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  Among Likely Voters, Whatsisname/Palin by 10 Points?

  http://www.thirdworldcounty.us/?p=3844
  122 days ago in third world county · Authority: 103

  Thats apparently what Gallup says, now. (h.t. STACLU) When the redes are in your favor, though, check your six And What of the likely Electoral College breakdown in the polls? Subtracting the tossup states parameter at Real Clear Politicss composite of
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  American people likes McCains stuff better.

  http://goodtimepolitics.com/2008/09/07/american-people-likes...
  122 days ago in Goodtimepolitics · Authority: 41

  Not the daily tracking poll, the actual Gallup poll, has Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., pulling ahead of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. The numbers among registered voters are 50 percent to 46 percent and 54 percent to 44 percent among likely voters.
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  Daily Links

  http://ktar.net/blogs/dankarlo/2008/09/08/daily-links-19/
  121 days ago in Ankarlo Mornings · Authority: 8

  Ankarlo is happy to be back in Phoenix today after two weeks on the road covering the Democratic Convention, Hurricane Gustav and the Republican Convention. McCain’s vice presidential pick Sara Palin has agreed to her first network interview. She will sit down with ABC’s Charlie Gibson. In the meantime, the focus shifts to Palin’s church. Her church promotes the conversion of gays through prayer. Palin’s pastor this week urges his members to pray for the media. This post addresses some of the Sara Palin rumors. Across the aisle, Sen. Hillary Clinton’s people are saying she won’t be used to attack Palin. All this buzz about Palin has helped McCain pull ahead in the latest Gallup poll. Is the stigma of teen pregnancy fading? Look at Jaime Lynn Spears and Sara Palin’s daughter. But, in all honesty, teen pregnancy rates have been fairly consistent over the last 35 years. Obama has been trying to garner some attention since the Republican Convention. He appeared on ABC’s This Week and said he wasn’t sure why Palin made fun of his community service as an organizer. The government is going to rescue both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Big Three Automakers are looking for loans from Washington, D.C. Of course, they say this isn’t a bail out. The UN wants you to eat less meat so you can curb global warming. More and more people are becoming alarmed at the growing drug violence in Mexico. Why? Because they are increasing in border towns with the US. Cardinals win their first game of the season, 23-13 over San Francisco.
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  With Malice Towards None

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  121 days ago in The Free Thinker · Authority: 14

  McCain's speech got bad reviews (except from me) but it seems to have worked with the people: Gallup shows McCain with a 10-point lead, and McCain is now ahead in the RealClearPolitics poll average. Like Bush in 2004, McCain seems to have used the Convention to make a compelling case for his candidacy, and swung enough voters to take the lead in the race. If I had to name one thing as the reason, Abraham Lincoln's phrase from the Gettysburg Address, "with malice towards none," seems most apt. George W. Bush, in 2004, may have gotten elected partly on the basis of malice towards various groups. Towards al-Qaeda and the "Axis of Evil"; towards gays; towards liberals and Democrats. One of the most admirable aspects of McCain's speech last Thursday was that there was no malice towards anyone. Not even towards the Vietcong captors who tortured him. I was inspired afresh by the story of McCain helping to normalize relations with Vietnam after the war, despite what they'd done to him. And this: Russia's leaders, rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power, have rejected democratic ideals and the obligations of a responsible power. They invaded a small, democratic neighbor to gain more control over the world's oil supply, intimidate other neighbors, and further their ambitions of reassembling the Russian empire. And the brave people of Georgia need our solidarity and prayers. As President I will work to establish good relations with Russia so we need not fear a return of the Cold War. But we can't turn a blind eye to aggression and international lawlessness that threatens the peace and stability of the world and the security of the American people. Despite the strong condemnation of Russia, McCain promises to 'work to establish good relations." No malice. There wasn't the faintest hint of malice towards gays in McCain's speech. I think McCain in general is not anti-gay. And then there was his praise of Obama and his supporters. And all his disavowals of partisan rancor. And his declaration that "I hate war, it's terrible beyond all imagining." John McCain, man of peace. That's more important than a confident, comfortable delivery.
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  Political Wisdom: A Viewer’s Guide to McCain vs. Obama

  http://blogs.wsj.com/politicalperceptions/2008/09/08/politic...
  124 days ago in Political Perceptions · Authority: 307

