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Palin's Favorability Drops To -10 In Tracking Poll
dailykos.com — A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows 46% of people who watched Friday night's presidential debate say Democrat Barack Obama did a better job than Republican John McCain; 34% said McCain did better. Obama scored even better -- 52%-35% -- when debate-watchers were asked which candidate offered the best proposals for change to solve the country’s
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- Chode2235, on 09/28/2008, -2/+107Well. It was fun while it lasted, right? This restores some sense of my faith in the American people to see through the cheap trick that was/is Palin's selection as VP.
She is a bad caricature of all that is wrong with the republican party and conservative ideology.- Dejacque, on 09/29/2008, -8/+13The Republican Party has deviated so far from conservatism that it's almost as liberal as the Democratic Party. Just look at the proposed bailout plan: it's basically socialism, but geared more towards the corporations and CEOs instead of the proletariat. Sarah Palin is a bad caricature of those who have hijacked the Republican Party: the theocrats and imperialists who play to the social conservatives and ignore the fiscal conservatives.
- tkstock, on 09/29/2008, -6/+2The proposed bailout plan was put forth by Bush (hardly a traditional Republican) and had more backing from the Democrats than the Republicans. Supposedly, everyone was on-board with the deal except for the House Republicans who forced some provisions in there to protect the taxpayers more. Supposedly there is little risk to the taxpayer monies. Supposedly.
Don't think this bailout plan was a Republican plan. Far from it. It's privatized profit with socialized risk - very antethetical to free-market capitalism, where companies should be allowed to fail on their own merits or lack thereof.
I agree that some of us fiscally conservative Republicans have gotten the short-end of the stick lately. Whoever is elected, I hope they keep their promises of spending cuts and more spending cuts. - mvlazysusan, on 09/29/2008, -8/+1smoke and merer
**** NO*********
**BAIL OUT *** - sugarazor, on 09/29/2008, -0/+8"merer "
You've GOT to be kidding me. - davidkeithjones, on 09/29/2008, -1/+1Almost as liberal as the Dems? At least Democratic spending actually benefited American society. The Republicans are ***** Santa himself for about 10% of the population.
- tkstock, on 09/29/2008, -6/+2The proposed bailout plan was put forth by Bush (hardly a traditional Republican) and had more backing from the Democrats than the Republicans. Supposedly, everyone was on-board with the deal except for the House Republicans who forced some provisions in there to protect the taxpayers more. Supposedly there is little risk to the taxpayer monies. Supposedly.
- zooplibob, on 09/29/2008, -15/+1Sorry, but anything from dailykos immediately loses any credibility after that Palin daughter/granddaughter embarrassment. Especially polling of their own they do, which this article is based on.
But if you enjoy it, go ahead and believe their lies. You're only fooling yourselves.- radioactivekt81, on 09/29/2008, -7/+1Even liberals have to agree that dailykos is amazingly biased towards the left, so I agree. They are as irrelevant to me as Fox New, for the same reason (but on the other side).
Who is doing actual reporting these days? Anyone? - DrDigg, on 09/29/2008, -0/+16This is polling done by a separate company paid to do the poll. It's not actually done by Kos. You obviously never believed in anything you read on Kos and are trying to use the pregnancy stuff as an excuse.
- radioactivekt81, on 09/29/2008, -7/+1Even liberals have to agree that dailykos is amazingly biased towards the left, so I agree. They are as irrelevant to me as Fox New, for the same reason (but on the other side).
- maiku00, on 09/29/2008, -2/+9still, it took them three weeks to figure it out. pretty pathetic, if you ask me. most of us knew it by day 1.
- jaxcs, on 09/29/2008, -0/+6It's not over till it's over guys. Palin Biden debate coming right up.
- MOJIRA, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4It will only get more hilarious now.
- rawheadrex, on 09/29/2008, -1/+2While I agree that I feel better knowing a lot of people aren't completely blind, I don't know if this restores any of my faith in the American people's perceptive prowess. Like maiku00 said; most of us knew this is what they're into within the first couple days of Palin's entrance into the race. The fact that it has taken not just the Charlie Gibson interview but also the Katie Couric one for people to see her for who she is isn't reassuring at all.
Well, I'm not complaining. Better late than never.
