So according to polls, with Edwards out, it looks like President McCain...

[readmoreoften]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/national.html

Good luck Romney, we'll need it.

[readmoreoften]

1. Actually, let me rephrase that...

Looks like President McCain regardless of Edwards being in or out of the race.

[cbayer]

10. Can you change the title?

[MonkeyFunk]

2. luckily the GE isn't today

we have a long time.

[cgrindley]

3. He was a doddering old idiot in the debate last night

and of the 4, Huckabee was the only one to nail that last stupid question.

[jgraz]

4. Funny how the Rethugs keep nominating their strongest candidate

We should really try that sometime.

[and-justice-for-all]

6. I second that...nt

[99th_Monkey]

11. I 3rd that - I love John Edwards but I honor his decision to drop out .. sadly

This is starting to appear to be another one of the Democratic Party's classic self-immolation acts.

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. ...

:thumbsup:

[robbedvoter]

19. What makes you think McCain is the strongest? he lost to Ron Paul in Nevada!

Both Hillary and Obama had more votes than him in NH! Hilary had more votes than him in Fla - in spite of the second class citizen status the dem primary had

[jgraz]

22. He won't be running against Ron Paul in the general

Check the polls. McCain beats both Clinton and Obama head-to-head. Before they stopped polling on Edwards, he was beating every Rethug.

[and-justice-for-all]

5. "President McCain"

It's only February, save the panic for when it is time to really panic.

[WilliamPitt]

7. You're right. I quit.

Even though about half of those "averaged" polls have Clinton and Obama ahead of McCain, said pro-Dem polls being the more reliable of the collection...

...and even though those same national polls had Rudy leading every other GOP candidate by wide margins less than a month ago...

...and even though none of those numbers say jack-diddly-poo about who's got the state-by-state Electoral College polling lead (i.e. who's up in CA, NY, NJ, NE, NM, WI, PA, etc?)...

...whatever, you're right, I quit.

McCain '08!

It's guaranteed!

...or something.

:|

[Webster Green]

8. Clinton or Obama will crush McCain!

I honestly believe that Obama would achieve a larger margin in the landslide, but either of them will win.

I think Obama would get a groundswell of support after he's nominated, and excite a lot of younger folks to register and vote. The momentum will be unstoppable.

[cboy4]

15. LMAO n/t

[robbedvoter]

20. Even Gravel, DK would have beaten McCain! Who wants permanent war?

[Jawja]

21. I will support either Hillary OR Obama.

That being said, an Obama candidacy changes the map and the "solid South" may not be so solid for the Republicans.

Just saying. I agree with Jimmy Carter's assessment that an Obama nomination will put the South in play for the Democrats in November.

[cbayer]

9. I know its late, but

Those polls say this:
McCain vs. Clinton - 5 for McCain, 2 for Clinton
McCain vs. Obama - 4 for McCain, 2 for Obama, 1 tie
Romney vs. Clinton - 6 for Clinton
Romney vs. Obama - 6 for Obama
McCain vs. Edwards - 3 for McCain, 1 for Edwards
Romney vs. Edwards - 4 for Edwards

So I think the title of this OP is not really reflective of the link posted.

But it does look like we need to get to work and start working for our two remaining candidates to beat McCain, should he be the nominee.

[lvx35]

12. Interesting that Huckabee is stronger than Romney against Clinton. nt

[pnwmom]

13. You're not reading the data correctly. What the compilation of those

different surveys show is that the differences between McCain and the Democrats are well within the margin of error -- too close to call.

Don't worry about the polls yet. So much depends on how the polling companies WEIGHT their samples. Since the percentage of people who identify as Republicans is dropping, the pollsters are always playing catch-up. When they think they don't have "enough" Republicans in their survey, they weight their votes more heavily. So the pollsters end up skewing the results in the Republicans favor.

I wouldn't trust any poll unless I could see all the information about how they drew their sample and how they weighted the results.

[mdmc]

16. I think HRC can beat mac

meh

[Perry Logan]

17. For some reason, Democrats love to talk like losers. Wake me up when she's sworn in.

[Clarkansas]

18. You know that Perot and Dukakis lead polls this far out, right? eom