  Here’s a summary of the smartest new political analysis on the Web: by Gerald F. Seib and Sara Murray This week marks the real kickoff of the general election campaign, and Politico’s Glenn Thrush offers the comprehensive viewer’s guide. He lists matters to watch, topped off by whether Sen. Barack Obama can profit from a public scared by the state of the economy. “He’s doing better than John Kerry or Al Gore did on the economy, he fares best in battleground states,” Thrush writes. “A Democracy Corps survey taken during the GOP convention gave Obama an 11-point edge on the economy nationwide but a 15-point lead in swing states including Ohio, Nevada, Florida and Virginia. But Obama hasn’t been able to translate that advantage into big leads over McCain in the states hit hardest by the economic downtown. Also worth watching: Has Gov. Sarah Palin peaked? And “Can Joe Biden avoid the curse of Rick Lazio, the New York Senate candidate who “blundered into during his disastrous debate against Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2000” by being too aggressive against a woman. And those presidential debates: “Neither candidate is exactly a master of the form. McCain does best when he’s cracking collegial jokes, but he’s prone to missteps and shows unattractive flashes of anger from time to time. Obama is a polished performer but sometimes comes across as condescending or professorial.” The choice of Palin has revived the abortion debate, and Slate’s Jacob Weisberg looks at a “tension” between Republicans’ family values message and its anti-abortion one. “In fact, these two conservative social goals—ending abortion and upholding the model of the nuclear family—were always in tension. The reason is that, like it or not, the availability of legal abortion supports the kind of family structure that conservatives once felt so strongly about: two parents raising children in a stable relationship, without government assistance.” Some 7% of high school girls become pregnant annually, “and the unfortunate reality is that teenagers who carry their pregnancies to term drastically diminish their chances of living out the conservative, or the American, dream,” Weisberg writes. “Forget the Juno scenario—in the real world, only a tiny fraction of unwed mothers give their babies up for adoption. If you do not allow teenage girls who accidentally become pregnant to have abortions, you are demanding either that they raise their children as single mothers or that they marry in shotgun weddings…I’ve long expected the Republican Party to resolve this conflict in its social vision by moderating its stance on abortion.” The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz delves into the stormy relationship so far between Palin and the media. Part of the problem stems from the McCain campaign lumping “reputable news outlets” in with the tabloids. “When the McCain campaign announced last Monday that 17-year-old Bristol Palin is pregnant, there was no reason to avoid covering it, and it is one heck of a human interest story…Campaign officials were deluged with questions from reputable news outlets about the governor’s amniotic fluid, the timing of her contractions and whether she would take a DNA test to establish the baby’s parentage, not to mention bogus charges about her son being a drug abuser. There’s an important distinction here — mainstream outlets have not given such rumors any credence — but that is lost on frustrated McCain aides who have to ask Palin about each new line of inquiry.” To be sure, the media provided a pretty judgmental reaction since she was announced. But trying to change those perceptions after her “charismatic speech wowed the country” proved difficult since she refused to be interviewed. “But hours after campaign manager Rick Davis told ‘Fox News Sunday’ that Palin will not be exposed to the media’s “circle of piranhas,” ABC confirmed Sunday that Palin will sit down this week with anchor Charlie Gibson. Perhaps there was a belated realization that a candidate for national office must prove she can handle a grilling on the issues. After all, if Sarah Palin can kill a caribou, how tough can it be to tame the media elite?” Meantime John McCain is leading in the latest Gallup poll – 50% to 46% among registered voters and 54% to 44% among likely voters. ABC News’ Jake Tapper has this tidbit to say: “Obama’s campaign always said before the American people made their final decision about him, the Democrat would be judged on three things — the VP pick, the convention, and the debates. Now two of the three have gone down, and the American people have liked McCain’s stuff better.”
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  Among Likely Voters, Whatsisname/Palin by 10 Points?

  http://www.thirdworldcounty.us/?p=3844
  122 days ago in third world county » Jean Fraud sKerry for Democrappic Prez Candidate!/Open Post · No authority yet

  That’s apparently what Gallup says, now. (h.t. STACLU) When the redes are in your favor, though, check your six… And… What of the likely Electoral College breakdown in the polls? Subtracting the “tossup” states parameter at Real Clear Politics’s composite of the pollsters’ output yields an eight point spread between The Obamassiah/The Plagiarist Hack and Whatsisname/Palin. Advantage: The Obamassiah/The Plagiarist Hack. And there are still what? 63 Days til November 5? A long row to hoe in tall cotton… [micro-mini update: *argh!* I know election day is November 4th this year, but I keep getting it wrong because "Guy Fawkes Day" is November 5th... seriously, that is the reason. It's a BIG holiday for me... *heh*] THIS is an open trackbacks post. Link to THIS post and track back. If you have a linkfest/open trackback post to promote OR if you simply want to promote a post via the linkfests/open trackback posts others are offering, GO TO LINKFEST HAVEN DELUXE! Just CLICK the link above or the graphic immediately below.

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