This is insulting and I wish people will see this for what it is. This woman is nothing but a prop and it's a disgrace.

Republicans are fired up about electing McCain and Palin in November.

What else is above Obama's pay grade?

And why did he protect infanticide in Illinois?

In the wonderful world of the politic "SPIN" has replaced truth…!!!!!!
Aren't you glad the Republicans are" TOPS" ….!!!!

Yes…, its that old–retired–white–man from Ma. (a former republican)

Bruce

P.S. Help save our country and lifestyle vote OBAMA 2008 & 2012

As an independent, I find it amusing to see the Obama's campaign
(and Obama himself) squirming.

Sometimes it does take a woman to do the man's job, as the RNC
has figured it out. Too bad Hillary was dumped by the DNC!

Pardon me while I go get myself an emesis basin.

Oh you silly democrats - you are soooo JEALOUS - it is soooo funny….

Now OBAMA has been tossed out like yesterdays garbage - how does it feel?? You see the truth always seems to come out. He is not electable!!! He threw Hillary under the bus now he is paying for it!!! My advice to him is to go back to law school and figure it all out. He just DOES NOT get it!!!

Democrats, have a wonderful day!!!

The Only People Who Believe This Ad Are The People Who Were Going To Vote Mccain Anyway! People Have Already Decided Who They Are Voting For! This Ad Wont Flip Any Obama Supporters! Personally I Think The Flat Out Lies Make It Humorous!

The news medias were complicit with the invasion of Iraq by not exposing the truth to the public. Now they are well on their way to destroying America by not exposing the GOP lies and distortions.

At the present time with the polls showing a dead heat America is becoming the laughing stock of the world.

Grandma Palin kept the money for the infamous bridge, but didn't build it. Where is the money????

This party is one big joke she has no credentials and mcsame is so out of touch with AMERICIA THE QUICKEST WAY FOR SAUDI'S TO OWN AMERICIA IS VOTE THESE JOKES IN CHOOSING THIS LADY WAS POLITICAL SUICIDE THANK GOODNESS

You know the difference between McCain and Palin?……… Lipstick

Nashville Tn.

An origianal maverick has voted with Bush 95% of the time. These smoke and mirrors will NEVER work.

Obama 08

If McCain is the orginal Maverick, he's been in Washington for 28 years and the problem has gotten worse.

Best case scenario, he is a Maverick and one the is completely ineffective.

Worst case scenario, he's not, proclaims to be and is a liar.

Either way, he's not getting my vote.

Real Change = Obama/Biden '08

Folk, check out the definition of mavericks … they are not loyal to any one … do their own thing!

Wake up America! The issues are yet o be spoken from McCain and Palin. The supreme court nominations is so important and McCain wants another Clarence Thomas! Health care, the economy, the debt, the war, etc. are at issue here. Another four years of Bush! No way!

Wake up people. The time is running short and your vote is very important. Don't be fooled with the Republicans. It will be very difficult for OBAMA to pull us through this mess created by the Republicans. McCain is no different than Bush. Sarah is not qualified to be VP or President. She has had no experience with foreign affairs. Heaven help us.

Palin is "'hoping to change McCain's mind"". SHE SAID on drilling in Nature Preserves. How is THAT 'going after big oil'?'
McCain went against Repubs and Dems when he opposed the King Holiday.
He opposed the military torture of detainess, (good politics); but made sure the CIA could still torture detainees, (good politics)
There ARE rumors swirling about his activities as a POW, as well as Kerry's. Funny;;; they BOTH formed a 'bipartisan' Committee to seal any files and documents which could clear up the rumors!!??
(Like Bonds and Clemens running an invetigation on steroid usage!)

The last gimmick, the gas tax holiday, did not work for McCain the Palin gimmick will not either.

Palin thinks she tough by identifying herself with a pit bull. Well, a pit bulls behavior depends on how they are trained. Your are on John McSain's leash and he pulling and using you to get what he wants. By the way, "what does a vice-president do all day?" Those were Palin's words. Doesn't that tell you a great deal about her? Well, it should.

Such liars! She was for the Bridge to Nowhere before it became a political liability, and she still took the money that was supposed to pay for it. My fellow Americans, don't let this ticket play you for fools! They are Bush and Cheney with a war medal and lipstick. McCain deserves honor for what he did in the military, but that will not help him be a good president. He will help the rich and the corporations just like Bush and Cheney. If you want real change designed to help YOU, vote Obama/Biden.

If Senator Obama loses this election it will be because of the racism in America. No matter what the polls show, no matter what people are willing to own up to.

If America would rather have an elderly Senator with questionable to poor judgement (and questionable longavity as President) and a totally untested self proclaimed hockey mom turned Govenor vs. a young man with 12 years in the State and US Senate, 12 years teaching CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, and years in actual community service, (not to mention a long time Senator with a proven postive record as a potential VP), with a positive message of change for the first time in nearly 8 years, then the only real reason something like this would happen is racism.

If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, IT'S A DUCK…

Why can't Mccain-Palin if so energized and experienced find a new word and not steal the CHANGE slogan from Dems!!! Stick with Maverick or did you find out that it only really means lazy cattleman. See Maverick was a real person check your history of the 1800's people.

After 25 years, now McCain is now talking about CHANGE. GOP still thinks people as IDIOTS. People remember McCain only as a national hero and now McCain is trying to change his reputation from a national hero to a election looser.

Obama came from nothing, but with a very positive attitude. Positive attitude is only thing now our country and the world is looking for.

GOP fears positive attitude as liberalism. We, people understand that the world is presently looking for a change to stop the fears, heal the unethical man made wounds and to have a decent living.

This is the time for America to lead the world. NO MORE - Eight years of Untruth - Eight year of Fears - Eight years of No growth.

Let us get back our brother Canada to shake our hands and other friends like France, Germany to dine with us.

Whole world is expecting our decision on a right choice - YES WE CAN!!!

Is Sarah Palin the type of female role model we want for this country? Were saying it's o.k for a teenaged girl to go out and have UNPROTECTED premarital sex! And then praise her for keeping the baby! A baby is the least worry today! What about S.T.Ds and A.I.D.S! I have three young daughters and I do use Mrs.Palin and her daughter as role models of what they SHOULD'NT do!

