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Poll: Ayers Attacks and Sarah Palin Hurt McCain
TalkLeft —
ABC News reports a new Washington Post/ABC poll shows: Likely voters overwhelmingly reject his effort to make an issue of Barack Obama's association with 1960s radical William Ayers. Fallout continues from McCain's pick of Sarah Palin for vice president, with 52 percent saying it weakens their confidence in his judgment. And on optimism, it's Obama by 2-1 60 percent say Obama's relationship with Ayers is not a legitimate issue in the presidential campaign; 37 percent say it is. On Palin, [More...] On the vice presidential candidates, 52 percent of likely voters ...
Poll: Ayers, Palin Challenges for McCain
The Page by Mark Halperin —
From ABC News/WashPost data, among likely voters:
60% say Obama's connection to Ayers is not a legitimate issue.
52% say McCain's choice of Palin for veep weakens their confidence in his judgment.
Read more here. ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central —
... A new ABC News/Washington Post poll contains two particularly bad numbers for John McCain. First, 60% of likely voters said they do not think Bill Ayers is a legitimate campaign issue, an indication that his campaigns attacks against Barack Obama simply haven't been working. Second, a full majority of likely voters, at 52%, say the selection of Sarah Palin makes them less confident in John McCain's judgement, compared to only 38% who say it makes them more confident. ...
ThinkFast: October 20, 2008
Think Progress —
... .” 52 percent: The share of Americans who said that John McCain’s choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate “has made them less confident in the kind of decisions he’d make as president,” according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. The percentage is up 13 points since just after Palin’s selection. 15 days to go: Barack Obama will kick off the ...
Can Obama Free Missouri?
Taylor Marsh —
BY TAYLOR MARSH
McCain’s
having trouble, that’s an understatement, even in the Show Me state. But
for Obama, it’s a tall order given my home state’s history.
There was Dred Scott.
Brown v. Board of Education sent
shock waves.
The Missouri
KKK a scurrilous shame. At the turn of this century, an effort
to shun them. My big brother worked for A.G. John Ashcroft,
handling
a desegregation case (among many others) that became part of Ashcroft’s
confirmation (Senator Orin Hatch requesting a ...
Palin Pick Hurting McCain
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that 52% of Americans believe that Sen. John McCain's choice of Gov. Sarah Palin for vice president weakens their confidence in his judgment -- "that's up 13 points since just after the selection, as doubts about
Palin's qualifications (also voiced by Powell on Sunday) have grown."
The Ayers attacks aren't connecting
Political Animal —
THE AYERS ATTACKS AREN'T CONNECTING.... The McCain campaign's smear of choice just isn't working . More challenges for John McCain: Likely voters overwhelmingly reject his effort to make an issue of Barack Obama's association with 1960s radical William Ayers. Fallout continues from McCain's pick of Sarah Palin for vice president, with 52 percent saying it weakens their confidence in his judgment. And on optimism, it's Obama by 2-1. Skepticism about the Ayers issue was one of the factors cited by Colin Powell in his endorsement of Obama yesterday, and in the latest ABC ...
Polls: McCain now within five in CNN, Hotline
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... to jumpstart it and that ABC’s wrong about voters not caring about Ayers . We’re close enough to E-Day that we should start paying attention ...
Told Ya So
Riehl World View —
I hate to say it, but there either has to be more - very much more, or this dog won't hunt. On this one I think the Right is out of step with how too many Americans think today, especially Swing voters. I hope there is more, or its hurting him enough with certain groups.
Via ABC: Likely voters overwhelmingly reject his effort to make an issue of Barack Obama's association with 1960s radical William Ayers. Fallout continues from McCain's pick of Sarah Palin for vice president, with 52 percent saying it weakens their confidence in his judgment. And on optimism, it's Obama by 2-1. The ...
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Palin Vice President Pick And Ayers Hurt McCain
The Moderate Voice —
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll suggests Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain’s decisions to pick Gov. Sarah Palin and listen to his party’s most conservative partisans and press the Ayers-Obama-weak-on-terrorism issue has cost the GOPer needed support.
It also suggests again that McCain would have been better off protecting his 2000 “brand” as a kind of political fusion candidate who appealed to both parties and to independent voterse, rather than to seemingly take the advice of the GOP’s most partisan factions, conservative pundits and radio talk show hosts and morph into a more traditional ...
War and Piece — ABC : "More challenges for John McCain: Likely voters overwhelmingly reject his effort to make an issue of Barack Obama's association with 1960s radical William Ayers. Fallout continues from McCain's pick of Sarah Palin for vice president, with 52 percent saying it weakens their confidence in his judgment. And on optimism, it's Obama by 2-1. Skepticism about the Ayers issue was one of the factors cited by Colin Powell in his endorsement of Obama yesterday, and in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, likely voters broadly agree: 60 percent say Obama's relationship with Ayers ...
