stoptheaclu.com - 8/31/2008
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I think we all knew this would happen, but here is the first evidence via Zogby.
New York - Republican John McCain's surprise announcement Friday of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate - some 16 hours after Democrat Barack Obama's historic speech accepting his party’s presidential ...
Republicans Jump On Obama "Freudian Slip"
huffingtonpost.com 8/24/2008 — Mere minutes after Joe Biden wrapped up his maiden speech as Barack Obama's running mate, McCain's camp and the RNC gleefully seized upon what they called a "Freudian slip" in Obama's introduction.
After almost doing it earlier in his speech, Obama got caught up in his closing crescendo and predicted that it's Biden who would be "the next president of the United States."
"Barack Obama ...
Watching the Post-Palin Polls —
Patterico's Pontifications
[Guest post by DRJ]
The Instapundit gathers links to three post-Palin polls: Zogby, Gallup, and Rasmussen. The Gallup and Rasmussen polls are 3-day averages and they show a good convention bounce for Obama (Obama leads in Gallup 49-41 and in Rasmussen 47-43). The single-day Zogby poll has it ...
Zogby: McCain/Palin Up 47-45% —
JammieWearingFool
I'm not buying this one completely, as Zogby has been off before, although as we noted earlier today Sarah Palin was already polling better than Joe Biden.The latest nationwide survey, begun Friday afternoon after the McCain announcement of Palin as running mate and completed mid-afternoon ...
Palin Designation Nullifies Obama Bounce —
Pundits Blog
Note: This post updates Mr. Morris’s previous entry, dated Saturday, Aug. 30. — Ed.
It is incredible, but the designation of Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate seems to have totally obliterated Obama's bounce from his convention and after his magnificent speech. Zogby actually has McCain two ...
Measuring the Palin Effect —
California Conservative
Since Friday morning, I’ve been hearing anecdotal evidence that Sarah Palin was helping John McCain’s campaign. Now I have a way of measuring it. Here’s what a Zogby International poll found:
The interactive online Zogby survey shows that both Obama and McCain have ...
Zogby: Dead Heat —
Boots and Sabers
What bounce?
The latest nationwide survey, begun Friday afternoon after the McCain announcement of Palin as running mate and completed mid-afternoon today, shows McCain/Palin at 47%, compared to 45% support for Obama/Biden.
In other words, the race is a dead heat.
Palin Designation Nullifies Obama Bounce —
Pundits Blog
It is incredible, but the designation of Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate seems to have totally obliterated Obama's bounce from his convention and after his magnificent speech. Zogby actually has McCain two ahead and Rasmussen's Friday only data shows Obama only three up! This confirms ...
Cheryl Saban: It's On. —
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Okay, I barely had a chance to collect my thoughts regarding Barack Obama's speech last night when I learned Senator McCain has selected and announced his running mate: Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. Wow. The McCain camp didn't waste a minute - they sought to trump Obama's glory by taking ...
8/29: Rightroots Rejoice Over Palin —
Blogometer
As expected, the news that John McCain had selected a running mate (AK Gov. Sarah Palin) knocked Barack Obama's acceptance speech out of the media spotlight. Simply put, conservative bloggers were thrilled by the pick. Unlike some of the other...
The Plank —
News
With John McCain poised to announce Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) as his running mate, female backers of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) will wonder why Barack Obama isn't running with her, writes Clinton's former campaign spokesman, Howard Wolfson. Obama's convention speech was likely ...
Live Blogging the Convention —
Daily Kos
As day three of the convention winds down, the crowd was treated to an unexpected visitor and we all got a preview of tomorrow night. In other news, rumor has it that John McCain will name his running mate tomorrow ahead of Barack Obama's speech. It's hard to decide whether to laugh at the thought of a green screen running mate, or roll our collective eyes at what kind of a petty, petty ...
Obama and the Peace Process —
Obsidian Wings
by publius
As I mentioned earlier, I really enjoyed the New America panel this morning (“Can the Next President Make the Middle East Irrelevant?”). There were several interesting takeaways, but I’ll try to limit them to one post at a time.
Frankly, I think Zogby made one of the most thoughtful observations (Zogby is on the left in the picture, Daniel Levy is to the right). Another ...
John Zogby: Obama in Denver: A Defining Moment —
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
As the Democrats gather for their quadrennial convention in Denver, it is clear that Sen. Barack Obama is on the ropes. After leading John McCain in presidential matchups for months, our new Reuters/Zogby poll this past week shows Obama trailing by 5 points nationally. This is a 12 point turnaround from the Reuters/Zogby poll in July, which showed Obama comfortably leading McCain 47%-40%. ...
Potpourri —
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Barr is up in polls; Mwanawasa death is a big loss; central banking performing at its best.
The Presidential Race is More Interesting than You Have Been ToldThe Zogby organization has long been regarded as a credible polling agency by the mainstream media (MSM). In fact, John Zogby’s polls are cited very often by the major news networks when discussing the possible outcomes of various ...
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