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Misremembered History (Bush Led Kerry In 2004 Polling)

In the last week or so, I’ve seen a repeated mantra on conservative blogs and forums as the poll numbers have shifted more towards Sen. Obama: Kerry led in the polls going into the 2004 election. Now, we all lived through that election and I was pretty damn sure Kerry was behind. I remember staring [...]

McCain Miscalculation

As his campaign slips into oblivion, John McCain has adopted the traditional Republican tactic of simply making stuff up, throwing it against the wall and praying to God it sticks and “turns the page” on the economic crisis created by Bush-McCain policies. But the thing is, McCain is on record attacking this very sort of [...]

The McCain Tax Begins To Make Waves

The McCain camp has explicitly said that they want to turn the page on the economic malaise created by Bush-McCain Republican economic policy. That’s not an insinuation – the campaign admitted it in the pages of the Washington Post! And like clockwork there’s Cruella Palin, screeching about ya know, dem radicals who ya know are [...]

McCain Backs Up The Dump Truck

Did anyone with even half of a brain not see this coming? You can put your hand down, Gov. Palin.
With just a month to go until Election Day, McCain’s team has decided that its emphasis on the senator’s biography as a war hero, experienced lawmaker and straight-talking maverick is insufficient to close a growing gap [...]

The Florida War

Even before the polls started moving in Sen. Obama’s direction in Florida, it was clear that like in most other states, the ground game is going to be strong (I expect to see good to great turnout in states like Utah that won’t stop a 20%+ McCain win in those states but adds to the [...]

Debate Prediction

Neither Palin nor Biden will make any big time gaffes or blunders. Biden will come off as likeable as he flashes his chompers while Palin will pull the “hockey mom” act that her supporters love so much. They’ll both push for their guys while essentially avoiding any head-on collisions. One of them could get up [...]

More McDrama?

McCain is now running around muttering that inaction is not an option, which leads me to believe we’re going to get another episode of him acting out. His poll numbers are even worse than before the last round of erratic behavior – so expect the worst.

McCain Collapse?

Well, at least in the Diaego/Hotline battleground polls…
Among registered voters surveyed in Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin and Nevada, Obama tops McCain 50 to 40%. Just a week ago, Obama led 45% to 42%.
Obama has moved up to 51% in Rasmussen’s daily tracking poll.

McCain Camp Looks For Palin Do-Over

Senator McCain is 25 years older than Sen. Obama, but they are the ones engaging in school yard tactics. Now they want a do-over for the introduction of Sarah Palin after McCain’s failed time out last week.
One brilliant idea is to put her on Rush Limbaugh’s show. But Limbaugh’s show is largely comprised of those [...]

More Sarah Palin Lies

Trade mission to Russia? There’s no evidence she went on any trade mission to Russia. Maybe she hollered to the Russian guy she can see from her porch.
Gov. Palin, Admiral Stockdale and Dan Quayle salute you for making them look good in retrospect.

Drama Queen Bounce?

In Galup’s tracking poll from the middle of McCain’s drama queen moment, Sen. Obama has improved by 2% while McCain dropped 1%. It’s now 48% to 45%.
More evidence of a bounce…

Trainwreck Watch

Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker calls for Sarah Palin to drop out because she’s clearly “out of her league”.
I could have told you that a few weeks ago. My guess is that in a few days we may see Palin as another McCain stunt that failed.

Something Wrong With John McCain’s Eye

So, I wasn’t the only one who noticed something weird with McCain’s left eye. What the heck is going on there?

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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.
* Sarah Palin’s unfavorables have increased by 10%
Over the past two weeks, the percentage of independents with favorable views of Palin dropped from 60 percent to 48 percent. Among [...]

McCain Campaign Manager Paid By Fannie Mae As Recent As Last Month

The McCain campaign makes the unusual step of being bought off in advance by having an inside man in McCain campaign manager Rick Davis.
One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain’s campaign manager from the end of 2005 [...]

McCain On Defense In Indiana

Now, they’ve got to spend money there due to a stronger than expected showing for Sen. Obama.
RELATED: Obama Dramatically Ramping Up Overall Ad Spending; Now Outgunning McCain

McCain Campaign Manager Rick Davis Paid By Fannie Mae To Lobby McCain

That’s right, John McCain’s campaign manager was paid $2 million by Fannie Mae to specifically lobby John McCain. They were trying to fend off regulation and I guess they wanted to curry favor with the self-described “deregulator”.
Then he hired him as his campaign manager.

Flail Watch

After his horrible week where America learned that John McCain would be useless in an economic crisis, he decided to try to attack Senator Obama today.
‘Whether it’s a reversal in war, or an economic emergency, he reacts as a politician and not as a leader, seeking an advantage for himself instead of a solution for [...]

McCain Pollster Betting On Race To Get Ahead?

That is sure as heck how it sounds. Then again this guy Ed Goeas was Giuliani’s pollster and said that Florida was where Giuliani’s campaign would rebound. If those of you at home check your scorecards, you’ll remember that Giuliani finished a dismal third in that contest.

Running Vs. History

The big takeaway I get from this poll about racial attitudes is that we’ve got a long road to go still for people to be dragged into the 21st century and leave their prejudices behind. I mean, the idea that there are still some people who just go, yep, blacks are boastful, lazy and shiftless [...]