McCain Enjoys First Lead in National Poll
Published by Pamela Gentry on Monday, September 8, 2008 at 1:20 pm.By Pamela Gentry, Senior Poltical Producer
Sept. 8, 2008 – For the first time since Sen. Barack Obama captured the Democratic nomination his Republican challenger Sen. John McCain is leading in a national Gallup Poll, 48 percent to 45 percent.
McCain’s lead over the Illinois senator is the first time McCain has led in the poll since mid-August. The 48 percent ties his largest base among registered voters being polled since Gallup began this national poll in March.
This isn’t the first time following a party’s political convention the nominee has enjoyed a post-convention bounce. Following the Democratic convention Obama peaked with a 5 point bounce in polling. Obama remained in the lead with 49 percent to McCain’s 43 percent in the Gallup poll conducted just before the Republican convention. The serge for Obama after the Democratic convention saw McCain’s poll numbers fall to 42 percent.
McCain’s 5-point to 6-point increase following the convention so far, like Obama’s, isn’t really surprising when you look at convention poll numbers with historical expectations. According to Gallup, in the 22 major-party conventions since 1964, the nominee walked away with, on average in most years, with a 5-6 point increase in their polls.
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Todd, Why would this woman make this stuff up, If you read this article piece on Palin by lis lane, there is no bashing of Palin, no negative comments, This woman actually lived there and was friends with this woman, She is not calling her names, and she is not demeaning her character, like Rush Limbaugh would do,she is actually placing hard, factual facts out here versus claims., so there is merit behind this, but you would be in denial huh??? I thought so!!
Lis Lane,
very very long but a very very good and informative post.
McCain/Palin 2008!!
The hypocrisy of the Republicans (white America). Had it been Obama’s teenage pregnant and unwed daughter,up on the democratic stage with her teenage boyfriend (baby daddy),he would have had to run back to Africa.
Whether you’re for Obama or McCain, all of you need to do more research on what each candidate has for their party’s platform.
And a lot of you are right — McCain has stolen from Obama on the idea of change. However, I did what I’m telling all of you to do — RESEARCH! It’s not that hard to do these days in the advanced technology of the internet.
BadHabit:
STOP ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE NOT RESEARCHED EACH CANDIDATE! BLACK PEOPLE ARE SMARTER THAN YOU THINK! RESEARCH THAT. YOUR’S IS NOT THE ONLY BRAIN ON THIS BLOG!
I’M GETTING SO TIRED OF YOU PEOPLE TELLING BLACKS TO RESEARCH, RESEARCH…CAUSE YOU SO SURE WE HAVEN’T. WHY IS IT SO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE SUPPORT OBAMA FOR REASONS OTHER THAN SKIN COLOR!!!
For all those that state Obama is racist, that is far from the truth. However, when you look up racist in websters….you see white folk. We are not held by the same standards. WHite folk can make statements, jokingly, or in truth and its okay. As soon as we poke fun or tell the truth on white folk then we are racist.
You white folk can not stand truth. You have the mentality we are still slaves, you were taught that and are still teaching your children to hate blacks. You are all afraid of us because we are the chosen people. We are hated because of who we are. You have been afraid every time a black man raises up, you believe he is the messiah.
That’s why Malcom, King, were all killed. prevent the rise of the Black Messiah. OBAMA a rising messiah to deliver his people. You can’t stop this, you can send white women, white men, with all the plots, scheme’s in the world it won’t work. When GOD is in charge there is nothing you can do. It is time, It is our time now. Be afraid, be very afraid. It is written in the scriptures. The very ones you tried to hide from us. YOu took us from our land, you robbed us of our heritage. Now, its our time. Watch!!! Watch the words of this Queen…….
I’m not concerned with poll numbers and really, no one should be. The polls have been wrong throughout the primaries, caucuses and now in the national campaigning. What’s more important is that the press not allow the GOP to dictate how they should “handle” their candidate. Its being done and the media seems to be caving to this republican created hype that Gov. Palin is being treated unfairly. If the GOP is allowed to frame the questions that can be asked, control who can ask them and then play the “poor female victim”, then they will win this election and the press will become an unwilling participant.
Secondly, as far as polls go, I stated this and still believe that the only reason why we are even discussing the polls being so close is because Senator Obama erred when he didn’t put Hillary on his ticket. I’m not a fan of the Clintons, but the Dems were pitching a shut out, prior to Barack choosing Biden. All he had to do was put Hillary on the ticket and the GOP would have been toast. Even if they selected Sarah Palin, it would have been seen as copy cat politics. It would have taken the wind out of John McCain’s sails.