In the mean time you have cretins like zooplibob up there who's still in denial :-p
- Dejacque, on 09/29/2008, -8/+13The Republican Party has deviated so far from conservatism that it's almost as liberal as the Democratic Party. Just look at the proposed bailout plan: it's basically socialism, but geared more towards the corporations and CEOs instead of the proletariat. Sarah Palin is a bad caricature of those who have hijacked the Republican Party: the theocrats and imperialists who play to the social conservatives and ignore the fiscal conservatives.
- thejoshuablog, on 09/28/2008, -3/+55OMG. Plain's numbers have crashed like it's 1929. Oh, wait, maybe I shouldn't joke about that in today's day & age.
FTA:
"Yesterday's polling, the first after the debate, was the strongest Obama day picked up by the R2K tracking poll. He led 51-42, and therefore, Obama had a +9 on Sa to go with +5 Th, +7 Fri (MoE +/- 5.1 for individual days.) Sarah Palin's fav/unfav are now -10 (40/50), and Obama is +27 (his improvement is via dropping his unfav to 32.)"- worldgate, on 09/29/2008, -1/+3Were gonna party like its 1929... wait i mean...
- tkstock, on 09/29/2008, -1/+1If the bailout fails to work, we will be...
- Kinsbane, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1While reading that passage, I thought to myself, "So, Obama doesn't need to roll for initiative then?"
- worldgate, on 09/29/2008, -1/+3Were gonna party like its 1929... wait i mean...
- fuzzmeister, on 09/28/2008, -42/+7Wow, Palin is so unpopular, 110% of people disapprove of her!
Read your titles carefully, kids.- Gemfinder, on 09/28/2008, -3/+21The extra 10% are probably female fetuses that don't want to enter a world where mandatory birth and official sanction for rape exist.
- tkstock, on 09/29/2008, -8/+1"sanction for rape"?
Get real. Get the facts. They're ambiguous at best.
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/did_sarah_pa ...
- tkstock, on 09/29/2008, -8/+1"sanction for rape"?
- hiriumi, on 09/29/2008, -2/+8Read and watch Palin's interview carefully, Grandpa.
- Gemfinder, on 09/28/2008, -3/+21The extra 10% are probably female fetuses that don't want to enter a world where mandatory birth and official sanction for rape exist.
- amoirae, on 09/28/2008, -1/+54Sarah will have to get back to you on that, right now she's busy watching Putin sit on an egg.
- mvlazysusan, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4she's busy watching Putin ,,,
with knee pads - smartass007, on 09/29/2008, -3/+1niggaz 4 life
http://i33.tinypic.com/sem80h.jpg
- mvlazysusan, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4she's busy watching Putin ,,,
- avataros, on 09/28/2008, -2/+10Even Palin's abstract figment of her inner consciousness would like to disown her.
Number to drop once again after the VP debate. She's the Bear Stearns of VP Candidates. Except JP Morgan saw some redeeming values in Bear.- Dejacque, on 09/29/2008, -1/+4She's the Edsel of VP candidates.
- kingofinternet, on 09/28/2008, -1/+37talk about a dead moose around mccain's shoulders.
- Rutabaga64, on 09/28/2008, -2/+26I'm glad to know that the infatuation is wearing off and people are starting to finally realize what a desperately ridiculous stunt this all was.
The question is, when will Palin drop out or be removed?- cheeseron, on 09/29/2008, -2/+10November 5th
- pimpofpixels, on 09/29/2008, -2/+3That would be a desperate gamble, but I guess that's what Palin has been all along.
- marjo9, on 09/29/2008, -1/+4there is no way in hell that will happen. mccain's judgement would be thrown immediately into question and obama would win by a huge majority
- ocellnuri, on 09/29/2008, -1/+5Well... I don't think they could do too much damage with the whole "judgment" thing. Oh wait, he suspended his judgment until the crisis is over, right?
- finn, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1um...his so-called 'judgement' is already thrown into question as is
- fiatjustitia, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4McCain is damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't. If he gets rid of her, it'll show indecisiveness as marjo9 aptly predicts. If he doesn't, being attached to her will damage his campaign more and more as time goes on.
- MxM111, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1McCain will not drop her simply becasue his "make quick decision and face consequences no matter what" mantra.
What I do not want is for the whole country to face his consequences of his quick (and thus not well thought) decisions.
