Poll Cats: New Battleground Polls

Looking good but keep the pressure on Obama supporters.
Make phone calls, canvass your neighborhood, donate to the campaign.

“obama is not a true American — he’s just not.”
HP Boston is not a true American.
He’s a right winger a diseased form of political animal that is an unfortunate and shameful aspect of our political culture.

Okay, HP – Whatever you say. Now, just admit it – McCain doesn’t have a clue, and Palin is even worse. You really want to put America in their hands? You have got to be delirious.

Since Time/CNN is dismissed for no reason by right wingers
Colorado
Suffolk Obama +4
Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP Obama +9
Ind Adv/Poll Position Obama +6
FOX News/Rasmussen Obama +6
Virginia
FOX News/Rasmussen Obama +3
PPP (D) Obama +8
SurveyUSA Obama +10
Suffolk Obama +12
Florida
Ind Adv/Poll Position Obama +4
FOX News/Rasmussen Obama +5
Research 2000 Obama +5
Strategic Vision (R) Obama +8
Mason-Dixon Obama +2

There has been a great betrayal in the Democratic Party this year. Millions of Democrats are feeling it, and no Democratic Party leader is currently addressing it. This resounding silence is unfortunate. Not merely because betrayal causes pain. But because in betrayal lies opportunity. If betrayal is recognized and heeded, acknowledged promptly, and fully apologized for, it offers a chance for reconciliation on terms of clearer understanding. The only way betrayal can be handled squarely, straightforwardly, and immediately is for the betrayer to fully appreciate and understand the harm he or she has inflicted on the betrayed. That full appreciation and understanding demonstrates that the betrayer has learned something, something vital to those who have been betrayed: he or she has learned to inhabit their perspective and in so doing to change his or her own. And this can bring the betrayer and the betrayed closer together. Thus betrayers and betrayed can transcend the problem and cooperate anew.
But betrayal also presents another possibility. Gone unaddressed and unredressed it festers, causes further alienation and mistrust in the betrayed, who gradually feel warranted in denying cooperation at all. Historical examples of this pattern – of betrayal ignored and the betrayed moving on – include the reaction of the American colonists, who believed that the British parliament and then the British king continually betrayed both the Americans and the ideal of British law and politics; the reaction of the Indian people who faced with repeated disappointment in the unfulfilled promises of the British Raj sparked Gandhi’s first experiment in political noncooperation.
Over and over this political season, the DNC and Senator Obama have betrayed millions of Democratic voters by refusing to count their votes, by refusing to hold a non-rigged convention, by pretending unity when there is not unity.
A time comes when silence is betrayal. –quoted by Martin Luther King in his address “Beyond Vietnam – A Time To Break Silence”
From the earliest days of the primary season – when not one man running for the Democratic nomination and not one DNC leader acknowledged, let alone condemned, the misogynistic and sexist portrayals of Senator Clinton – to the present moment – when Senator Obama, who claims the polls have made it clear his November victory is secure, cannot stop long enough to acknowledge his own betrayals and deceits and thus to show that he can not only win this election but win it without leaving a badly splintered Party in his path, the Democratic Party leadership has shown that it does not understand or appreciate the betrayal that has been experienced by millions of Democrats.

When the polls consist of 40% Democrats, 30% Republican and 30% Independents,
What a surprise it leans obama

HP… what are you talking about.
All the Democrats I know are STOKED!

And we’ll still be a great country with smart, free people and Republicans.

Close race
Now if there is not extensives voter Fraud.

read his records, not his press releases…..
BTW….what are the chances that obama and ayers were soooo close that ayers could have had some hand in writing a bit of that Memoir….
HHAHAHAHAH

vera baker is a very pretty woman….
maybe too pretty for m.obama,
Nice to retire so young,
and to such a beautiful island…
where’s all that money coming from….
chicago?

What is not understandable is the fact that so many people including the many media are frenzily backing up The Candidate whose U.S.-born citizenship status is suspicious.

