• TheHype

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  As long as McCain still admits he can't use a computer, we know why he doesn't know anything about basic economics.

  Posted 9/24/2008 respond (flag)

• bushjrlied

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  palin either is stupid and can't understand the question or she does not listen. either way, she scares the bush jr out of this conservative USAF Veteran.

  Posted 10/4/2008 respond (flag)

52-43
Suburban Guerrilla — Obama with a healthy lead in latest poll: “Turmoil in the financial industry and growing pessimism about the economy have altered the shape of the presidential race, giving Democratic nominee Barack Obama the first clear lead of the general-election campaign over Republican John McCain, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News national poll. More voters trust Obama to deal with the economy, and he currently has a big edge as the candidate who is more in tune with the economic problems Americans now face. He also has a ...

Poll Porn
Eschaton — Maybe you need it. More voters trust Obama to deal with the economy, and he currently has a big edge as the candidate who is more in tune with the economic problems Americans now face. He also has a double-digit advantage on handling the current problems on Wall Street, and as a result, there has been a rise in his overall support. The poll found that, among likely voters, Obama now leads McCain by 52 percent to 43 percent. Two weeks ago, in the days immediately following the Republican National Convention, the race was essentially even, with McCain at 49 percent ...

WaPo Poll: Obama 52 McCain 43
Ace of Spades HQ — WaPo Poll: Obama 52 McCain 43 Due to financial jitters. If the public only knew. Posted by: Ace at 12:38 AM Comments 1 *Facepalm* Posted by: Ryan Frank at September 24, 2008 12:42 AM (cYsi5) Name: * Email: * URL: Comments: Processing 0.01, elapsed 0.0054 seconds. 15 queries taking 0.0043 seconds, 10 records returned. Page size 25 kb. Powered by Minx 0.7 alpha.

52
Oliver Willis — ... The ABC/Washington Post poll has Sen. Obama ahead of McCain, 52-43. A nine point lead in a poll that two weeks ago had them 49-47 McCain. Neat. ...

Washington Post-ABC News Poll: Obama Takes 9 Percent Lead Over McCain Due To Economic Fears
The Moderate Voice — ... Yet another poll has come out that suggests a substantive shift has now occured in the 2008 Presidential race due to America’s growing financial crisis: a new Washington Post-ABC News national poll now shows Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has taken a 9 point lead over GOP Sen. John McCain as the two head into Friday’s crucial televised foreign policy debate: ...

Missing The Target
LiberalOasis : The Blog — ... Granted, McCain is premising his campaign on a "facts don't matter" strategy, and Dodd and Frank are not yet household names. Obviously he hopes that the perception of Obama as lacking leadership on the economy is what sticks (according to recent polls, it isn't). ...

ABC/WaPo Poll: Obama Pulls Away
Hoffmania! — ... Maybe I spoke too soon. Maybe people are finally realizing the McCain campaign is a giant pile of crap. More voters trust Obama to deal with the economy, and he currently has a big edge as the candidate who is more in tune with the economic problems Americans now face. He also has a double-digit advantage on handling the current problems on Wall Street, and as a result, there has been a rise in his overall support. The poll found that, among likely voters, Obama now leads McCain by 52 percent to 43 percent. Two weeks ago, in the days ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — OBAMA LEAD AMONG WHITE WOMEN? THAT'S NOT A STORY THE PRESS LIKES Amazing news this morning: Barack Obama has a 9-point lead -- 52%-43% -- in the latest Washington Post-ABC poll. The economy is the big reason, of course. But I want to point this out, from ABC's write-up of the poll results: White Women Back to Even Support for McCain, Obama Then there are white women. They've been a changeable group this year, shifting, for example, from +7 Obama to +11 McCain among likely voters from late August (before the conventions) to early September. They're back to a dead heat now, precisely where they were in ...

Missing The Target
The Hollywood Liberal — ... , but he is not on the Banking committee charged with drafting such legislation.) Granted, McCain is premising his campaign on a “facts don’t matter” strategy , and Dodd and Frank are not yet household names. Obviously he hopes that the perception of Obama as lacking leadership on the economy is what sticks ( according to recent polls, it isn’t ). But as this crisis unfolds — and it appears that it’s unfolding with congressional Democrats pushing back on Bush’s blank check boondoggle — it’s going to be hard not to notice that it’s Obama allies Dodd and Frank taking the lead , ...

Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake — ... Special whining and complaining edition. My friends, it's time to shake up Washington. Obama says Nobama on bailout. Whiners abandon McSame in droves. Little late -- now he says the UN is important. CNN to McSame campaign: Free Sarah!  Tony Perkins: Gay rights = Christians going to jail. McPalin's in NYC; Obama in FL; Biden in IN.

MORNING READ
News — ... Obama Ramps Up Spending - G. Sargent, TPM Election Central [image] Key Bailout Questions - Hugh Hewitt, Townhall.com [image] Stay Focused on Economy, Barack! - I. Chotiner, The Plank [image] Obama's Misleading Ad - J. McCormack, The Weekly Standard [image] FBI Investigating Wall Street - Chris in Paris, AMERICAblog [image] Daley and the Chicago Way - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Economic Fears Give Obama a Clear Lead - Washington Post McCain Aide's Firm Was Paid by ...

Bad Timing
Matthew Yglesias — ... performance is better under Democratic Presidents than under Republicans ones. So how do Republicans win? He cites several factors, but one of the most important is timing — Republicans have tended to produce decent economic performance in election years, and election year economic performance seems to be the only kind of performance that impacts public opinion. But John McCain’s timing isn’t so good, and the scary economic headlines are correlating with a huge boost for Barack Obama in the polls: ...

Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... The new ABC/Washington Post poll has some very good news for Barack Obama, with him leading John McCain among likely voters by a 52%-43% margin, in comparison to a two-point McCain lead from right after the Republican Convention. By comparison, neither Al Gore nor John Kerry ever registered above 50% in this poll. ...

The Morning Report
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — In the Headlines " Economic Fears Give Obama Clear Lead Over McCain in Poll " (Dan Balz and Jon Cohen, Washington Post ) - Turmoil in the financial industry and growing pessimism about the economy have altered the shape of the presidential race, giving Democratic nominee Barack Obama the first clear lead of the general-election campaign over Republican John McCain, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News national poll. " Obama Leads McCain in Four Battleground States " (Sara Murray, Wall Street Journal ) - Polls from four key swing states show no big national movement after this summer's widely watched party conventions, and they offer signs that the candidates' ...

Poll numbers and the fine print
Sister Toldjah — One of the first things I do every morning after logging on is to check the Real Clear Politics polling page to read about the latest poll numbers that have been released, whether they be state polls or national. I rely more on state polls than national, because that’s where you get to see what the electoral college might look like if voters were voting today. However, every once in a while I check the national polls just to see where McCain stands against Obama, and after the convention and for about a week after, McCain did really well - he had picked Gov. Palin as his running mate, which energized the base, and Obama was making a series of ...

Help Us, Barack Obama. You're Our Only Hope!
Hit & Run — The new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows Barack Obama jumping to a nine-point lead over John McCain, up from a two-point lead after the Republican convention. As the Post points out: ...

What Would You Think If You Opened Today's Paper And Read That A Dozen Corporate CEO Were Lynched By Their Mistreated Workers?
DownWithTyranny! — I was reading Robert Wexler's book, Fire-Breathing Liberal, at dinner tonight, specifically the chapter about how Bush stole the 2000 presidential election in Palm Beach County. For a few moments I relived in great sadness the ultimate un-American nature of the Republican operation down there. Wexler: The Republican strategy was simple: Get George W. Bush into the White House at all costs. Do whatever was necessary and worry about how to rehabilitate later. Don't worry what you look like, don't worry about the consequences to the nation. There was pillage and plunder at stake and they were determined to have it at any and all costs. A ...

Good News/Bad News
The Mahablog — The good news is that yesterday House Republicans rebelled against Dick the Dick. The vice president traveled to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to silence a chorus of GOP complaints about Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s $700 billion plan. But House Republicans who walked into a closed-door meeting with Cheney steaming over the plan walked out just as angry, and they described what happened in between as both “a bloodbath” and “an unmitigated disaster.” The bad news is that House Republicans are going to play the partisan politics game with the financial crisis. Republican leaders are now hoping Democrats load the ...

Obama Now Up Two in Rasmussen Poll; Battleground Has McCain Up Two
JammieWearingFool — Barack Obama now has a lead larger than a single point for the first time in two weeks according to the latest Rasmussen poll . A Washington Post-ABC News poll shows him with (gasp!) a nine-point edge, driven primarily by economic fears. Meanwhile, the latest Battleground numbers have McCain up by two points . Naturally, expect the WaPo-ABC poll to get all the attention. But as Ed Morrissey notes, it's a rather dubious sample. Shocking! Why on earth voters would trust Obama on economic issues is a mystery considering how Democrats created the financial crisis . I suspect why. Because the media is just not reporting the facts as they are and ...