- shupy, on 09/28/2008, -2/+23Probably removed, but they will frame it as something like "she decided to put her family first"
- talmand, on 09/29/2008, -1/+3It's what the liberals wanted her to do in the first place. She's too busy with her family to do the position justice. Remember?
- fuse13, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1haha why would lberals want her gone? shes perfect.
- talmand, on 09/29/2008, -1/+3It's what the liberals wanted her to do in the first place. She's too busy with her family to do the position justice. Remember?
- duckley, on 09/29/2008, -1/+28HEY
Palin's going to the same place all those DINOSAURS went !- worldgate, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4To alaska to die and create more oil in a few thousand years?
- talmand, on 09/29/2008, -4/+1That's a myth.
- Updesh, on 09/29/2008, -0/+5Didn't Jesus ride them? So maybe he took them with him?
- LostOnion, on 09/29/2008, -0/+5There's no such thing as dinosaurs. It's a liberal conspiracy used to undermine Jesus.
- MOJIRA, on 09/29/2008, -0/+2Underneath a saddle being ridden by Jesus?
- finn, on 09/29/2008, -0/+5Palin is 'kind-of' correct in her view of 'dinosaurs coexisted with humans'... she's the running-mate of one such dinosaur
- worldgate, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4To alaska to die and create more oil in a few thousand years?
- dupswapdrop, on 09/29/2008, -1/+27Maybe McCain needs to put more lipstick on Palin!
- maus56, on 09/29/2008, -2/+15He could try,but it would still be a pig.
- worldgate, on 09/29/2008, -1/+3You stole my joke... thief. ;D
- talmand, on 09/29/2008, -2/+2Be happy, not exactly original at this point. But rehashing old stories about Palin is popular.
- HumanNouveau, on 09/29/2008, -1/+2I'm sure he has extra to spare. He's wearing plenty of his own. You have to go to a funeral to see an old guy in more makeup.
To be fair, his makup artists are better than Al Gore's were. But then again, they need to be.
- maus56, on 09/29/2008, -2/+15He could try,but it would still be a pig.
- floppydrivez, on 09/29/2008, -0/+5It will be very interesting to see how the poll numbers look after the debate. However, even as an Obama/Biden supporter I would like to think she can't get much worse. If she does continue to be part of the problem for McCain's poll numbers to drop, would they actually disown her? Has that ever happen?
http://www.lobolinks.com/blog/palin-vs-biden-what- ...- poprocksandsoda, on 09/29/2008, -8/+1Keep telling yourself Floppy that she can't get much worse. Here's your VP candidate redefining world history:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTBZHf6WyG0- jdibiase, on 09/29/2008, -3/+3From Mr. Biden's statement ... "Part of what a leader does to instill confidence is demonstrate that he or she knows what they're talking about ... and when the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on television ...."
Classic! - Wartyboskfapped, on 09/29/2008, -1/+1I'm sure you have faith that the average American voter remembers when TV was invented. Good luck with that.
- poprocksandsoda, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1Or that FDR wasn't President in 29.
- jdibiase, on 09/29/2008, -3/+3From Mr. Biden's statement ... "Part of what a leader does to instill confidence is demonstrate that he or she knows what they're talking about ... and when the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on television ...."
- DrDigg, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4I doubt it would happen this late in the process, but McGovern forced out his running mate...
"Just over two weeks after his nomination, it was revealed that McGovern's running mate, Thomas Eagleton, had received electroshock therapy for clinical depression during the 1960s." wiki - novenator, on 09/29/2008, -0/+2a gubernatorial contest in Minnesota once went very sour with tons of mudlsinging. The republican candidate Cal Ludeman was going to lose, but some scandal broke, and through some mysterious legal maneuver, he removed himself from the ticket, in came Arne Carlson, with absolutely no mud on him. Who do you think was elected? This might be a tactic in reserve the republicans are thinking about once again.
- poprocksandsoda, on 09/29/2008, -8/+1Keep telling yourself Floppy that she can't get much worse. Here's your VP candidate redefining world history:
- abajaj2280, on 09/29/2008, -8/+10hahahaha so how does that even work out?
people don't favor her at all=0
she doesn't favor people=-10?
i dont get how that works out?- nubnub, on 09/29/2008, -0/+20"Sarah Palin's fav/unfav are now -10 (40/50)"
40 fav - Postive
50 unfav - Negative
40 - 50 = -10
Which makes 0 even.