GEORGIA: McCain 53, Obama 45
Yeah… your really showin em’ now Mr. Maverick..
go get em’ …. gosh darn it … you betcha

What ever happened to Republican values?
Honor? Morality? Ethics?
Nothing to run on except for hate and innuendos and outright lies.

“What is not understandable is the fact that so many people including the many media are frenzily backing up The Candidate whose U.S.-born citizenship status is suspicious.”
As I said on the other blog, just because John McCain was born in the Panam Canal zone does not make him ineligible for the office of President.
Stop spreading that garbage.

The election hasn’t even happened yet… and the Republicans are already acting like sore losers.
Unhinged.

If McCain loses it won’t be because we were not informed about Barack Hussien Obama. It is so amazing that so many people can be so stupid. What is driving this madness? Our country is in trouble and our pocketbooks are important, but it we are not safe we won’t need a pocketbook. Think about our children and their children and what will our world as we know it now be if we are taken over by someone we do not know. Yes, McCain may not be the best, but at least we don’t have to wonder just what is around the corner with someone that is very questionable.
In my circle I will not listen to the bitching about Barack Hussien Obama..
I will just say “I told you so”.

So are those of you in the press going to stop doing stories about how Obama can’t “close the deal” and now report that he has?

bidy
re: ‘If McCain loses it won’t be because we were not informed about Barack Hussien Obama.’
when…..John ..Sidney.. McCain loses, it will be because he is not trusted on the issues, his political party is bereft of ideas, he has shown himself to be a liar..and he condones extremism.

Bidy – The CIA checked Obama already… where have you been. Everybody knows all candidates must get check first before they could even run for PRESIDENT… Duhhhh
OBAMA 08

From what I am hearing outside blogosphere, the question of whether ‘white America’ is ready to elect a black president has been transformed by all the rhetoric and accusations of being ‘racist’ if one does not vote for Obama, and the threats of violent riots or race war if he is not elected.
The question, now ,is whether ‘white’ America will ALLOW this man to be the first black president. Perhaps, if he had been honest about who he really is from the start. But it’s way too late for that.
Now, the answer is an emphatic and resounding “NO!”
Not THIS black man with his hate-spewing wife.
McCain doesn’t ‘appear’ to be fighting back because he knows he doesn’t HAVE to. Why do you think he has that smug kind of grin on his face all the time.
Sorry, BO, but not THIS time. You should have known that when you call someone a name, they will play the game. You called Whiteys ‘racist’ and now they are rising up to prove you RIGHT. Good-bye, Barack. Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.!!!!!!!

Obama was out for a walk one day. He came across a young girl with a box full of puppies. Obama asked what kind of puppies they were. The young girl said “they are Democrat puppies”. Obama smiled and continued on.
Six weeks later Obama went walking again. The girl was there again with the puppies, much bigger now. He noticed she had a sign that said “Republican puppies for sale”. Obama, shocked asked the girl “why did you tell me that they were Democrat puppies 6 weeks ago?” She said, they were, but now they have their eyes open.

The truth it startling, and Obama does not want you to know the truth. It is unfathomable what is really happening here at this time in America. We cannot get honest, true journalism from ABC, NBC, CBS and many other news outlets. We Americans must dig deep to find the truth. Thank God there are intelligent people like me who DO search for the truth, and the truth here is appalling. Obama should not be running for President. He is not what he claims to be. Great article. Thank you Tony Blankley.

Bidy – The CIA checked Obama already… where have you been. Everybody knows all candidates must get check first before they could even run for PRESIDENT… Duhhhh
OBAMA 08
Posted by: Tanya | Oct 15, 2008 2:36:20 PM
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Yeah, I am sure he has a security clearance since he is a black democrat and backed with mega money. This president is being bought with money not what he stands for. Like I said, if he is elected I will get to say “I told you so.”

