Posted on 07/24/2008 11:12:48 AM PDT by LdSentinal
The significant news coverage Barack Obama is receiving on his foreign trip has not translated into a bounce in his numbers, a just-released FOX News poll shows. Obama now holds the slimmest possible edge over John McCain, leading by just 41 percent - 40 percent in a head-to-head contest. In fact, Obama’s support is down slightly from his 45 percent - 41 percent advantage last month.
Opinion Dynamics Corp. conducted the national telephone poll of 900 registered voters for FOX News from July 22 to July 23. During that time Obama was traveling in Jordan, Israel and Palestinian territories. In the days before the poll was taken Obama had been touring Afghanistan and Iraq. The poll has a 3-point error margin.
Among independents, Obama has a narrow 2 percentage point edge: 34 percent to McCain’s 32 percent, and 34 percent undecided.
McCain has more strength of support from his party faithful. Fully 86 percent of Republicans back McCain compared to 75 percent of Democrats that back Obama.
Given that the independent vote splits about evenly, one might expect McCain’s strength in Republican support would give him an advantage overall. The reason that fails to happen is that the pool of Republican voters is smaller than the pool of Democratic voters, which means McCain’s party-based edge has less impact on the race than it might otherwise. In this poll 42 percent of voters identify as Democrat and 33 percent Republican, and that’s about where the party identification numbers have been all year.
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May not help him hear but he is way ahead in Europe.
May not help him here either.
Screw Europe.
That’s because most Americans see this guy for what he is.....an inexperienced opportunist who plays the race card when it suits his goals.
Why didn’t his “brilliant” campaign strategists tell him some photo ops shaking soldiers hands would be a good idea?
I’m glad they didn’t, or he just doesn’t give a crap, either way, it doesn’t do much with the Democrat Vets.
Hate speech.
NOW IS THE MCCAIN OPPORTUNITY....WE NEED T SHIRTS
NO SURRENDER....McCain 2008!!!!!
OBama blew it!!!How to love the World and Dis your country running as the Ameican Candidate...things that make you go Hmmmmmmmmmmm........
John McCain...Loves His country!!!!
I just don’t see the undecideds voting for this guy come Nov.
He’s polling well in the muzzie countries too!
I think the major media players that followed him along, made a rather critical miscalculation. If they had reported on this trip from back in the states, they could have limited the downside of his actions.
Being there, they have overexposed his mistakes. Damn, the public actually got to see the real deal, nobody could spin what saw with their own ‘lying’ eyes. LOL
While I was not happy about the media attention, it may be why his numbers are showing some downside.
Shine the light of day on this dingo. Let the public see what he is actually saying. It may hurt him worse than anything we say about him.
He’s down to only a 2% lead today in the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll (he was up by 4% yesterday), 45 - 43, these numbers come from Monday night, Tuesday night and Wednesday night polling, all while Obama was in the Middle East.
Obama is worse than a shameless whore. He is the World’s Whore.
By all means; but please, use a condom. Otherwise you'll get syphilis.
Obama is the World Whore. He has exposed himself.
Yes, I’m the soul of indiscretion,
I was cursed with x-ray vision,
I could see right through all the lies you told,
When you smiled for the television
Screw Europe.
Hate speech.
-————————SCREW EUROPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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