McCain's support fades, Obama takes solid lead
Political Animal — MCCAIN'S SUPPORT FADES, OBAMA TAKES SOLID LEAD.... All the usual caveats still apply -- a lot can happen in six weeks; national polls are primarily interesting for little more than trend lines; a presidential race is a state-by-state contest; and it's best not to invest too much energy into just one poll. That said, Democrats who were white-knuckling the campaign a couple of weeks ago are probably feeling a little more encouraged right now. Gallup reported ...

WP/ABC Poll: Obama Jumps to Clear National Lead
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — "Turmoil in the financial industry and growing pessimism about the economy have altered the shape of the presidential race," giving Sen. Barack Obama the first clear lead of the general-election campaign over Sen. John McCain, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll ...

WaPo/ABC poll: Check the sample
Hot Air » Top Picks — WaPo/ABC poll: Check the sample posted at 9:45 am on September 24, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Two questions arise from the Washington Post/ABC poll .  Since they find an unusually high gap — an outlier from all other polling — what kind of sample produced it?  And does this really show a shift in likely voters to Barack Obama, when state-by-state polling shows the race tightening in the other direction?  The answer is that a poor sample still could show some movement: More voters trust Obama to deal with the economy, and he currently has a big edge as the candidate who is more in tune with the economic problems Americans now face. He ...

Honest and trustworthy
Political Animal — HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY.... Following up on an earlier item , the new Washington Post /ABC News poll offers quite a bit of good news for Democrats, but I was thumbing through some of the internals , and noticed some additional data worth considering. As we know, voters often look to personal characteristics, instead of issue positions, when evaluating candidates, and as it turns out, these may pose an even bigger problem for the McCain campaign than simple horse-race numbers. Asked, for example, which candidate would do more to bring needed change to Washington, voters prefer Obama to McCain by 25 points (58% to 33%). Asked which candidate better understands the ...

New L.A. Times/Bloomberg poll numbers on Barack Obama-John McCain matchup posts today
Top of the Ticket — ... A Washington Post-ABC News nationwide poll released at the stroke of midnight today caused a stir, with results giving ...

Wash Post/ABC Survey: Obama Up Nine
Hotline On Call Part Deux — ... Barack Obama leads John McCain in the Washington Post/ABC survey out today, 52% to 43%. The paper's last poll, released in the days following the GOP convention in MN, showed McCain with a 2 percentage point advantage. ...

McCain Campaign: Poll Showing Obama With Big Lead Is Bogus
TPM Election Central — ... In a sign of alarm in the McCain camp, McCain aides are aggressively working to discredit the new ABC/Washington Post poll finding that Barack Obama is ahead of McCain nationally by 53%-42%. ...

Has market meltdown popped McCain/Palin Bubble?
HorsesAss.Org — ... At least, that’s what it looks like according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll which finds Obama up nationally by a 52% to 43% margin, an 11-point swing from McCain’s 49-47 lead in the days following the Republican convention.  Pop! ...

Media tries to will the US into the age of Obamalot
protein wisdom — As I noted in an update last evening would be the case, the media today is pushing the story that the firm owned by McCain’s campaign manager, Rick Davis, lobbied for Freddie and Fannie Mac — all the while continuing to ignore Sen Barack Obama’s actual ties to those closely related to the current economic meltdown. Not only that, but the story is disputed by the McCain campaign — which alleges that the NYT has reported in bad faith, and that public records back up the McCain campaigns claims that Mr Davis left the firm in 2006, and that he never lobbied Freddie or Fannie Mac (and in fact, hasn’t been a registered lobbyist since 2005). All of which, I ...

Around the Web: 2008
The Corner on National Review Online — Wednesday, September 24, 2008 [image] Around the Web: 2008 [Katherine Connell] The latest on the candidates . . . McCain Aide's Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac The New York Times [image] For Palin in New York, a Predebate Introduction to Motorcade Diplomacy The New York Times [image] Palin Courts Cameras, but Dodges Questions Politico [image] Florida Hispanics Sticking With GOP Miami Herald [image] Poll Shows Challenge The Washington Post [image] [image] Obama Focus of Pinpoint Attacks The New York Times [image] Pinellas is Backdrop as Prepares for Debate St. Petersburg Times [image] Economy Gives Clear Leads in Polls The Boston Globe ...

Ari Melber: Obama's Big Lead: This National Poll is Different
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Sen. Barack Obama just dashed past his Republican opponent in today's Washington Post/ABC poll, grabbing what The Post calls his "first clear lead" of the entire general election. ...

