ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) - A new poll suggests that Barack Obama is widening his lead over John McCain in two battleground states but indicates the race is dead even in Ohio, the state that decided the last presidential election.
In a CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. survey out Wednesday afternoon, 55 percent of Iowa registered voters who were questioned said that Obama, D-Illinois, is their choice for president, with 40 percent backing McCain, R-Arizona.
That’s more than double the lead that Obama had in a University of Iowa poll taken early last month.
"Obama is winning in all regions of the state - even in the western counties where George W. Bush beat John Kerry by 17 points," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Obama is winning rural voters in Iowa - not something you see in many other states."
Iowa’s caucuses kicked off the presidential primary season and launched Obama towards the Democratic presidential nomination.
“Iowa was Barack Obama's breakthrough state,” CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider said. “He won the Democratic caucuses with a powerful organization. John McCain barely competed in the Iowa Republican caucuses. He came in fourth. Obama retains a strong organization in Iowa, where McCain is just beginning to get started.”
It appears to be a similar story here in Minnesota, where the Republicans are holding their national convention this week.
The poll indicates that Obama has a 12-point lead over McCain, 53 percent to 41 percent. That’s up slightly from a 10-point lead Obama held in a Humphrey Institute survey taken last month.
"It's important to note that today's polls don't reflect any boost McCain might get from the GOP convention, because nearly all the interviews were done before the festivites started in Saint Paul," Holland said. "This could be Obama's high-water mark in those states."
It looks like a very different story in Ohio, which has 20 electoral votes up for grabs.
President Bush’s narrow victory in Ohio four years ago clinched his reelection. It looks like it could be just as tight this time around in Ohio. The poll suggests he has a 2-point lead over McCain, 47 percent to 45 percent, which is a virtual tie when taking into account the survey’s 3.5 percentage-point sampling error.
So why’s Ohio different that Iowa and Minnesota?
“In Iowa and Minnesota, white voters are backing Obama,” Schneider said. “In Ohio, white voters are supporting McCain. What about those blue-collar white voters that were so important for Clinton in Ohio? They're pretty solidly for McCain.”
The CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll was taken August 31-September 2, with 828 registered votes in Iowa, 742 registered voters in Minnesota, and 685 registered voters in Ohio questioned by telephone.
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Obama Zombies,
Polls mean nothing – America will not buy the hype in November.
People are just waiting for the chance to cast that vote. The arrogance of the media and Obama is going to bite them.
Or as Obama's "spiritual mentor" once stated "The chickens are coming home to roost" on Obama's head.....
Vote McCain or join the insane....
YES WE CAN,YES WE CAN..AND WE WILL!!!!
NO WAY,NO HOW NO MCCAIN.
Ohio don't give us another Bush! My god don't get fooled AGAIN, pleaaaase, no more republican mess.
Polls.......reported by CNN (now ONN)
Comical
See what happens in November..
Of course he is!
Thank God! We can't risk a 72 year old neocon with a journalism major as second in command to run the country.
obama! next POTUS! only candidate with positive campaign.
People are starting to wake up and realize that bad decisions are still being made, and will continue to be made if allowed. And it only took the collective country 8 years lol. Wow, that is pathetic.
We will not be fooled by the soothsayers in the republican party. It is obvious palin is another condeleeza rice and they will not be in our white house. The whole world is praying for Obama and God will answer our prayers. Republicans do not own God. Obama 08
Not a surprise with the cheerleader McCain chose so unwisely!
LOL im literally watching this news break on CNN.
Im jumping up in joy
This is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope the tide rolls in soon,,.................. The republicans think we are stupid.......... WE AREN"T STUPID. . I am soo o sick this country is so Divided..................... I really am praying daily for there great men to be in the white house.
No news that was expected. Since Mcsame has chosen this moose hunter, gun toting extreme right with no experience for vice president i told all my coworker. Mcain can kiss the presidency goodby.
They dice are rolling.
Still rolling.
Still .... still rolling, John.
Obama can't win 'em all, but he can sure try – suddenly good judgment goes a long way.
McCain/Palin – Ambition First
YAY Barrack....But we cant get so excited that we dont go vote yawl. this election especially. EVERY VOTE COUNTS!
I see Ohio still have a lot of stupid people. You would think they have learned their lesson. No more McBush please!
We Iowans know how to pick um!!! We can see through the BS better than most. We also are a "common sense" State so we can't be easily fooled.
The "polls" are basiclly meaningless at this time!
And that's why Obama really should be the next president. Smart and a lot of organizational skills.
Obama/ Biden 08-12 and beyond !
O B A M A,,,,,,,,C A M P,,,,,,,,,,C A N,,,,,,,,,,,F I N AL L Y,,,,,,,,,,R E S T ! ! !
T A K E,,,,,,,,,,,A,,,,,,,,,,,,B R E A K,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,S A R A H,,,,,,,,,,,,I S,,,,,,,,,,N O T,,,,,,
G O I N G,,,,,,,,,T O ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,H U R T,,,,,,,,,,Y O U
And there you have it that is what happens when you show the rest of the country and the independents that the republican party is now completely taken over by radical right wing nut extremist and there new VP fit right in. the convention last night was horrible looking into the audience it was nothing but old pasty white men! I fit into that group also but I do not see the USA as being for white people only. It was sick!
This means Americans are paying attention. Our economy is in serious trouble and we need answers, not more of the same fear tactics.
Obama will continue widening the lead because the McCain campaign is looking completely ridiculous.
The shock of Palin will fade and Obama will rise up even higher.
Obama/Biden 08
HOO RAY! Even though your polls mean nothing to me...NOTHING!!! It's alays good to know. By the way. The support around Barack Obama is tangible, you can feel it. You can hear it when people talk about politics you can see it in the front yards of citizens all across America. It's because of the evident support that Barack Obama has that I don't believe your polls. I believe a bus load of people who express their belief in Barack Obama just because they over heard my conversation.
I'm surprised about Rural Iowa supporting him. I live in Des Moines and the rural communities are largely evangical communities.
AMERICANS ARE NOT AS DUMB AS MACAIN WANTS US TO BELIEVE. OBAMA IS THE REAL THING AND WE MUST VOTE FOR OUR FUTURE HERE NOT ONLY FOR US NOW BUT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS UNRAVELING RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES WITH PALIN BEING THE LAST THREAD. GOD BLESS OBAMA AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
GOD BLESS MICHELLE OBAMA FOR PUTTING HER CHILDREN FIRST IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE!!!!!
i smell landslide.
obama/biden 08
Ohio will change it tune before Nov and get on the Obama change train because no one wants to vote for a loser and criminals that think they are above the law. Don't put to much faith in polls
See ya MaGoo. Its Obama's to lose now. Keep it steady and we will have Obama as our next president.
Look at tye electotral map. MaGoo is almost finished.
Obama/Biden 08'
Apparently the hypocrisy of the Republicans has folks paying attention to who they truly are~And we are not about to be fooled again!
Media, please be fair to both candidates.
As immigrants from a communist country, I HATE TO SEE UNFAIR COVERAGE to any of the candidates – fist to Hillary, then to John McCain.
That's not the fairness we expect from News Media !!! How can we be united under such unfairness !
Who care about this these polls now
Any thing will happened with in 60 days
We learn the lessons form 2000 and 2004
Hillary 2012
Mc Cain/Palin2008
No way, no how, no McCain
We are going to vote for John McCain so these polls have no meaning. American people are not fools to vote for Barack who is inexperienced and who has no issues. I know that CNN is pro-Obama and it showed last night when John McCain pulled the interview with Larry King. It is am insult for CNN media. I know that CNN will not publish my letter. Who cares? We all know what CNN is leaning towards.
John McCain is running the campaign of old (no pun intended) and Americans have become a lot smarter to the fear mongering, the scare tactics, and wedge issues.
Republicans are the architects of the ownership model....when it comes to Americans, you're on your own!
McCain is incapable of making decisions.
I have interviewed for a job as a nonprofit program manager more than one time!!!
Just wanted to make sure everybody had a chance to look at the facts . .
Obama:
B.A in political science from Columbia University, with a specialization in international relations
J.D. in Law from Hardvard, graduated magna cum laude; President of the Harvard Law Review
12 years (92-04) teaching constitutional law
7 years State Senator: sponsored more than 800 bills
4 years Senator for Illinos, a state with 12.8 million people
Palin:
Bachelor's in journalism from University of Idaho
4 years Wasilla City Council (8000 people)
6 years Wasilla mayor (8000 people)
1 year "Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission"
20 months governor of a state with 660,000 people
*Oh you forgot about her commercial fishing experience that should really give her a bit of an advantage on foreign policy.
