Bad News For McCain From Two Polls And New Negative Palin Stories

[Liberal_in_LA]

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Bad News For McCain From Two Polls And New Negative Palin Stories

October 22nd, 2008
By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief


Some polls show a tightening in the presidential race, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden had another bout of ticket-damaging foot-and-mouth disease – but two new polls indicate Republican candidate Sen. John McCain continues to lose support and he continues to have a Sarah Palin problem with all but Republican stalwarts and Rush Limbaugh.

A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll finds Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama opening up his biggest lead over McCain yet, while a poll by the highly respected Pew Research center finds Obama widening his lead over McCain amid mounting voter doubts about McCain’s age and overall judgment. Meanwhile, two new news stories add yet more unfavorable imagery to the emerging portrait of McCain’s Vice Presidential pick — a pick that has excited the GOP base but has chased some other needed voters away.

The details are not good news for McCain, coming on the heels of an increasing number of stories (and blog posts) indicating a seeming fracture of the GOP in 2008, plus some moderate and conservative Republicans jumping ship to Obama — coupled with former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s indictment-like rejection of the McCain campaign and highly-publicized endorsement of Obama.

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The story goes on to talk about the new negative Palin stories: Kid-traveling-on-public-dime-gate and RNC-pays-for-clothes-gate

[CreekDog]

1. he should've picked Joe the Plumber instead

:eyes:

[uponit7771]

2. The Palin pick SHOW'S McKlan isn't a leader, he doesn't think for himself

[Waiting For Everyman]

3. Whoever did her "makeover" did it the wrong way.

They should've made her look more business-like, and should've schooled her in how to speak in a credible way (what to say and how to say it). But I'm glad they screwed it up because otherwise she might've pulled this off.

[demwing]

4. Everytime Biden eats shoe, Obama's numbers go up

I'm beginning to think it's done on purpose :) A kind of antidote to Obama's polish.

[TheDonkey]

5. Some more Palin controvery fodder to take up a news cycle. Hope the McTroll Gaffe gets in late night