Posted on 10/30/2008 9:26:26 PM PDT by steve-b
A growing number of voters have concluded that Senator John McCain’s running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, is not qualified to be vice president, weighing down the Republican ticket in the last days of the campaign, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
All told, 59 percent of voters surveyed said Ms. Palin was not prepared for the job, up nine percentage points since the beginning of the month. Nearly a third of voters polled said the vice-presidential selection would be a major factor influencing their vote for president, and those voters broadly favor Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee.
And in a possible indication that the choice of Ms. Palin has hurt Mr. McCain’s image, voters said they had much more confidence in Mr. Obama to pick qualified people for his administration than they did in Mr. McCain....
Over all, views of Ms. Palin were apparently shaped more by ideology and party than by gender. Ms. Palin was viewed as unprepared for the job by about 6 in 10 men and women alike. But 8 in 10 Democrats viewed her as unprepared, as well as more than 6 in 10 independents and 3 in 10 Republicans.
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Yeah, “It must be Holloween”, or you’ve had too much brew!
That was in a Halloween card I saw once, and what you said reminded me! (laugh)
In other words, 33% of those polled (who are going to vote for Obama regardless) won’t vote for McCain due to Palin.
Right. Got it.
I hope the NYT preprints the election results hoping to beat the rest of the newspapers to the announcement. The cost of going to reprint could sink it financially (it’s that bad for the Old Gray Lady from a profit perspective).
I guess they can run back to Huff post now.
LOL
I am SURE Sarah Palin has driven him to drink, by just seeing his thread!
I keep thinking maybe we should push for an ammendment that gives the press only the same right to free speech that we have and no other protections if they are going to be totally political???
The Obama camp may not be paying overtime anymore at Obama smear central !
Whatever...next!
Will someone please make some decisions on the TROLL infestation ‘round here lately.
Even IF the polls were accurate it is an absurdity when it is the democrat VP candidate, Jow Biden, who was a joke before his selection and has proven an absolute disaster as a candidate.
While Joe Biden really is a profound dope, but he gets away with it because he’s a Democrat. This “political double standard game” continues.
And the teenager girls dig Sarah too! 
So I craft a corrected headline:
Growing doubts on NYTimes takes a toll, # of papers sold says
Interesting. Biggest crowds. Worse polls.
Now, which am I gonna believe?
Yes. This has to undergo a correction of some kind. The people will lose confidence in the nation even more than normal if something is not done. TV’s OFF for starters for me. No more other than movies. I’d rather get news here it’s quieter.
“I keep thinking maybe we should push for an ammendment that gives the press only the same right to free speech that we have and no other protections if they are going to be totally political???”
Interesting Idea!
Are you pimpin’ for the Kenyan? Cmon Steve let us know.
causing one to observe later that she [Palin] was evolving
How can a creationist evolve?
5 posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:27:42 AM by steve-b (Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
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