Posted on 10/22/2008 6:32:21 AM PDT by tatown
I don’t know about you guys, but I am ready for the October Surprise to hit.
“Just how it goes people. While disheartened, I’m still not throwing in the towel, and I still plan to vote. “
Same here. We just deal with what we get and pick up the pieces later.
Powell’s past sins don’t matter now. All the voters are going to see is a popular ‘Republican’ General endorsing Obama, and the libs will no longer call him an Uncle Tom.
Never underestimate the stupidity of the voters.
Definitely, McCain is no better off than 10 days ago, and perhaps worse.
The only poll which shows him close is a Battleground poll, which is all over the place this year.
Other trackers:
Gallup Trad O +7 (Expanded +10)
Zogby O +10
IBD/TIPP O +6
Hotline O +6
Battleground O +1
ABC O +9
With ‘Rats being polled almost seven points over Republicans, it’ll never get down to three points.
We’ve been hearing of the pending ‘tighter race’ for a couple of weeks now yet every time it seems to be moving towards McCain, Obama jumps to a new and bigger lead.
I CAN’T believe that the current bump for Obama has anything to do with him getting the endorsement from another black man. Americans can’t be that stupid can they? Very frustrating.
Hang in there. This race is still tantalizingly close, regardless of what the national pollsters say. This is all about depressing turnout and morale.
And, we have critical Senate races to consider, so keep fighting in every state.
Battleground will be between O+4 and O+7 today, meaning all of the polls will be consistent with each other.
If New Hampshire wasn’t still in play McCain wouldn’t be spending time there (like he is today). If Pennsylvania wasn’t in play both he and Palin wouldn’t be spending their time there. The internal polls for both sides must be showing an extremely close race because both campaigns are spending time and money in states the pollsters are telling us are not in play.
“Rasmussen Reports data indicates that Obama currently has the edge in every state won by John Kerry four years ago. However, of the states won by George Bush, McCain is trailing in four and five others are considered a toss-up. As a result, Electoral College projections now show Obama leading 260-163. When “leaners” are included, Obama leads 286-174. A total of 270 Electoral Votes are needed to win the White House.”
Don’t be fooled by polls that pretend to show a landslide brewing. THIS RACE IS VERY CLOSE. As both Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity said yesterday, the race is razor thin close. Get out and vote. The polling is really poor this year because all pollsters, including Rasmussen are predicting a tremendous democratic turnout. They have totally underestimated the strong Republican turnout occurring. I live in Hillsboro, Oregon, and there are McCain/Palin yard signs all over the place.
Well I can tell you after a lunch with our CEO(A staunch Pubbie)he indicated with an Obama win, pink slips will be going out to “Non Key” employees in anticipation of tax increases. I took that to mean ...um Obama supporters on our staff...hehe. So celebreate on the unemployment line!
“Do people really give a damn about what Powell thinks?”
FWIW, Rasmussen polled a few days ago and found that Powell has 80% popularity, by far the highest approval of any living political figure in the country.
Me, too. However, time is running out.
The polls are cooked to a certain extent, but there’s a definite trend towards 0 here. The media made a huge deal out of Powell, which can give a bit of a bounce. Frankly, were I them, I would rather have had him on the Sunday before election day though.
If this IS Powell related, then we should see the trend reverse itself as word of Biden’s words and the ‘test’ gets into people’s heads.
I do think we can win this, especially with the word coming out of OH and PA.
Stop watching the polls.
Call everyone you know,
talk about the fascist/socialist policies that 0bama has already stated that he’d implement.
Tell them “it’s fine if you hold those values yourself, I’m not out to change your mind on those issues, I just want to make sure you’re aware of them”.
I have to agree. 6% seems about right.
I’m feeling pretty good about a McCain-Palin victory.
Wasn’t Gallup Expanded +2 just a few days ago??? What’s up with that??
Powell opposed Desert Storm in 1991. So much for his judgement.
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