OBAMA's lead widening while mccain is falling further behind

[natina]

OBAMA's lead widening while mccain is falling rapidly further behind
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OBAMA's lead widening while mccain is falling rapidly further behind


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[BeardedOne]

And we are surprised because....?

[boondocksaint]

doesn't one person pulling ahead already imply the other is falling behind, kind of redundant...

[dafame]

Don't count your chickens before they come home to roost. White people still have to go into that booth and actually do the right thing in order for him to win. Plus the McCain/Palin combo has just started with the racial politics in full force so lets see what things look like in the next couple of weeks. Hopefully it won't work but I know that there are alot of white people that are looking for an excuse to not have to vote for the better man and the McCain campaign is going out of their way to give them one, RACE.

[dirty1002]

this is just proof of how stupid america is becoming do you know he is the head of a corp. that pressures morgage comp. to give loans to minorities that cant afford them he is more responsible for the morgage problem the bush also he has direct ties to terroriests and criminals he says hes against the war but wants us to fight against ethnic cleansing in yganda what do you think hussan was doing he gassed thousands or curds to death plus he wants to raise taxes even more he says for the rich but look at his plans you will see it will hit us all very hard and these are only a couple of things i know wrong about him hope and pray people wake up and dont vote for him

[ottorocket]

telling someone over the phone you are voting for a candidate, and actually going out on November 4th, going into the booth, and doing it are two entirely different things...


Smartest thought i've read in HA in a long while pertaining to politics here.

[yodajazz]

this is just proof of how stupid america is becoming do you know he is the head of a corp. that pressures morgage comp. to give loans to minorities that cant afford them he is more responsible for the morgage problem the bush also he has direct ties to terroriests and criminals he says hes against the war but wants us to fight against ethnic cleansing in yganda what do you think hussan was doing he gassed thousands or curds to death plus he wants to raise taxes even more he says for the rich but look at his plans you will see it will hit us all very hard and these are only a couple of things i know wrong about him hope and pray people wake up and dont vote for him

:roll:

It’s obvious that you are just repeating a bunch of things without really checking to see if they have any merit. The financial crisis was caused by two things: One, the deregulations (lack of oversight) of the financial market from government. Two, the behaviors of the financial managers, by promoting and creating risky ventures, without the means to cover the risk. John McCain and his close advisor Phil Graham have been big supporters of deregulation throughout the years.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/60-minutes-wall-streets-shadow-market
You can watch this to get a better understanding. The whole picture is very complicated. I have been doing lots of reading trying to understand. I get the feeling that the financial managers didn’t understand it all either. The bottom line is they took the risk, and now we are bailing them out. And they are still rewarding themselves with expensive retreats.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5994567&page=1

[Justawannabe]

I don't know how many folks I personally have met that didn't think Bush could possibly win and voted for non-major parties, TWICE! Don't ever think you have any advantage until the vote is over.

Sean

[natina]

http://www.newsweek.com/id/163339


CAMPAIGN 2008
Pulling Away
Obama opens a double-digit lead in new NEWSWEEK poll


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The global financial meltdown has caused a dramatic shift in the 2008 presidential race, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. With four weeks left in the presidential campaign, Barack Obama now leads John McCain by double digits, 52 percent to 41 percent among registered voters—a marked shift from the last NEWSWEEK poll, conducted one month ago, when the two candidates were tied at 46 percent.

Underlying Obama's surge in support: An historic boiling over of dissatisfaction with the status quo. An astounding 86 percent of voters now say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States, while a mere 10 percent say they are satisfied. That's the highest wrong track/right track ratio ever recorded in the NEWSWEEK poll.

For context on just how toxic these numbers could be for the Republic party, consider that in October, 2006, weeks before the Democrats swept control of both houses of Congress, only 61 percent of voters expressed dissatisfaction. Twenty-five percent of voters say they approve of the job President Bush is doing in the White House, a record low for any president in the NEWSWEEK poll and close to the historic low-approval rating of 22 percent the Gallup poll recorded for President Truman, in 1952. Voters are crying out for change and, for now, believe that the Democratic presidential candidate has a greater likelihood of delivering it. Asked which ticket they thought was most likely to bring about change if elected, voters said Obama-Biden over McCain-Palin 52 percent to 37 percent. A month ago, Obama-Biden led by only five points, 47 percent to 42 percent.

Obama appears to have broadened his coalition of support and made inroads with groups that have not reliably embraced him over the course of the long presidential campaign. He now leads McCain among both men (54 percent to 40 percent) and women (50 percent to 41 percent). He now wins every age group of voters—including those over 65 years of age, who back him over McCain 49 to 43 percent. Supporters of Hillary Clinton, as many as a fifth of whom had at one point told pollsters they'd support McCain over Obama, now back the Democratic nominee 88 percent to 7 percent.

One topic, the economy, is clearly driving Obama's spike. Asked which issue was most important in determining their vote, 48 percent of those surveyed said the economy. (The next highest was taxes and government and spending, which 10 percent of voters identified as their number one issue; only 8 percent named the Iraq war as their most important issue.) Asked which candidate would better handle a variety of issues, voters chose Obama over McCain in every single category with the exception of national security and terrorism; McCain still leads on that front 50 percent to 40 percent. Obama now leads McCain on the economy and jobs (54 percent to 35 percent); on the Iraq war (47 percent to 46 percent); on energy policy and gas prices (53 percent to 36 percent); on health care (56 percent to 30 percent); on taxes and government spending (50 percent to 39 percent); on the financial problems of Wall Street and the mortgage crisis (50 percent to 34 percent); and on issues like abortion, guns and same-sex marriage (46 percent to 39 percent).

Still, the poll suggests that despite his lead and the extremely favorable conditions for a Democratic candidate, Obama has not yet established himself as the firm choice of swing voters. In fact, McCain, who has banked on a large and deep reservoir of goodwill from middle-of-the-road voters, still leads Obama among independents, albeit by only two points (45 percent to 43 percent). That's actually a slightly better showing for McCain than in the September NEWSWEEK poll, when Obama led McCain 44 percent to 43 percent among voters who described themselves as Independent. Party identification, it should be noted, can change significantly month to month, and voters may be particularly inclined to self-identify as Democrats in a year when Democrats are favored over Republicans. Among white Catholics, a group that has voted with the winner of every American presidential contest since 1960, Obama leads McCain by only one point (48 percent to 47 percent).


http://www.newsweek.com/id/163339

[fitz207]

telling someone over the phone you are voting for a candidate, and actually going out on November 4th, going into the booth, and doing it are two entirely different things...
That's the Bradley Effect you're talking about. I don't think it will happen this year. Most polls were accurate during the primaries except for New Hampshire. As a matter of fact Obama did better than the polls indicated in Penn. and In. Not saying the Bradley effect won't happen, but I'm sure the Obama team is aware of it.

That's why he's trying to build a large lead to wash out the racist vote.

[El Nino]

Obama is a Constitution Violator, gun grabber and a sock puppet for his elite lords. His change campaign slogan is a farce. Same goes for McCain

[LIYankees]

your redundant title is repetitve

[chefmike]

Obama is a Constitution Violator, gun grabber and a sock puppet for his elite lords. His change campaign slogan is a farce.

Don't mind Nino, he doesn't get out of the bunker very often. Some medication probably wouldn't hurt either...