Tidy: I’m one of the good ones!! There’s a whole lot of us!
Obama 08

“Yes. McCain was up in the polls and suddenly the media started printing all these Obama will lose because of racism accusations. Almost overnight the polls changed.”
The fairy tales right wingers tell themselves….
Obama began to gain on McCain when Palin started getting interviewed. After the world saw what a moron she was, the polls began to slide in Obama’s favor.
There have been two more shifts,
1 dealing with McCain’s desperate non suspension of his campaign to deal with the economy and the other being fallout from McCain’s nasty personal attacks.

Polls looking great for Obama!
GOOD LUCK TO HIM TONIGHT!

“AND WILL NOT SIT BY AND LET THE DEMS AND THE MSM SPREAD LIES!”
Yeah! That’s HP Boston’s job, stupid MSM!
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 15, 2008 3:13:46 PM
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HP Boston……Keep up the good posts.
You have got them reading them, maybe they will learn something. Think Ryan C. just might be a member of the MSM since the MSM are the ones that deny and put spin on all comments and factual items put out about Barack Hussien Obama.

HP Boston,
Yes. McCain was up in the polls and suddenly the media started printing all these Obama will lose because of racism accusations. Almost overnight the polls changed. That tells me the true vote is a lot a different that what some people think it is. The more liberal the pollster the bigger the spread.
Posted by: geevill | Oct 15, 2008 3:06:38 PM
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Yep geevill, well debate tonight and I will rest from the pureed rhetoric tomorrow. We will let the inmates rule in this asylum.
I am out for today, useless but fun to rile them with stuff they just do not care to question. I must say I used to be a die hard Dem thought the Republicans were poison, well not this time! The Dems make them look like cub scouts!
The polls tightened again today. Good posting you are well informed and a pleasure to know.

ACORN Investigation Grows Deeper
Updated: Oct 14, 2008 06:29 PM
There are now two investigations in Nevada into the community advocacy group called ACORN — one by the Secretary of State and the second by the Nevada Department of Corrections. One is looking into possible voter registration fraud and identity theft by ACORN and the other is looking at how inmates were hired to register voters.
According to a spokesman for the Secretary of State, both investigations may connect. The spokesman adds that the state is doing everything possible to finish them before the election
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.

Obama not only outspent McCain three-to-one on television advertisements between Oct. 7 and Oct. 13, but he dramatically increased his disbursements in a wide swath of red states”….
… and what about that large disbursement of Obama’s to A C O R N.
what do you think THAT was for, hmmmmm?

“and what about that large disbursement of Obama’s to A C O R N.
what do you think THAT was for, hmmmmm”
Obama paid Citizen Services Inc. around $800K for canvassing efforts this spring.
Bring on the next fake right wing scandal.

“Isn’t it remarkable that a governor who entered the fray with an 80 percent approval rating”
Her approval rating has been dropping like a stone ever since she has embarrassed Alaska by being a complete moron.
Now she might get impeached.

come on Ryan:
“Citizen Service Inc..” is a PART
of Acorn!!!!!
and acorns never land far from the tree….. not even rotten ones.

RYAN:
“YOU are being played by the left wing media which does not care if you are humiliated when called out for repeating lies.”

‘Helping the poor, fighting against injustice and corruption, intelligence coupled ……….’
and is he faster then a speeding bullet?
able to jump higher than the tallest building?
run faster than a speeding train?
Then his name is “superman” and B O is just a “pretender” an empty sham is what he am…….
Shucks!
I knew that all along!

“your boss will think more about cutting your job if he is in a “small” business above $250K GROSS a year. ”
Obama’s 50% health credit for small business health plans, hiring incentives & no capital gains taxes on small biz investment more than offset any taxes for the small biz owner on income.