I guess we could try having a standup comic in the white house, we had 8 yrs of bad news with Bush. If we elect McCain we will need something to laugh about. Obama/Biden

Palin is a liar and needs to be called on it in Prime Time…..the GOP is very clever……They dress up McCheneyBush in lipstick and deliver a pack of lies with a pretty smile. She is the perfect GOP candidate…..an uneducated, uninformed, unqualifed, gun loving extremist with a pretty face. VERY DANGEROUS and she could be the Next President.

I think the media and polls are really trying their best to put McCain/Palin in the white house!!!!! I just don't understand how some people would still vote for this ticket???? Is it racism? I hope not!!!

Obama/Biden 2008-2012

Earmarks, lobbyists and neo-con advisors.

Mavericks.

Yeah.

I was kind of excited about her, as a mother and a new generation of politicians (which we need more of!) now I'm feeling very worried. There was this article in the AP about her church. There are so many questions that are unanswered, why isn't anyone digging deeper? The Obama church scandel was so huge and everywhere - what about Sarah's old Penecostal church, and her new one?? UG. Its depressing.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Sarah Palin's church is promoting a conference that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer.

McCain and Palin are no mavericks. And why do they keep saying McCain is ahead of Obama. Not from where I stand. I have never been contacted for the polls and no one I know has ever been contacted. People can't be changing their minds everyday about who they will vote for. McCain picking Palin is a decoy and unfortunately some people seem to be falling for it. Come on America wake up. McCain is at the front of the ticket, not Palin. But when it truly comes down to it, can you really see her being the head of this country? Not me…

Obama '08

What a joke.

Please people don't let the polls fool you. Just ask yourself what people are being surveyed in these polls. I know for sure I am not one of those people that has ever been surveyed. McCain/Palin in the White House will be a worse choice than W Bush/Cheney and I thought I would never seen a combination worse than the two of them. Everyone please get out and vote and keep these two out of the White House. I am a woman and this woman know where near represents women in this country. She is not qualified for this position so let's not be fools and give her a job she does not have the qualifications for. Vote Obama/Biden and give America a chance to recover and become respectful to other countries again. Send Sarah back to Alaska. Oh yeah, Sarah's husband loves America so much until he wanted to make Alaska separate. Get real McCain and stop trying to trick America like this family is a wholesome American Family. Please don't insult the American people intelligence.

Why do American's get tricked by words so fake such as "MAVERICK",
when words like, Jobless, Homeless, Foreclosure, Economy , and War should scare them more into voting for CHANGE. Are we that gullible?

Obama / Biden 08.

e September 8th, 2008 9:46 am ET

McCain is now leading in the polls, so apparently we ARE stupid enough to believe this!
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And you're proud of that?

I am a single mom, hockey mom to be exact, who lives in Michigan. For the republicans to think that the women in our state are ready to live another 4 years of this mess is ridiculous. I cannot afford to live in a state I was born and raised in if McCain-Palin win. We are much more intelligent than to fall for all of this bull. I wish people in America would vote on issues, not on who has a woman on there ticket. Once again, we could wake up the day after the election and the papers will show that the people in this country who voted for McCain don't care about how they are going to survive paycheck to paycheck, or pay their bills, but they will be happy to have another 4 years of Bush just because there is a women vice president. No wonder the rest of the world does not respect Americans. WAKE UP!

Obama - Biden 2008

This ad if funnier than an episode of Seinfeld!

McCain/Palin are a joke and so are these polls!

CNN is biased in posting on these blogs. Has anyone else noticed that the blogs are closed with fewer than 10 comments, if the comments appear to be pro Obama. I have tried several times to post blogs that meet all of the requirements of civility, but they are routinely blocked! You need to vet your moderators because they are anti Obama! Are you a news agency or are you a propoganda outlet?
By the way, I question the validity and accuracy of your polls. Why don't you give us the number of people polled and their locations? That is labor intensive, but it is also only fair!

There's a good ad running here in North Carolina showing how McCain and Bush are basically the same. It has a video of McCain bragging about voting with Bush more than 90% of the time. Once the evangelicals realize that McCain is an adulterer and when others realize that Palin is worse than Cheney, their polls numbers will drop back to where they were. It will be a tight election, but the electoral map favors Obama and McCain has to win pretty much all of the battleground states to pull off an upset. There's also plenty of time for flash-in-the-pan Palin to fail.

Why isn't CNN reporting that Bob Barr is the only candidate to legally file for the ballot in TX. Under TX state law, the Republicans and Democrats have missed the deadline.

The secretary of state of TX is now claiming that they did file, but the paperwork proves they didn't (and the fact that McCain didn't even declare his VP pick until after the TX filing deadline).

Or how about McCain's aides pressuring other states to remove Barr from the ballot? This is not democracy folks!! These are the tactics of old power. Obama did the same thing in Illinois…keep your opponents off of the ballot.

Where is the outrage towards these two parties? You feel upset to vote for either and think there is no choice. Well there won't be a choice if they keep the stranglehold on the ballot.

Somebody explain to me how this McCain-Pallin ticket can be ahead let alone even close in the polls…Given the last 8 years, our current economy, energy policies (DRILL) and this country's overall diminished standing in the world, how can anybody vote for this ticket? Mavericks? McCain is a self serving political chameleon …maverick in talk only "I voted with the president over 90% of the time", the reality is that this ticket with the pandering social conservative Pallin is an extension of the present. So somebody please explain to me how Bush and his ineffective, destructive, contra to everything we believe in as Americans policies be perpetuated by this ticket and the American electorate is fine with that! I guess all great civilizations must come to an end…your witnessing history "MY FRIENDS". And don't give me any of that fear mongering rhetoric, lack of experience crap…

If any democrat in this country ever thinks that we should clean out the DNC, I'll ask you people now what are we suppose to do Republicans? specially the two in office now jaja what a joke. Maybe what we need is to find a way to prevent all racist people to vote and make any comment.

Boy is she awful. I'd vote for a McCain/Bin Laden ticket before I'd vote for a McCain/Palin ticket.

McCain/Palin is like a breath of fresh air. Will be nice for them to and the public in the next election to clean out the trash that is now our congress. worst congress in the history of the nation.