Obama Up 9 Points on Economic Issues
Firedoglake — ... Barack Obama is up 9 points over John McCain, according to the latest national poll. Analysts attribute Obama's surge in the polls to voters' anxieties about the economy. ...

McCain Sees Poll on Economy - Suspends Campaign
Taylor Marsh — BY TAYLOR MARSH Snarky headline, I know, but seriously, McCain’s missed close to every vote since April or so, can anyone doubt this is political gamesmanship? McCain has called for the debate on Friday to be postponed. Obama shouldn’t buy into that one. He should say, let’s meet and change the topic to the economy. Few could resist such a venue. Washington Post: McCain to Suspend Campaigning to Focus on Economic Crisis. What exactly "suspending campaigning" means we don’t know, but it’s great in a headline. Letterman will also have to do without him. But in reality, I guess ...

New Polls: Americans Weigh In on Economic Crises
The Caucus — ... and ABC News/Washington Post took stock of Americans’ thinking on the state of the economy and of the presidential campaigns’ reactions to it. In the wake of instability on Wall Street, the polls agree that Americans overwhelmingly view the economy in a negative light. The L.A. Times/Bloomberg Poll found that 81 percent of Americans rated the economy as doing fairly or very badly, similar to the 91 percent of voters in the ABC News/Washington Post Poll who described the state of the economy as not so good or poor. The Pew poll showed a heightened sense of awareness about the ...

YES! FINALLY Someone who GETS IT about How our Media is KILLING our Democracy
The Discerning Texan — I hope that Jeff over at Protein Wisdom will forgive me for republishing here his entire essay here, but it is just to damn important to leave to chance. Emphasis is my own... : As I noted in an update last evening would almost certainly be the case, the media today is pushing the story that the firm owned by McCain’s campaign manager, Rick Davis, lobbied for Freddie and Fannie Mac — all while continuing to ignore exploring, at any length, Sen Barack Obama’s actual ties to those closely related to the current economic meltdown. Not only that, but the Davis-as-tied-to-crisis story is ...

McCain and Obama Tied in Battleground States
Outside The Beltway | OTB — McCain and Obama Tied in Battleground States Barack Obama is leading John McCain in virtually every major national survey taken in the past week, including a whopping 9 point lead in the latest ABC-Washington Post poll .  In the eight polls being averaged at RealClearPolitics , Obama leads in all but the Battleground Tracking poll (McCain +2) and by a combined mean of 3.7 points. [image] Strangely, however, there has been little movement in the so-called Battleground States.  RealClearPolitics currently shos Obama with slight leads in Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Michigan and McCain with slight leads in Ohio, Florida, and Virginia.  In no state is the lead ...

Wheels coming off
Martini Revolution — Associated Press: Republican John McCain said Wednesday he is directing his staff to work with Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign and the presidential debate commission to delay Friday’s debate because of the economic crisis. In a statement, McCain said he will stop campaigning after addressing former President Clinton’s Global Initiative session on Thursday and return to Washington to focus on the nation’s financial problems. The economy and the Nation’s business is important, but so is allowing the electorate the opportunity to see the men vying to become President for the next 4 years, especially since ...

Why Does McCain Want a Time-Out?
Hoffmania! — Might be this. Could be this. Or this. Probably is this. Or maybe he's just realized how unprepared he really is and he's swooning on the fainting couch. It still smells rotten.

Bob Dole resigns from Senate McCain "suspends" campaign only after he finishes his campaign events tomorrow
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... Make no mistake: This is a stunt from an increasingly desperate campaign -- a campaign that doesn't have a clue about the economy. The Washington Post/ABC News poll showing a nine-point Obama lead must be similar to McCain's internal polling. ...

Bob Cesca: McCain's Economic Plan: Blurt Out Random Crap
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... There are several reasons why Senator Obama is enjoying a double-digit lead in "honesty and trustworthiness" (47 percent to 36 percent according the new ABC News/Washington Post poll). First, Senator Obama doesn't, you know, lie to the American people every damn day. Second, Senator Obama didn't vote with the dishonest, corrupt Bush administration 90 percent of the time. ...

McCain Seeks To Regain The Offensive
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Wednesday morning, the Washington Post reported: "Economic Fears Give Obama Clear Lead Over McCain in Poll." The Washington Post/ABC News survey, which gave Obama a 52-43 lead, found that: "Turmoil in the financial industry and growing pessimism about the economy have altered the shape of the presidential race, giving ...Obama the first clear lead of the general-election campaign... More voters trust Obama to deal with the economy, and he currently has a big edge as the candidate who is more in tune with the economic problems Americans now face." ...