Ryan, you got the cut and paste down…you may win and if so I will congratulate you. (cross fingers no, looking pretty bleak though…you never know, the polls might be funky as they were in the primaries toward the end…)
We shall see on Obama’s miracle cures, color me skeptical.
What if you have a “medium” business? What is a non-small business according to Obama’s plan? Any credits there? Where does the small business category end? Details? Also, why only small businesses? Look I know that the “middle class” is the “engine” that does everything, but medium and large businesses do something too, right? What about HUGE businesses who are going to get taxed more, up to 5% more than now…is that an incentive to recreate the manufacturing base in the US,that everyone is always crying about?
My plan would be to allow business a lower tax rate of 25%, BUT only allow the companies to pay their share in foreign taxes, and then the rest to the US. So if they paid 15% in Belarus or whatever, they would pay 10% to the US…for 25% total. I dunno just an idea I had…we can argue about how much, of course…
Businesses that are not involved in investment do not see a benefit from a capital gains elimination…so what Obama is offering is “small” investment houses over $250K and under ? and maybe some VERY small real estate companies would benefit..are there a lot of those?…that is basically like giving almost nothing.
And the green jobs? We shall see…sounds like a monorail type situation to me…lot of cost, some benefit, not a miracle cure by any means. Let the waters begin receding…can’t wait to see Obama try to wiggle out of every failure. Just like a lawyer…

Agreed, but you are wrong on Obama’s tax plan…I appreciate you reaching out to me on this.
He will “eliminate loopholes” that means a raise…because that’s how businesses get the taxes down to a reasonable level…there won’t be a corresponding cut. Plus that is about as generic a statement as can be. Same with “Maverick(y)” to be fair…
Small businesses can make well over 250K and still be “small,” believe me.
I have seen businesses much bigger than that struggle…
My point is, what is the specific level where you don’t get the credit? $300K? Is that too big?
You also didn’t address his upper limit…he doesn’t have one…I can’t find it anyway.
Also, this mantra about small businesses and the “middle class” is great, I agree they are *awesome*, but what about medium and even big? Don’t they do anything? What about Apple and Google…they are big and good right? Don’t tell me they would turn down a cut and be able to be more profitable and do more stuff that’s “good”
Sorry, I used to see it your way, but I have seen too many tax situations where a nice chunk for someone who worked hard and is frugal, not rich by any means, but fairly well off, got turned into…eh, better than nothing, sorry. And the results? Who knows? It’s like throwing your money into a whirlwind…it removes incentive to do well.
It’s particularly worrisome when Obama has a history of allowing money to go to unproven and sketchy orgs…see the real results of the Annenberg challenge (nothing achieved, consciousness raised big time). Just say “organizer” and people think you are Jesus. Well at least Laura Linney does. :)
I am just extremely skeptical of Obama’s promises…I don’t buy em. He can’t do everything and balance the budget too.
I would rather have McCain and Giuliani in there (I know, wishful thinking, thanks to the pro-life folks) who would at least do less and get out of the way to a greater extent, plus McCain would handle the war better. Obama is lucky, he gets to take credit for what McCain achieved by demanding more troops. Of course, if things still sucked over there as bad as last year, Obama wins because he could say the measures were a failure just like he said…he may just be the dems teflon, with the help of the easy softballs by the press…
Random thoughts
BTW, I just don’t buy that people can’t do anything, the attitude is like we are in the 19th century working in coal mines…Obama went to school, I went to school and you probably went to school…we did it, wasn’t super easy, but there has to be some kind of effort…
I don’t like the idea that 71% of Obama supporters do not believe that Supreme Court rulings should not be based on the Constitution, but what’s “right”
That gets scary–who decides? Who decides what ability and need are?
I don’t want Howard Zinn to be the FIRST book students read, but one in the middle after some other stuff like Ambrose. Get me? Challenge but do not usurp, because that is throwing the baby out…we are the best of the worst, by far.

Electoral votes. 270 needed
to win.
Bam 277
Mac 174
Up for grabs 87

If you believe those state poll numbers, I have a bridge to sell you. Americans are not stupid (well, most anyway) and they will not elect a Communist. They know better. These polls are meant to keep McCain supporters home because they will think it his hopeless, Obama has this locked. They couldn’t be more wrong. Just wait for the turnout and the rush by Americans to make sure a Chavez or Castro does not win this election. Go McCain (even though I don’t like you either)