The whole "sounds/looks like Bush" thing is getting old. Americans knows better. McCain will win the White House.
Signed, Always proud American!

They completely misrepresent themselves, and the Democrats! They may love the USA, just not it's poulation!

Snake oil salesemen are more respectable!

Those who will vote for these two are indeed the stupid half of our country.

Maverick: Warmonger and animalabuser????I did not know that!!!

What's the difference between Dick Cheney and Sara Palin? Lipstick.

Such a mockery to our great Nation!

The Polls lie….
The Media is scared of the Republicans….
The far right do not care about the country but themselves.
Christian conservatives do not practice what they preach.

America do not fall for the same Bush/Rove/Davis/Schmidtz politics.
Sarah Palin is more related to Bush that Jenna Bush! She has his political, governing and leadership DNA.

McCain, you had better hire someone to taste your food and drinks before you eat and drink. I would not be suprised if in October McCain ends up sick. Then she automatically gets the number 1 shot. This lady is not who we need in the white house.

Sarah Palin is not who she pretends to be or who the pundits are making her out to be. This lady is a repeat of GWBUSH

I don't want anymore Cowboys (or Cowgirls) in office. I'll take my chances with the other party.

Are you serious?

LIARS! They lie and people are so dumb they believe it.

If they win, I am TERRIFIED.

Obama/Biden–the last great hope for the United States.

These people are sic !!!!!!!!!!! If any American falls for this I will turn my back on this country. I am a proud veteran who just can no longer stand these people with lies and distorting the truth.

Is this for real? Who are you polling? Are you polling the people that are in communities? Or those who are against community organizers? It has been a hard 8 years for me and I can say proudly I do not want to experience another 4 years of Bush-McCain-Palin politics. Now they are called the real mavericks…please the real Maverick is the politician (Obama) who managed to raise his own money from the community to run for the White House. Last I checked none of my friends own 8 houses or can open up a gas station. Let's keep it real…please poll the real folks…

When will the Democrats (and the media) finally call them what they are:

LIARS and demagogs!!!

McCain's message is that only he is qualified to fix the complete mess that he helped create by doing the same things that helped create it in the first place. John McCain is about as maverick as Donald Rumsfeld.

I had a dog named Maverick. The dog was better than either of these two.

I own a business with 131 employees that make 40+ k a year, if Obama is elected, he will raise my taxes, when he does, I'll have no choice but to cut about 20 of those jobs. By the way, if you think I should cut my own salary, I pay several people more than I pay myself.

More lies from McCain and Palin

I see that Joe Biden is being blamed for the loss of points for Obama.
I don't think so. Obama was on a swing and doing just fine until…..Palin. This election was decided before by the same evil ones that orchestrated the Bush election. She gave one speech and everyone is enthralled. Obama gave many electrifying speeches and he hardly got a bump. What I question is that Obama was drawing thousands of people to hear him and see him.. There is nothing we can do. I expect McCain to be here a short period of time and then we will have president Palin. It makes me sick. Is it all rigged?I believe so. I have said for quite awhile that something didn't look and feel right.

As an Obama supporter, I say why should Hillary go after Sarah?

What will Hillary go after Sarah on? What are Sarah Palin's public policies and positions, ranging from the economy to Iraq to Pakistan?
I DON'T KNOW!

The only thing America knows about Palin is that she is a self-described hockey mom, has a 5-month old down's syndrome baby, has a 17-year old high school unwed pregnant daughter, Palin is pro-life, and Palin is adamantly pro-drilling. Other than that there is not much to go on, unless you talk about non-direct political issues (like TrooperGate or Praying for Jews to convert to Christianity or attending 5 different schools in 6 years for one degree).

She has roused the conservative Republican base, but what with. I have not seen on TV any voters name specific national issues that Palin believes in.

Tell me something, you republicans, if the republicans will not talk to Iran and Syria, how will you get Iraq back on it feet. Remember the Iraqi PM met with the Iran President holding hands and hugging each other they are a team now.
Now who is the fool. We've done all the donkey job now Iran is going to gain? How stupid can americans be, after over 4000 dead and 60000 wounded, Iran is going to benefit?

Obama knew this was going to happen when he opposed the war.

Ian September 8th, 2008 9:46 am ET

"If McCain says that Palin opposed the bridge to nowhere then I'll take his word for it."

Are you unable to reason? Do you not know the facts? Are you (we) that stupid that we would follow this liar to the presidency? Why would you want more or worse of the same 8 years?

We don't need a Maverick that is not that and we don't need a redneck from a little town in Alaska (even if she knows where Russia is).

We need brains in the White House! We need Obama-Biden!

What have you got against women in authority? Or is it white conservative women that you dont like? Or is it just white women?
I think Mr. McCain and Mrs. Palin will do just fine with you liberals against them. The liberals blew it when they showed their hand first, one thing you may not know about conservaitve people, they dont tell you what they are going to do, they tell you what they did after you showed your hand.

Isn't the words "Conservative Maverick" an oxymoron? They want to continue the failed policies of Bush and call themselves Mavericks?

Sue - September 8th, 2008 9:46 am ET
McCain is now leading in the polls, so apparently we ARE stupid enough to believe this!

The GOP is pretty shrewd, they know America is too racist to elect Obama and will play up the lies and fear right to the end. And it's working like a charm!

Better get used to saying 'President McCain' (and eventually 'President Palin').
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Your comments say you ARE STUPID and RACIST. You must be a proud American.

If Sen. McCain is such a maverick, why was he boasting about how he votes with President Bush 90% of the time?

If Sen. McCain is such a maverick, why did he reverse his position this year to now support President Bush's tax cuts for the richest of people?

If Sen. McCain is such a maverick, why did he originally author legislation on cleaning up the illegal immigration problem, and then reject his own plan this year?

If Sen. McCain is such a maverick, why did he succumb to Karl Rove and not pick his favorite choice, Joe Lieberman, as his VP?

Gov. Palin, who was initially introduced us as a maverick, has so much baggage regarding flip flops that I can't be convinced she's actually reformed much without being pushed into it for political reasons.