- nubnub, on 09/29/2008, -0/+20"Sarah Palin's fav/unfav are now -10 (40/50)"
- GorfTron, on 09/29/2008, -3/+65I want stem cell research. ***** the hockey mom and her pet dinosaurs.
- poprocksandsoda, on 09/29/2008, -17/+4You're so smart GorfTron. You took two lies and made them work together. Most hockey mom's aren't one of the 100 most powerful people in Washington DC ... and Palin doesn't remotely believe the world is 6,000 years old ... that's just some dumb ***** athiest propoganda that has roots in 15th century Catholicism.
- GorfTron, on 09/29/2008, -1/+15I still want stem cell research. So ***** you and your pet dinosaurs.
- lazyfisherman, on 09/29/2008, -2/+1Why don't all these smart and powerful dino-riders support stem cells research?
- tkstock, on 09/29/2008, -2/+3Fortunately for y'all, McCain supports stem cell research.
- borednerd, on 09/29/2008, -1/+2Hey, I want a pet dinosaur! :(
- GorfTron, on 09/29/2008, -1/+2Ok, YOU can have one. (Hands borednerd a large egg).
- poprocksandsoda, on 09/29/2008, -17/+4You're so smart GorfTron. You took two lies and made them work together. Most hockey mom's aren't one of the 100 most powerful people in Washington DC ... and Palin doesn't remotely believe the world is 6,000 years old ... that's just some dumb ***** athiest propoganda that has roots in 15th century Catholicism.
- virtualball, on 09/29/2008, -6/+29LEAVE BRITTANY ALONE!!!
Oh wait, there's another dumbass train wreck in town?- talmand, on 09/29/2008, -0/+3You have to be more specific. Most of the politicians in Washington fit in that category these days.
- MOJIRA, on 09/29/2008, -0/+2At least Britney has enough sense to not run for VP.
- AWBoy666, on 09/29/2008, -34/+6*****. Buried.
- Dipsomaniac, on 09/29/2008, -2/+16Do you need a WAAAHmbulance to get you home?
God's teeth, how pathetic do you have to be, so unable to face something because of the site it's posted on?- talmand, on 09/29/2008, -6/+1So I guess you trust everything on websites you don't like or agree with?
- AWBoy666, on 09/29/2008, -16/+4I'll get my news from Reuters, not from a far-left blog which selectively chooses its news and celebrates only those that support its cause.
I don't mind the news; I mind the source.- fiatjustitia, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4the Kos article links to each source for the polling info.
Read the God damned article first! - Induane, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1Just because the source might be left leaning, or hell, completely oriented left doesn't mean that the information is always a lie. They read the results of the poll, got excited, posted about it, and sourced it. Gallop is a very reputable polling organization. Generally I bury daily ***** when its an article by a highly partisan person who is intentionally or unintentionally being misleading in a manner thats betrayed by their personal biases. Repeating the info of a real poll doesn't bug me though.
- fiatjustitia, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4the Kos article links to each source for the polling info.
- Dipsomaniac, on 09/29/2008, -2/+16Do you need a WAAAHmbulance to get you home?
- Mononuclear, on 09/29/2008, -24/+5she dropped 10 points. She didn't drop to -10. Also most of the article is about the Obama and McCain debate and has nothing to do with Palin. Buried as inaccurate. I hate Palin but come on. This is horribly inaccurate.
- KaseyCarbone, on 09/29/2008, -4/+2Gotta admit it.
- EtherGnat, on 09/29/2008, -0/+3Gotta admit what?
Incidentally she didn't drop 10 points, she actually dropped 26%, which is a huge drop.
- EtherGnat, on 09/29/2008, -0/+3Gotta admit what?
- webergolf, on 09/29/2008, -3/+12Have trouble reading the graph/article? 40% have a favorable rating of her, 50% unfavorable, 10% neutral. This mean's she has a -10% favorable rating
- publiclurker, on 09/29/2008, -5/+1You have to admit though, that having -10% of the people having a favorable opinion of her sounds a whole lot better.
- Mononuclear, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1Hmm you are correct. I am not sure what I was smoking. Most of the article is still about Obama and McCain but I was way off about Palin.