The democrats made a big mistake not choosing a woman. And just for the record, I don’t buy this talk about Barack not being able to pick Hillary because he was running on a “change platform” and Hillary is seen as a Washington insider. Joe Biden has been in Washington longer than Hillary and Obama combined. Another justification given for not selecting Hillary is that they didn’t get along. If this is true than it bothers me more than anything else I’ve heard. For Barack to let emotions dictate his running mate is crazy. Everyone works with someone that they don’t necessarily get along with or even like. That’s a part of life. And the truth is that they are almost identical in their political views. The real issue here is whether that person is the best person for the job or the political ticket, not whether you should hold a grudge against how they or their husband treated you during a hard fought campaign.
Hillary’s supporters were waiting for him to bring her aboard and even then they were hesitant to vote for a black candidate, but when Obama didn’t pick her he eliminated any chance of getting many of the 18 million votes that he will need to win. Bad Decision. The whole issue was getting into office and don’t give me that “He has to stand up for what he believes in” junk. He’s a politician. He knows how the game is played. He cut his political teeth on the south side of Chicago. He’s tough guy. He ain’t no wimp. His only hope of winning in November is that John McCain has a “senior moment” during the debates or we get some kind of “October surprise” in the news regarding Palin.
Really and truly those polls means nothing!!! Especially since most of the polls comes from WHITE AMERICA!! I have yet to submit an answer to the polls as well as my friends. I don’t believe they’re asking too many African and Mexicans there opinion about this election…this is only white american trying to pull one over our heads as they have done in the past. Please people don’t get discourage..we are still in the race!!
Senator Palin is nothing but a DISTRACTION. She has not been proven or tried like Barack. They took him too the shed…Can’t wait till she’s put on the chopping block too. Then we will know how good she really is. Right now they are protecting her and prepping here for a debate, which isn’t fair. She is a puppet for angry women voters and white racist..and I am not racist…Come on people be honest with yourselves she is not ready to run this country as V.P….Palin you are a Distraction to untrained ears and emotions.
Governor Palin is nothing but a DISTRACTION. She has not been proven or tried like Barack. They took him too the shed…Can’t wait till she’s put on the chopping block too. Then we will know how good she really is. Right now they are protecting her and prepping here for a debate, which isn’t fair. She is a puppet for angry women voters and white racist..and I am not racist…Come on people be honest with yourselves she is not ready to run this country as V.P….Palin you are a Distraction to untrained ears and emotions.
JOHN MCCAIN 2008 YEAR OF OUTRAGE
JANUARY 2008
Michelle Malkin » John McCain’s open-borders outreach director …
You can see the real McCain on CSPAN when his temper gets out of control at ……
up there telling jokes or lashing out at the imperialist American threat. …
michellemalkin.com/2008/01/25/
John McCain – the facts file
What does it tell us when someone has irrational outbursts of anger and later can’t …..
“Famed McCain temper is tamed,” Boston Globe, January 27, 2008 …
http://www.bartcopnation.com/dc/dcboard.php
FEBRUARY 2008
“McCain flips out…” CNN.com – Transcripts
Feb 7, 2006 … Still ahead, there’s outrage after the Army charges a wounded … And
then, star wars, why John McCain is lashing out at Barack Obama over …
transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/07/ldt.01.html –
The lava bubbled; the volcano did not blow
Posted February 22, 2008 10:07 AM
by Frank James
In his remarks, McCain’s manner was restrained — the lava bubbled; the volcano did not blow.
Yet he managed to dramatically raise the stakes of his confrontation with the Times by
essentially accusing the newspaper of shoddy, inaccurate journalism
MARCH 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008
John McCain flies off the handle with NY Times Reporter over John Kerry VP question
By: John Amato on Friday, March 7th, 2008 at 11:23 AM – PST
McCain gets short with NY Times reporter « FOX Embeds « FOXNews.com
Mar 7, 2008 … If anyone thinks that was McCains temper then they don’t know him at all. ….
and physically lash out at anyone to doesn’t obey his orders. …
embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/03/07/mccain-gets-short-with-ny-times-reporter
APRIL 2008
McCain Insulted Wife In Front of Press, Aides
by Natasha Chart, Mon Apr 07, 2008 at 07:05:55 PM EST
McCain: A Question of Temperament
By Michael Leahy
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 20, 2008; A01
The “maverick” shoots his own foot
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2008
American Debate
Apr 29, 2008 … McCain’s signature character flaw – his well-documented propensity for blowing
his stack, for lashing out at colleagues and little people. McCain Advisor Accuses Obama of Underhanded
Reference to McCain’s Age
MAY 2008
Me? A bad temper? Why, I oughta … — chicagotribune.com
May 1, 2008 …
McCain’s explosive temper was a favorite topic for journalists during his unsuccessful run for the
Republican nod … Children can lash out. …
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-temper-0501may01,0,7528812.column
ABC News’ Ron Claiborne Reports: The McCain campaign lashed out at Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, for
what it called an insulting dig at Sen. John McCain’s age.
