Posted on 11/02/2008 12:30:36 PM PST by Retired Greyhound
On a brief jump flight from Philadelphia to Scranton, McCain adviser Charlie Black and Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback came back to talk up the campaign's conviction that the glass if half full. "Four years ago at this point, George W. Bush was down five points in Iowa," Brownback said. "Today John McCain is down one point in Iowa."
He was citing an unreleased internal McCain campaign poll of the state, which was completed last Thursday, said Black. (The campaign stopped doing its own polling after Thursday, he added, because television time through the election all had to be purchased by Friday.) However, public polls in Iowa suggest that McCain is still in a big hole. Last week, the Des Moines Register poll, which has a good record of prediction in that state, put McCain's deficit at 17 points, with Barack Obama garnering 54 percent of the support.
"McCain is in a good position to win every red state," Black said. "Plus he is probably going to win Pennsylvania and Iowa." Polls have narrowed sharply in Pennsylvania in recent weeks, though Obama still has a sizable lead of 7 points in the Real Clear Politics average. Black said he had seen a poll recently that showed McCain tied in the Philadelphia suburbs, a crucial swing region of the state.
(Excerpt) Read more at swampland.blogs.time.com ...
I don't know what mindless Obamabots you've converted lately, but I'll betcha they weren't the sort of hard-core, militant, leftist, Obamunists that most of us are running into.
You can forget even having a civil conversation with these people, much less converting them "easily". You're lucky if you don't wind up fighting for your very life with some of these brownshirts.
Democrats can vote twice, why not us?
If that Muzzie-loving Marxist wins this election, we can't let up in exposing this creep for what he is.
Let the people continue to find out just who it is that they elected. Let the lawsuits continue. Drive down this arrogant _______'s favorable ratings to zero. This ain't over--not by a long shot.
A lot of people are allowing the MSM to work them up into a negativistic lather.
What the early numbers are showing, to the extent that we can accurately extrapolate from these numbers, is that GOP turnout will be historic this election.
Obama has scared the daylights out of the base and scared voters go to the polls.
My prediction:
McCain-Palin: 51% popular vote, 300+EVs
.
Cheers.
I think the problem for Iowa as a whole is being naive. The economy is actually pretty decent here. And people just don't understand the world that Obama comes from, and how screwed up it is. It's all unicorns and rainbows-and many don't have the life experience outside Iowa to understand what "community organizer" is all about.
My expectation is that were actually going to know pretty early on Tuesday evening who the next president will be. Pennsylvania is on EST, so its outcome should be known by 9 or 10 pm, Im thinking. If McCain wins PA, then it is to me an obvious sign that he is winning the whole thing. If not, the race isnt lost without it (Dubya never won PA), but it means Ill be up a while later.
____________________________________-
I think Penn is going to be very, very close, maybe a percentage point or less. It might not be called till way late in the night.
Same thing in North Jersey, which one would expect to be infested with Obama paraphernalia -- very few lawn signs. I also don't see very many car bumper stickers while I'm driving to/from work.
To be completely fair, I haven't seen many McCain/Palin signs, either (although I've seen more than I expected). I think that, this election, many voters (on both sides) are ashamed to admit which candidate they're voting for.
I didn't think they had either in 2006, but they did. We underestimated how pissed people were at Bush, driven in large part by media hatred and fanning the flames the 'Rats started. With this meltdown of equities on Wall Street and the devastation of retirement accounts, people are still pissed. And, illogically, they blame Bush and will take it out on candidates of his party. I don't understand it, but it seems to be what the sheeple do when they're pissed, throw out someone they think they don't like in favor of someone who is much worse.
That they're getting a socialist who will only tax them more and confiscate IRAs and the like doesn't seem to matter. Sheeple are stupid.
said both campain spokesmen of FNSunday were saying what they should
ALSO SAID THE GAME ON THE NEWS IS NOW ABOUT DEPRESSING THE TURNOUT!!!!! SPREAD THE WORD!
reference links:
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/848_rasep04.asp#13
audio of Obama wanting to ABOLISH concealed carry permits!!!!!
also audio here:http://courtzero.org/obamaccw.mp3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck above link to obama's redistribution by USSC, and constitution needs to go interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3IAjphhw6E
Obama and Wright: He Never Complained Once
The new Rev. Wright video from www.GOPtrust.com
VOLUNTEER PEOPLE!!!
TALK THE TALK!
email EVERYONE you can.
The debate is OVER!
OBAMA IS A MARXIST!
Marxism is ANTI-AMERICAN!
Keep the mantra!
TAXES TAXES TAXES
Joe the Plubmer!
Learn it, Live it, LOVE IT!
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS.
Volunteer Action Center
Want to take action in your neighborhood? Click here to print out fliers for your friends, neighbors and community.
Sadly I went to the comments section on that Time article. Is there anyone to the right of center even reading that mag? It’s not pretty. They are extremely overconfident, though, and I guess that is how we want them.
McCain is Scots-Irish.
I just sent a....friendlygram to my bud, Senator Casey, asking him for his reaction to the promise by his Man, Barack Obama, to bankrupt the coal industry. Though our families have been friendly for decades, I DOUBT I’ll get a reply.
Yes, every PA and VA and OH voter needs to go back to his / her precinct in the last 30 mins of voting and just sit or stand there and watch. Some say that dirty poll workers can gather up a ton of cards, use the names of people who didn’t vote, and mark them all for their candidate. I don’t know if this kind of trick works for computerized voting, but it can’t be done if people are watching.
I agree with you: all day long we will likely hear “exit polls” about a slaughter in PA and VA in order to depress GOP voting. Similar to 2004 when Kerry’s landslide was all the news was talking about all day long, until the real counts began getting released.
I made two people who never vote go and early vote (I should say I talked them into it...). I’m taking another who never votes to the polls with me Tuesday. If everyone can get one, two, three or more to the polls that usually don’t go, it could be a big surprise for Obama Tuesday night! I’ll also be working at my local Republican campaign office Tuesday, driving people to the polls. We need an all out effort on the ground to counteract the vote fraud!
I wish you were right, RG. Sadly, here in Bixby Knolls the Obama signs and No on 8 signs far outnumber the few McCains. Every house around us has an Obama sign.
That's 'cuz all those bitter-clinging racist rednecks keep stealin' 'em!
Yeah! That's it!
Thanks for the info.
I’m what my family calls “black irish” (black hair, green eyes). They never stressed the English/Irish/German (Darling/Huntsinger) background, but the we’ve-been-here-since-before-the Revolution Americanhood.
That’s the way I raised my children, we don’t have any hyphens in our citizenships, call me Mick if you wish!
“Last week, the Des Moines Register poll.....”
{{{RASPBERRY}}}
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.