- Dipsomaniac, on 09/29/2008, -1/+5Well, nothing to do with Palin except for the clearly stated poll results about Palin, right?
- DephexTwin, on 09/29/2008, -2/+9In times like these I really wonder how a post like yours gets written. You obviously didn't read the article or look at the graph. You took the time to see what the headline was and what people were saying, and decided, without reading, that they were all mistaken and that you knew what the article must have probably meant. It's quite strange when you think about it.
- KaseyCarbone, on 09/29/2008, -4/+2Gotta admit it.
- Dignan666, on 09/29/2008, -2/+30Hmm. Obama clearly winning. McCain can't win. This all reminds me of something... oh yeah! The last two elections.
I don't know about you guys, but I am preparing myself to be disappointed in november.- rotundo, on 09/29/2008, -0/+10Yep. The dumb "smart" people will all decide they don't really need to vote since Obama is a shoe-in. Then we'll deal with McCain for four or more years. Awful, awful.
- HumanNouveau, on 09/29/2008, -0/+7I'm voting even if he's a shoe-in in the polls. Victory? OK. That would be cool. A massive landslide that stuns the BS artists in the GOP? That would be very cool, and an ointment for all the chafing that thinking people have endured for the last 8 years.
- rheaume, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4me ***** too
- DarkBlueAnt, on 09/29/2008, -0/+5Yup. Remember how Bush got murdered in the debates? Didn't matter at all.
- rotundo, on 09/29/2008, -0/+10Yep. The dumb "smart" people will all decide they don't really need to vote since Obama is a shoe-in. Then we'll deal with McCain for four or more years. Awful, awful.
- clippypog, on 09/29/2008, -27/+0If only she hadn't skipped the dressing like a Muslim phase we all went through in our youth...sniff..
- hiriumi, on 09/29/2008, -1/+12Americans must rise up against the Republicans politics that attempts to fool people. I'm glad to see we still have a hope.
- Moodswung, on 09/29/2008, -2/+17I'm expecting her favorability to drop even more after she goes deer in headlights during the debates on Thursday.
- swrostmore, on 09/29/2008, -0/+9If Bush could "win" debates, I expect all the ex-Bush handlers working for the McCain campaign will be able to whip Palin into shape. Keep an eye out for the wire.
- radioactivekt81, on 09/29/2008, -1/+10Really? Did you hear her answer when Katie Couric asked her why we are spending $700 billion on fixing private wall street instead of public health care? The mumbling and rambling that followed made as much a sense as bald man's comb.
- ocellnuri, on 09/29/2008, -1/+6If you watch video of Bush in 2000, he could actually handle himself. He wasn't the bumbling speaker we have as president today. I think Palin's at a level far below where Bush was in the debates, handlers or not.
- swrostmore, on 09/29/2008, -0/+9If Bush could "win" debates, I expect all the ex-Bush handlers working for the McCain campaign will be able to whip Palin into shape. Keep an eye out for the wire.
- InksLWC, on 09/29/2008, -12/+3That's not the way that approval ratings work, otherwise Biden would have negative approval ratings too.
- DrDigg, on 09/29/2008, -1/+9I'm not sure what you are talking about but from their poll here are biden's favorable / unfavorable numbers. The rest are undecided.
BIDEN 51 / 34
So he has a favorability of +17.
- DrDigg, on 09/29/2008, -1/+9I'm not sure what you are talking about but from their poll here are biden's favorable / unfavorable numbers. The rest are undecided.
- bonlebon, on 09/29/2008, -4/+14Everybody loves the hot dumb girls but a few will marry them.
- tkstock, on 09/29/2008, -11/+7It's amazing how the article's description had zero to do with the title.
Question - why didn't the DailyKOS tracking poll release the questions that were asked?- chall85, on 09/29/2008, -1/+6You mean "Do you have a favorable opinion, unfavorable opinion, or no opinion regarding [candidate]?"
What else would the Research 2000 poll ask?- tkstock, on 09/29/2008, -2/+1Having been polled myself, the questions are rarely that simple.
- DrDigg, on 09/29/2008, -0/+2Was it painful??
- tkstock, on 09/29/2008, -2/+130+ questions later, not too bad. I was surprised how in-depth they go with some of the questions. I wish I could remember which company they were polling for - it wasn't one I was familiar with.