I am sorry. I didn't know we aren't allowed to ask questions. Gracious, if all the information the McCain camp was putting out weren't so false. She is not a reformer – she gathered as much pork barrel spending as she could using a lobbyist. She was for the bridge to nowhere; she worked for Stevens 527, and had asked for another 200 million in pork barrel funding from Stevens before he was indicted. She has been governor of a state, that doesn't have a capitol building and whose legislature meets for only 90 days A YEAR! So tell me why we shouldn't wonder about the experience of this woman. As citizens, our vetting process is the CAMPAIGN TRAIL NOT THE VOTING BOOTH – that means asking questions!
Yeeah, buddy! Change is coming, whether you like it or not!
Obama/Biden 08!
Polls do not equate to Electoral Votes!!!
CNN is creating more hype.
IS THIS ELECTION ABOUT JUDGMENT
Sarah Pahin uses poor judgment and the GOP makes her out to be a hero!
This election should not be about Sarah Pahin not having an abortion.
This election should be about her not using the good judgment to use birth control.
Any intelligent person knows that when you choose to have unprotected sex at 43
you have a very high probability of having a child with Downs Syndrome.
The republicans are making her out to be a hero because she used the bad
judgment not to prevent the pregnancy in the first place.
You know those Iowa farmers- they're all a bunch of latte-drinking elititst. That's why they're supporting Obama!
May god help Obama to become the next President. He is a good man and America and the world needs him Now!
taken before the convention but not before the palin pick, I take it? well, let's see what kind of speech they wrote for her... and whether they'll allow her to talk to the press.
White Male Ohio – voting for Obama!!!
It appears to be a similar story here in Minnesota, where the Republicans are holding their national convention this week.
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From what I was told a poll taken at the state fair in Minnesota had Obama with 58 percent. Oh and CNN the state fair closed on Monday.
No surprise Obama is winning in Iowa. McCain isn't a big advocate of biofuels. McCain is already behind in the electoral college and these two states will make winning the presidency even more difficult.
You nobama morons whining about Gov. Palin' s degree in jounalism need to realize that one of your liberal heroes JFK also got his degree in journalism. You looney lefties' arguments sound like preschool kids tantrums. Get a life.
Thank you for reporting this. Now you need to have a front page story on how Obama has reached the 50% mark in the Gallup poll.
Keep it coming, CNN!
Obama/Biden 08, 12
I guess Iowa and Minnesota aren't as impressed with Sarah Palin as the Republican party leaders and their mouthpieces are. No bounce?
DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN OR INDEPENDENCE,
YOU HAVE TO BE AS OUT OF YOUR MIND AS MCWORSE
IS, TO EVEN REMOTELY CONSIDER VOTING FOR A MAN
WITH A SHADY PAST & A FOGY SENILE MIND & AN UNSTABLE
TEMPERAMENT, IF THERE EVER WAS ONE. MAN IS OUT HIS
HIS MIND & PROVES IT WITH EVERY DECISION HE MAKES.
Obama and his supporters are all talk and empty attacks. These hits are so random, like the boxer who has been sucker punched and starts swinging wildly when he starts to comes to.
Republicans are insulting women voters by thinking they are ignorant enough to change their vote solely for a woman on their ticket.
I hope a modern woman voter can see through this horse hockey.
Get used to losing McCain as you have been the ENTIRE campaign.
Obama/Biden – Judgment to Lead
This could well be a landslide win for Obama. He is rolling in traditional blue states, and is ahead in many red states. The race is even getting competitive here in McCain's home state of Arizona. The poor choice of Palin as VP will seal McCain's doom.
Thank you McCain. Continue to make irrational decision and poor judgement, its paying off for us democrats. We appreciate it, McCain.
Why does republicans prey on old white people fears? That RNC convention last night does not represent America unless I'm living in disbelief and in the center of Moscow.
"One white to another" Where its the change?
Obama's up in the polls because the women that Mccain thought he'd pander to by picking Palin, aren't stupid.
Obama's up in the polls because Americans are beginning to see which candidate has the better judgment.
Ohio will come around too.
Obama/Biden 08
This is all over except for the death rattle we're hearing from St. Paul. McSame lost whatever remaining shreds of credibility with Independents when he made this erratic, idefensible choice of a VP with zero experience, and who is an AGENT OF INTOLERANCE to boot.
It's funny to watch these anti-Obama people screaming "POLLS MEAN NOTHING" but when Obama and McCain were tied in the daily Gallup poll, they were all foaming at the mouth.
Funny how polls only mean something if they indicate that the person you support is winning.
WAIT TELL THEY MEET PALIN
Yeah, Obama!!!! You're winning in Iowa!!!
Only 48 more to go... since you don't count Alaska as important.
Well without Ohio, PA, and Florida it will be tough for Obama to clinch the Presidency.
There once was a woman named Palin
Whose background was made up of failin'
After two hours vetted
McCain's veep selected
And now in the polls they're both trailin'
A 2% lead is enough! By November it will be 5%. Wait until the debates. Would you like to debate next to Obama?
Please tell me that Amerian's are not foolish enough to vote the Mc Cain Palin team-why not just toos America's future in the largest dumpster you can find! To be a Governor in Alaska is vastly different than any other state in America- it has a small population and a lot of frozen and endangered land! My husband, a Vietnam Vet works in Ecological restoration in the Alaskan Arctic BECAUSE it is so polluted!
To destroy Anwar when there are far more intelligent choices to make is to have one's mind in the dark ages! Has no one watched VP Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth?! Wake up America as a woman I would never vote for this team I would switch parties if I had to!
Two maveriks does not a good President make and lets face it one needs a hell of a lot more content than that!
misty
The true numbers are coming in, as we get closer to the election you will see the better candidate rise in the polls.
McCain can go buy his coffin now, and Palin can go continue to spend her 'bridge to nowhere' money that she never gave back.
Obama needs to pack, he's moving to Washington soon.
CNN, where is the story on Politico that "Obama responds to McCain's spokesman Davis who says the election is not about issues"? McCain campaign manager Rick Davis told Washington Post editors Tuesday that issues will have an impact on undecided voters but will not be conclusive. “This election is not about issues,” Davis said. “This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates.”
Obama's response: “Which probably explains why last night when they were speaking, all these speakers [at the Republican National Convention] came up, you didn’t hear a single word about the economy,” Obama said at an economic forum in New Philadelphia, Ohio. “Not once did people mention the hardships that people are going through” .“I guess I don’t blame them,” Obama dded, “because if you don’t have any issues to run on, you want it all to be about personality. If you have got George Bush’s track record and John McCain voting 90 percent of the time in agreement with George Bush, then you probably you don’t want to talk about issues either.”
I wonder if any one of the 145,000+ college students enrolled in the top 5 universities in Ohio have been polled. Or the other thousands upon thousands of students in the 300+ campuses across the state. I bet not – since they all carry cell phones.
Remember, Bush won the state by about 50,000 votes in 2004. Obama will win Ohio with even half of the students showing up in November, because they support him 5 to 1.
Palin and Putin going toe to toe. Scary!
Put OBAMA on the Alaskan bridge to nowhere!!!!
McCain 2008
Hillary 2012
NOT So Fast –
I think our VOTES will be Heard Loud & Clear in November -
we will NOT be SILENT!
Obama is not qualified to lead our country – and Millions of Americans feel the same way.
CNN – please post my comments – or – is this media biased – only pro-obama comments can post????
Who really wants to see good old Palin next to Putin, Sarkoszy, Merkel or Olmert. At least with Barack we have been familiar with his foreign policy thinking dating bak to 2003 when he discouraged us on goingn into Iraq and explaining why and that we rather finish the work in Afganistan to his recent standing toe to toe with same foreign leaders and his work on nuclear proliferation and on behalf of soldiers at Walter Reed. It could very easily happen soon that Palin is standing next to Putin given McCains age and twice cancer history. This is real! Country First!
The latest poll numbers from Iowa and Minnesota offer further evidence that this will be a heavily Democratic year. If Senator Obama can lead in areas of Iowa that President Bush won by seventeen percentage points then Senator McCain has little to no chance of winning Iowa. From the polling data I have seen, Senator Obama seems to be over performing in many traditionally Republican areas. Senator McCain's selection of Mrs. Palin as his running mate may have been the final nail in the coffin of the McCain campaign.
