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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 04:38 PM Original message |
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll (Are the purists happy yet?) |
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madura (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. no way they are tied - Obama is way ahead |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Because you say so |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. No, because reality-based evidence says so. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. The state by state polls are from June |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:35 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. That's not true. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:04 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Yes it is. |
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madura (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
64. you know whats sickening - that the same damn corporate game can be played |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. News flash: Obama does schtick; watch a speech |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
71. It must be lonely up there on your pedestal. |
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ShadowLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. It's no surprised given the biased news coverage, they're way harsher on Obama then McCain |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. The only way Mc* can win is to steal the election. The only way to make that |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. So progressives are responsible for the Obama campaign's ill considered "strategy?" |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. 15 years now? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. There you go again making disproven assertions. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Show me the last successful presidential candidate who ran left of center. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Remember how Dukkakis bragged about being a |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Not even FDR ran a liberal campaign. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I agree with you. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. And his name. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
55. No, you misremember |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
79. what was D's response? |
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Buck Rabbit (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Woodrow Wilson, A new century progressive. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. It's not all about "left" or "right." |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I already swatted down your claim in another post. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. You didn't swat down any claim |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You took an example from a liberal state as evidence. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. The example is from a solid Republican district that they'd held since 1982! |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. And a solid Republican district in Connecticut is still fairly liberal. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. Nancy Johnson basically just fired up her same old campaign |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Good enough. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I'm with you on this. It's why Obama is tacking towards the center. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Yeah, it's on the front page of Yahoo. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. What is really bothering me about this election for us is that Obama is black. |
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4themind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I guess the question that |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. This is EXACTLY right. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. LOL! Those three went down in flames |
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Pavlovs DiOgie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Hillary brings 40 states? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. I doubt it |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. There's always a First Time for everything |
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madura (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
65. if you want to talk about panderng to the right, sheeshkaboobs look at Hillary. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Let's be honest OK? |
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Eyes_wide_ open (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. That is the single |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. Obama leads 47-43 in today's Gallup poll... |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Which is the real poll. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Yes, Gallup has Obama only slightly outside the margin of error.. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. No way? |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
49. New to what? |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. I don't put much stock in polls, but I think I get the gist of the above poster's |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:15 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. You're right. |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
74. You make good points as well. And I do think Obama is a stronger candidate than Kerry was. n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. Congratulations, purity patrol! You're doing a great job of defeating Sen. Obama! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The results are entirely predictable |
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Youphemism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. What is predictable is that independents and centrist votes determine who wins... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Well, that opinion has been PROVEN wrong, time and again |
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Youphemism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I expect that you and your theory will not be President and Obama will. /nt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Obama may well win for a lot of reasons despite making strategic mistakes |
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Youphemism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. True, the principles apply elsewhere -- You always do worse on the shallow end of the bell curve./nt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:26 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Different set of principles, but let's look at the mean |
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Youphemism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Nice, but off-topic... |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:09 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Um, can you name one Democratic nominee who ran to the left and won the POTUS in recent history? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Except for Clinton, who was aided by Perot's attacks on Bush- there aren't any Dem presidents |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Didn't McGovern, Mondale, and Dukakis try that? n/t |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #72 |
80. The ghost of McGovern has had otherwise decent Dems fearing their own shadows |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #66 |
83. You can make your case even stronger |
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charlyvi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I doubt that a group of people on DU can actually influence a Ras poll. n/t |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. It's not just people on DU |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. He is taking some hits. He did in the primaries, but |
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charlyvi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. But the post I was replying to |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. you set a record mr(ms) bondage |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. Polls will fluctuate if a moth farts 60 miles away, doesn't mean it's responsible. |
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Eyes_wide_ open (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. That rather puts it right in perspective |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. cheers |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. Ali Velshi on CNN said that because more than 16% of Americans only use cell phones now... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
44. Your post title is nothing but flamebait |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. I don't feel it's the "purists" that account for Obama's fall in the |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
51. That's ONE poll - try looking at RCP or other poll averages. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #51 |
67. Right, they swing on a story or two and have lag in them. RCP is my source also, aggregate looks are |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
54. Not all polls agree..... |
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AmericanUnity (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
63. LOOK KIDS, GET REAL WOULD YA? FISA WAS GOING TO PASS. YOU WANT MC CAIN? KEEP IT UP THEN. HILLARY'S |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Insane post. The problem is voting for FISA, not complaining about FISA |
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AmericanUnity (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:14 AM Response to Reply #63 |
81. HAD HE VOTED AGAINST IT THE GOP WOULD HAVE BASHED HIM OVER THE HEAD AS 'WEAK ON TERROR' GET OVER IT |
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FredfromSpace (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
82. I am not sure if the poll numbers are significant, but even if they are... |
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