Exclusive: GOP ticket wooing women - John McCain, White House '08

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Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — ... " (Alan Gomez, USA Today ) - Largely on the strength of this region, Republicans have been taking Virginia in presidential elections for decades. The last time a Democrat won here was in 1964 when Lyndon Johnson defeated U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater. But Democrats believe the political stars may be aligned to turn the Old Dominion their way. " Exclusive: GOP ticket wooing women " (David Paul Kuhn, The Politico ) - Since picking Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has obliterated what had been a 34-percentage-point deficit in a poll of likely women voters on the question ...

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The Corner on National Review Online — Monday, September 22, 2008 [image] Around the Web: 2008 [Katherine Connell] The latest on the candidates . . . McCain Sarah Palin Excites Huge Florida Crowd Miami Herald [image] Would Banish Political Office Politico [image] Loan Titans Paid Adviser Nearly $2 Million The New York Times [image] Steering the Campaign, a Lot of Old Bush Hands The Washington Post [image] Crisis Draws Attention to Social Security Plan The Wall Street Journal [image] Closes Huge Gap on Key Question for Women Politico [image] [image] Obama Poll: Racial Misgivings ...

McCain Closes Huge Gap On Key Question For Women
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — The McCain Women, 1998 POLITICO: Since picking Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has obliterated what had been a 34-percentage-point deficit in a poll of likely women voters on the question of which candidate has a “better understanding of women and what is important” to them. The two are now effectively tied, with McCain’s 44 to 42 percentage lead within the margin of error of the most recent poll conducted by pollsters Kellyanne Conway and Celinda Lake for Lifetime Television. In Lifetime’s July poll, ...

Survey USA: Obama by six in Virginia, up four points in two weeks
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... . But never mind that. How do we explain the two-week bounce? If it’s all collateral damage from the financial meltdown, you’d expect to have seen the bulk of it last week, not the week before. That collapse in support for the ‘Cuda among women is eye-popping, although I’m not sure how to square it with the data from the new Lifetime poll showing a monster 34-point swing towards McCain on the question of which candidate better understands women and their concerns. Having to guess, I’d guess women didn’t like what they saw in the Gibson interview, but the obvious culprit — ...