An African American could never win Ohio, being a native of Ohio, there are too many Dixie transplants there. Yeah Obama will win Cleveland, Columbus, Cincy, maybe Dayton but there are too many Ohioans, in other cities, who wouldn't vote for Jesus Christ, because he is not white. No gig shocker there if you are from that region. Obama will do well in the South, East Coast and West, so I dont think Ohio will be a major player this election. I think the South and West Coast will decide this election , not the Midwest. McCain can chalk up the East Coast, I don't think he will win a state there. Just like outside of Iowa and Illinois, Obama does not stand a chance in the Midwest. He is just the wrong color.
ahhahahahahaah ..........nice try CNN. I think I'm gonna have to end up banning you from my household just as I did with MSNBC. Look what happened to their ratings. Tread lightly. You're pissing us women off even more!
It ain't over till it's over.....wait and see.
Country first....Chicago politics and party last!
NO WAY....NO HOW.......NOBAMA!
McCain-Palin – 2008
Iowa's got it goin' on!
Polls are useless. I suspect after the debates Obama will DOUBLE his lead. And if Palin is still around by the time she has to debate Biden, it will increase even more.
Americans do not want right wing ideologicial zealots running our country. If McCain wanted to be a maverick and appeal to Democrats, he wouldn't have made a fly-by-night VP choice that is a member of the extreme religious right.
Obama has shown the wisdom, judgement, and TEMPERMENT to be President. That man has endured hidious attacks on his patriotism, experience, and religion from not only the Republicans but his own party and he has been as dignified as one can be. Sure, he's gone on the attack to, but only when he has to, and he attacks his opponents policy stances.
Maybe fear mongering worked in 2004, but we are all a bit wiser in 2008 and it is just not fathomable that good decent people who are struggling to get by, will be willing to give the Republicans the White House for another 4 years. Just not possible.
Hope, Change.....Yes We Can.
Vote for Obama/Biden.
I am totally disgusted with the Republican Party and thier hypocritical Guns, God and Patriotism theme. 4 more years of this nonsense could easily ruin what little economy we have left. These same people that bashed teenage pregnancy for the last 20 years now wear buttons proclaiming " I support un-wed Mothers". Being a Christian my entire life I fail to see any comparison between Christ and these gun toting neocons.
Barack said it best ...'ENOUGH'
Great poll numbers but please don't be lulled into a false sense of complacency. We need to get out and vote to make sure that McCain/Palin don't take this country further down the path to ruin.
And ct, you really can't blame the people of Ohio. The GOP played a lot of dirty politics in Ohio in 2004 and basically stole that state from Kerry...lost voter registrations, polling places moved at the last second, people turned away from the polls, etc...
Barack is barely ahead ever after his camp and this stupid liberal media shredded gov Palin . Women have long memories you idiots .... keep bashing Gov Palin and see what happens
Mccain/Palin 08
As a Proud Obamacrat I know there is still much work to be done and that we must not rest on our laurels. We must stay focussed on these 18 battleground states (all 50 states for that matter) and fight for every single vote come November 4th. The Republican Party will soon finish having their say and then we can move forward to make sure Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. I am personally committed to doing my small (but important) part everyday to make sure this happens.
God Bless the United States of America!
Obama/Biden '08
One thing i observe about republicans is that whether they agree with their candidate or not they all flock in droves to support their party. If democrats would just do the same, they will have a huge victory.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Did anyone happen to hear about how McCain cancelled an interview with CNN because he felt that Campbell Brown took her interview "too far?" She asked only legitimate questions that could be brought up in any political debate. If a mere interview was too much for a "staunch" McCain supporter to handle such that the campaign cowers from further questioning, how can anyone believe that McCain can handle being President of the most powerful nation in the world. New Flash: When you are President of the United States of America, you can't just cancel because it got a little tough. Please think and PRAY before you vote!
thank you john mccain for underestimating the intelligence of the hillary supporters and picking your flop of a VP. it'll be obama/biden for sure now!!
oughta vet a little better next time.
OBAMA 08
As a former Iowan I couldn't be prouder of my compatriots there. There's a strong progressive streak in Iowa that doesn't always get mentioned in the national media.
I can't wait for the October surprise we already know is coming. The report about Palin's abuse of power scandal will be released on October 31st. It's already obvious what happened so the outcome shouldn't even be in doubt. But I'm sure a lot of people will forget so it will be great to have a reminder of just how corrupt Palin really is right before the election.
Way to go, President Obama!!!
OOOOOHHH THAT'S "GOTTA" HURT !!!!
Thanks to all the people in the battleground states!
Welcome to the family.
Americans have had enough of the last 8 years. I predict Obama & Biden will win huge.
NO WAY! NO HOW! NO MCCAIN/PALIN!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!
Wow Patriot - that was masterfully put. Job well done. I've been trying to day the same thing!
Of course he is. McCain truly hadn't thought this out. They look like political hillbillies. The republicans have divided the states, and it's super clear that the red states are the least intelligent of the two. They keep winning because it's more of them than us. However, it seems there's some education going on in these red states that are slowly turning blue. Give me break on the Palin chick she's annoying..
It really does not matter what Obama does, by not choosing Hillary Clinton for his VP is going to cause him to lose the election. He has no one to blame but himself.
I am a Hillary Clinton supporter that is going to vote for McCain/Palin and then in 2012 I will again support Hillary Clinton.
McSame & camp are using the same smoke screen tactics used to get the great puvar,W ,into office twice : fool us once,shame on you..fool us twice ,shame on us.....WE get it !!!! Americans on the whole are not as stupid or bigoted as the Repugs think or need us to be !!
The time is now!!!! = Obama / Biden 08 !!!!!!!!
I heard this on the radio today when a voter wanted to make sure she was register to vote. Well, come to find out she was not.
Please blog, alert others to make sure they are register.
To make sure they are in the right district before it get to late.
We need no problems at the poll.
Yes We Can Do This!!!!!
I cant imagine american vp job requires such incompetent resume as Sarah has! I am deeply disappointed with McCain's choice and judgement. Is this the best he can do!!
This will go down in history as the worst choice republican party has ever made.
Common...Sarah for VP...its a laughing stock..IF McCain thinks he can woo HRC voters...he should realise that there is a ocean of a difference and her supports arent fools.
GO OBAMA/BIDEN
THIS IS REALLY GETTING SCARY!
I THOUGHT WE (THE PEOPLE) REALLY DID WANT COMPETENT AND EXPERIENCED PEOPLE TO LEAD THIS COUNTY. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE! WHAT A FOOL. I GUESS WE WILL NEVER LEARN. THE SHEEP ARE AT IT AGAIN.
THANKS
Not surprising after seeing a sea of white at the RNC. Who are they kidding? Same ole same ole...
END THE DRAMA, VOTE OBAMA!
NO HOW, NO WAY, NO MCCAIN!
OBAMA/BIDEN '08
YES WE CAN!
McCain picked Palin sans research. What will he do when he gets into a scuffle with Russia?
I hope that the media's is not dissuaded from their just line of questioning regarding Mrs. Palin's experience and policy positions due to charges of sexism. It is no more sexist to question Mrs. Palin's experience than it was racist for the McCain campaign to question Barak Obama's.
Most women and other minorities want equality, not favoritism. As a candidate, she should be subjected to the same type of questions as her male counterparts. It is equally ridiculous to suggest that any women is qualified for the Presidency as it is to suggest that no woman is qualified for that position.
I'm not sexist. I know I'm not. I have an incredibly strong mother, a wife who takes no crap, and would have voted for Hillary if she had won the primary.
But I have this visceral reaction to Sarah Palin, emotional, like a bias.
I think I figured out what it is. I don't like her. No, I don't trust her. She strikes me as the person who looks nice and says the right things, and wins the small town popularity contests, but has no actual skills or talent. You know, we all grew up with the type, not even a specific gender, and we let them have their way because in the small circles we used to travel, it didn't really matter or we just didn't want to fight about it.
But this time it does matter, and all that pent up "wanted to say something about the phony but didn't" energy is bursting through. I'm not sure everyone feels this way, but I'm pretty sure that how I do.
And this time I'm willing to fight.
This democratic win will exceed the margin Goldwater lost by.
Oh my goodness- Obama leading in a Democratic state
Is it possible!
There once was a woman named Palin
Whose background was made up of failin'
After two hours vetted
McCain's veep selected
And now in the polls they're both trailin'
NO CONVENTION BOUNCE. BYE-BYE OBAMA!!!!!
