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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:14 PM Original message |
What is WRONG with this country? USA/Gallup 9/7: McCain 55 Obama 44 |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. People don't vote with their heads |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Well you know, you're right. |
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greatscott15 (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Pretty good "Bounce" |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Actually, it was only a +4 bounce. The subject line is wrong. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's called a "convention bounce". It'll go away shortly. n/t |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. You know, even if the polls don't mean anything as people keep telling us -- |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. 3 of 4 in my family voting for McCain |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. so what is it. Why do they want to vote for a bad tempered fossil? |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. 2 would vote for any GOP, the 3rd, I'm not sure |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. who do they think made a mess of the country? |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. I call bullshit. |
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pegleg (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Alot of it is bounce from the republican convention, but alot of it |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. The media isnt it obvious? |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Contrary to popular belief, not a whole lot of people watch cable news. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. No, but a lot listen to hate radio |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. The only people who listen to talk radio |
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pegleg (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. If that were the case then it wouldn't be the most effective tool they have |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I still contend |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. Relax and keep working. |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. This was already posted and please stop panicking over a convention bounce. |
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akangel2008 (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Depends on the poll. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. As a nation, America obviously hasn't hit bottom yet. |
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George_Bonanza (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. As Jack Cafferty said... |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
49. But the problem is that they will drag the rest of us down with them. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. How it could have changed so much in so few days maybe |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. It ALWAYS happens this way -- JeffR said it a week ago |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. True, when people start learning about Caribou Barbie's |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. According the Princeton's polling crunching site McCain is already down to +1 |
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RememberWellstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Bull shiite!! |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. And we need to just keep on talking about Sarah's baby |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's 50 - 46. Not 55 - 46. n/t |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Hell, that's not even statistically relevant. I wasn't worried at 55 - 50 is nothing. |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. I believe with likely voters... |
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iceman66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. It is frustrating |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. But they aren't. The actual McCain lead was 4 points |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I blame the Obama team... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Gee, I think somehow Obama has gone this far, he'll go the rest |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Obama... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. HE doesn't understand? Who are you? Maybe he knows more than you do n/t |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. I am allowed to have an opinion... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #50 |
77. And I'm allowed an opinion that you sound like you know more about it than he does |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
75. No, DAMMIT! I remember four years ago |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. This isn't four years ago -- I was here then, too |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. No one ever went poor underestimating the intelligence of the |
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DemzRock (824 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. I seem to remember gallup bouncing from day to day in 2000. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. GET YOUR NUMBERS RIGHT... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. And Princeton's site already suggests it's shrinking. |
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Hard Leftt (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I would like to believe you |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. They were tied and then +1 Obama BEFORE the DNC |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. Wake up people |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. That's right, the end is near, we're all doomed |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:56 AM Response to Reply #47 |
79. No a new beginning is near |
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bob4460 (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. The poll only had 1022 adults, including 959 registered voters. |
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samuraiguppy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. psych ops |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. RCP AVERAGE ONLY HAS McPalin up by 1 !!! |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
40. It's a country of idiots |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Well, the crunch poll only has McGramps up by 1 |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. If Obama wins |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. "People are bloody ignorant apes." = Beckett |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Sam will get no argument from me |
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mw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
51. America on decline. As evidenced by the religious reich, Bush, Palin, etc |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
52. Fluoride in the water and aspartame in soft drinks makes for a brain dead population. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. self delete: double post |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
54. Question about polls during the democratic primaries? |
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mccain_pwned (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
55. Please change title to reflect correct numbers *NT* |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. I noted that the numbers are 'likely voters' |
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mccain_pwned (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #59 |
73. Even So.. Still not Correct . Likely = 54/44 |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Sorry. Honest mistake. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
57. It's a god-damned bounce, people. |
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Sodan (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. The people get what they deserve |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Evidently that country regrets that decision. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Jesus, a voice of reason! Finally! |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. I suspect there are more of us than we realize. |
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progressiveforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
64. That's a fuck of a bounce--we have to fight like hell |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
65. I'll tell you one thing...If McCain wins this election, |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
66. I'll tell you one thing...If McCain wins this election, |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
69. Monumental advantage to have the second convention |
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mbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
70. They have to say McCain is ahead now so that later |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
72. Please let this thread sink and disapear. I am sickof seeing it. It's old news |
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