2/10 Clinton 49-41 Obama
2/14 Obama 49-37 Clinton
Swing of 20 points in 5 days
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Posted on 02/14/2008 7:36:25 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows—for the first time ever—Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination
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can one say, “President Obama”
SCHADENFREUDE ALERT.
She is going to win Ohio and Texas. Good news!
I dunno, momentum like this —
Obama 2 pts behind on the 12th, 5 pts ahead yesterday, 12 pts ahead today -—
that looks too dramatic to last until March (Texas, Ohio). Besides, she’s crooked. She’ll find a way to cut him down.
I do not buy an inevitable democrat (Obama) win. Nor will I accept such a notion out of hand.
The fact is, we as conservatives are not getting what we hoped for or wanted in a candidate in this election. Most of that fault lies with us and with those we elected to go and do our business. Us for not holding their feet to the fire, and then not getting behind any single candidate for President to help do something about it (as in lead), and many of the GOP candidates elected earlier who got to DC and then made “nice” with the opposition and did not do the work we sent them there to do.
Be that as it may, things are what they are right now and we are left to make the most of it.
I do not believe or buy into any notion of capitulation or thowing my toys down and “going home” as a plan or policy for addressing it. Even with the candidate we have, there is simply too much at stake.
In particular, we can still hold ground in all of the following areas:
1) Abortion. McCain has a good record on supporting the life of any fetus in the womb. We owe it to those millions of innocenets to not throw in the towel here and add those lives to the other areas we will lose ground in.
2) The Supreme Court. McCain is much more likely to appoint judges onto the court who will make decisions based on the original intent of the founders than anything Hillary or Obama will appoint. In the abortion area this is critical because we are on the verge of being able to have the SCOTUS overturn Roe v Wade. This has taken 35 years to occur. I am not willing to sacrifice those 35 years and have to wait another 35 to get back where we are today.
3) The War against Islamic Jihad. McCane will stay on the offensive in this war. He may not do it exactly according to our liking (neither did Bush), but he will take the fight tenatiously to the enemy...something we definitely will not get from Obama or Hillary. Hundreds of thousands, maby millions of American lives could depend on this
4) Tax cuts. I believe McCain will keep his pledge to make the Bush tax cuts permanent. He has stated that directly (as opposed to the continued wishy washy language IMHO and action on border issues). This will be critical for us economically and we know exactly that Obama or Hillary will do the opposite.
So, despite the areas where we will lose ground with McCain (and immigration, the border, and global climate are chief amongst those), there are other equally critical areas IMHO where we can still hold high ground. And from that high ground I believe we can mount a counter offensive on the other issues (particularly immigration and global climate) where we differ with McCain. We have shown we can do that already and must continue to fight him directly, remaining in his and the liberals face, while holding the other critical ground.
I am unwilling to cede ALL the ground. Capitulating, staying home, or voting for one of the other cretans will do that and it is something I simply cannot subscribne to.
Scortched earth perhaps?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970086/posts
McCain’s own staff supporting the Dims, lol.
Ask not for whom the bell tolls . . .
LOL, polls are results of good press, yawn.
If the MSM wanted Clinton, they would killing Oprah’s Kid, it is that simple.
It’s only been 40 years of liberal MSM dominance, and here we sit doing nothing to compete.
What do you make of that swing? So huge that it must be false, or amazing but true?
I absolutely agree. We can only hope the tantrum ends before November. We had a primary. The results are in. That's that. Your points for McCain are right on target, but good luck convincing people. I really don't get it. It's as if they never had to settle for a candidate they didn't like before. That's all I EVER do! I totally SETTLED for incompetent GWB, but I don't regret it. Would John Kerry have been better???
I’m with you.
The next president will be either a Jimmy Carter (Obama), a Lyndon Johnson (Hillary), or an Eisenhower (the RINO war hero who beat out the more conservative Robert Taft for the Republican nomination).
I disagree that the Carter & Johnson wannabes are invincible, or that they would govern better.
I agree with you. Letting Obama or Hillary win will completely destroy this nation. Obama doesn’t even know what a president does. (if you read my other posts, I point this out a lot. It scares the heck out of me)
Do we really want someone like him in there?
Some are saying they will VOTE for the DEM this year. Lemmings.
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