McCain Still Chasing Obama

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

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After last night’s third and final Presidential debate, John McCain finds himself still chasing Barack Obama in the polls. The post debate snap polls showed clear victory for Senator Obama, the CBS poll found Obama won 53% to 22% with 24% calling it a draw, and CNN polling found it 58% to 31% in favor of Senator Obama in the third contest.

In the BubbleMixx poll of polls, we see that by a more than 2 to 1 margin likely voters found that Barack Obama won last nights debate.

Perhaps even more important are these numbers; prior to the final debate CBS polling found that 54% of voters thought Obama shared their values, after the debate that number grew to 64%. Likewise CNN reports that Obama’s favorability ratings increased post debate from 63% favorable to 66% favorable, while McCain’s ranking slipped to just 49% favorable.

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Twitternalysis of the Veep Debate

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

The Twitterers were hard at it again last night tweeting through the debate. Here are some selected highlights:

stevehoff: 2) Palin blaming crisis on “Predatory Lenders”. banks=bad/borrowers=good What happened to GOP mantra of personal responsibility?

kerryank: Crap - hard to tell who the biggest bimbo is in this debate!

bitterpurl: how do people think Palin “exceeded expectations” when she didn’t answer any questions? must’ve been the winking

verybigjen: I saw a powerful and intelligent woman during the #vpdebate last night - unfortunately it was the moderator.

yoga_mama: My.02: Palin did better than I thought she would, but Biden was stellar! He holds a balance between accessibility and countenance

lunarboy: Is Sarah Palin George W. Bush 2.0? She’s trying to charm her way through

mugwump2: If Palin were a river, she’d be the Platte: Wide sparkling surface, but an inch deep.

smith1022: so if mccain is maverick, is palin goose? is obama iceman? that’s cool, iceman rocks.

joshbuckner: Most important Biden/Palin distinction: the VP powers question. Palin endorses unchecked executive power. That’s not democracy.

orbitaldiamonds: She’s a “maverick.” That means she can change her mind as many times as she wants (apparently).

fusedlogic: Biden talked about his family situation with real emotion, then stomped on the Maverick BS…won him the debate

JSto: Sarah Palin reminds me of Dolores Umbridge

freeplay: sarah palin is very good at answering the questions she feels like answering, which are not the ones she’s asked

erinely: Think Palin did well? She charmed you. Read the debate transcript. She spoke gibberish. http://twurl.nl/ryuu8u

Tags: Biden, Debate, Election 08, McCain, Obama, Palin, Veep, Vice President
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How Twitter Saw the Debate

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Post Presidential Debate wrap up, Twitter style! Break it down people:

lifestudent83: McCain looks like he didn’t even want to show up tonight.

sk8bette: Obama: Yes we can! McCain: …he doesn’t understand!

bookofjames: The Character Assassination of Barack Obama by the Coward John McCain http://bit.ly/2ZHw59

jeremydstanley: if McCain uses “he doesn’t understand” Obama needs to use “he doesn’t get it”

JDTwitt: obama didn’t seem to have best game. alas. wonder what the race would look like now if mccain’d picked a credible challenger veep?

mathiou: CBS “poll results suggest more uncommitted voters saw obama as debate winner”

kctrey: Still wouldn’t look at Obama when they shook hands. Ass!

RobertBluey: Obama’s stance on missile defense continues to evolve. I blogged about this on @RedState last month. http://is.gd/3cgh

orbitaldiamonds: @kcrusher Deployed servicepeople have donated to Obama over McCain six to one

scbalazs: @Marti_L I think both of them were uneven. Obama did OK, McCain swung from old grumpy/snipey to bland.

tankgrrl: It’s funny… reading the comments and there’s the lone tie & collar guy saying McCain won and Obama is ’scarey’ (sic)

bessemerprocess: I think that was a win for Obama. McCain looked like he was lying, he was disrespectful and generally prevaricated.

JavaVoodoo: McCain seemed like an angry old man, who absolutely HATES Barack Obama, kids, puppies and clouds.

ronnyislam: go Obama ! if US wants to stay as the global leader , we need to invest in edu-research so we can be the 1st 2 not rely on oil!

seanodotcom: McCain WINS! Oh wait… that was _before_ the debate. Obama for the (slight) post-debate victory

DJLein: Obama killed McCain tonight. Unless we give points for name dropping.

pluggpro: Unless you’ve been president before, EVERYONE gets on the job training.

marquesstewart: #debate08 McCain talking about supporting the vets is a joke. Let’s talk about that GI bill he voted against and his Vet’s rating.

selil: And the fact checkers are already hammering McCain.. dang that was fast.

ZachTumin: McCain doesn’t believe that Obama has the experience - but he believes that Palin does?

DocMara: Obama just won the election

undiplomatic: Last statement of the night: a noun, a verb, and POW.

Awesome group of Twitterers posting on #debate08. If I missed your great line, feel free to leave it in the comments.

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McCain and the Politics of Distraction

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Why did John McCain “suspend” his campaign and pull out of the debate? Is it because he’s so concerned about the banking crisis that he has to roll up his sleeves as a good Senator and pitch in to write new laws? Is it because Bush’s 700 Billion dollar bailout just won’t fly without the Maverick twisting a few arms?

Why did John McCain pick ultra-conservative right winger, and political unknown Sarah Palin for Veep? Was it because she can see Russia from her house?

No, of course not. It’s purely political; the politics of distraction. He’s trying to draw attention away from his lack of vision, and now his sagging poll numbers too. The Palin ploy worked for a little while, and even gave him a boost, but now with the public’s growing recognition of her complete inadequacy to lead the nation, he needs a new dodge. Pretending to be committed to banking reform, will do this week.

“We need leadership, not a campaign photo op. If there were ever a time for both candidates to hold a debate before the American people about this serious challenge, it is now.” - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

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But perhaps Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, when referring to McCain’s politics of distraction, said it best:

“The longest Hail Mary pass in the history of either football or Marys.”

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Let’s hope the MSM doesn’t drop the ball.

But one thing Senator McCain hasn’t counted on is that the public, like most of the Senate, is turning on the Bush Bailout plan. The idea of pouring more billions of unaccountable taxpayers money down the rat hole is less and less appealing - go figure.

And John McCain wants to be the champion of that? Go get ‘em, tiger.

Senator Obama wisely rejected McCain’s call to postpone the debate noting that Presidents need to be able to focus on more than one issue at a time.

“It’s going to be part of the president’s job to be able to deal with more than one thing at once.”

Senator Obama (Source)

Tags: Campaign, Debate, Election, McCain, Obama
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