The republican lead is a result of the convention energizing the base.
American people get tired of "new" things very fast. After that they want
to see the real person. Hyped up Sarah Palin will be revealed for what
she truly stands for when she is finally interviewed. Then Americans
will decide if they will allow themselves to be swindled once again by
the republicans' dangle of fools gold under their nose to their own
detriment, or will they vote for the REAL change that will benifit them,
and not make the republicans richer, while they get poorer. Don't be
fooled by the republicans AGAIN.

Yeah Mavericks…
John McCain is the ultimate hypocrite. Cheating on his first wife with several women, and then cheating and marrying Cindy before he was legally divorced. He tries to put this all in the past, saying that it was 30 years ago. Picking Palin was exactly what he did when he picked Cindy. He caught his next ticket up.
Palin as the most popular governor. Well, let's have any governor start handing out dividend checks from oil revenues that we are all paying for, and see if our governor doesn't become the most popular. What a bunch of malarky-(my favorite Joe Biden term.)

Go Obama

"She took on big oil…"

How? Doesn't her husband work for BP? Big Oil wants to drill up in ANWR for about six months of oil. Way to get off the teat.

Is that all you Democrats have? Same oh same oh from your mouths. Hussein Obama is full of lies and definitely lacks character. Vote for the true Americans in this election.

McCain-Palin 2008!

RIght on, Debbie! They burned books in Nazi Germany as well! A McCain/Palin election would be the final slide into facism for America..

i guess you can keep saying the same lies when no one is allowed to ask you about them!!

Does CNN do anything but parrot any more?
They give credence to the ad by publishing it and then have to rely on factcheck to show it is a lie.

Palin is the one who is riding high on a good written speech. Is there anything else to this woman?

McCain was a maverick, not any more! We still don't have a clue about what Palin is, other than she lies about what she did.

Factcheck has listed a ton of lies which came out of the RNC.

Isn't it refreshing to see some truthful advertising? Watch Obama and the Democrats get real ugly with their advertising and speeches. What would you expect? The Democrat echelon is mean spirited and it shows!

I read the above biased opinions of Obama supporters and their attack on women and can not believe their ignorance. Palin will be a fit and strong leader. The ones of you who think women can not run a country are so wrong. What about Margaret Thatcher of Great Brittian and Goldy Meir of Israel. No President of the U.S. was any stronger a leader than these two women. Palin is fit not like Obama who is unfit to become the President of the U.S. He has showed us his true self by sitting and doing nothing while his great Uncle REV. WRIGHT DID HIS RANTINGS AND RAVINGS LIKE A MAD MAN. NO OBAMA NO HOW AND NO WAY.

Will-SD: John McCain has 26 years in the Senate. Joe Biden has 36 years so I wouldn't even keep bringing that point up.

As far as the funds given AK, yes the money was kept and was used to improve intrastucture and buy a new ferry. Yes she was initially for the bridge but when she saw that the full funding wouldn't be there and interest in the bridge by the people of AK, she then changed her position. So yes she changed her view and as far as Obama is concerned, he's had so many changes in positions that again I wouldn't even go there.

McCain/Palin '08/Hillary '12

The land of TV where everything is served on an easy to understand platter. It does not matter if it is a lie. If it is easy, the public will go for it because they don't have to think.

America is full of very stupid people. That is a fact.

We will have many ads to endure before we get to hear her speak for herself, or at least away from a script or a screen to read from.

In the meantime we will see many of these flashy, easy to believe, big statement, big emotion, no plan ads.

Think for yourselves, America. Read a newspaper, look up some facts, if you believe everything you see on TV, you'll never believe the mess you'll be in for the next four years.

If Palin get elected, it woul dbe an isult to the Amrican people. She is an outright autocrat, born liar and totally corrupted lady. All her work in Alaska points to these facts. What she did in Alaska is noe not going to remain in Alaska. She ia a failed mom, failed wife, failed mayor, failed governor - we do not want a failed VP for an laready failed republican President candidate who are going to take charge of an already failed president. How many failures would USA tolerate? We can not afford even a single mistake right now. Mccain-Palin win in November would be the last nail in the coffin.

Go McCain/Palin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOOBAMA anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mavericks? Agents of change?

The republicans are the ones who put our country in the toilet in the first place, now they are trying to blame Democrats and claim that they will fix everything? HOW STUPID DO YOU THINK WE ARE?

The only people who are buying into this garbage are the closed-minded racist hicks that aren't listening anyway. They're just happy to see another old white man on the ticket and think that by putting any woman up there they are "making history". PATHETIC!!!!

That's a laugh. 90% similarity to Bush is hardly a maverick in my book.

Pretty pathetic that they can't even come up with their own slogan. They saw what was working for the dems and jumped on the bandwagon (you know, "change", "a woman on the ticket", etc.). It's laughable, not to mention insulting.

I think the GOP's "bounce" just proves that even the republicans never really liked McCain. They only took an interest when he picked his VP. It seems to me they're voting for HER, NOT him. So, are they hoping McCain just isn't going to "be around" too long? I for one, don't like the idea of a woman who believes that the war taking place is "God calling us to DIE for him" with her trigger finger on the "big button"!

Those lying hypocrites are in my state today, down the road in my sister's town (Lee's Summit, MO). I'd drive there and hold up the biggest OBAMA sign I could… IF I could afford to gas up my car…

It is time for the conservative crappy media to shut these stories down … the media idiots hyped Palin so much to the point of blatantly lying about what she has accomplished, along with McBush. McSame and Palin hasn't done a crap to promote change and in fact, were behind the entire financial mess that this great country is going through right now

It's not change, it's a takeover.

-Ultra-Conservative views - check.
-Distract voters from reality - check.
-Win ellection - check.
-Appoint more Ultra -Conservative judges - check.
-Veto every bit of legislation from the Dem controlled congress - check
-Blame Dem controlled congress so thery lose 2010 elections - check
-Take control of all three branches of govenment in 2010 - check
-Limit freedom of the press-check
-Tell America how to think, act, speak, worship - check

Folks one of the keys to our country is having arguments for all opinions that lead to compromise for the greater good. Gov Palin has proven the only good view is her view. Please look deeper, ask questions, is this really the person you want leading the "free" world?

I have all the respect in the world for J Mac, but this pick doesn't seem like him. Karl Rove himself said this was a political move not a governing rule.

