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he is waiting for v p pick, to endorse
Obama's in Detroit today.
Wonder if my mom's skered.
Obama :45 (+1 from 5/8)
McCain: 44 (-3 from 5/8)
Undecided: 7
US Senate race:
Warner: 60 (+5 from 5/8)
Gilmore: 33 (-4 from 5/8)
Go Warner! He was the speaker at our uni's graduation this year. heh. Could this be one race in which the coattail effect works backwards?
Obama told the crowd that his former opponent, Sen. Clinton would be “at the forefront of bringing change in America” and joked about their hard fought campaign.
“Of course nobody told me the primary was going to last 15 months, that was a long primary,” he laughed, “I was planning to run for the '08 election, not the 2012 election."
and there seems to be a whopping 11 states in play. who's got the cash to play in all 11?
I really will not blame Hillary supporters if they do not pull the lever for Obama.
I really will not blame Hillary supporters if they do not pull the lever for Obama.
I really will not blame Hillary supporters if they do not pull the lever for Obama.
.'Danger Signs' as Clinton Supporters Resist Obama
Democratic Candidate Leads but Still Struggles to Win Over Key GroupsBy JAKE TAPPER
June 17, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama has emerged from his bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination with only a six point lead over Sen. John McCain and claiming his Republican rival has been getting a "pass" from the media.
A ABC News/Washington Post poll shows Obama, D-Ill., leading McCain, R-Ariz., by a margin of 48 percent to 42 percent. It is a surprisingly small lead considering that the incumbent Republican president George Bush is at record lows and public opinion overwhelmingly feels the country is on the "wrong track".
No Bounce, Resistance from Clinton Supporters
The poll indicates that Obama did not get the traditional "bounce" in the public's opinion by finally defeating Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and getting her endorsement as the Democratic presidential candidate.
While leading among young voters and other key demographics, ABC News chief Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos saw what he called "danger signs" for Obama.
In an exclusive network interview with ABC News, Obama said that his long Democratic primary battle with Clinton, which wasn't settled until early June, spared McCain critical scrutiny.
"While we were doing that, John McCain basically was getting a pass, both from the media . . . as well as from other opponents. And so I think that explains it," said Obama of the close race.
It is an ironic accusation from Obama.
During the bitter Democratic fight, the Clinton camp repeatedly complained that Obama was getting a pass from the media.
Obama Targets Key Groups
Obama has been trying to shore up key components of the geographic and demographic components he will need to win the presidency.
He accepted the endorsement Monday night of former vice president and global warming guru Al Gore in Detroit. It was the second major endorsement Obama staged in the key state of Michigan, having announced the backing of former presidential contender John Edwards in Michigan as well.
Obama was trying to make up for lost time in the swing state because he had avoided Michigan during the primaries as the Democratic Party punished the state for holding its primary earlier than the party wanted.
Obama also tried to head off any inroads McCain might make among women voters by arguing on GMA that "on almost every single issue that's important to women, he [McCain] has been on the wrong side."
"You know, he's in favor of judges who would overturn Roe v. Wade. He has opposed equal pay," Obama said, and charged that McCain also fought a program to insure children and to protect women from discrimination.
Women, particularly married white women, however, may be a problem for Obama, according to the Washington Post/ABC poll.
It showed that McCain has a 20 point advantage over Obama among married white women, a group that George Bush also won in the last two presidential elections.
Stephanopoulos told GMA that the figure was a "danger sign" for Obama. "This is a huge gap that Obama has to close if he's going to do well."
Question of Experience
Obama faces an additional problem that only half of the voters saying he has the necessary experience to be president.
"If you look at the key question of experience, that may be what's holding him back," Stephanopoulos said. "Only 50 percent of voters say that Barack Obama has the experience to be president. A full 46 percent say, no, he doesn't have the experience . . . That's one of the reasons they are going on the foreign trips."
Obama has talked publicly about going to Iraq, but ABC News has learned that he is adding Afghanistan to his travel itinerary.
The crucial political battle appears to be shaping up around independent voters between the age of 30 and 64.
"Those middle of the road independent voters, they are breaking right down the middle," Stephanopoulos said. "This is going to be a key battleground for both campaigns going into November."
While Obama runs well among younger voters, they are not always reliable when it comes to showing up at the polls. Meanwhile, he is 12 points behind McCain among the more reliable older voters.
In addition, nearly a quarter of Clinton's voters are holding back on their support, according to the ABC News/Washington Post poll.
"If that number stays that high, it will be difficult for Barack Obama to win," Stephanopoulos said.
no one knows anything in June -- and note how this article plays up the whole "IT'S SOOOOOO CLOSE! OMG!! WHAT COULD HAPPEN! IT'S ANYBODY'S RACE!" angle when the facts really don't support this.
but then, this is a media that continues to believe McCain is a straight-talker who calls 'em as he sees 'em.
[q]Obama has narrow lead on McCain: Reuters poll
Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:27am EDT
By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has a narrow 5-point lead on Republican John McCain in the U.S. presidential race, but holds a big early edge with the crucial swing voting blocs of independents and women, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Two weeks after clinching the Democratic nomination and kicking off the general election campaign, Obama leads McCain by 47 percent to 42 percent. That is down slightly from Obama's 8-point advantage on McCain in May, before Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York left the Democratic race.
But Obama holds a big 52 percent to 30 percent edge among independents and 51 percent to 36 percent among women -- two critical voting blocs that could help determine the winner in November's presidential election.
"Obama's significant lead among independents puts him over the top, and that's a problem for McCain," pollster John Zogby said. "McCain is going to have to appeal to independents in some way to win, and right now he has a lot of work to do."