- DrDigg, on 09/29/2008, -1/+7Although they don't release their polling questions they link their data which is done by a separate polling company which are paid to do the poll.
"The Daily Kos tracking poll is conducted by the experienced and professional pollsters at Research 2000, and like all media polls, are not influenced by the sponsor. It’s not a liberal poll or a conservative poll, it’s a poll – a snapshot over a three-day period."
http://www.dailykos.com/dailypoll/2008/09/28- tkstock, on 09/29/2008, -1/+1It appears that even though the polls are not all in agreement about the percentages, they are in agreement about the amount of slippage in her favorability. I guess the Obama attack machine is doing it's job!
- Catawungus, on 09/29/2008, -1/+0Perhaps there should be a site with the questions on it. However, the polling questions often take about 8 pages. Pretty dull stuff. But be nice to see how they 'frame' questions and in what order.
- chall85, on 09/29/2008, -1/+6You mean "Do you have a favorable opinion, unfavorable opinion, or no opinion regarding [candidate]?"
- pimpofpixels, on 09/29/2008, -3/+17Palin was a Hail Mary: a reckless appeal to women voters at a time when the McCain campaign was trailing steadily in the polls. At first it seemed like it would work.
The problem is... they dropped the ball.
Palin has become an unmitigated disaster. Whenever they let her talk she makes a fool of herself. Now they won't let her speak which makes them all look bad and disenfranchises the same women voters they were so desperately trying to gain.
On Thursday Palin is going to have to go up against Biden in the Vice-presidential debate, and it's going to be a determined whack on the nail in the McCain campaign's coffin.- BossKey, on 09/29/2008, -1/+6"Dropped the ball" is a good analogy, but it could also be said that they wanted to throw a Hail Mary at a football game and they did it with a basketball.
- HumanNouveau, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4OK, but you're using "disenfranchise" incorrectly. I think you mean "...alienates the same women voters..."
Disenfranchise means denying someone a vote. Important distinction this election season. People will be disenfanchised if voting systems fail, or legitimate voters are screened out incorrectly by local watchdog groups.
I raise the point because it is extremely important to make sure that we all watch our local polling processes to make sure that every legitimate voter gets to vote.
Meanwhile, let's hope the GOP stays the course and alienates as many of those voters as possible.- troub, on 09/29/2008, -0/+3or "disenchant."
Free from illusion.
- troub, on 09/29/2008, -0/+3or "disenchant."
- 0Xonox0, on 09/29/2008, -5/+7lol I didn't realize you could go negative in the polls.
- Catawungus, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1It is not that common. Wow! I guess that makes her a 'maverick'? BTW, mavericks were considered the 'morons of the cow herds' because they lacked common sense. It was never a 'compliment'. Then again, only a real maverick would think it was.
- rexdude, on 09/29/2008, -4/+7What's the use of these polls? I'm scared this might turn out to be 2004 all over again. Back then-all the exit polls had you believe Bush's time was up. In the end-it was the bible belt that let everybody down by re electing Bush. Given the smear campaigns against Obama, including spreading lies about him being a Muslim-there's no telling how things will turn out.
One thing is for sure-if McCain wins, everyone's screwed.
It would be something if an exit poll taken in the 'red' states showed declining support for McCain/Palin.- Catawungus, on 09/29/2008, -0/+22000 and 2004 the vote was rigged. They are doing the same thing again. They are demanding, via the justice dept, that the voter rolls be 'purged'. Which means people will show up to vote and be told they were not entitled to, and that they could fill out a provisional ballot, which then takes up a big amount of time, and prevents people in the line from being able to vote. Tactics of the damned. They are doing it again, btw.
- rexdude, on 09/29/2008, -7/+2What's the use of these polls? I'm scared this might turn out to be 2004 all over again. Back then-all the exit polls had you believe Bush's time was up. In the end-it was the bible belt that let everybody down by re electing Bush. Given the smear campaigns against Obama, including spreading lies about him being a Muslim-there's no telling how things will turn out.
One thing is for sure-if McCain wins, everyone's screwed.
It would be something if an exit poll taken in the 'red' states showed declining support for McCain/Palin. - lazyfisherman, on 09/29/2008, -2/+6Y'all are underestimating her. Far too many people still support and make excuses for Palin to count her out yet.