The only republican defense of their unqualified VP candidate is "executive experience", but if that is the most important trait, then John McCain is also unqualified since he has the exact same amount of executive experience as Obama. Zero. However, I believe McCain is unqualified for other reasons, he has no integrity, a bad temper, poor judgment, and no plans to fix the economy.
These state polls are much more accurate at this state in the game, although I'm liking the current daily tracking polls, too. Iowa loves 'em some Barack!
And speaking of state polls, West Virginia is now considered a battleground state! We're finally waking up and embracing our Democratic heritage.
Obama/Biden '08: Issues Matter!
The first most important decision for McCain and what does he come up with? Not ready to be the president if we see it correctly.
Thank you John McCain. Democrats could not have picked a better VP choice for you if we tried!!!!!!!
To Democrat for John McCain: McCain pulled the interview because he was not ready to defend his VP choice. I mean he just got the lawyers out there to propely vett her.....oh wait....they said that was done weeks ago. So why did the team of lawyers go out there on Monday? You go ahead and vote for McCain. God help this country if he gets in office and croaks ( I mean he is 72 years old and has had 4 bouts with cancer) Do you really think Palin is ready to step into the presidency? If something happens to Obama...I know Joe is ready!!!
One good look at the homogeneity of the attendees of the RNC and Barack pulls further ahead.
In case you haven't guessed by now, over half of America has had it up to here with the religious right.
7/10
As a long time standing Republican...today I am donating 50.00 dollars to the Obama camp in hopes to help the lead continue. My vote, my wife's vote, and my 20 year old daughter who is not pregnant and finishing up college, we will all be voting for Mr. Obama. I'm a shamed of the way McCain mcsame is runnig his camp...babies, lies and more lies. I plead with all republicans young and old, black and white to join in and vote Obama. keep up the good work sir.
"""This is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope the tide rolls in soon,,……………… The republicans think we are stupid………. WE AREN"T STUPID. . I am soo o sick this country is so Divided………………… I really am praying daily for there great men to be in the white house."""
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If you weren't stupid- you would look at Obamas voting record to see he has done absolutely nothing and that Clinton was our only hope
The CNN Obama propaganda machine is working overtime now that Sarah Palin is the new kid on the block. I'm already sick and tired of looking at and hearing from Howdy Doody and Jabbering Joe.
Thanks Patriot for the facts. I can see where Obama gets his idea that the American Dream is dead. A black man raised by a single mom grows up to go to Columbia and Harvard. Teaches law and then becomes a state Senator. Just imagine if there was still hope and the american dream was alive. He could have been Supreme Ruler of the World. Barrack and Michelle are negative and disrespectfull to this country. Why do you need a law degree to be successful? So you can distort the facts and know all the loopholes to get elected. America, take back this country and the Democratic Party by electing McCain/Palin. Show the left wing that they are not entitled to it nor are they good for this country.
I guess the right wing is justified in questioning Obama on specifics on his plan but understands when McCain just throws anyone out there to be his backup. Regardless of her questionable past.
Polls do matter. The most historically accurate ones have already predicted Obama taking the WH come November.
YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The American people are starting to see the Repubican Party for what it truly is. Spin Spin and more Spin.
After Bush it is hard to believe more spin from the Republican party.
Oboma should win this one if there is any hope for our country.
If I was a republican (Thank you Jesus it ain't true) I would be dissing the polls just like these other viewers are but saying it don't make it so. The Repubs are seeing the result of a loose cannon at the head of their party. Wait until this things really gets going.
i read that McCain's VP will resign after taking office so McCain can appoint who he wants.
The republican are on the word game, it funny that all republican speek the same words over and over hoping you will think it to be the truth.
I done with the republican party. The say anything and do nothing for the real people.
It's gradually sinking in – even MN and Iowa are coming out of the fog and realizing:
YES WE CAN, YES WE WILL.
CNN
HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY THESE SO CALLED CITIZENS TO BLOG ONLY FOR OBAMA?
IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE POLLS ARE CLOSE....BUT HEAR IT IS 90%+ FOR OBAMA
YOUR OBJECTIVE JOUNALISM WENT DOWN THE TOILET ....WHAT A LINEUP OF JOURNALIST
I WILL RESERVE JUDGEMENT FOR DOBBS AND ROBERTS!!!
EVERYONE ELSE IS IN THE TANK FOR THE MESIAH!!
Apparently, John McCain's campaign manager told the Washington Post yesterday that "this election is not about issues." Perhaps Ohio agrees?
Yes, we will prevail!
teen pregnancy will rise in the US of A because of that runner up.....didn't take a good care of the family
Why is it that the democrats and CNN say McCains selection is not right to be Vice President when in fact she has more experience than Obama?
Using John's logic she is more qualified to be president than he is. I do not recall him being a govenor or even a major. Can someone please explain this double standard? Heck if you think about it she is more qualifed then Hillary!
Why is Ohio different?
Look at what happened in the 2004 election in Ohio...
It's really funny to see the republicans running in circles and chasing their tales to get their choice for veep caught up on what she has to know.They really didn't do a lot of advanced planning, did they? In my opinion, they are getting everything they deserve. They tried to pull a fastone on the rest of the country, and now their going crazy trying to show that she knows what the hell she's talking about!
I heard this on the radio today when a voter wanted to make sure she was register to vote. Well, come to find out she was not.
Please blog, alert others to make sure they are register.
To make sure they are in the right district before it get to late.
We need no problems at the poll.
Yes We Can Do This!!......
I agree with Luis – polls mean nothing. Especially considering the millions of young people with no land line to answer the pollsters, who will vote Obama by a 2 to 1 margin!
Patriot, you forgot to mention Sarah Palin's other qualifications:
1. Excellent high school basketball player. (She may even be able to dunk the ball.)
2. Miss Congeniality in an Alaskan beauty pageant. (Knows how walk in high heels.)
3. Excellent shot when hunting elk, deer and caribou. (No more Cheney-type hunting accidents.)
4. Knows how to be tough with librarians who stock troublesome books. (No more Shakespeare!)
Mccain Palin can't win them all either.
Beware! Palin is just Dick Cheney in a dress........She was chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2003-04. As soon as she's sworne in she'll restart the 'secret' energy committee that Cheney left behind.
the neopukes wanted to blame someone for the landslide loss so they chose a cute, cheerleader, beauty queen ... these senile, war-mongers hypocrites never cease to amaze me with their party tricks and down right criminal behavior ... even scarier is that the bushbot sheep buy this crap ...
That's cool but there is still much work to do. The only poll that truly counts is on November 4.
McCain should just hand the election over to Barack. He is incompetent.
Obama/Biden 2008/2012.
Shame these polls are rigged in favor of Obama..Wait till McCains landslide on Nov. 4...Not everyone is buying into the Obama propgaanda
During the VP debates the moderators should press for detailed answers to serious issues having to do with global economy, foreign diplomacy, Israel, Georgia-Russia relations and stability in Eastern Europe, and not just "I support diplomacy" or "We should bomb them". How about the balance in the Supreme Court and important decisions that may be impacted by another appointment, i.e. Roe v. Wade. Details. No slogans. See how Palin measures up. If she comes off as tough talking and rough around the edges, that is not going to compensate for her lack of credentials, experience and education. She is going to have to scramble to keep up with Biden.
No More McSame, No McCain!!!
Obama/Biden 2008!!!
John McCain showed all America his judgement in judgeing his runnning mate. He,s so busy trying to get the women vote that he choose someone that i would not trust to run this country fi she were put into the number one spot. i don,t trust him any more than her.
You have to be true to the American people. It is going to be a trickle down effect for McCain. McCain picked a VP candidate without thinking of the American people, the most important decision of his life. McCain messed up. He will get the Evengilical vote but he lose the vote with others.
As noted before, the Dems are resting and I agree Sarah could never hurt the Dems, you flatter yourself.
I also agree with the poster that says that polls don't matter, they really don't, i.e. unless the Repugs are ahead then they are quoted to high heaven.
The only thing that matters is Election Day. I will say this about polls, they don't take into account people without landlines. Everyone pretty much agrees that the majority of those people are Obama supporters. So, add another 3 – 5% to Obama's poll lead.
I really don't think the repugs here understand that they really are in for an electoral blood bath.
I tell you though, Palin appears to be very good for fundraising. The conservatives are really starting to dig deep into their pockets. That is a positive for McCain, but I just don't think that it is going to be enough.