McCain Seeks To Regain The Offensive
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Wednesday morning, the Washington Post reported: "Economic Fears Give Obama Clear Lead Over McCain in Poll." The Washington Post/ABC News survey, which gave Obama a 52-43 lead, found that: "Turmoil in the financial industry and growing pessimism about the economy have altered the shape of the presidential race, giving ...Obama the first clear lead of the general-election campaign... More voters trust Obama to deal with the economy, and he currently has a big edge as the candidate who is more in tune with the economic problems Americans now face." ...

McCain Gambles In Effort To Regain The Offensive
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Wednesday morning, the Washington Post reported: "Economic Fears Give Obama Clear Lead Over McCain in Poll." The Washington Post/ABC News survey, which gave Obama a 52-43 lead, found that: "Turmoil in the financial industry and growing pessimism about the economy have altered the shape of the presidential race, giving ...Obama the first clear lead of the general-election campaign... More voters trust Obama to deal with the economy, and he currently has a big edge as the candidate who is more in tune with the economic problems Americans now face." ...

McCain's Financial Crisis Timeline
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... The move permeated with political opportunism: an attempt by McCain to grab the leadership mantle he did not own and divert attention from poll numbers that were plummeting. Indeed, on Wednesday morning a Washington Post-ABC poll had McCain trailing Obama 52 percent to 43 percent among likely voters. The internals were even worse: 54 percent of white voters with economic anxiety favored Obama. ...

McCain's Financial Crisis Timeline
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... The move permeated with political opportunism: an attempt by McCain to grab the leadership mantle he did not own and divert attention from poll numbers that were plummeting. Indeed, on Wednesday morning a Washington Post-ABC poll had McCain trailing Obama 52 percent to 43 percent among likely voters. The internals were even worse: 54 percent of white voters with economic anxiety favored Obama. ...

Missing The Target
The Hollywood Liberal — ... , but he is not on the Banking committee charged with drafting such legislation.) Granted, McCain is premising his campaign on a “facts don’t matter” strategy , and Dodd and Frank are not yet household names. Obviously he hopes that the perception of Obama as lacking leadership on the economy is what sticks ( according to recent polls, it isn’t ). But as this crisis unfolds — and it appears that it’s unfolding with congressional Democrats pushing back on Bush’s blank check boondoggle — it’s going to be hard not to notice that it’s Obama allies Dodd and Frank taking the lead , ...

In the Margins: Pre-Debate Edition
Behind the Numbers — In the Margins: Pre-Debate Edition Ahead of tonight's debate, here are more crosstabs from the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll . The chart below compares how the race stacks up to exit poll results from the previous two presidential contests. Each row shows the margin among that group for the leading candidate, but keep in mind, not all margins are statistically significant. Presidential Vote Margin: 2000 2004 2008 All Gore +0 Bush +3 Obama +9 Men Bush +11 Bush +11 Even Women Gore +11 Kerry +3 Obama +16 Whites Bush +12 Bush +17 McCain +5 Blacks Gore +81 Kerry +77 Obama +93 White men Bush +24 Bush +25 McCain +14 White women Bush +1 Bush +11 Obama +2 Democrats Gore +75 Kerry ...

Are Things Really So Perilous for the Dems?
The Stump — ... and here, for example), the financial crisis makes Democrats look more, not less, appealing in the eyes of voters. So it's the GOP that's under more pressure to pass something. (Though I agree that there could be a huge conservative backlash if the GOP is involved--that's the circle they have to square.) ...

Jumping in Front of the Parade and Killing It
Hoffmania! — Frank Rich documents the truth behind the fairy tale of John McCain to the Rescue - The Amazing 24 Hours. In the rush to save his campaign, he nearly took down the country. When John McCain gratuitously parachuted into Washington on Thursday, he didn’t care if his grandstanding might precipitate an even deeper economic collapse. All he cared about was ...

How the Economy Is Helping Democrats Downballot
Capitol Briefing — How the Economy Is Helping Democrats Downballot By Ben Pershing As Barack Obama has risen in the polls in recent weeks, we've heard much about how his ascent has been driven by bad economic news and the increasing belief among voters that Obama is better-prepared to deal with the crisis than John McCain is. But do voters actually trust Obama more on the economy because of the candidate himself and his positions, or is it just because he has a (D) after his name? Now we may have some clues to answering that question, and they can be found in a host of recent polls of competitive House districts taken for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committtee . ...