I'm sure CNN get as many pro McCain/Palin blogs as pro Obama/Biden ones. Yet……consistently………they show mostly the pro Obama ones because we all know by now who this network support. The country is talking about it .

Think about it…….if both candidates are running head to head….isn't it then likely that the volume of blogs will run the same proportionately?
Use your heads, people!

Are Americans really that conservative that they actually want McCain and ultra conservative Palin?

Or are Americans really that racist? I have compared Obama's plans and McCain's plans from their websites.

Obama wants to revive America. McCain want to fix his broken party.

Do the real research and make a decision about the issues.

Are Americans even engaged in their country? McCain/Pain dead heat with Obama/Biden????

McCain/Palin is a dangerous, lying ticket…Tear it up America!!!

to john in ohio: what's the difference between a community organizer and a president? everything, apparently!

Did Sarah Palin really cheat on her husband?? Why are none of the big news outlets talking about this?? There is an article in the new Enquirer about it. I keep hearing people brag about how well she embodies family values. This does notshow family values. This woman is certainl not who I thought she was. Boy, this could be a knockout blow for McCain.

All I can say is we deserve the people we elect.

If you want 4 more years of the same old bomb,bomb, war,war, ballooning deficit, high energy/gas prices, rampant inflation, depressing stock market, deteriorating environment, unaffordable health insurance, corporations with increasing power, by all means vote for McCain/Palin (or is it Palin/McCain?).

Vote Obama/Biden if you want this country to have a chance at coming out of this turmoil.

Save the Trees - Kill the babies. Logical?
Raise taxes on the top 5% that employ millions. Logical?
25% of Americans pay 85% of the taxes. Logical?
Cut defense spending during a War. Logical?
Support 5 generations of Welfare. Logical?
Continue funding the Department of Education that does not educate 1 child. Logical?
Support Senator Obama that was present for 143 days at his job as a Senator. Logical?

Hero or Zero?
The 101st Airborne Division supports PALIN FOR PRESIDENT 2012! You go gal….

alNET

The real "bridge to nowhere" is the bridge that exists between "we the people" and our elected officials. If Americans are serious about real change, we would throw the bums out, both parties, demand term limits for the newly elected, and forever hold our newly elected representative's feet to the fire.

If you vote McCain in, watch, he will bring back the draft. He is a war monger. That is all he knows.

Timber. Obama was up 9% last week and frankly most of the electoral season. Was he sure to win then or is it just when Mc Cain gets a convention bounce that it becomes a "in the bag" thing?

Mc Cain/Palin is so vulnerable, i would not be that confident if i were you.If Mc Cain catches a cold , Palin President becomes a reality that will haunt more than one voter.

The polls are reflecting only up to the time of Palin's speech. All the hypocrtical statements and half truths are not reflected. Public really needs to be educated. I'm nervous that we won't have time to find out the truth about this candidate before its time to vote.

Obama supporters feel that only stupid people can believe or support Sarah. They ask, what has she done to deserve all this praise?

Well, McCain and (some Hillary) supporters feel the same way about supporting Obama.

Hopefully now you understand why half of Americans cant stand Obama.

Tell McCain to let the leash go and let the bull dog run wild. Why can't you stand alone, John? The very person that you have to promote you, just may be your demise.

Obama supporters feel that only stupid people can believe or support Sarah. They ask, what has she done to deserve all this praise?

Well, McCain and (some Hillary) supporters feel that the same way about supporting Obama.

Hopefully now you understand why half of Americans cant stand Obama.

The QUAD CITY LEADERSHIP GROUP OF BUSH - MCCAIN - CHENEY AND PALIN.

One change I would really love to see is the Republicans and all your support staff deciding to campaign honorably and honestly.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY NEIGHBORS IN ALASKA, I HAVE BEEN THERE AND IT'S A BACKWARDS STATE THAT DOESN'T FIT IN WITH THE OTHER 49 STATES IN ANYWAY. THE TOWN OF WASILLA IS RUN LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNSEL AND THE STATE IS RUN TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE UNION.

NO WONDER JOHN MCCAIN AND HIS ADVISORS DO NOT TRUST SARAH PALIN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON HER OWN YET. SHE'S A WELL KNOWN EXTREMIST AND WHEN SHE DOES GO PUBLIC AND NOT HAVE TO RESORT TO READING A SCRIPT WRITTEN FOR HER BY THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN THE BUMP IN THE POLLS WILL EVAPORATE.

From a european friend:

I can't believe my eyes. After eight years of getting hit after hit in the face from your own governement. After eight years of economic disaster, after 5 years of war for false reasons. After being lied to again 4 years ago. Some of you Americans actually consider voting for the same old party again. It makes me so sad. Remember the clinton years? And how everything was better back then? Wasn't it nice to have a president who talked to other world leaders as a grownup?

Be smart and vote democrat. The world is waiting to embrace you again. We don't want a second gun wielding, fundamentalistic christian with his finger on the red button.

If you want change——– vote for more Republicans !?!?!? That (logic) is INSANE !!!!!

Is there anyone else out there who has noticed she is reading, quote…reading her speeches at these stops? Hmm..doesn't she have her own ideas to talk about, oh right..Mr. Rove is again puppetmaster. McCain camp is crying "stop investigating Sarah Palin" I say..keep on investigating, isn't the whole idea to get to know the candidates? The GOP has yet to spell out any specifics on their plan except more drilling, and keeping our troops in Iraq for the next generation. Good plan!,…Didn't Ms. Palin as governor of Alaska hear about something called Exxon Valdez?, I am sure the swimmers in Miami and Myrtle Beach will love looking over those potential oil slicks. So here is the GOP plan so far..spend more of our money in a place we should never have gone, and potentially wrecking our ecosystem. Oh yes..keep taxing us blue collar workers. Hmm..sounds like a winner al right…Thank god it means winning for OBAMA/Biden 08!

CNN,

try and put pink lipstick on the neo-con backed plan

to keep the fraud going on wall street,

by paying hundreds of billions minimum with public money (tax dollars)

for freddie and fannie

but never holding accountable the loan-sharks who made bazillions through freddie and fannie.

i know the suckers will lap it up.

