That a man with such disadvantages can pull up so close to a man with so many advantages is a remarkable achievement. That can;t be rarionalized away.

That it's happened in spite of MCain's continued free pass in the media makes the achievement even more remarkable.

That a man with such disadvantages can pull up so close to a man with so many advantages is a remarkable achievement. That can;t be rarionalized away.

That it's happened in spite of MCain's continued free pass in the media makes the achievement even more remarkable.

Not so. There is not a nation-wide rejection of conservatism and of a president running for re-election that would be needed for this to be true. Not to mention the lack of the personality cult in 1980 that we see this year. (We do see degenerate hatred for Bush by the cultists that resembles _post-1980-election_ hatred for Reagan, but again it's not the same.) This is likely to resemble the 1994 election results, although this time the results are more widely predicted and hyped, unlike in 1994. It's a continuation and extension of 1996, in other words. Clinton would do as well as Obama were Obama not in the race.

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Rather than be obscessed with the poll of the day, hour, minute, look at the trend.

http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08...

http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08...

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Entertainment of the day:

It's Obamamanics' idea of an expensive hi-tech US heavy brigade force! (i.e., armed, mechanized hi-tech security forces backing up nice, social-work peacekeepers) Fully under the command of the United Nations, of course.

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/004304.html...

Not so. There is not a nation-wide rejection of conservatism and of a president running for re-election that would be needed for this to be true. Not to mention the lack of the personality cult in 1980 that we see this year. (We do see degenerate hatred for Bush by the cultists that resembles _post-1980-election_ hatred for Reagan, but again it's not the same.) This is likely to resemble the 1994 election results, although this time the results are more widely predicted and hyped, unlike in 1994. It's a continuation and extension of 1996, in other words. Clinton would do as well as Obama were Obama not in the race.

* * *

Rather than be obscessed with the poll of the day, hour, minute, look at the trend.

http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08...

http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08...

* * *

Entertainment of the day:

It's Obamamanics' idea of an expensive hi-tech US heavy brigade force! (i.e., armed, mechanized hi-tech security forces backing up nice, social-work peacekeepers) Fully under the command of the United Nations, of course.

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/004304.html...

Elrod's “wait until tomorrow” rebuttals are brilliant in their hard to disprove formulation, albeit these get slightly boring in their repetition over the past few months.

Mike P, who quickly refers to his screen save of the one poll among thousands contrary that serves as the linchpin to his argument.

McCain is indeed a flawed campaigner and proves it several times a week. The left blogosphere spends 95% of its time trying to convice America McCain's middle name is “Walker” as opposed to any articulation of how the 6th time a Democrat administration takes money from a successful person and gives it to an unsuccessful person will really catapault the American economy this time around.

The gist of the article is unequivocally true. In terms of campaign landscape match-ups, this the Patriots against the Dolphins in Gillett Stadium. Of course the Patriot fans in the bleachers have all sorts of rationales why they're only up 6 points at half time. Only savvy Belicheks know that this is a cakewalk oddly resembling a contest.

Elrod's “wait until tomorrow” rebuttals are brilliant in their hard to disprove formulation, albeit these get slightly boring in their repetition over the past few months.

Mike P, who quickly refers to his screen save of the one poll among thousands contrary that serves as the linchpin to his argument.

McCain is indeed a flawed campaigner and proves it several times a week. The left blogosphere spends 95% of its time trying to convice America McCain's middle name is “Walker” as opposed to any articulation of how the 6th time a Democrat administration takes money from a successful person and gives it to an unsuccessful person will really catapault the American economy this time around.

The gist of the article is unequivocally true. In terms of campaign landscape match-ups, this the Patriots against the Dolphins in Gillett Stadium. Of course the Patriot fans in the bleachers have all sorts of rationales why they're only up 6 points at half time. Only savvy Belicheks know that this is a cakewalk oddly resembling a contest.