- theone156, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4I agree, I dont like her at all, but counting her out is wrong. I think the people who are counting her out will be surprised by what she can do on Thursday....the bar is set very low for her, if she can put together an insult and make it sound decent she will do better than 95% of people think she can...so don't count her out because it will come back to hurt you...expect more from her...
- laserdog, on 09/29/2008, -1/+17Tina Fey drank her milk shake.
- worldgate, on 09/29/2008, -2/+1And ate her burger with fries too.
- T8erT0T, on 09/29/2008, -1/+10I can't wait for Joe Biden to tear her apart in the debate. Oct 2nd will be the coup degrace to Palin.
- rondeth, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1It's true Biden has a habit of sticking his foot in his mouth, though. Remember Palin's speech at the RNC? Bitter in tone and attacking at many points. I think that's going to be the Repub strategy here--they know Palin's widely regarded as a bloody nightmare. So, instead of sitting back and letting her try to answer questions or speak thoughtfully, she'll essentially come out there and start spouting off and attacking relentlessly--let Biden expend all his energy refuting the doubtless inaccuracies (or flat-out lies) and (hopefully) he messes up.
FWIW, I'm hoping she continues her performances from the interviews. If only I can withstand her voice for the duration of the debate...
- rondeth, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1It's true Biden has a habit of sticking his foot in his mouth, though. Remember Palin's speech at the RNC? Bitter in tone and attacking at many points. I think that's going to be the Repub strategy here--they know Palin's widely regarded as a bloody nightmare. So, instead of sitting back and letting her try to answer questions or speak thoughtfully, she'll essentially come out there and start spouting off and attacking relentlessly--let Biden expend all his energy refuting the doubtless inaccuracies (or flat-out lies) and (hopefully) he messes up.
- simon333, on 09/29/2008, -0/+8Ladies and gentlemen, that strange feeling you've been having lately is called hope. "01-20-09"
- abran1984, on 09/29/2008, -0/+9Republicans, moms of special needs children and right-wingers love her. Don't count her out yet!
- AmazingSteve, on 09/29/2008, -0/+2There is nowhere NEAR enough of them to affect a vote that's going to be this lopsided. After the Couric interview there is nothing that will save Palin's image now. Nothing,
- algaeturd, on 09/29/2008, -4/+8HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
OMFG!!!! HAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHA
And the idiot republicans of Digg are the only people left trying to defend this uneducated, unqualified idiot.
Wait...one more time. I can't get enough. NEGATIVE TEN? NEGATIVE TEN?!!!!
HAAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAH
Wait, wait...here comes PUTIN'S head up over the Alaskan landscape! Here he comes...it's just a giant head! Arrgga!
hahahahah- benbfree, on 09/29/2008, -7/+1You're going to regret this comment one day.
- gnocchi1442, on 09/29/2008, -2/+1Oohh -- I'm scared! How 'bout you, algae?
- AmazingSteve, on 09/29/2008, -0/+2That's cute, he thinks she's actually electable.
- benbfree, on 09/29/2008, -7/+1You're going to regret this comment one day.
- RichiesPicks, on 09/29/2008, -0/+16The reality is that hardcore Republicans loved Palin (for her brief honeymoon period) because they perceived her as the key to McSame and other GOP candidates winning in November. Now that she has been revealed as a joke and a weight on the rapidly sinking Republican brand, they are turning on her and cursing Bottom of the Class McCain for (once again) not doing his homework.
- theone156, on 09/29/2008, -0/+2Don't count her out yet, people don't expect much from her so when she does something which would be nothing for everyone else it will be considered a feat for her.
- novenator, on 09/29/2008, -0/+2when expectations are so low, she really doesn't need to perform well to do "ok" in the publics eyes. It was the same thing with king george during his debates, everyone thought he was a bumbling fool, so when he didn't to terrible (only bad), the performance looked good by comparison. Hopefully, people will finally recognize her ignorance instead of being fooled by her hockey mom charm.
- MxM111, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1Let's be clear "we" do not have high expectation. My bet is that most people did not see those interviews.
- topgigmedia, on 09/29/2008, -1/+5"...I will have to get back to ya..." dipsh*t. Sorry, but that was a complete dipsh*t response. WAKE UP AMERICA! -10?!? how about -100!