This Means That All Of Us Democrats Must Get Out And Vote For Obama! Dont Just Talk About It. . . Do It! Its Not Over Till Its Over!
Great news-thanks. People are seeing through the McCain/Palin charade. Despite what the far righties/C3 people think-they are in the minority; America is not an extreme nation and won't put up with the GOP anymore.
This republican ticket is pathetic. Sarah Palin is a certified right-wing over-the-nut case. It's been fun to read the GOP whiners slinging around the "left wing media bias" myth some more. They certainly hate scrutiny.
The Obama/Biden ticket is clearly the superior choice. While I don't agree with them on everything, they look like the better bet of these two choices.
The only thing standing in Obama's way at this point is the potency of racism in this Country today.
Amen.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OBAMA/BIDEN YES WE CAN YES WE WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only polling that matters is November 4th. Obama said it best earlier, Republicans have done a questionable job in the leadership position in the past eight years, but they DO know how to win elections. For all accounts, there is NO WAY Bush should have won in 2004, but he did.
Democrats don't get lulled to sleep by these numbers. Get in the trenches and get fired up...if not you'll wake up that first Wednesday in November to a McCain/Palin election victory.
Obama/Biden '08
Three cheers for Glenn Becks interview on CNN...
Oh by the way, perhaps Gov. Palin could get a fair shake if it weren't for Campbell Brown and Cafferty!
Brown & Cafferty?! Objectivity??????
One dare not say anything about Obama.
And thanks, Really, for that view from Bizarro World...
This news is exciting, but we still have 2 months to go. Obama supporters, keep your nose to the grindstone! Donate your time and money! As he said, this isn't about him, it's about US! So let's keep crackin'!!
Obama/Biden '08
Good for him it's great he's hanging in there.
Now –next time do your polling outside of the Mall or a Wal-Mart instead of between the college campus and StarBucks.
Bet your results will be different.
Thank goodness Americans are wake!
Message for those who are still sleep the bus will leave soon, wake them up and let them be part of the history.
God Bless you for realizing Obama has the answer to lead the country wisely.
Hey Patriot..
I don't see any executive experience you listed for Obama... All I see are just the washee things he did... What did he really accomplished to help the America? As far as I see the crimes are not reducing in Chicago... What's that again?
Also, why did you compare Obama to Palin? She did not run for president, unlike Obama who was just in the senate for 130 days and decided to run for the president... Grow-up and stop being stupid....
It's too soon to tell, the Republican has had their convention done yet...
Minnesota has always been blue, Iowa is a tossup state until election day, and Ohio will go McCain. FL,NC,VA,MO, will also go for McCain,
"A new poll fro CNN taken from dems and only dems suggests that Obama is widening his lead in battleground states"
MCWORSE WILL PROTECT US FROM THE RUSSIANS ???
RIGHT, HE & HIS CRONIES PROMISED GEORGIA MUCHO
OF OUR DOLLARS FOR THEIR SHENANIGANS & THEY ARE
SENDING THEM THERE. THAT IS WHAT BUSH IS PAYING TO
GET SLEAZO ELECTED, A BILLION OF OUR DOLLARS. NOW
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE NEED PROTECTION FROM OUR
ELECTED OFFICIALS.
Where do people base these claims that polls are meaningless. Statistics is a science people.
YOU SAY BACHELORS OF JOURNALISM LIKE ITS A BAD THING! IT MEANS SHE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE! AND YOU LEFT OUT TV SPORTCASTER! AT LEAST SHE KNOWS HOW TO USE THE TELEPROMPER! OBAMA OVIOUSLY DOESNT KNOW HOW HE HAD MOST OF HIS SPEECH MEMORIZE!
MCCAIN/PALIN 08!
Cool.. let's keep it going. Funny to see all those evangelicals fall for the media's victimization of Palin... "Poor Sarah everyone is picking on her"...Get real!!! Bottom line is I don't care about her daughter getting knocked up, Sarah Palin has NO experience and her policies suck. Stay on the issues, Republicans have no substance.
Obama/ Biden 08
You think?
Wait until after the good ol' boys, the governess of 5700 people, the traitor, capt. 911, and the rest of them are finished. You will see a 10 point spread across the board.
I am still amazed that no one has noticed that there has not been one word of what the GOP plans are to fix W's mess. Not one.
Peace.
Ohio decided the last election? Really? I thought the entire country voted.
Of course he is... The only people who believe this right wing nutjob side of the republican party is going to win in November are the people who belive what they hear from Rush and Hannity and Laura.
In other words, idiots.
NOT THIS TIME! NOT THIS YEAR!
NO WAY
NO HOW
NO BUSH
NO MCCAIN
NO REPUBLICANS!
Looks like folks are starting to see the GOP for the dog and pony show they are!!!
J/M has yet to say how he is going to fix the mess Bush and his croonies have put this country in over the last 7 years.
J/M ads do nothing but attack Obama but explain nothing on how he is going to fix it.
Last night at this dull convention the three key speakers were praising McCain but, none said what he was going to do to fix anything. They just yelled and scream at how they were better than Obama. LOL
So, what I take from that whole dog and pony show, it they don't have a clue, the GOP is so out of touch with America it's crazy. The religious zealots they have been gathering in rank and file are no more different the extreme Muslims in the Middle East. The party should be disband!!!
This is no surprise after the DNC super commercial. Every convention acts as a super commercial that sees movement towards it's candidate. I'd say take a look at these polls next week, after the RNC super commercial, to get a real feel for how the race is shaping up.
Until then any poll really isn't' that believable.
Can you say .....landslide "Obama-Biden" victory! The more experience (Senator McCain) proves that judgment ( matters, the more Americans will look at Senator Obama as a qualified leader and not a color.
Let's get to work and elect President Obama.
More news that I am already aware of. Of course Sen. Obama is leading. And once these debates are done, you'll see an even bigger lead for Sen. Obama. Truly, I really just wanna see Sen. Biden rip into Palin.
OBAMA/BIDEN 08
Not--- a--surprise...this-–RNC--convention--is--BORING-and--the--crowd-–doesn't-–even-look-–like--3/4-–of--the--American--population!??
AND WHY DIDN'T EVEN MENTION OUR TERRIBLE ECONOMY LAST NIGHT??? HELLO????
Obama/Biden all the way and no looking back!
So all you guys that are scared of the little woman better watch out. You will be seeing alot more of Sarah Palin next year when she takes the oath of office for vice president. I am a democrat who is voting for her. She is smarter and has more experience than the head of the ticket on the democrat side. She may be the one to help save this country from the far-left liberals.
These poll numbers are from the post-convention bump. His poll numbers will fall after the Republicans convention and they will back to where the were or worse.
SOMEONE REMIND MCCAIN TIME FOR NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN AGAIN
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBAMA!!
MCCAIN = BUSH. No way no how no Bush no Mccain.
Why doesn't Mc Cain go to Disneyland and ask Mickey Mouse to be his VP?
What a joke this country has become to the eyes of the world!
Keep working hard, Obama supporters! We can and will do this! We'll can take Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada Montana, Ohio, Virginia, and maybe even Florida if we work hard enough!
What have Women going to talk about??? Women. have lost their way in Politics... Stay home, look after the Kids... They have done this for thousands of years... Let the man rule their lives... Does it really matter where a Woman is born? Or her Politics? There is another Woman on the Ballot-Box... What? And When? Do the Women really car about???
So in recent world events Russia has said anyone who attacks them will be attacked back.
Two questions:
1. Would you rather have Obama handling this or McSame?
2. Would you rather have Biden handling this or Palin?
Hmmmmmm . . . tough choice there – not. In a democracy where John F. Kennedy introduced new diplomatic tactics to prevent a nuclear war with Russia by blockading Cuba, one would have to consider McSame's backing of the war in Iraq. More unilateralism? No, but thanks.
"Politics are like driving – to go backwards put it in R. To move forward put it in D"
obama ahead in alaska,too ! look it up.
The republicans don't see because they CHOOSE NOT TO.
Dems 08.
Not surprising...
Americans are FINALLY beginning to awaken from their Republican propaganda-indiced stupor....
Looks like the Rupublicans have dug their own hole. Looks like they have tried to force their right wing values down our throats exploiting a woman who has exploited her children into the chaos of the media. She's a pawn. And they all know it.
Obama has run a clean campaign, made intelligent choices, and is experienced just on the basis of his dedicated service to people and law making.
Time to let hope ring this time before it's too late.