Obama, 46, still must overcome questions about his relative lack of experience, the survey showed. More than half of likely voters agree with criticism the first-term senator from Illinois does not have the necessary experience.
Questions about McCain's age -- he will be 72 in August and would be the oldest person to become president if elected -- do not resonate as strongly with voters, the survey found. Nearly two-thirds disagreed with the idea that McCain's age should be a factor in the presidential race.
"The experience question is a hurdle for Obama, but so far voters seem to have other things on their mind like change," Zogby said. "Age is an issue for McCain, but it doesn't appear to be an overwhelming problem."
Obama, who would be the first black U.S. president, triumphed in early June after a grueling five-month Democratic nomination fight with Clinton. McCain clinched the Republican race in March.
But Obama did not get a bounce in polls out of his victory. After the long nominating race voters are already familiar with the candidates and settling into a pattern, Zogby said.
"This race is starting out very close, and barring something dramatic is likely to stay close at least until near the end," he said.
McCain and Obama have clashed sharply on economic and security issues in the campaign's early stages. Obama has tried to link McCain to the policies of unpopular President George W. Bush and McCain has questioned Obama's judgment and experience.
OBAMA LEADS ON ECONOMY
The survey found voters gave Obama a narrow edge over McCain as a manager of the economy, 45 percent to 40 percent. Independents preferred Obama on the economy by 50 percent to 28 percent.
Obama's margin on economic leadership was down slightly from his 9-point advantage on McCain last month. McCain has criticized Obama for his plans to raise taxes on Americans who make more than $250,000 a year and to raise capital gains tax rates.
McCain led Obama among white voters, men, born-again Christians and high-income voters. Obama led among Hispanics, blacks, Catholics, young voters, suburban voters and union households. The two were essentially tied among voters over the age of 65.
Obama, an Iraq war opponent who has been labeled a liberal by Republicans, earned the support of about one-fifth of voters who identified themselves as conservative.
McCain, a former Navy pilot and Vietnam prisoner of war who has been a staunch advocate of the Iraq war, led 45 percent to 39 percent among families that include members of the armed forces.
"That a decorated hero like McCain, particularly a Republican, is not leading among that group by a huge amount is very significant," Zogby said. "That is really all about Iraq."
The inclusion of independent candidate Ralph Nader and Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr, who are both in the process of trying to add their names to state ballots, did little to change the shape of the presidential race.
When Nader and Barr were included in the survey, Obama still led McCain by 5 percent, 45 percent to 40 percent. Nader and Barr each gained 3 percent of the vote.
The national survey of 1,113 likely voters, taken Thursday through Saturday, had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.[/q]
so you see, the media isn't liberal. it isn't conservative. it's out to MAKE MORE MONEY. those are it's values. and there's more money to be made when the race is close than when the race isn't close. every little movement will be spun as if it will have an impact on the race *only* if it appears to be making the race tighter.
and for some perspective, the polls in June are notoriously bad at predicting what will happen in November.
More importantly, this race will be won in the electoral college, not in the national popular vote. Obama has weakness in multiple swing states that is still showing up in the polls. McCain still leads in Michigan when you average the polls despite the fact that Michigan has the worst economy in the country. If Romney is on the ticket with McCain, Michigan may very well go red this year. Obama will never win West Virginia and no Democratic candidate has won the presidency without West Virginia since the 1920s.
Two Muslim women at Barack Obama's rally in Detroit Monday were barred from sitting behind the podium by campaign volunteers seeking to prevent the women's headscarves from appearing in photographs or on television with the candidate.
The campaign has apologized to the women, all Obama supporters who said they felt betrayed by their treatment at the rally.
address the patently bigoted assumptions about Muslims that give those rumors their bite in the first place.
this just could be a well fought election decided upon actual issues. what a refreshing change from the GOP of 2004 who's message was, "if John Kerry is elected, terrorists will kill you."
Sorry to break it to you, but liberals are 10 times as worse and vile as the GOP in spreading garbage like that. Liberals don't want to talk issues. When they talk about issues, they lose. That's why so many groups put out videos like these:
YouTube - You Can't Have Alex! MoveOn.org (NTVNAT.com)
and this:
YouTube - I'm Voting Republican
These videos are despicable, and anyone who appears in these videos is, too. Why talk about issues when you can just say that John McCain is George Bush and purposefully and knowingly take his "100 years" remark grossly out of context and say that Republicans don't care if people have breast cancer. Anyone whose mind is even in the slightest way influenced by messages like these is stupid.
If Obama is supposed to win this election without breaking a sweat, why waste time and money on these videos?
Sorry to break it to you, but liberals are 10 times as worse and vile as the GOP in spreading garbage like that. Liberals don't want to talk issues. When they talk about issues, they lose.
salon.com
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 20:40 EDT
Fox News calls Michelle Obama "Obama's baby mama"
An alert reader wrote in just a little while ago to let us know about something he'd spotted on Fox News Wednesday afternoon. During a segment discussing conservative attacks against Michelle Obama, the wife of presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama, the network described the former as "Obama's baby mama."
I checked, and sure enough, as you can see below, our e-mailer was right. In fact, that description was displayed on screen several times during the segment, which featured anchor Megyn Kelly and conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, an FNC contributor.
A clip of the segment in its entirety is below. You may notice that at one point, Malkin says, "By the way, it's not just Republicans who are criticizing some of her comments, but also statements have been made in the left-leaning blog Salon about her comments." I've searched the site, and I can't find anything like what Malkin is talking about. I've e-mailed Malkin asking for clarification -- if and when she responds, I'll update this post.
RedLasso - Fox
Update: Malkin responded to my e-mail; she says she misspoke and that she meant to refer to Slate, not Salon.
More liberal hypocrisy.