Yes, the GOP base has been "energized" by this phoney distraction of a candidate meant to pander.

The eBay story alone shows what a liar she is (the jet was NOT sold on ebay for a profit, it was sold for a loss privately after she took it off ebay.)

Not to mention all the other VAST examples of what this typical right-wing politician does in office.

If Paline and John McSain are telling lies to the American people now, can you imagine what it will be like if they win the white house. I cannot see this unknown being the vice-president and possibly the president of these united states. I heard that she was going to be expose. Well, does that mean she has skeltons in her closet. Come on with it.

Sure - if your definition of original change is carrying an AK-47 to go moose hunting and stacking the supreme court with single issue judges.

I want to know what polls is the media using that suggest the gap is decreasing between McCain and Obama. Seriously, I haven't received a call nor inquiry about who I am voting on. Why, because majority of society today do not have land lines. We use cell phones! No one is calling cell phones to for a survey. The polls are not factual. Look at the response Obama receives. Look at the comments on these blogs. There is a clear distinction between what the people are saying they want and its not McCain. The republicans said that the VA Gov didnt have enough experience when he was being viewed for the VP spot with Obama, but they select Palin! What a joke…..all I want to say is that all those folks saying they support Obama/Biden, please show up on Tues, Nov 4th and actual excercise that vote. Please….if you don't then we will end up in more of the same, which is nothing.

54-44 with McCain leading!

Dear Timber…I don't know what poll you are looking at, but nowhere is Mccain ahead by 10 points. This was a convention bounce…nothing more.
John Mccain an dthe Republican Party are doing what they always do…no new ideas, they tell us what we need and say "trust us". Well we've trusted them for the past 8 years, and look what that got us.
Wake up America!!!!!!

Obama/Biden

McCain grabs lead in USA Today/Gallup poll…………it is over for NOBAMA………………………..see ya losers

I am so tired of the Maverick line. We don't know Sarah, so how can she be defined as a maverick, except for those few distorted facts that she gave. McCain may have been a maverick,somewhere in his political career but he is certainly courting the conservative way of thinking. America don't get caught up in the hype. Open your eyes and see that they are both, worst than much of the same.

McCain and Palin act , talk and look like cartoon characters….so they could be called MAVERICKS ……or better still…..THE ODD COUPLE !!!

Uh, timber? ONE point ahead, in some polls. Not ten.

I think I'm going to puke.

Seems to me that people of this country are suicidal like they have been in 2004. They have not learned from their mistake then and are just about to commit another. How can one possibly fall into the traps of this mediocre and incompetent team of republicans? Their lack of knowledge is so obvious ( a pageant contest runner up comes out swinging at things she clearly does not have a clue about: you may not need a community service in Alaska but you clearly do in Chicago and a law degree helps you to address issues with some competence whereas no education is a handicap even in politics but perhaps not in Alaska) that you need to be intoxicated by religion to not see the disaster of another incompetent government coming. Good night America on its way to insignificance.

Here are some facts:

70% of Americans don't think George Bush is doing a good job
90% of the time John McCain has voted with George Bush
75% of Americans don't think the country is going in the right direction

The sensible conclusion - don't vote for McCain, unless Obama is an idiot, which he clearly is not. If Obama were Bill Clinton, this would be one of the biggest blowouts in history. You connect the dots.

btw, HOTLINE/FD: Obama 46 McCain 40

OOPS.. When you ignore half your base what can do expect. A sleeping giant has been awakened..Obama has no, zero, nada to show for his time in office. He had the competition eliminated in his run for State Senator. Chicago politics at it's best. He then spent most of his time writing two memoirs. Does anyone believe he wrote those on his own time? I don't know if he did or not, but he spent his time doing something besides his job, much like now. How many of you can show up for work a mere 145 days in almost three years? I am a Hillary supporter and a life long democrat. I also cross party lines and vote for who I feel is the better candidate. For those Obama-bots who like to mention the Keating Five, do you even know, 4 of the 5 Senators were Democrats? Of the five Senators, McCain was the least involved.. I remember it as a time I was ashamed to admit I was a Democrat, sort of like now. I will say, I am impressed with Gov. Palin at this point in time. I do not agree with all the positions of either party. When the experience of a Presidential candidate is compared to the VP candidate, it is a sad day for the Democrats. No one seems to be questioning Biden or McCains' ability to be President. Is Obama, a heart beat away?

what is amazing to me is how many people belive these lies, mccain said palin sold the plan on ebay and made a profit . when the reverse is the case ,it is scary that people at the top of the ticket can lie before the nation and get away with it.As parents kids see this and wonder what will happen to america! ITS SAD!

Looks more like the anti-christ and his chick.

Why is everyone so against Palin on a personal level. I have never seen such a pathetic group of democrats. Just becuase more people are now changing to McCain you only focus on Palin. The race is Obama vs. McCain. Why lash out at a woman? AND I am not stupid. It is BO who was stupid for not choosing Hillary! I am a a prof. working woman with a graduate decree.

McCain/Palin

Really what does all of this maverick mumbo jumbo mean when you have openly boosted that you have voted with the worse president's failed policies in history 90 % of the time ! The intelligent American people are not buying your scheme McBush ! No thanks, we won't take a chance on 10% change !

I truly hope the American people will get it right this time and vote for REAL change and that is Obama. It's definitely time for REAL change in Washington, it's time to elect Barack Obama for president !

The Obama-Biden team are wiser and stronger to solve the crucial problems that we have here and abroad !

WHY IS NO ONE INVESTIGATING THE RUMORS ON TODD PALIN BEING LINKED TO AN AMERICAN HATE GROUP IN ALASKA?

The headline for Palin should be the truth about the plane she sold on EBay for a profit. Only thing, she didn't sell it on EBay; furthermore, she didn't sell it at all, it was sold by someone else at a loss.

Biden will eat this lady alive with the truth; something she is allergic to.

Two tools that don't fix anything.

hahahahahahahah I just fell off my chair.
haaaaaaahahahahaaaaaaaa now I am rolling on the floor

haaaahaaaaahaaaaahaaaaaa

Whew. That was a good laugh!!!!

Bill Clinton said it all. Two candidates X and Y. X promises many things you agree with but can not deliver. You only half agree with the other but Y can deliver.

