McCain Seen as Less Likely to Bring Change, Poll Finds ("Change" margin is Obama 65%, McCain 37%.)

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — Despite an intense effort to distance himself from the way his party has done business in Washington, Senator John McCain is seen by voters as far less likely to bring change to Washington than Senator Barack Obama. He is widely viewed as a “typical Republican” who would continue or expand President Bush’s policies, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll....

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The poll found that 46 percent of voters thought Mr. McCain would continue Mr. Bush’s policies, while 22 percent said he would be more conservative than Mr. Bush. (About one-quarter said a McCain presidency would be less conservative than Mr. Bush’s.) At a time when Mr. McCain has tried to appeal to independent voters by separating himself from his party, notably with his convention speech, 57 percent of all voters said they viewed him as a typical Republican, compared with 40 percent who said he was a different kind of Republican.

Although nearly half of voters also described Mr. Obama as a typical Democrat, the party’s brand is not as diminished as the Republicans’; the Democratic Party had a favorability rating of 50 percent in August, compared with 37 percent for the Republicans, a fairly consistent trend in the Times/CBS News Poll since 2006, and part of the general political landscape that many analysts believe favors the Democrats.

In one of the sharpest differences highlighted in the poll, 37 percent said that Mr. McCain would bring real change to Washington, up from 28 percent before the two parties’ conventions. But 65 percent of those polled said that Mr. Obama would bring real change to Washington....



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/us/politics/18poll.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all

[moose65]

1. In other news......

the sun rises in the east, grass is green, and Fudge Stripe Cookies (tm) are tasty!:hi:

[Indenturedebtor]

2. Lol it's so funny how the dum dums are nearly always 29%

There's some really interesting science just begging to be done regarding the percentage of stoopid hoomins in the population.

I guess a bell curve would explain it though. 5 who can't tie their shoes, 15 utter dum dums, 15 sorta dum dums, 15 sorta smart, 15 pretty damn smart, 5 uber nerds. Yah that must be it... though we're not at 100 percent hahahah. Still I bet the ratio is right :P

[HopeHoops]

10. McCain could dress in drag and stomp on kittens with high heels and they would approve of it

[Indenturedebtor]

12. LOL replace "kittens" with "mittens" and I would pay good money to see that

I might even get aroused, but not because of the sexual overtones. More of a medieval scottish warrior bloodlust sort of thing :D

[kegler14]

3. Unfortunately,

I find it unlikely either party will bring REAL change. Don't get me wrong, I'm voting for Obama, but "change" is just another political catchphrase.

[SCantiGOP]

4. another good excerpt

Here's my favorite part of the article. Palin is finally turning into the drag on the ticket I thought she would be when she was announced:

>>>>This poll found evidence of concern about Ms. Palin’s qualifications to be president, particularly compared to those of Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, Mr. Obama’s choice for a running mate. More than 6 in 10 of those surveyed said they would be concerned if Mr. McCain could not finish his term and Ms. Palin had to take over. In contrast, two-thirds of voters surveyed said Mr. Biden would be qualified to take over for Mr. Obama, a figure that cut across party lines.

And 75 percent said they thought Mr. McCain had picked Mrs. Palin more to help him win the election, rather than because he thought that she was well-qualified to be president.<<<<

[DeepModem Mom]

11. Thanks! There is a lot of info in that article! I tried to stick with the subject...

in the headline, but there's lots more. I think (hope) it's being covered in some other posted articles.

[torbird]

5. Soon...

And as soon as people reconcile this fact in their minds with the reality of the looming election, voila! you'll have millions more Obama supporters. Somehow, this question, asked and answered, hasn't yet made the lightbulb come on for some people.

[earthside]

6. Obama Winning

My prediction right after the GOP convention was that the next three weeks would determine the outcome of the presidential race.

If McCain had succeeded in redefining himself as the "maverick" or "change" candidate, then he would be in a good position to win. If Obama was able to maintain his position as the "change" candidate, he would win.

McCain has failed to alter the direction of the presidential race -- as this poll indicates.

The debates will be informative, but unless one of them screws up royally, they will probably serve mostly to demonstrate that Obama is by temperament and judgment 'presidential'.

Look for a 'comfortable' Obama victory -- if everyone works hard enough to overcome Repug attempts to cheat.

[Spritz57]

7. What will be their next slogan?

If the change message has been lost to McCain/Palin, with his VP choice (coupled with the reality of his age) he has lost the experience argument, what's next? With his gaff over Spain and presumably no worse than a tie with Obama (in the eyes of the pundits) over National Security in the first debate, what will they have?

[Doctor_J]

8. Combine that with the 80% "wrong track" stat, and you're a Diebold away from

LANDSLIDE

[whistle]

9. McNoChange