McCain ahead in USA Today/Gallup poll
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A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds Republican presidential candidate John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin with a four percentage point lead over Democrat Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden.
McCain-Palin led 50 percent to 46 percent among 959 registered voters surveyed Friday through Sunday. The margin of error for the survey was plus or minus 3 percentage points.
That’s a significant bounce for the GOP standard bearer, who was behind Obama by 7 percentage points prior to the back-to-back Democratic and Republican national conventions. The weekend prior to the Democratic convention Obama led McCain by 47 percent to 43 percent.
The new poll was first by Gallup to use the names of the 2008 running mates.
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Let me get this straight…
A 72 year old who is “aware” of the internet, who cant raise his hands over his shoulders, had 4 cancer attacks, doesnt know a thing about economy, thinks that our economy still is “fundamentally” strong whatever that means, who was born to riches and power and entitlement, whose party screwed up this nation for the past 8 years, who has mental issues, temper issues and was the center of ethics investigations and scandals before….
is AHEAD meaning his finger will be on the Nuke button?!!!
And this is AMERICA?!
CK..why don’t you look at it this way…he is 72..his
mother is 96. he can’t raise his arms because he sacrificed
his health for his country..he is a cancer survivor that
means he is alive and well…our economy is fundamentally
strong in terms of gdp growth.but McCain understands
that jobs are being lost to foreign nations and that
there is a housing crisis which he has called for govt
action on…he was not born to riches..his dad was a navy
man as was his grandfather…no money there..he married
well..so what..he also adopted a girl from bangeladesch so
he is no elitist…his party may have screwed up the nation
but he has been fighting them and the president for a long
time on crucial issues..thats why the right didn’t trust
him…and finally you have no evidence that he has any
mental issues whatever…what he does have is no
connection to reverend wright, no connection to louus
farakhan, no connection to tony rezko, and a western
libertarian philosophy …also by the way…he will
assemble a cabinet that is bi partisan and will work
on those issues where a consensus can be reached as
he has done in the past..and his tax policy will not
cut off the growth that the nation needs to create jobs
in the first place…Obama’s plan will tax the top 40%
of wage earners to pay for all his government programs
redistribution of income from the upper middle class
to the lower middle class.that is not a principle that
is acceptable….in AMERICA
PT Barnum is still alive and well. The bounce is due to Sarah Palin and the general public’s willingness to suspend rationality in favor of something new and fanciful.
When she has to start answering questions, and her mischaracterizations of her own record are revealed, she will fall back to earth. Just about anyone could pull into town, rehearse a speech, and then take off without allowing any questions!
Palin is a joke.
initially i was skeptical..but the election is not
about sarah pallin and to the extent she is on the ticket
outside of the liberal new york establishement women
identify with her…they don’t think about her resume
they believe that if she is competent to be the governor
of a state as was clinton and reagan she can be the vice president…they look at her and see a woman married
to a working man….a woman who attends her church,
raised five kids, one who is handicapped, and has
a pregnant teenage daughter..is there any doubt
in your mind that she mirrors middle america?
Jack’s first two sentences fit Obama more than Palin.
While Hall and Oates sing “Sarah, Smile,” Obummer and Biden will just be haulin’ oats for that Jackass party of theirs.
Hee, Haw.
Consultant,
Is the thought of Governor Palin as Vice-President growing on you?
Or are my eyes deceiving me?
The thought of Obama as President is totally unacceptable
on many different levels…he is a bright guy with a great
education but has no legitimate claim to the presidency
given the choice between a senior senator with a record
of being an independent thinker and a bi partisan deal maker
and a constitutional lawyer who didn’t have the good sense
to leave a church whose reverend was blatently anti american
makes the issue of the choice of VP irrelevant
Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much.
GOP Girl-
It would be..
“The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks.” :)
non
Thanks nonaubiz!
;o)
Consultant- You did good this weekend and we are glad to have you aboard. These people that are middle class better wake up, Palin does meet the criteria of middle class and will be a great representative of all the working people. Most people that have money has worked hard for it and if we elect the other slate it will be taken away and given to be recycled into the ones that don’t feel it necessary to work. I say we didn’t bring anyone into the world to raise them, so people of America be careful, vote for the slate that is going to protect your hard work. The McCain/Palin team.
THANKS SAGO LADY..WATCH PRIMARY COVERAGE TONIGHT
UP AT 9 PM WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL
AS WELL AS MR BALL’S RACE
since then polling has gotten a lot more sophisticated
it is only a snapshot of the voters as of the date of the poll but trends are very important…and Obama was leading
and now he is not..he was leading in ohio and now he is not
he was leading in pa and that has been cut substantially
McCain has the momentum..and Obama is on the defensive
Here is the facts of the Presidential Election…...(Great sources)
Short and to the point.
McCain MUST win Pennsylvania , Michigan & Ohio.
If McCain does that he wins no matter what.
(Even losing Florida, which he does not)
If he McCain loses ONE of those three States it becomes a very, very long night. (Pick off’s become important)
No other polls matter but this scenario. (Pollster.com)
And yes due to migration of the “Lefties aka Liberals” of California into the Mountain States (Former Cowboy States) IE. New Mexico, Montana, Dakota’s & Colorado the rules have changed.
Jim Kelly – NY Conservative Campaigns
he does not need pa..to win…if he wins fla…
Wrong, he is losing Mountain States & Virgina.
I had a two hour conversation last night on the phone till 1 AM…This is the final score.
You got to trust me on this one.
I DO NOT claim to be an expert on polls…I am not a poll expert by any means
I get my info from those who do it for a living and make the polls. The experts. I just tell you what it is.
In fact in a few days the talking heads are going to start to relect this view…As they will get it from the same mouths as I do.
The Consultant was late boarding the train, but he finally bought the ticket. However, he was very lost in an Eastern establishment, Jacob Javits memoir for awhile.
The polls…I think it’s too early to haggle over who is doing what in various battleground states right now. I think the trends are what is important, and those show big shifts in the direction of McCain and Palin. Even New Jersey has closed to within six points. Also, white women have totally changed around nationally and now are about 53-41 for McCain-Palin. Remarkable.
The Democrats are reeling. They have been knocked off their message and are reacting very defensively.
But just watch, the same media that lives and breathes for polling data will now try to discount the importance of what those polls are showing. For honesty, ignore the “mainstream” press.
McCain will not loose va or north carolina…FLorida is
close but he should pull it out…he will win colorado
and nevada and loose new mexico…if he does not win
fla..he must win michigan and ohio…if he wins fla
he can loose michigan but not ohio…if you are assuming
that Va is going to go to Obama..then he needs fla michigan
and ohio…but he does not need and will not get pa