Comments on: Gallup: Obama Leads McCain By A Hair In Potentially Ominous July Polling

By: sharonevolving

sharonevolving — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:48:08 +0000

Oh Anna, still drinking Obama cool-aid? How much do they pay you to troll sites? This HRC supporter is also backing McCain. There are a lot of us out there and Obama won't be getting our votes. We liked her because she was strong, centrist, could stand up to them boyz, and wasn't trying to win a popularity contest. Finally, people are starting to wake up and realize Obama is nothing and no one, and has no 'new politics' on offer. He's Bush V2 – a nice, affable guy you want to have a drink with, but you're pretty sure he doesn't know anything, and his powerful handlers will have a new puppet to play with once he gets in. This is the Dems do-over of 2000 with their own puppet. Is there another qualified centrist like HRC out there? Wow – the Repubs unwittingly put one up. He'll do for a second choice. I am putting country over party. Anybody but NoBama.

By: Polimom

Polimom — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:50:22 +0000

Marlowecan said:
"But there is still uncertainty and anxiety about Obama out there. After the non-stop MSM Obama push in recent months, this is remarkable.

I disagree, Marlo. While there may have been an Obama push by the MSM this spring, he's been under nearly constant fire from them since April or so.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:25:56 +0000

Hillary supporters who vote McCain aren't Democrats, they're Hillary worshippers (ironically, most of them claim that it's *Obama* with a cult of personality…geez). Had she actually been able to run a professional and competent campaign, you'd have all had your wish for your “idol” to be the nominee. Then you'd have seen how your idol would not have lived up to your expectations. I was around for the 90s, they were good but a couple of reality checks:
1) Hillary was not, I repeat, *not* the president during Bill's terms. She may have advised him some but she does not get credit for all of his accomplishments. She certainly never took any responsibilities for any of his (political) failures.
2) When it came to the economy in the 90s, Bill basically a) got lucky with the dot com bubble & b) didn't do anything to interfere with it. Heck, he kept Greenspan on as chairman of the Fed and, to his credit, this was the smart thing to do.
3) Most Obama supporters would've been fine with Hillary being the nominee had she actually won. Personally, the moment she started the whole “But he's Black, you wouldn't vote for a Black guy, would you? Besides, did you know he's Black?” meme turned me off on her. However, had she won and won fairly I would've voted for her (not enthusiastically but she would've been better than McCain).
4) Chances are pretty high that had Hillary been the nominee, she could very well have lost. The one thing Hillary worshippers seem to forget is that *nothing* unites Republicans like a Clinton.

By: Neocon

Neocon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:08:47 +0000

Thanks Chris you prove my point about how wedded the Democrats are to decades old talking points and proves further that as the world has change drastically the talking points have not.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:09:31 +0000

I understand the bitterness of the Hillary supporters, no one likes to lose, but can I point somethings out, Silhouette is giving Hillary credit for balancing the budget for 8 years but as I recall, the First Lady doesn't do that and if she did, I would be worried. If you are implying that Bill would still be in charge of the budget in a Hiliary administration, I have serious problems with that as well.

As far as the Hiliary supporters on the McCain train, be careful of what you wish for and enjoy the Scalito clones.

By: cbl0213

cbl0213 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:51:09 +0000

This Hillary supporter is on the McCain train too. Things have changed and I feel as though Senator Obama morphed into Senator Clinton's views on everything. He either lied in the primary to get the nomination or he is telling lies now to win the election. This man cannot be trusted!

By: christoofar

christoofar — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:36:20 +0000

“His party fails to understand how serious this oil and gas thing is.”

Thanks for the morning LOL, Neo.
Yes, the Dems truly don't understand it at all.
Probably just too darn complicated for us to get our heads around. I think McCain's “gas tax holiday” is the only true solution.

By: markomalley

markomalley — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:10:52 +0000

Sorry, this Hillary supporter is proudly supporting McCain.

And I'm not alone.

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:54:39 +0000

"Balanced Budget are the number one concerns of all Americans right now."

Yes, hmmm. Better stay with a man who is unknown as to his abilities to handle a collosal budget crises rather than a woman with eight years experience in the Oval Office wrestling a poor budget back to the strongest one in US history.

Yes. Let's stay the course no matter how bad it looks. If we don't, we're racists.

Instead of picking the right person for the job, we're going to let a person like Obama manipulate our common sense with the race card. And I fear it will be our final politically-correct mistake as democrats, and maybe even as Americans.

By: Neocon

Neocon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:20:12 +0000

WHY?

His party fails to understand how serious this oil and gas thing is. Once again they keep turning to decades old talking points which the rest of America is finally not going to give a flying flip about.

In the end we can worry about air tomorrow. Right now I have to get to work.

What part of this does the Democrats not understand. This is NOT Barak Obama's fault. He is wedded to this powerful lobby within his own group. turning on them is death to him.

Failing to respond to this crisis with other then alternative fuels which is a crock in the short term is going to end his bid for the White House. Mark my words. Oil/gasoline and a Balanced Budget are the number one concerns of all Americans right now.

The war in Iraq pales in significance right now.

By: Marlowecan

Marlowecan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:03:39 +0000

Zogby is invariably wacky, and also invariably skews Democratic (recall Zogby's memorable prediction of a Kerry landslide).

This is a fascinating poll as it suggests Obama has still not closed the deal, despite frantic "refining" in recent days.

Of course, not really good news for McCain. The race is between Obama and "Not Obama" I think.

But there is still uncertainty and anxiety about Obama out there. After the non-stop MSM Obama push in recent months, this is remarkable.

Progressive should give Obama a break on his "refining". These numbers suggests Obama has good reason for his focus on the center.