OBAMA 08
I was a Reagan Democrat or more to the point of being a Political Moderate...being in a battle ground state...having roller coaster economic struggles...conflicting social ideas with both candidates...
...I'll support Obama-Biden '08
Redo that same poll in a few days after America gets to know Sarah Palin. This race should be a blowout for the Democrats but instead it is a small 5 point lead for Obama.
If after the Republican Convention the polls numbers are even the McCain/Palin ticket will prevail. Just wait for the debates which we all know Obama can not answer a question head on.
Go McCain
Not surprising…
Americans are FINALLY beginning to awaken from their Republican propaganda-induced stupor….
THERE IS NO COMPARISON BETWEEN OBAMA AND PALIN.
IT IS AN INSULT TO COMPARE PALIN'S NARROW LIMITED ALASKA EXPERIENCE TO OBAMA'S SUPERIOR ABLITY NATIONALLY, HIS OUTSTANDING SPEECHES AND LEADERSHIP QUALITIES.
SHE IS NO MATCH. ....SHE'S WAITING TO MESS UP THE COUNTRY AND DEMEAN OUR NATION EVERYWHERE, EVEN DAN QUALE IS BETTER THAN HER..........
I love Obama / Biden
They are the right people to lead our country
Yes, we can, and yes, we will.
The country knows which party will make a difference. I'm glad they know that party is the party of real change–Obama/Biden for our next president and vice president.
O/B 08
YES
It is so sad that anyone who cares about this country at all would even consider voting for McCain after he allowed Palin to be his VP pick.
People just open you eyes and ears for once in your life and do the right thing and vote for change we can really believe in. Obama/Biden and other Democrats is the only true way out of the mess Bush/Democrats have put us in over the last 8 yrs.
Some people are so sure Obama is not going to win. They must know something we all do not know. The Reupublicans run this country like a communist country. The elections are rigged. If Obama does not get in then we know the electoral process is rigged. Most people think the Republicans are the mob.
Glen Beck had a whole lot to say about Jamie Lynn Spears' teenage pregancy...now all of a sudden he's pro Palin and her pregnant unwed teenage daughter.
Republicans love to SPIN, SPIN SPIN...I find it quite amusing.
Please do not insult Hilary Clinton by comparing her to Sarah Palin. Hilary has a law degree with a background in economics and is a U.S. Senator. Sarah is a menopausal mother of five with a degree in journalism, two terms as mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people and governor of a state with a smaller budget and less people than the city of New York. Besides, did something happen to John McCain? I thought he was the presidential candidate of the Republican party.
The Obama slogans are so childish. I am sick and tired of hearing them. They sound more like nursery school songs. "Yes YOU CAN go potty" No wonder. BO has to use simple, stupid phrases in order to reach his dumb base. It is very sad that there are voter in the US who are easily drawn to a Pied Piper.
I wouldn't put too much weight in the polls. Remember John Kerry losing to Bush. Get out there and vote.
I am normally not a political activist, but this year I will drive, walk, carry any and all Barack voters to the polls to ensure he gets all the votes necessary. It all comes down to overwhelming turnout. We all know it. YES WE CAN!
YES...YESS,,... PATRIOT..You had it right. good job on the fact checking. We need you to inform all about the real issues and the GREAT Reformers we have in the REPUBLICAN Party.. Waiting for the media to report the facts seems like they are afraid . If they report them then they accused that Obama's campaign was behind it.
Ohio needs a history lesson on the last eight years.
OBAMA / BIDEN..
Polls don't mean squat.
However, you can tell by talking to people that McCain's credibility has slipped big time. Picking an unknown Amish woman with a gun for a running mate was just dumb.
Let's hope this holds up!
Obama/Biden 08'
Luis is like most on the right, they not have anything to say unless Fox tells it to them. You go CNN and don't let people like this dictate what you report. if he wants that , he knows were he can go.
REALLY ;; IT WAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO LET OUR JOB GO TO OVERSEA COMPANY, LET GAS GET WAY OUT OF HAND, LET OUR COUNTRY OPEN TO ANY ONE WHO WANTS TO WALK RIGHT ON IT. YOU HAVE KNOW IDEAL THAT YOU COUNTRY HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER WITHOUT ONE SHOT HIRED, WHILE OUR TROOPS ARE FIGHTING FOR IRAQ'S FREEDOM. I THINK THE REPUBLICAN ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE PROVED THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO OR CARE ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.
NO MORE BUSH NO MORE REPUBLICAN NO MORE McCAIN
Obama doesn't have to win 'em all...just 270 of them. The rest is gravy.
There will be convention slump for McSame, it will be caused by hurricane Palin.
What is executive experience, another bureaucrat....?
Just so we are clear on records:
Fact: More Chicago Public Students have been killed in the last 12 months than serviceman from the state of Illinois.
Now that is a statistic CNN should be reporting!!
if you all keep saying she is the governor of alaska and that she has got more experience than obama, i guess that means she is also more qualified than john mccain because obama and mccain basically do the smae thing in the senate.mccain supporters please think in a smart way before you talk.dont talk before you think.
OBAMA/BIDEN 08
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Think about this. If Obama elected, Obama+Biden will lead the country. If Mccain elected, only Palin might do. OK?
It is not Obama she is running against. She is basically running against Biden.
I switch from CNN to Fox just to get all sides. I can't believe the viciousness from reporters such as Jack Rafferty I just heard him say to write in if you think Palin should be taken off the ticket, imagine!
These are the things that make me want to stay with Fox. The mean spiritedness is unbelievable on CNN, I didn't hear this kind of viciousness during the Dems convention from Republicans.
CNN, shame on you. You are really showing your bias. If you would look under Barack Obama's blanket half as much as you have looked under Sarah Palin's, Hillary would be the nomineee and Barack Obama would go down as the eloquent con man that under the surface he appears to be. America better wake up fast!!!
Polls have a funny way of turning. Wait until the first Presidential debate. That's when intellligent people will see that Obama is just another empy suit.
Mccain/palin, AMBITION 1ST, COUNTRY & FAMILY AFTERWARDS!!! Mccain/palin, AMBITION 1ST, COUNTRY & FAMILY AFTERWARDS!!!
Oh, now that you see this story getting the major attention you're moving further down your ticker. Keep it right on top where it belongs. BO rocks!
i Si se puede ! Vaya Obama !
If we close our eyes we can pretend McCain's VP pick is a sound choice. But then we'll have to open our eyes to a troop firieng scandal, a teenage pregnancy, and the experience of a Disneyland cast member. She's not ready for prime time folks.
It would make a good television series though, Alaskan governor has 5 kids and one grandchild on the way. I'd watch it.
You could call it "Eight In Alaska Is Enough".
Glen Beck. Why was it OK for the Republicans to run horrible attack ads about Obama unfairly calling him an elitist, celebrity and "The One"? Why was it OK for the Republicans, especially the talk show hosts, to crucify Michelle Obama and say all kinds of terrible untruths that everyone now knows after the Democratic convention last week were total lies? Why is it OK for everyone to criticize men but somehow it is unfair to criticize women? If you are going to play in the big leagues, you have to be able to play the game and take the hits just like everyone else.
What Patriot said plus:
As Mayor of Wasilla, Palin racked up $20 million in debt. For a city with a population of 6000. That is $3000 per man woman and child.
As Mayor of Wasilla, Palin did not "manage" the City. She hired a full-time administrator who actually oversaw all executive city functions.
It's interesting to see the weight placed on each of the candidates' experience levels, even though there is no historical precedent on which we can accurately correlate presidential success to experience.
In the end it's not whether Obama + Biden > McCain + Palin in terms of the number of years they've spent toiling in the public domain, but whether either group has the character, wits, and capacity to make a positive impact not only on our country but on the world.
Look at the policies, ideals, character, and beliefs of each candidate – not simply on the number of years they've managed to stay in elected office. This is what will tell you if they are capable of leading this country.
Please my fellow obama supporters, dont get carried away with the polls. Go out and campaign. By text and by mouth.
Get involved, not only by donation, or else my son will be stuck in Iraq and might go to iran or georgia.
We need some one who thinks before he acts, cautious and sensible with good judgements.
One who puts country first by selecting a well vetted vp and not ambitions first by sacrificing their family's privacy.
To Hillary supporters that want to vote for McCain/Palin in '08. First, think about what you are saying, you are going against everything that Hillary campaigned for. Second, if McCain wins it most likely would lead to Palin running in 2012 with a alot of experience as VP, which would be tough to beat. Use logic not emotions when making your decisions the country and the world are counting on you.