If we can't have Hillary then I will go for McCain/Palin

That's correct. The problem the Democrats are going to have is that here are 2 people that have made change and stood up to powerful people vs. Obama who talks about it. Like Hillary said they are only words. Deeds count. So far Obama has done literally next to nothing in comparison.

Yeah, McCain is a real Maverick in the way he stood up against the base of his party by choosing a right-wing-religiously-pro-drilling-creationism-'there is no climate change'- VP Palin who is against sex ed, porked in the largest amount of pork per capita in the United States and ran to become Governor on a "Bridge to Nowhere"..

Anyway, I just donated more money to Obama disgusted by 'the news' this morning.

Wake up America. McCain voted with the current Bush administration 90% of the time…

palin is a liar. her daughter took a 5 month absence right before and after the baby was born. Palin was supposedly 7 months and thin as a pencil, then came back to work after 3 days of delivering a special needs baby.

Hillary should have won the DNC nomination, but it was stolen from her…
Obama…threw Hillary and her 18 million supporter under the bus…now he want us…all I can say is Obama…I'm throwing you under the bus…by voting for an American Hero MCCAIN!!!!

I pledge allegience to the United States…NOT A POLITICAL PARTY!!!

Obama has the audacity to want Hillary to get on the stump for him…WHAT AN EGOOOOOOO……do your own dirty work Obama….
….or get the media to do it for you…after all you are their candidate…

HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR MCCAIN AND PALIN!!!!!
HILLARY 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She didn't "stop the Bridge to Nowhere"!!!! She was totally FOR it and when Congress finally stopped it, they had already given Alaska millions of dollars for it, WHICH SHE KEPT AND USED FOR OTHER PROJECTS!!!! This woman is is a CORRUPT, BOOK-BANNING, POWER ABUSING, NON-EXPERIENCED CREATIONIST!!!!! WAKE UP, PEOPLE!!

Ok, I can not believe that McSame is actually trying to steal Obama's campaign message of change! Obama's campaign has said change since two years ago, and here comes McSame with two months left talking about change. Obama is the real leader here. McSame did not even take who he wanted for his VP spot. He was told who to take.

that will be sad that American dont see that Dem caused some oil problem in 1978 (Pres carter and full confrol Dem), 2000(Pres. clinton and full control dem), and after 2006 (Dem took over as full control in congress)… Gas raise and limit oil (1978)… I dont trust dem anymore!!! And we need to help on OUR OWN PEOPLE in america's job to give everyone's job.. NO MORE OVERSEA OIL!

it is REAL sad that no one see that…. Obama will NEVER solve this issue, as he is dem, who likes CONTROL america people! That is why i am going for McCain/Palin….. they are HIGHEST poll ever in history since Obama-McCain race for white house!

NOBAMA!

PALIN is a FRAUD along with McCON

She is FAR from being a MAVERICK

Do your RESEARCH people. The McCON camp is LYING to us about her.

I'm voting for McCain/Palin. It's a great ticket.

In one breath, they mock community organizers (Palin and Guliani), then in the next, tell people to get out, help their government make change (McCain). The GOP is all over the place with no clear direction. No message until now after the clipping of Obamas theme and DNC message.

Now they want to reform? Oh Please! McCain has lobbyist and ear-mark specialists guiding his champaign.

Like Biden said, where is the plan on college costs, health care, etc.? Unemployment just went up again, foreclosures is at an all time high. No one, Palin or McCain talked about inflation or this recession we’re in. Vets are being mistreated and McCain dodged the voting on a package to support the troops.

All of your complaining about Mccain/Palin is baseless…more sour grapes than anything.

I believe everyone here wants to know ALL the truth..not just bits

So here are a few questions Ms Palin before the election:

1. Since you were pregnant and you started to leak fluid, during a
speech in Texas, you chose to finish your speech and then fly for
11 hours back to Alaska. And then drive for 45 minutes to a hospital
in a small town to have a baby with health problems.

How so?…you would think that you would want the best care possible
for yourself and the baby at a large city to handle your needs.

2. I read in your newspaper that you gave birth to a 6lb 2oz baby boy.
Which you have told us that he was born 4 weeks premature.

Does a premature baby not weigh less if premature?..just asking.
Did you transport yourself and baby to a neo-natal unit because he was premature?..No because you were back to work 3 days after giving birth. THAT'S ODD

3.Why are all the family pictures taken off the govt and other websites?

Are there things there you don't want us to see?…Too late we've already seen them.

4. It's odd that the only baby's parents name that was born in the hospital on that day was definitely NOT Palin. Newspapers are printed

Looks like the MSM hasn't the gazoo's to check on these questions because the Repub will call it "sexist"

HERE'S MY TAKE ON IT….

You got a phone call when in Texas that Bristol was going into labor, so you booted it for home to make a good coverup.

Either there are going to be a lot of people perjure themselves, either way you and McWar are in a whole pile of hurt.

WAIT FOR IT…..NATIONAL ENQUIRE IS DOING MSM'S HOMEWORK

Can Sen Obama sound it to all Americans not to avoid the traps of 2004 by electing for real "issues-driven" change? Also the strategy of staying focused on McCain and blanking out his VP by the Obama camp is clearly not working going by recent polls. My advice - Sen Obama should square on Sen McCain whilst Joe Biden should rise up to the Sarah surge. As an observer, another 4 more years of you guys (the US) continuing in the direction of the last 4 would definitely lead to unknown countries overtaking the US as global superpowers. We've already seen this with China, India and Russia……and there are more waiting in the wings!!!

McCain and Palin

A Bridge to Nowhere

If you believe in the hype then you get what you deserve, good or bad. Timber, it was McCain, not Biden who agreed with Bush 90% of the time so don't go off saying Biden is not of change. Also, your VP is not supposed to be more popular than the president, not a good thing.

Seriously, enough with the maverick label. It just goes to show how easily the GOP zombies follow a catch phrase and a washed up candidate. When I hear "Original Maverick," I think "OK, so he was around when they DEFINED the word; that's how old he is!"

