Posted on 09/24/2008 10:35:15 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Zogby Poll: Obama Smarter Than McCain; Will Win Friday's Debate
Most think Friday's face-off on foreign policy to be more important than past presidential debates
UTICA, New York - A majority of likely voters nationwide think Democrat Barack Obama is more intelligent than Republican John McCain, and a plurality believes Obama will come out on top in Friday's first debate of the 2008 general election season, a new Zogby Interactive poll shows.
More than four out of 10 voters - 42% - said they think Obama will win the debate Friday, compared to 31% who said they think McCain will come out ahead on points. Another 27% said they are unsure who might win.
The debate, to be held at the University of Mississippi at Oxford, Mississippi, is to focus on foreign policy. It is the first of three presidential debates to be held before the Nov. 4 election. One of the three will feature a town hall-style format, while the other two - including Friday's - will feature the candidates sitting at a table with a single moderator. A fourth debate will feature the vice presidential candidates.
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who are they polling? this is illogical...
LOL.
We’ve only been hearing this crud for the past 30 years.
Actually, I hope that expectations for McCain will be low tomorrow night. That’ll be better for him. People will wonder why they thought Obama was so smart when he can’t utter a coherent sentence.
I can already tell you who the liberal media will say won the debate.
Ummmmm....will Freepers finally wake up and do something productive about the UnAmerican Democrat Party's propaganda machine?
Gee, no one polled me....I am guessing they poled more libs to skew the results.
Laying the groundwork to excuse Obama-Lama-Ding-Dong going down in flames next week.
He had to take off THREE DAYS to prepare? LOL!
Low expectations for McCain ... good.
Will there be teleprompters at the debate?
How about we conduct a poll to determine who will say “uh” the most times during the debate?
I’m betting that Obama will show up primed and tuned for these debates. He will spin his way into speaking of another subject, but he won’t go in there and go uh, uh, uh. They know he has to look articulate and smart, he’s likely been prepping for weeks now.
Good - then when Obama looks like a stuttering fool without his teleprompter, the impact on the voting public will be even more dramatic.
Maybe they didn’t watch that first town hall meeting they had?
Who is moderating?
In your dreams, mouth breathers!
I’m having a “Debate Party” at my house with some friends and neighbors. We’ve got a few bets down already. This is gonna be like taking candy from a bambi! LOL
The post-debate spin:
Obama did not fall down, choke on his own tongue, or fall to his knees and cry for mercy, therefore, he won the debate.
McCain so much as hesitates and he will be declared a blithering idiot.
Nope, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see 0bama walk onto the stage with a laptop under his arm. :)
Nobody who’s voting for McCain.
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