McCain now ahead of Obama and Clinton

POSTED BY: Skywalken
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 19:07
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SKYWALKEN

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:50 PM

In their campaign to get Senator Obama the Democratic nomination over Senator Clinton, over the past couple of weeks the mainstream media has focused on any poll that has Obama ahead of Senator McCain while ignoring any poll that has McCain ahead of Obama.

So, I thought I should post somethin such as this:

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In head-to-head contests, the poll found, McCain leads Clinton by 6 percentage points (46% to 40%) and Obama by 2 points (44% to 42%)...Even though McCain has joked about his lack of expertise on economic issues, voters picked him over Obama, 42% to 34%, as being best able to handle the economy.

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-poll27feb27,0,399782.story?track=nto
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Monday's results also show John McCain continuing to hold a very modest lead against both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in general election match-ups. McCain now leads Obama 47% to 43% and Clinton 47% to 44%.

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/200
8_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

Frankly, in a year where so many things are stacked against the GOP, it's amazing that McCain is doing that well before the general election campaign has even begun.

FREDGIBLET

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:35 PM

Well it helps that he has an ambiguous reputation regarding party loyalty, people probably see him as less of a Republican then Obama is a Democrat.

KWICKO

Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:21 PM

Yeah, really weird when you consider the sheer numbers: On Super Tuesday, Obama & Clinton each garnered well over 7 million votes, while McCain managed to get 3.2 million.

Also, note that in most states, new voter registrations are running almost 4-to-1 Democrat versus Republican.

I get a feeling McCain's going to find out how Mondale felt...

Mike

"Me want Kill-Dozer!!"

FREMDFIRMA

Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:34 PM

Wasn't he the guy who LOST the Hawaiian primary in spite of running utterly unopposed ?

Man, that musta been a confidence builder.

-F

KWICKO

Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:20 PM

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Wasn't he the guy who LOST the Hawaiian primary in spite of running utterly unopposed ?

Man, that musta been a confidence builder.

-F

Tell me about it. That's almost as good as John Ashcroft running for state office back in his home state of Misery - erm, Missouri - back in the day, and losing to a DEAD GUY!

Remember, if Ashcroft can't do it, no BODY can... :)

M

"Me want Kill-Dozer!!"

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, March 2, 2008 1:18 AM

McCain will continue pushing ahead as long as the Democrats turn on each other

VETERAN

Sunday, March 2, 2008 3:23 AM

All it depends on the source. Most of the polls (7 out of 9) listed on this site have Obama ahead of McCain.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/national.html

PS Damn I count like a Floridian that's 6 of 9.

ANTIMASON

Sunday, March 2, 2008 6:28 PM

i dont now if this election is progress from 2004 or not; we were stuck with two SKull and Bones members then, now we've got 3 CFR members!! its complete chicanery, and not one of these collectivists deserves my vote. more terrifying is the prospect of McCain or Hillary behind the levers of all these newly acquired executive powers, or the 'red button' for that matter. in the event of an economic meltdown, or another terror attack, we can all but kiss this country goodbye with any one of these pseudo intellectual political hacks and cheats in charge. what little semblance of integrity or virtue left in the whitehouse will all be but a quaint memory. the position of president has been elevated to dictator status.. just wait till we get to the dictating.

out of curiousity, will the two socialist democrats still swear under oath, on the bible, to uphold the constitution? or may i suggest secular humanism, the Koran, and the communist manifesto

VETERAN

Sunday, March 2, 2008 7:46 PM

Does it really matter what they swear on? As long as they really mean it. The current executive swore on the bible and his adminstration has done a lot to tear down the constitution.

Maybe they could swear on Thoreau's Life Without Principle?

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, March 3, 2008 12:06 AM

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Maybe they could swear on Thoreau's Life Without Principle?

Now I gotta read Life Without Principe.... I know I have it in a text file somewhere around here? How long is it? Should I buy another ream of paper? My eyes can't stand reading a novel on the monitor.

I thought I have read something by him in the past, but nothing is ringing a bell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack

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