Archive for October 9th, 2008
October 9th, 2008
By a margin of 56 percent to 23 percent, viewers of Tuesday night’s second presidential debate said Barack Obama got the better of John McCain, according to the LATEST GALLUP POLL.
The poll internals also were bad news for McCain. One of every three respondents said they felt less favorable toward the Republican nominee after the debate. Only 12 percent felt less favorable about Obama; 34 percent felt more favorable.
The survey was conducted last night, 24 hours after the debate, and thus was perhaps a better reading of settled public attitudes than the quickie polls conducted right after the debate.
October 9th, 2008
In only 14 sentences, THIS GUY accurately expresses my own feelings about one of the great political tragedies of our time.
October 9th, 2008
It sounds like “that one” is challenging Mr. Straight Talk to a rumble:
October 9th, 2008
In his COLUMN this morning in the Washington Post, George will writes:
”The McCain-Palin campaign’s attempt to get Americans to focus on Obama’s Chicago associations seems surreal — or, as a British politician once said about criticism he was receiving, ‘like being savaged by a dead sheep.’”
UPDATE: For the second day in a row, the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll SHOWS Obama leading by 11 percentage points, the biggest gap of the campaign season.
UPDATE II: Democratic strategists see the possibility of a LANDSLIDE.
October 9th, 2008
The campaign organizations of non-incumbent presidential candidates ordinarily don’t wait for the votes to be counted before undertaking preparations to assume the reins of power. They recognize the need to have a transition team ready to smooth the process.
Accordingly, Barack Obama has had his transition team in place for months. John McCain, on the other hand, has not. Apparently, it has something to do with SUPERSTITION.
POSTSCRIPT: McCain has a long history of superstition, as we see HERE.
October 9th, 2008
The New York Times REPORTS this morning that Republican congressional candidates suddenly face more difficult election prospects not only as a result of the economic crisis but also because of John McCain.
Carl Hulse and David M. Herszenhorn write:
“Strategists for both parties say Republican House and Senate candidates are being hurt by the dip in support for Senator John McCain at the top of the ticket, frustrating Republicans who had initially viewed Mr. McCain as a strong asset who could appeal to independents and even moderate Democrats and protect Republicans in a tough year.”
Democrats are hoping to pick up as many as 30 seats in the House and nine in the Senate.
