Posted on 09/02/2008 6:40:33 AM PDT by ubaldus
Obama is up by 6 in today's Rasmussen tracker, by 5 without leaners (48 - 43). It is obviuos that McCain had a very bad polling day yesterday, something like 42-53 daily sample or even worse.
Some of it may be statistical noise, but it appears that all the noise around Palin selection is starting to hurt.
"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
Hey, put it this way
Wasn’t McCain up 2 in Zogby and down one in CNN’s poll?
but CBS has it at +8 for Obama
Polls are all over the place ughhh....
It’s a state-by-state fight. Pay attention to OH, CO, NH and NV.
You call 1986, when he was 22 years old, "recently"?
The DUI was 20 years ago before any of his kids were born.
No it's not. This is a private matter and it's being handled perfectly as far as I'm concerned. I'm MUCH more interested in how Palin took on Murkowski and won and how she cleaned up the GOP in Alaska.
You're also ill-informed. That DUI happened in 1986.
Stop believing what the media is spoon-feeding you.
Just have to wonder who they poll. I also have to believe that they somehow cook the numbers to influence voters. These pollsters have been wrong before!
Look, I do think Obama has an advantage in this election. It’s his to lose but I do not at all think it’s a done deal. This is far from over.
That is my point. McCain should be working extra hard to win this thing.
Your expertise and four quarters is worth one dollar.
Learn to read beyond the headline. The DUI was 22 years ago.
DUI was around 1986 when he was about 21. You’re going to consider something that happened 22 years ago?
22 years ago is not recently.
Yep, this is a non starter, what is interesting is post convention the DNC bounce, was about 5-6 points, and that’s not a big enough lead for the least experienced candidate ever put forth by a major party.
The Palin selection has absolutely electrified the base, the reaction of leftist bloggers and MSM folks to the pregnancy thing is going to turn off a lot of folks as well.
By next tuesday we’ll know in the polling numbers where things stand. The RNC convention will be over, and will have had enough time to be showing up in the numbers.
There is no doubt to anyone breathing that Palin solidified the conservative base behind the ticket, and electrified it. The debates are yet to come, and we all know Fauxbama will do poorly in them, as he has done everytime he’s had to fly without a net and actually think on his feet.
51 to 46 after the corronation, and while polling over a holiday weekend, is not anything to get excited over, its not even a trend. Relax, by early next week we’ll know the lay of the land.
Davis and his crew had to anticipate all of this when SP was vetted.
The counterstrike is going to be hard and damaging. We will see a turnaround once the convention gets going IMO...
Would you survive your own scrutiny of a “model citizen”?
>> You’re basing this statement on a single-digit poll taken on the weekend after the DNC Convention? Please.
I’m basing this statement on all available polls. This is not 1988 or even 2000, information saturation is much higher, news cycle is faster, and bumps are smaller.
In addition, Rasmussen methodology is favorable for McCain (since he fixes party ID weights). +6 in his poll is big, tells us that Obama’s Dem support rate is very close to McCain’s GOP support rate. If it stays that way, this is really bad news.
The libs are true hypocrites. Kennedy drove a woman off a bridge, Byrd was a klan member, Clinton was impeached, Edwards is a low life cheater, Clinton's press secretary Dee Dee Myers had a dui as did Congressman Kennedy, etc.
Also look in how the candidates campaign.. They go by their internals..
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