Posted on 09/14/2008 11:17:30 AM PDT by kellynla
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We’re up 20 in NC and Øbama has pulled out. This thread is worthless, it’s going to be a landslide. Zogby is trying some spin to keep his boy and his supporters hopes alive.
“I think its going to be a landslide. Its going to be clear-cut.”
Ditto that. Put a fork in the Black Muzzie terrorist supporting Obamanation.
I was commenting on this post:
#3 “Put Virginia and N Carolina in McCains camp.”
I find it interesting that Zogby is so quick to call PA and VA as too close to call given McCain’s leads. It’s interesting he wants to credit the gains to a post convention bounce given how long it’s been since the convention, and the strong attacks mounted by the Dems in the mean time.
I want Michigan to be red.
He is using the Zogby special sauce again. He always takes the sauce out just before the election so he does not look like a fool.
Indiana should not be purple.
He is on crack if he thinks the toss-up states are colored purple. Look more like bruised blue to me.
At least two other polls put NC as a 15-20 point McCain lead.
Bradley effect in the polling?
Strategic Vision Poll has McCain up by 20 in NC. Their poll was done 9/7.
Remember Zogby is a Democrat.
Zogby is a day late and a McCain state short.
And New Mexico is swinging quickly to McCain. Just a few weeks ago it was firmly (more or less) in the Obama camp. It seems that the more often Obama shows up in the state, he losses points. Hopefully, he’ll come back several more times before Nov. And, after McCain and Palin were here last weekend, it’s we’re swinging more toward them. Hopefully, they’ll also come back a few more time. Also, Pearce had narrowed the double digit lead Udall had a couple of weeks ago. Wooohooo ... there’s hope for the Land of Enchantment.
From the looks of the map, liberals are really going to hate all of “fly-over country hicks” even more after the election. Wonder how they’re going to frame their session move then? Will they name it EastWestCoastia?
My understanding from talking to people from that area is that the farmers are *F*U*R*I*O*U*S* at McCain over ca orn/ethanol situation. The corn farmers are stuck with an old agreement that prevents them from growing all the corn they want - at a time when the market is high for corn - and McCain came out against a bill that would have helped them immensely.
Maybe a Freeper from Iowa could offer more details, but that is what I got from a friend whose parents are corn farmers in Iowa. These folks have never voted anything other than Republican and they refuse to vote for McCain. They are most likely going to just sit out.
Looking at realclearpolitics.com - I have noticed that some states have not been polled in over a month and there is no post Convention or more to the point, Post-Palin effect measured. But the states that have been polled recently there is a McCain/Palin surge and even formerly solid blue states like MI, PA & MN are looking scary to the Democrats.
I want to see large states like CA polled to show it getting tighter forcing Obama to throw money all over the place. I am starting to think this election will be somewhere between the 1988 Bush-Dukakis race 426-111 and the 1996 Clinton-Dole race 379-159. I see a solid win. Not a close one but a solid thumping.
I can’t help but to think the “white elephant”, and not many talking heads are not saying and I think the polls miss, is Obama’s name and his race.
My aunt is a diehard Democrat, has been since FDR, and pulls that “D” lever as automatic as breathing. I have had some fun political discussions with her over the years. But when she was over visiting and the news mentioned something about Obama and I made a comment - I was surprised that she started to lay into the guy. Now from my point of view this 80 year old woman’s 1st complaint is his race and foreign name, but she was trying to cover it up with other points like his lack of experience.
My point is I live in the Tampa Florida area and I have to deal with seniors almost daily and here in Florida they are a huge and powerful voting bloc. I think allot of people when asked by a pollster are not going to tell their true feelings, they may use another excuse like “Lack of experience”.
I think this issue is bigger than the media is pointing out, enough so that if you take the current polls and give Obama’s opponent a 5 to 10 point advantage because of this you are looking at a landslide.
Now I want to play a little “Cover your Posterior” here. I am not racist; I would like to think I am realistic. My boss at where I work is black, great guy. I even nominated him at work for “Best Manager” award at work. I did seasonal work up in the NYC area for 19 years. But this is how I see things.
Maybe NC will be a landslide for McCain. I still think it will be a perilously close election.
The liberal media is just gearing up right now, and they will do anything and everything to make sure that Obama wins in the end.
For the record, the VP debate will be moderated by Gwen Ifill, who is an outspoken Obama supporter . .. she will try to humiliate Sarah Palin in the debate . . or she will be disowned by the black community .
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