He does not want to balance the budget or even attempt it and people know that his Robin Hood mentality is not going to get the taxes needed to balance the budget. Taxing the rich and then giving it to the poor still leaves us with a budget deficit.

The greatest national security issues facing America today are the huge deficits, selling out to China and foreign nations to fund our spending frenzy and oil.

Obama has shown no plans what so ever to address this. No to drilling. No to Nuclear because his party is opposed to drilling and Nuclear. No to a balanced budget because his website is full of spend, spend, spend.

No Mr. Obama has nothing to throw at the American economy. Its why hes overseas. The only thing he can throw at the economy is fancy speeches and flowery rhetoric.

there is only one solution. Balance the Budget. Pay down the debt and lower gas prices. What comes after that is all gravy

He does not want to balance the budget or even attempt it and people know that his Robin Hood mentality is not going to get the taxes needed to balance the budget. Taxing the rich and then giving it to the poor still leaves us with a budget deficit.

The greatest national security issues facing America today are the huge deficits, selling out to China and foreign nations to fund our spending frenzy and oil.

Obama has shown no plans what so ever to address this. No to drilling. No to Nuclear because his party is opposed to drilling and Nuclear. No to a balanced budget because his website is full of spend, spend, spend.

No Mr. Obama has nothing to throw at the American economy. Its why hes overseas. The only thing he can throw at the economy is fancy speeches and flowery rhetoric.

there is only one solution. Balance the Budget. Pay down the debt and lower gas prices. What comes after that is all gravy

Gee, tough audience here, Joe. What does it take beyond making up 12 points in the polls when no one's really paying attention for Obama to get a little respect? Ahead in Florida. Ahead in Colorado. Ahead in Michigan. Ahead in NH. Weird results in Ohio, given their earlier poll, which had Obama well ahead. Ahead in Virginia. Well ahead among women voters, voters under 50ish, Jewish voters, African American voters, hispanic voters… And this guy's an African American (OMG) who's named Barack HUSSEIN Obama!!1!1!!

C'mon. Let's not play the “But…” game here, effectively burying the lede. Let's call it like it is – McCain is in real trouble. And his campaign's remarkably flailing lack of message discipline this week, in spite of the latest McCain campaign shakeup to bring the “professionals” in to “steady the ship” proves it.

That's not to say Obama doesn't have vulnerabilities – he does. But man. Tough room.

Gee, tough audience here, Joe. What does it take beyond making up 12 points in the polls when no one's really paying attention for Obama to get a little respect? Ahead in Florida. Ahead in Colorado. Ahead in Michigan. Ahead in NH. Weird results in Ohio, given their earlier poll, which had Obama well ahead. Ahead in Virginia. Well ahead among women voters, voters under 50ish, Jewish voters, African American voters, hispanic voters… And this guy's an African American (OMG) who's named Barack HUSSEIN Obama!!1!1!!

C'mon. Let's not play the “But…” game here, effectively burying the lede. Let's call it like it is – McCain is in real trouble. And his campaign's remarkably flailing lack of message discipline this week, in spite of the latest McCain campaign shakeup to bring the “professionals” in to “steady the ship” proves it.

That's not to say Obama doesn't have vulnerabilities – he does. But man. Tough room.

Events like the trip abroad help to soothe the anxiety of voters worried about Obama's lack of experience. Obama has imagery to back up his Commander in Chief credentials (meeting with troops and Petraeus), foreign policy and national security.

What people forget is that Barack Obama has not said a single word about domestic issues this week, when voters care more about domestic issues than anything else. When Obama gets back to the states, he can start cutting ads with the imagery from his trip abroad, and he can talk about the economy nonstop.

The only substantive card McCain has is drilling. Obama should attack that in two ways. First, run ads showing McCain, in his words, deriding offshore drilling as a gimmick that won't reduce prices. Second, push heavily for a ban on offshore speculation in oil, which has accounted for a large chunk of the oil price spike.