Obama/Biden/Clinton '08- we are one team baby!
Why do so many Americans support Socialism? This is not what this great country was founded upon. You Socialists are going to destroy this country!!
McCain/Palin is the clear choice!!
McCain will not be able to separate himself from Bush.....Bush and Palin will be the down fall of the Rep Party come November.....A smart man once told me back in 1972 after he had driven Biden arounnd campaigning for his Senate seat....Biden will be Delaware's next Senator.....if that smart man was still alive he would say Obama/Biden will be the next 2 Dem's in the White House
These polls don't take into account cell phone users. The young will decide the race in Ohio.
All I have to say is, No Way, No How, No McCain. Get em Obama/Biden 08. It's over
The Democratic Party loves this country too!!!! and for some reason the Republicans mind set is off all ways thinking that Republicans loves this country only Obama said ENOUGHT!!! My vote goes to the most QUALIFIED TICKET which is OBAMA/BIDEN to keep the american people safe!!!
DEMS crying about Lieberman.
He knows that J McCain and S Palin are the best for this country,
He stands up for what he believes and any way he is a independent
Please don't count on Iowa to support Obama. He won in Iowa mainly because of the college kids. Can you definitely say they'll go out and vote for him?? Iowa needs to get rid of the caucus and go to voting in the primaries. Not everyone can go to the caucus because they are only held a couple hours a night. This year it got shoved up so far, it was cold, and had snowed so a lot of people didn't make it. I'm still trying to figure out why Texas has both. Don't some of the people get to vote 2x down there.?? I am from Iowa and I am a democrat.
Oho,Ohio,the rich state in American wants to keep This great Nation at mess again.Please,leave alone Mccain and considering the value of America.We don't to stay at mess again.8 years 're enough for us.
McCain definitely lost my vote, with his Veep pick! So far I have not heard a single thing JM and the Repubs plan on doing about the economy??? All I have heard while watching the RNC is Anti-Obama mumble jumble. What a panderers and a hypocrites! The lack of diversity at the RNC is just stomach-turning. I am a proud Minnesotan and I had the pleasure to see all of the Obama excitement this weekend at the state fair! Young, old, African-American, Caucasian, Hispanic, Asia, etc. etc. with Obama T-shirts and Pens! As an independent, I will also do my part to make sure that everyone I knows goes to the poll and Barack the vote!
As an Iowan and an Obama supporter, even I will admit the reason that McCain is losing so badly (even in rural areas) is his prior stance against ethanol subsidies. Farmers don't forget an issue like that.
Can't stop us.
This is what you get when you put a far right numbnut, cheerleader, with zero national or international experience second in command!!
Looks like thinking people aren't buying the Swiftboat B.S. and can see through the Anita Bryant of the 21st Century...
by reading these blogs it is so obvious that many people are not ready for woman in lead. They are so scared of a woman to be so powerful, they are discriminatory, they have old fashioned views : woman should stay home and cook and tend to children. But some women are so good they CAN do this all + work!
Question: Is Palin running against Obama or Biden?
It appears the RNC is desperately trying to show she (Palin) is as experienced as Obama. They are failing miserably in this exercise because anyone with common sense knows she falls far short of this claim.
And if she is running against Biden, I will be glued to my TV set as she debates this long-standing experienced senator on the big issues. Hopefully, she won't talk about her experience as a PTA president or mayor of 8,500 citizens. And please, please, may she not tout her family values.
THIS IS GREAT. driip..dripp.dripp up the polls
Just wanted to make sure that "Patriot" realizes a small fact that might have escaped his/her notice.....history has shown that some of the technically "smartest" and "most educated" of our presidents have also been the least popular and lousiest of presidents. Having an impressive education resume really doesn't account for a whole lot! I notice that "Patriot "only compares Obama to Palin. Obama sponsored lots of bills while a state senator...wow....big deal...now that really is hard to do!! Also notice that "Patriot" doesn't state what he has sponsored while being a senator in DC. It would be interesting to see what would "change" if Obama became president (I really wouldn't want to see it , but it would be entertaining to watch all these people who think that Obama is going to make a HUGE change in the their lives). I think all these nuts who are crying for change now, would still be crying for change 6 months to 4 years from now if Obama wins. People like to blame someone for their miserable lives (can we all say overspending and living beyond your means) and Bush and Co. have become an easy target!!
I'm loving this....Obama and Palin are in the news. Obama for all the right reasons. Palin for all the wrong reasons. McSame is lost...only his judgement is is in question!
Thank GOD!!! We need Devine intervention-- Please, please God I pray for Obama/Biden. If the reps get in again it is the end of the United States of America as we know it!!! And it would be even worse with McCain and the Gun Toten Momma from the Tundra!
Why do some of the Republicans call people who support Obama zombies. Maybe we just listened to Obama and liked what he had to say. They are the one's that's trying to convince themselves and the country that they are behind McCain and his idiotic pick. So who are the zombies?
To JOE KILOZ, why are you saying this? What do you know. I am so frightened of this person who is from the radical right and wants to turn our democracy into a theocracy. And so many people will not pay attention to what is happening at all.
Question!!!!!!
If we aren't suppose to be talking about Governor Palin's unwed preggers daughter...why are the republicans making a big deal out of McCain meeting her?
Hey Republicans – hands of the unmarried preggers teen! Shame on you for putting her in the way of the press!!!!!!!!
The winning ticket is the one that focuses on issues, not hatred!
OBAMA/BIDEN 08!
h.clinton talk to much about insurance, her husband were 8 years in the white house and don't get an insurance for nobody in this country, mr. mccain and mr ted kennedy try to help the inmigration and the congrees vote 'NO' ( democratic congrees ), mr biden said that obama has not experience to be president of the United State and now they are running together, WHAT IS THIS ? 4 more years, if we don't safe the poket we safe the country.USA AND McCAIN, USA AND McCAIN...
If McCain hadn't picked a running mate that could be re-hashed again and again by the American people and the media, Obama was probably going to win. But the race is now an actual race and I think most people will be watching with more interest than before. I've seen lots of elections and many different presidents over the years and my vote is still undecided. Polls don't win elections. When was the last time the poll won the election? People win elections and in the case of the Presidency (a team wins and a team loses). Hold on to your hat it really should be interesting between now and election time.
It looks like America is finally coming to its senses.
Molly
our voices will be heard and it will be loud and clear. People will say EIGHT IS ENOUGH. We need jobs and someone with intellect to run the country which McCain and Palin obviously lack. I am a woman who is not falling for the pandering of the republicans. The republicans do not believe in equal pay for women but now they are the party of women's rights. Please. at least davis from the mccain camp was honest that the election for republicans are not about issues. they don't know what the issues are because they believe the last 8 years was good. out of touch much.
Fact September 3rd, 2008 4:41 pm ET
Just so we are clear on records:
Fact: More Chicago Public Students have been killed in the last 12 months than serviceman from the state of Illinois.
Now that is a statistic CNN should be reporting!!
Yes, this may be true, what is your Point?????
By the way, there are over 400 thousand Children in the Chicago Public School system, Far more that the entire number of our service men and women in Iraq!
Again, I as wat is your point?!?!?!?!
Clinton 8 Yrs (Democrat ) National budget = Surplus
Bush 8 Yrs(Republican) National budget = 7 Trillion Deficit
FIGURE DONT LIE...BUT LIE CAN FIGURE!!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN
Why on earth would someone supporting Hillary Clinton considering voting for McCain? They are miles apart on issues. I mean are you really serious in wanting to give up 4 more years to the Republicans. We are in a desperate situation. Please think about it. George Bush has destroyed this country. He has not protected us from anything. People losing there homes, jobs, and hope.
I live in Ohio and our election process is still crooked . Forget the stories about the polls – the media needs to do a service to all Americans and examine closely the election process and any problems that exist BEFORE November – and start in Ohio.
Otherwise – more of the McSame – long lines to vote in heavily Democratic precincts due to purposeful understaffing; disqualified absentee ballots because they folded it incorrectly; machines that lose their memory – again in heavily Democratic precincts.
That is crazy. How come everytime I see Obama on TV, all his statements are prepared? I almost never see him doing question and answer sessions. All he does is walk on some stage with his sleeves rolled up at some podium cracking jokes. All he is is a stand up comedian. How could anyone even consider voting for him is beyond me? OsamaForObama08.com
Exactly, wait til Governor Barracuda starts to negatively impact the polls thus allowing Senator Obama to increase his national lead. What was McCain thinking? Wait, he wasn't. We all know that if this was Obama's 17 year old daughter who was pregnant – not even his daughter, his third cousins daughter – all of you Republicans would be having a field day with the news and somehow claim that this would impair his judgment and he absolutely could NOT be our Commander in Chief. What's the saying...getting a taste of your own medicine?
