Poll Cats: Weekend Polls

For the love of god, please tell me why McCain was in Iowa today? Why is he unable to acknowledge what is right in front of him? This is such bizarre behavior that he has repeated throughout the campaign – the fundamentals of the economy are strong right up to the point of the collapse. He just refuses to concede anything – ever – even when contradicting facts are presented. This is not healthy for someone running for president. I was for the war in Iraq, but what in heck are we doing there now? There were no WMDs, and contrary to what Palin believes, there was no link between Iraq and 9/11, yet McCain holds out for some victory that he has yet to define. We are told we have to win the war – okay, when will we know we have won? Even Patreus says you can’t use the word victory as a condition to leave Iraq. Yet McCain just insists on keeping our troops there I think just to prove a point. Now, this morning he responds to the “tested” comment by stating that he’s been tested (repeatedly lest we forget) and then audaciously suggests that he (McCain) plans to test them. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? How does he plan to test those that would do us harm? Does that mean riling up Russia as he did this summer? What does he plan to do as president to test nations around the world? I would hope someone follows up on this.
I truly fear he is desperately delusional – the same conservative talk show hosts that are demonizing Obama once discussed this trait of McCain’s in great detail as a primary reason that he should not be president. It was an issue in 2000, in the primaries and is offered almost daily in stark relief now. He does not have the temperament to be president.

I’m sorry, Florida Republican. I can understand your frustration. I admit that I’m a Democrat, and usually I attack GOP folks on these blogs. But your frustration seems heartfelt and sincere. I, too, am a little baffled by Senator McCain’s choices to campaign, but remember that we only know a fraction of what’s going on. Maybe McCain’s internal polling shows some Iowa promise. Maybe Pennsylvania is closer than we think. I guess at this point you just need to believe. Good luck.

100,000+ Denver Colorado for Obama

Columnist Michael Malone in a piece at ABC unloads on the MSM:
The traditional media are playing a very, very dangerous game — with their readers, with the Constitution and with their own fates. The sheer bias in the print and television coverage of this election campaign is not just bewildering, but appalling. And over the last few months I’ve found myself slowly moving from shaking my head at the obvious one-sided reporting, to actually shouting at the screen of my television and my laptop computer.
No, what I object to (and I think most other Americans do as well) is the lack of equivalent hardball coverage of the other side — or worse, actively serving as attack dogs for the presidential ticket of Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Joe Biden, D-Del. If the current polls are correct, we are about to elect as president of the United States a man who is essentially a cipher, who has left almost no paper trail, seems to have few friends (that at least will talk) and has entire years missing out of his biography. That isn’t Sen. Obama’s fault: His job is to put his best face forward. No, it is the traditional media’s fault, for it alone (unlike the alternative media) has had the resources to cover this story properly, and has systematically refused to do so. Why, for example to quote the lawyer for Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., haven’t we seen an interview with Sen. Obama’s grad school drug dealer — when we know all about Mrs. McCain’s addiction? Are Bill Ayers and Tony Rezko that hard to interview? All those phony voter registrations that hard to scrutinize? And why are Sen. Biden’s endless gaffes almost always covered up, or rationalized, by the traditional media?

must be a voter fraudster too because the name is misspelled on the ohio registration.
call in the national guard and deny that guy his franchise.
provisional ballots for everyone!!!
Chinese Democracy.

Steave Cuozzo
one doesn’t have to go back that many years to find ‘the press’ in bed with GW Bush and Co. during the whole run up to the Iraq war. The ‘media’ bought in hook, line and sinker to the lies and missed the obvious. This stuff runs in cycles.
The press and ‘the media’ are not completely bought off, but they are a very long way from the investigative reporters of days gone by.

Steave Cuozzo
one more thing about Obama, do you really believe that with the many resources and money available to ‘the media’, that any alleged ‘mystery info’ about Obama wouldn’t have been uncovered by now… except for the fringe reporting by right-wing blogs, there is ‘no there, there’.
The ‘press’ will always cover the things that stand out the most at the ‘far edges’ of the debate and policy…… there is no ‘joy’ in covering ‘average’ americans.

Americans are fully awake now. Republicans including McCain should take a back stage, relax and come back in 2012. They have infact run America to the ground.

oise says “When this hits the air tomorrow as just announced by CBS News, Obama and Palin are DONE”
Yes, that silly video will hit the news right after the silly videos that show Obama having gay sex with that limo driver.
I guess we can expect more of the foil helmet crowd to show up.

Why are republicans all of a sudden talking about checks and balances? They thought it was a good thing 8,6,4, and 2 years ago when they controlled Congress and the White House. I happen to think we need the Democrats to controll Congress and the White House just to clean up the mess left by the republicans.

It would be very supid for McCain to ignore the polls.

with nutty stuff like this from a ‘Faux Newz’ guy, it’s no wonder that McCain/Palin and republicans at large are in danger of losing any credibility as a viable political party:
“Could Lucifer play a role in this presidential election? It may sound crazy, but one of the candidates in this race has publicly praised, even emulated, a writer-activist who himself paid tribute to Lucifer. That’s right, Lucifer, also known as the Devil, Satan, Beelzebub—you get the idea.
Do you think that admiring a Lucifer-admirer would make a difference to some voters?”

Americans have the excellent sense to change the party in the White House every few years so we can find out who stole all the money. Thousands of “war on terror” contractor executives will be packing their bags for the Cayman Islands between Nov 5th and inauguration day. Maybe we’ll have to invade this offshore “ill-gotten gains paradise” to get the money back!!