- Lloydinator, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4That took way too long to reach there.
- talmand, on 09/29/2008, -12/+3Wow, a tracking poll from the DailyKos that shows the liberal is the favorite?
Give me some money and I'll provide for you a professional tracking poll that says whatever you want it to say.
The only poll that should count in the end is the one where everyone votes for their choice for President. And even then with enough money it can be manipulated to a certain extent. All it takes is a few percentages here and there.- FairNUnBalanced, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4Um...
and the Rasmussen poll,
and the Gallup poll,
and the Zogby poll,
and the Survey USA poll,
and the Research 2000 poll,
and the National Journal poll,
and the NBC / Wall Street Journal poll,
and the CNN Time Poll,
and the Fox News Poll.
Damn, look at this conspiracy! Those bastards have corrupted Fox News now too!
- FairNUnBalanced, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4Um...
- jordan314, on 09/29/2008, -3/+1To -10? I don't think that word means what you think it means.
- mikecap, on 09/29/2008, -1/+13Palin dropped because she was an imbecile with Katie Couric.
- HumanNouveau, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1Correction. You needed a full stop after imbecile. Every unscripted appearance so far has had the same result. You could chalk up one botched interview to nerves. Two and then three start to form a pattern.
- trollick, on 09/29/2008, -3/+2FREE SARAH PALIN!
- RodBorn, on 09/29/2008, -1/+0naw...not sure I would want her now even if she was free.
- gnocchi1442, on 09/29/2008, -2/+7Cool, it matches her IQ.
- BrendanSheehan, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4She thinks the Bush Doctrine is a type of plant which people used to feed to dinosaurs.
- HumanNouveau, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1Why would she support the Bush Doctrine anyway? If Putin or a couple nukes come over the horizon, let's all just join hands across the borders of God's chosen nation and pray. If you believe the Bible, God's got a great track record on miraculous battlefield inventions. The fables make him a great weapon whether you're on the offensive or the defensive. LOL
- noprtyaff, on 09/29/2008, -7/+1I suggest that members of congress and if none can be found, new members of congress form a loyal opposition caucus designed especially to reject everything put forward by the next president. Because whether it is the Obama messiah or the moderate McCain who is elected, neither with their leftist tendencies have the best interest of U.S. citizens at heart.
- FairNUnBalanced, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1Right. So, objectively speaking. Either the entire world has some kind of mass delusional "leftist" psychosis OR... you are just an extremist.
- Shakermaker, on 09/29/2008, -0/+5I am SOOOO looking forward to the VP debate on Thursday. It should be a slaughter if Biden plays his cards right.
- eddantes7, on 09/29/2008, -0/+2Somewhere far far away hidden under layers and layers of rock.... Cheney is feeling just a little bit better about himself...
- ssmith39, on 09/29/2008, -0/+0I'm not a Sarah Palin fan, but I won't be surprised if she turns in a respectable performance in the debate. Fear is a powerful motivator.
- acknotSW, on 09/29/2008, -0/+0Sorry, but no chance in hell. Pentecostals (as in assembly of god church) are so fundamental that there isn't enough space in their head for an ounce of intelligence; it's all filled up with Jesus. Pentecostals are so out there that your more mainstream hard core evangelicals make fun of them. I would sooner trust Iraq (pre war) or Iran with nuclear weapons then this nut case.
- Nathan187, on 09/29/2008, -0/+0I think she's going to do a lot better than people think on Thursday. But still....I don't think she's qualified. (Still hot though)
- VahalaORbust, on 09/29/2008, -0/+0It's showing the percent change in 1 week, not her totally approval. God damn tools
- roofview, on 09/29/2008, -0/+0I think in the debate with Joe Biden, Sarah Palin will do better than most people think. She will spit out the lines they pound into her head at debate camp. Now here is where it gets interesting, truly understanding what you are saying and saying it with believable conviction it the hard part. It is possible for a smart person to pull this off unfortunately for the McCain camp Sarah Palin is not smart. I believe the rehearsed rhetoric will come through loud and clear. PS watch for bulges etc in clothing concealing hidden wires. Nothing this campaign would do will surprise me.
- ObamAmerican48, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1In stark contrast, Todd Palin's favorability rating has skyrocketed as middle-aged American women determine he is TOTALLY doable.
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