MAVERICKS. One change I would really love to see is the two of you and all your pulltoys deciding to campaing honorably and honestly.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY NEIGHBORS IN ALASKA, I HAVE BEEN THERE AND IT'S A BACKWARDS STATE THAT DOESN'T EXEMPLIFY THE REST OF THE 49 STATES IN ANYWAY. THE TOWN OF WASILLA IS RUN LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNSEL AND THE STATE IS RUN LIKE A BACKWOODS SOCIETY.

NO WONDER JOHN MCCAIN AND HIS ADVISORS DO NOT TRUST SARAH PALIN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON HER OWN YET. WHEN SHE DOES THE BUMP IN THE POLLS WILL EVAPORATE.

Mavericks were horrible cars. They always broke down or wouldn't start at the most inopportune times!

(Chorus)
Sarah, Sarah
storms are brewing in your eyes,
Sarah, Sarah
no time is a good time for goodbyes

NO DOUBT both parties will try their best in selling their plan

to pay with tax dollars

the 300 billion minimum debt of freddie and fannie

incurred during the plundering and defrauding

by the wall street loan-sharks for the last three decades,

insuring the even further financial gains by the same loan-sharks and war-profiteers,

who have already made billions in housing / commodities / military-industry bubbles.

Make sure you vote for the same sellouts to send to washington.

one word…hypocrite. She supported it when it suited her political interests.

Timber -

Slow your roll buddy, the polls DON'T MEAN SQUAT buddy, anyone with a brain would know that. They don't reflect majority of voter's view and therefore is NOT accurate on any level.

The question here is WHY hasn't your OLD MAN McCain maintained a BIG LEAD since day one? He's been in the Senate for 28+ years now, this should be a SLAM DUNK for him, WHY isn't he winning by 15-20+ points consistently? WHY?

So he's in the lead now, so WHAT? Why hasn't the Maverick, Straight Talker, Reformer and NOW the Change Candidate maintaining a 15-20+ point lead since day one? I mean that's the million dollar question here….

Sen. Obama has been maintaining his lead since day one, he's dropped down, but has ALWAYS come back and taken the lead. I mean this coming from a Jr. Senator? Wow….. that's odd that your tooting John McCain's horn here when he's NEVER maintained a LEAD since day one!!!

Hummmm what's wrong with this picture?

George Bush and Dick Cheney were Mavericks. They went at it alone in the United States and around the world. Mavericks don't do anything but isolate themselves and whatever is around them.

With Gov. Palin, what you see is not what you get.

When will the democrats realize they they must put up a more centrist candidate? Oh yeah, that's right, they run them out of the party, right Mr. Liberman?
Since the flower power generation of 1968, liberalism has been rejected by the overall public.. Carter won because of Watergate and Ford was never really elected. Perot beat Bush, not Clinton.

10 points ahead where arizona you need to read more than one paper.

OBXRAY- I have no problem with Palins experiance. I do however have a problem with her nutty views.

timber (ex dem)- you're no Dem..btw ENOUGH! McCain's not 10 points ahead it's 50-46

I am highly insulted by john and sarah continuously lying to me and thinking that I have the IQ of them. The two of them are desperate to win and are showing us they will stop at NOTHING to win which is very, very scary. Why did mccain steal Obama's change theme? And why has bush and co. adopted Obama's diplomatic stance on North Korea, Iran and now Russia? And what ever happened to the gas tax holiday scam mccain promised?

Ignore the SOUR GRAPE DEMOCRATES - they had their chance for a great ticket. They chose the second best so - tough luck guys !

We can WIN !! John - this is OUR DREAM TICKET - we will stand up and fight corruption with you. We want change we CAN LIVE WITH, not change as in the Nazi regime ! We do not have to follow the "weathermen politics" or any other crazy idoligies. This is AMERICA and we are AMERICANS !

The nay sayers can go pound sand. The race will be tight but we will FIGHT on and WIN.

GO JOHN/SARAH '08

GO McCAIN/PALIN '08

George W.Bush + white hair, Dick Cheney + lipstick. Please see through the evil, people. Just watched 'Inside 911′ on Natgeo yesterday; after the horrible events of Sept. 11, 2001, what the republican-led government has done so far is to hand over exactly what Bin Laden wanted: Americans on his turf. Although he is not winning the 'war in afghanistan', he's not losing it either, is he? I'm an independent, and as far as I see it, I will vote for someone who promises me that atleast the mistakes of yesterday will not be repeated. McCain was with Bush 90% of the time, Palin is charming but a hypocrite; I don't see how the McCain - Palin ticket is different from the 2000 republican ticket.

Let's hear what Palin knows or doesn't know. She'll be challenged on everything eventually. Now she's being protected so she can't show her incompetence for the VP job.

And we women are all "pitbulls with lipstick", I take full offensive at that remark. That was a total sexist thing to say on national TV.
Mc/Palin are so out of touch with reality. How does someone with 7 or more huge homes understand the trials and struggles of the majority of Americans? Or someone who leaves their children "latch-key" understand how a young single mom survives in this world?
Wake up folks, we are in deep "doodoo" with this out of touch ticket.
Obama understand hard respectable work and how change is so desparately needed. He will work for the American people.

Timber,
In reality, what people are seeing is Karl Rovian politicking at work. And we ignorant American's are falling for it hook, line, and sinker. Forget the issues, make it all about personality. Who could be against a "war hero and a soccer mom". These two are supposed to represent family values - yet one ditched his first wife for a younger more attractive version and the other, well, her family could have been on the simple life with all those out of wedlock kids running around. Some values. But people, you know, don't worry about issues. Keep clining to your religion, Barack has been proven 100% right on that. People will ignore the issues (at their own peril) just to back someone who has the (media-driven) image of a Tough Guy (and gal). Laughable, but sad what we have become.

new polls show 7% more women went to mccain because of palin. Have these people even looked at Palin's policies? Do they think she is the president?

This isn't American Idol!

has everyone been asleep?? we just 8 years of an inexperienced ultra conservative governor from a resource rich state running things! Didn't George Bush run as a "reformer"

If Palin is the next Regan why didn't she run in the primaries??

Original Mavericks? Perhaps they were mavericks originally, but given their recent records of courting lobbyists and supporting the laundry list of tax breaks for the rich and the profit record setting corporations, perhaps a better title might be: "Original Sell-Outs!"