YES WE CAN!
Im getting so excited already planning a big party for nov 4th
"Polls are meaningless" –> Yes, true.
But just wait til the actual vote. All the young Obama voters with no landline phone (only cellphone) don't show up in any polls. They're the "hidden margin" for Obama.
McCain skews to older voters that all have landline phones. Ha!
Obama / Biden 08
McCain has run the dirtiest smuttiest TV campaign ads I have ever seen!!! Barack Obama has tried to rise above it all but has been forced to start getting dirtier with his TV ads as well now for effectiveness. Very sad it has come to that!
I wish he would use the FACT THAT MCCAIN HAD SEXUAL AFFAIRS FOR 5 1/2 YEARS IN HIS FIRST MARRIAGE BEFORE DIVORCING AND MARRYING CINDY.!!!!
Yet he stands on his high moral and ethical horse as a "conservative Christian" along with pushing his VP pick's moral conservative family values as well, trying desperately to sway the Evangelical vote!!!!
No How, No Way, NObama!!!
Hooray!!! God has answered our country's needs....McCain/Palin..
we NEED A CONSERVITIVE /PROLIFE/PROFAMILY TEAM IN THE WHITE HOUSE.... NOT A GOOD OLD BOYS O/B...TEAM
Polls only call into land lines. Most young people of voting age have only cell phones and will overwhelmingly vote Obama. +10% to Obama.
The Ron Paul message is growing in volume and will take a lot of Republican votes away from McCain. -3% from McCain.
Given the US mortality rate and the age of many McCain voters, another 1% of McCain's votes will have have shuffled off this mortal coil before November. -1% from McCain.
if the media factored any of this in they would lose readership/viewership ... it's in their interest to make the race seem closer than it is.
Ok Governor Palin was picked for 3 reason's only....
1) For all the Evangelical women
2) All Hilary voters
3) Because Obama stand's for change and History...
So I guess this pick is History changing just like the first Blk Pres, Funny right. Im a die hard Obama voter not because hes Blk because he's my PARTY LEADER........Im satisfied with Obama and Joe. This is the Dems time.
The Republicans true colors are showing this week. There is great reason why they are losing.
Note: It's not the Liberals that are angry.
Don't be fooled again USA. For eight years, the GOP has pulled the wool over your eyes. Every citizen deserves a basic medical plan, not just the few who can afford it.
I really don't care which party "saves this Country, and turns it towards a new direction"; but all of this crazy madness, about "things, people, nonsense, and name calling" is getting a little much to bear........
WE SUPPORT MCCAIN.... and don't want a non-vet in the White House... as commander and chief of the armed forces.... NO Way
I also think that our next pres.McCain... needs to carfully ,watch
and finish the GOP convention before speeding full steam ahead.
We here in Broward county,Florida will be voting ....issue,prolife...McCain
McCain’s first wife … a former model; McCain’s second wife a wealthy model; John McCain’s VP pick a former model… any questions???
Wall Street Journal columnist and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan and former John McCain adviser, Time columnist, and MSNBC contributor Mike Murphy were caught on tape disparaging John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running mate.
"It's over," Noonan said.
When Chuck Todd asked her if this was the most qualified woman the Republicans could nominate, Noonan responded, "The most qualified? No. I think they went for this political bullsh!t about narratives. Every time the Republicans do that, because that's not where they live and that's not what they're good at, they blow it."
Swing on, Obama!
Look what the Republicans and their focus group from the fake church that they were praying for rain during the Democtratic party's convention. It turned out was a beautiful day, wasn't it?? what goes around, comes around isn't it?? It turned out to be a disaster day during this Republican's convention, isn't it? They are nothing but devil's minds. Obama for change in America that we can believe in!!!
It seems as if most of us have gotten Bill Clinton's message, "...they (the republicans) want us to reward them for the last eight years by giving them four more."
Yes we can and yes we will.
Obama/Biden 08
It's not over yet, although this is a promising sign. Keep the TRUTHFUL message going and FIGHT THE SMEARS AND DISTRACTIONS! This election is about the ISSUES, NOT the PERSONALITIES!
Obama-Biden ticket is the best thing that ever happened to the USA in many years. Yes we can! with intelligent diplomacy a strong military and yes green energy to power american industries! yes we can!!!!!!!!!! God bless Obama-Biden!! !!!!!!!!!!God bless America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My Husband and I were watching the convention last night just like we did the Dem. convention. We live in America -right ! So we were wondering where the Hispanics , Asian Americans, ect, ect, ect , were.
Maybe it was just poor panning on the camramans part .
Who cares about Ohio, or Florida for that matter. It would be nice for Obama to pick them up, but like he said before, its not a losing situation if he doesnt. All he needs to do is keep the states Kerry won in 2004 which wont be hard, plus pick up either New Mexico/Colorado or Virginia and he wins
Brian: "Don't be fooled again USA. For eight years, the GOP has pulled the wool over your eyes. Every citizen deserves a basic medical plan, not just the few who can afford it."
NO THEY DO NOT!! Socialized medicine is the LAST thing this country needs. What we need to do is stop the invasion of Socialist ideas into our politics. It simply does not belong in this country.
If your job doesn't provide healthcare, get a better job, if you can't get a better job, get an education. Basically...do what EVERYONE else does to succeed!! It's not that difficult. Unfortunately, for the lazy out there it will take some effort. Suck it up...everyone else does!!
If you can't make it in a capitalist society, by all means find a Socialist country to call home. But, DO NOT change America into a Socialist country!!
Come on Ohio. Don't be hood-winked, bamboozled again.
8 is enough.
OBAMA/BIDEN 08
Go'Bama, go!
First of all....I am for Obama.
What I can't understand is why the Demos do not counter the Repubs when they say that Palin has more executive experience than Obama.
With this "Executive Experience" as a key criteria, only Governors would be eligible for the Presidency. And when you look at who is now president and remember that he was a governor, that really gives you some insight that being a governor is not necessarily the best training ground for president.
The Republican politics of deception, spin and lies are backfiring on them. Enough is enough!
Praise the Lord'
Obama is what America needs to get us out of the mess that the republican's have done.
Obama will win by a landslide.......YES!!!!!
My biggest concern with the Republican Party as an Independent, is that they would nominate Senator McCain for our President. He is showing signs of Alzheimer's – repeating himself frequently in short unscripted speeches, having problems remembering the name of his running mate and where she is from (had to have it on an index card), erratic emotions with agitation and outbursts, and poor judgment in not vetting his VP selection, not to mention lying about it – saying the FBI did a background check when they never even do that for anyone on a short list. He is no longer a maverick but more of the same – the US versus The world Neo-con mentality that will only get us into more wars and no support from other countries with his confrontational mentality. He is living the 70's over again. In his mind, it is still a battle against Communism. I feel sorry for him and think he needs help.
BECAUSE OF YOU.. YOU GAVE US OBAMA. THANK YOU, IOWA!!
SARA WHO?!? not in my America!!! We can't take the risk!
YES WE CAN!!! OBAMA & BIDEN
McCains VP pick is
Palin
comparison to Joe Biden
Palin asked for over $200 million in earmarks for 660K pop Alaska. What on earth would you need all that money for? She supported B2N and now doesn't, so she raised funds for the project and now dumped it? Where did the money go for B2N? Sorry, we don't need any more thieves in the Whitehouse.
No surprise here. He is the better candidate and the more popular one.
Why are the white people in iowa so stupid to vote for obama. Are you people completely nuts. Do you not think what will happen to this country!
McCAIN SELECTION FOR HIS RUNNING MATE FOR VP CONFIRMS HIS POOR DECISION MAKING ABILITY.THIS LADY HAS TO MANY PERSONAL PROBLEMS TO TAKIE ON A DEMANDING POSITION LIKE VP.PLUS SHE HAS NOT GONE THROUGH THE POST PARTUM STAGES FROM HAVING A BABY YET.IT COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR HER TO TAKE ON THIS MUCH STRESS AS VP IN ADDITION TO ALL OF HER PRESENT EXISTING PROBLEMS.SHE NEEDS TO GET HER PRIORITIES IN ORDER.
My girl Hillary said it best, No way, No how, No McCain.