Temper, Temper: Immigration Outburst Shows Pressure Getting to McCain
May 21, 2007
JULY 2008
Romney depicts loose cannon McCain – updated
McCain Flips At Legit Question
Posted July 3, 2008 | 11:28 AM (EST)
McCain Strafes Obama on War | The Trail | washingtonpost.com
McCain became outraged, interrupting Usry several times, arguing that “none of ….. violating campaign finance law,
he also lashed out at them publicly. … Posted at 5:04 PM ET on Jul 18, 2008
McCain the volcano fails to erupt over NYT story
Thursday, July 31, 2008
McCain and the Rage Celebrities;
Does he Need to go to Rehab?
AUGUST 2008
TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Prickly McCain …Aug 28, 2008 … For some reason he couldn’t think of an answer, so he lashed out. …… in concerned tones that uncontrollable outbursts of anger can be …tpmelectioncentral. talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/
SEPTEMBER 2008
Posted on Sunday, September 7, 2008
McCain’s history of hot temper raises concerns
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lets look at the facts senator biden started violence against women act in the 1990 that heil legislate hundreds of laws to help women of DV AND GOT OVER 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD SHELTERS FOR ABUSE WOMEN but no one is talking about that.if he needs women votes there it is go obama.
Well i think that Obama is going to win the election bc he’s GOD answer for us black ppl>>>> he has my vote as well as the rest of my family…GO OBAMA GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So apparently McCain is a “loose cannon” with a “hot temper”. Is this who should be running the country? How is he going to negotiate with other countries if he can’t control himself? How will he represent the US when he get’s angry and behaves poorly whenever he doesn’t get his way? This behavior is typical of some OLD PEOPLE. They’ve run out of patience and get frustrated easily. That is not what America needs in the White House. A cranky old man who is loosing his memory is not a CHANGE AGENT he’s a LIABILITY!!! Also, typically old people DO NOT LIKE CHANGE!!! Think about it….a loose cannon with his finger on THE BUTTON????
Obama has nothing to worry about except his acceptance speech as President of the United States of America! There is still plenty of trash that has to be taken out…so people lets stay focused on what is required. November is still a few weeks away so its gonna get nasty. I believe in what Obama has to offer the majority of Americans not just the ones with big bankbooks & under the table deals. All these remarks about who is best fit for the call being answered @ 3:00am is crap! The planes wentinto the World Trade 8:25am no one was ready 7yrs ago, so what makes you think just because you are a war veteran & you oversee the smallest state in population that you are? The terriorists are not gonna call you anyway until its too late! The WTC & Pentagon families have not forgotten how politians pimped them for the biggest funraiser in history & left them with illnesses & bills still unpaid. Mcain wants to continue this war! Our economy is in the toilet!! Our healthcare system is out of control, and our jobs are overseas! Come on people, we are bailing out foreign countries but we have all these homes in forclosure & so many people homeless! Families in financial ruin, the stock market failing, and financial institutions in ruin. Obama we know can balance a budget cause he’s the only candidate who still had plenty of money left for his campaign.
Fanita,
Republicans (black and white)DO NOT CARE about any of the very important issues that you raised. IT SIMPLY DOES NOT MATTER TO THEM (either that or they are insane). Some believe that old man McCain will actually get into the White House and magically wave his wand of experience while Palin smiles pretty for the camera. They only want McCain in there because their inferior minds can’t fathom that this half black man, Barack Obama will roll up his sleeves and do a far better job of getting that country back into good shape. This election is a joke to the Republicans but ALL of America is going to pay the ultimate price. Watch and see. The Republicans are going to ruin America just for the sake of protecting the rights of the RICH AND GREEDY. Thank God I live in Canada.
Samuel,
All I hear from you is envy. Why should we punish the rich for enjoying the fruits of their labor. Obama would still be ahead if he was in the party of lower taxes, anti abortion, pro business, strong on terrorism and less government.
Exactly, Seschris!!!!