Not good news for John McCain.
And using a very generous calculation (based on GOP leaning Rasmussen poll numbers) extrapolating the early voting in Georgia it looks like McCain and Obama are roughly tied (or Obama is a couple thousand votes ahead).
In early voting in North Carolina it looks like Obama is ahead by 15,000 (based on racial breakdown using polling numbers) or ahead 50,000 (based on party ID polling numbers).
No way that McCain wins if he loses either of those two states. And if he’s running only even there….that’s definitely not good news for him.

Don’t trust the polls. The stakes are too high this time to stay at home. OBAMA/BIDEN’08

How could a guy like McCain who is an experienced politician, still believe he can win in Iowa? Well, he picked Sarah Palin and bought her a lot of clothes. I don’t think he’ll get lucky with either one.

Under McCain you will receive a $1500 tax cut per family member.
Under Obama you will receive a $500 tax cut per family member.
In other words you will be taxed an extra $1000 per family member.

FM: During the primaries the polls had Obama winning in NV, NH, OH, PA and CA. However, Hillary won plus TX which Obama was suppose to win. Hillary didn’t pay attention to the polls she just kept on campaigning. And we all know what Pelosi did to Hillary because Hillary wouldn’t give Pelosi control.

sam: You are so right. Bill and Hill will be voting McCain. They really don’t like Obama, but Hillary is coming up for re-election and she needs him. He has been bad news from the start. Obama wants power over the people and this generation don’t know what’s ahead of them yet. They think he’s going to do everything he says like change. Change what? He doesn’t know what change is all about because he doesn’t have a clue on politics. Obama wants to walk in the shoes of JFK and MLK and he certainly is giving a good show doing it.

Um, Hillary isn’t up for re-election until 2012. She doesn’t need Obama for her own political chances. I doubt there is anyone the GOP could run in New York who would have a chance at raising the money Hillary can raise. She walked to an easy re-election in 2006.

100,000 + at Obama rally today.
1,000 +/- at McCain rally today.
Marianne – the numbers don’t lie, even if the McCain people do.
OBAMA = PRESIDENT
McCAIN = FAIL

MA: The media has said that before. But I don’t believe their crowds. I would believe if they said about 40,000 to 45,000 and that’s the second time they said it. Your telling me the media don’t lie? What have you been smoking. The media has been lying for years and had to correct their mistakes. Palin was campaigning in Florida and they said there would thousand’s there. They also said when she campaigned in Lady Lake, FL she drew 60,000. But that doesn’t prove people will vote for you. Many people go to listen to you only but already are picking out their candidate. It happens all the time.

krista: American’s were never awake. That’s why Bush was voted in twice. And when you get through voting Obama/Bush into the white house you will see a disaster like you’ve never seen it before. Before Obama is impeached there will be someone ready to take care of the situation. And you know what that means.

YES McCain IS A GOOD UNDERDOG
JUST BE THAT WAY FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS
AH YES …. GOOD McCain !

She drew more viewer’s at the convention than he did and so did McCain. What does that tell you.
Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | Oct 26, 2008 6:41:10 PM
It tells me that she is a novelty. The only reason some watched was out of pure curiosity. It doesn’t mean we’ll vote for her though.

questioner: Are you telling me she is in the same category as ObamaOsama and Biden? Wow. And I thought all along they were intelligent. How wrong people can be. However, don’t get jealous because you didn’t accomplish anything in your life like Palin. We all can’t pass our exams.

Mariann Pepitone
I HAVE MORE MONEY THAN PALIN AND DONT HAVE TO DO A THING TO KEEP IT COMING IN!
PALIN IS STUPID MCCAIN IS OLD AND CRAZY!

Sure, Mariann – it’s all the media’s fault.
McCAIN’S CAMPAIGN IS A JOKE.
HE CAN’T RUN A CAMPAIGN.
HE SURE CAN’T RUN A COUNTRY.
OBAMA = PRESIDENT
McCAIN = FAIL

Joe Biden gave excellent answers to the questions from West and at the same time defused pretty much every kooky issue the Republican right have been waving around in an attempt to scare people.
I’m glad West interviewed him.

Mariann Pepitone,
McCain is hardly Hillary. Hillary isn’t exactly addicted to pulling political stunts, looks like she would be able to finish her term if she were elected, and surely would not pick a totally unprepared running-mate.
It’s McCain’s fault he’s crashing and burning. Sure, it was a toxic year for the Republicans, but McCain, honestly, made it worse. He was running on the whole how he was a “maverick” and how he is willing to take on his party, but then he decided to hire the same people who swift-boated him, pandered to the far-right, made an irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin, and then lastly, made a fool of himself by suspending his campaign before being forced to do a 180.

Mariann Pepitone: You go girl!!!
When ased who I will vote for I say “Obama”, but I will be voting for McCain…These polls just might be getting an answer from lots of folks that are not telling the truth just to mess up the MSM. Remember when California called the election for Gore and it was a premature call, because the polls closed out there before any others?

Election 2008: Arizona Presidential Election
McCain 51%, Obama 46% in Arizona
Monday, October 27, 2008 John McCain’s lead over Barack Obama is down to just five points in his home state of Arizona. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds the Senator leading 51% to 46%.
Will McCain hold on to his home state?