The Problem Isn’t Palin. It’s McCain
PoliGazette —
An
ABC News/Washington Post poll
shows that 60% of American voters say John McCain is wasting his time trying to inform them about the relationship between Barack Obama and former domestic terrorist turned ‘peaceful’ radical William Ayers.
Meanwhile, 52% of likely voters said McCain’s VP pick, Sarah Palin, made them think less highly of McCain’s judgment, thereby signalling that they believe that Palin is not ready to be vice president.
The interpretation of most pundits, then, immediately was that Palin was pushing McCain’s national poll numbers down.
Not so far, say conservative bloggers ...
A Self-Inflicted Polling Crash
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
The Ayers attack isn't helping McCain: Skepticism about the Ayers issue was one of the factors cited by Colin Powell in his endorsement of Obama yesterday, and in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, likely voters broadly agree: 60 percent say Obama's relationship with Ayers is not a legitimate issue in the presidential campaign; 37 percent say it is. Nor is Palin: 52 percent of likely voters say McCain's pick of Palin has made them less confident in the kind of decisions he'd make as president; that's up 13 points since just after the selection, as doubts about Palin's qualifications ...
Issues, schmissues
WTF Is It Now?!? —
Disregarding the polls, editorials, his past, and even condemnation from his own party, McSlime defends his swiftboating of Sen. Obama. From fark.com: McCain robocall: "Obama worked closely with Ayers." McCain, two seconds later: "I don't care about Ayers." Two more seconds later: "That call is accurate. We need to talk about Ayers, he's a terrorist." What a scumbag.
Jesse Lee: 15 Days Out: The Odd Out-of-Touch Obsessions of John McCain
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... John McCain, on the other hand, has spent the day concerned with other matters, namely a series of irrelevant and deceptive attacks. Sadly for him, few others seem concerned with those things. Whether it's Ayers, Joe the Plumber (who one McCain aide promised to discuss "today, tomorrow and every day forward"), or anything else, John McCain's obsessions are jarringly out of touch:
ABC News/Washington Post poll contains two particularly bad numbers for John McCain">TPM: "A new ABC News/Washington Post poll contains ...
Palin Pushes Powell, Voters Away from McCain
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
Colin Powell said Sarah Palin was one of the many reasons he decided to endorse Barack Obama. According to an ABC News-Washington Post poll, he has plenty of company. Fifty-two percent of likely voters question John McCain’s judgment because of his running mate choice.
(h/t: Political Wire) ...
Fox: Is "Joe the Plumber" a More Important Endorsement Than Colin Powell?
News Hounds —
... , as they say. Guess Fox didn't get the memo. Then again, it's kind of funny watching them push these losing angles (Ayers isn't playing well either) and watching someone like Romney squirm in his seat, trying not to offend one of the most respected men in his party. Looks like McCain's got everyone up against one wall or another. ...
ABC Counters Palin SNL Success with How She's 'Damaged Carrier'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
Twisting in the knife. While Barack Obama gets gushing coverage (ABC's Jake Tapper marveled on Monday's World News over Obama's “rather unbelievable weekend where he had his largest campaign crowd ever -- 100,00 in St Louis -- he announced record-breaking fundraising, $150 million in September and, of course, he secured the endorsement of that Republican Secretary of State, retired General Colin Powell”), ABC and CBS took gratuitous shots at John McCain and Sarah Palin, twisting upbeat events and a Joe Biden gaffe into negatives for the Republican ticket while NBC skipped over Biden's warning Obama's election will invite “an international ...
Palin Reaches Out to Women Voters, Slams Obama for Passing Over Clinton
Political Radar —
Previous | Main | Next Palin Reaches Out to Women Voters, Slams Obama for Passing Over Clinton October 22, 2008 8:06 AM ABC News' Imtiyaz Delawala Reports: A day after Sen. Barack Obama campaigned with former Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton in Florida, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin slammed him for not seriously considering Clinton to be his second-in-command, citing Obama's decision as an example of the barriers women face in the workplace."When it came time for choosing, somehow Barack Obama just couldn't bring himself to pick the woman who got 18 million votes in his primary, and that seems to be too ...
Hasselbeck to Campaign for Palin
Political Radar —
Previous | Main Hasselbeck to Campaign for Palin October 23, 2008 11:25 AM ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: The McCain-Palin campaign’s efforts to reach women is about to get a celebrity boost: Elizabeth Hasselbeck is set to join Gov. Sarah Palin on the campaign trail. “The View” co-host said Thursday the McCain campaign contacted her a day earlier, to convey an invitation from Palin to introduce her at rallies Sunday in Florida. “I am more than honored to be there, so I will be flying there to travel with her and meet some pretty interesting people, I have a feeling,” Hasselbeck said. “That’s an honor, I’m excited to do it, and I’ll have some ...
