Thank you too, Spirit, for your help! I’ve always wanted to do that, just like the big guys!

Neocon Peg on September 7, 2008 at 6:29 PM

What a club, indeed, Peg and MDS. It’s a great life :)

McCain should be ahead right after the GOP convention.

I’ve recently moved to Texas and have seen only one McCain sign/bumper sticker.

I can tell you this much; Obama signs were everywhere a month ago. Now, you see a few scant Obama signs here and there. Obama has lost his magical hold over the masses here in favor of the Palin express. I’m starting to see McCain 08 stickers on cars & trucks. When the McCain/Palin stickers come out, I expect to see a flood of them driving around. Sarah has brought much energy to the ticket.

Keemo on September 7, 2008 at 4:47 PM

Perhaps the Obama fad is starting to fad, and about as quickly as it started. It certainly always seemed more a fad then a political movement. And unfortunately for Obama, there is nothing the public likes less then last season’s big thing.

And then look for the Soviet-style purges in the Dem ranks as Hillary takes revenge on all those who crossed her in favor of the losing candidate.

PackerBronco on September 7, 2008 at 5:45 PM

She already dealt with John Edwards pretty effectively, don’t you think?

The right/left split among the electorate has been 60%/30% for some time (question D3 for those that have read the post)… 60% consider themselves somewhat convervative to conservative while 30% consider themselves somewhat liberal to liberal.

Well, I think that you need to differentiate between serious conservatives (of various stripes) and the rather large “middle” that is in theory conservative but doesn’t follow politics well enough to really get the dynamics of our system. These are the people that voted for Clinton’s middle class tax cut.

Or, in other words, if you give people a list of conservative and liberal principles in a fair telling and force them to pick one or the other, sure you’ll get something like 60-40.

But actually figuring out what effect one’s vote will have requires some work, and this “middle” group is largely willing to be spoon fed MSM talking points in small doses…

In the new poll, taken Friday through Sunday, McCain leads Obama by 54%-44% among those seen as most likely to vote.

So in the latest poll, McCain is up 10 among likely voters? When was the last time a Republican presidential candidate was up double digits two months before the election?

Grab a beer and settle in.

Mort Kondracke is especially insincere: according to him, unless the choice is a long time Washington Insider, he doesn’t consider anybody ‘experienced’.

Sir Napsalot on September 7, 2008 at 9:18 PM

Back in the 90′s, my sister and I went to DC for a little protest of President Clinton…. Drudge was there, Coulter was there… it was fun. Anyway, the afternoon we arrived, we headed out to a bar/restaurant for the evening. As we sat quietly in a booth enjoying ourselves, we could hear conversations all around us by Washington Worker Bees… our civil servants. Their view of the general population outside of government was amazing. The disdain they had for “regular folks” was disgusting. In their view, we should simply shut up and send money… no input wanted or needed. They know what’s best.

On a lighter side, the next day at the event, a couple of big black Suburbans with government tags pulled up to the event and were taking photos out the front windows. When I walked closer to one of them, the driver’s window went down and a clean cut guy with an ear bud gave me a thumbs up.

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If the morons in congress (Republican morons as opposed to Democrat morons) had simply done a good job of policing their own and adhering to basic conservative principles, even that would not have been lost. Sarah Palin, if nothing else, proves the value of going after corruption no matter which side of the aisle it’s on. Defending someone because they are on your side of the aisle is always a loser.

What’s that line from “Bull Durham”… baseball is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball. Fundamental conservative politics works every time. Every problem we face in our society today is, in one way or another, the result of deviating from those fundamentals. Political corruption, corporate corruption, welfare mess, an insane legal system… you name it.

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Considering there are only two candidates left on McCain’s ‘short list’: Gov. Pawlenty and Gov. Palin.

Are these pundits also going to worry about Pawlenty’s ‘qualifications’? If not, what resume and or experience does Pawlenty have that ease their worry?

Are they implying Gov. Palin would not be a ‘quick learner’ then? Because from where I am sitting, Gov. Pawlenty is just as ‘inexperienced’.

Mort Kondracke is especially insincere: according to him, unless the choice is a long time Washington Insider, he doesn’t consider anybody ‘experienced’.

Thing is, considering how many of Hillary’s supposed “friends” threw her under the bus for Obambi, will there be a Dem party left after purging both the Obamites AND the “traitors”? – SuperCool on September 7, 2008 at 7:17 PM

Very good question. I suspect that when – not if – Obama loses, there will be internecine warfare in the Democrat Party the likes of which have not been seen since Stalin purged the Communist Party in the USSR. I’m laying up a HUGE supply of microwave popcorn in anticipation.

Not going to matter much later in the week. McCain will be up by 6-10 by end of this week. Obama is a rookie Junior Senator from the Chicago mob-thug brand of politics; he is the most Liberal person to ever run for the office of potus; and he has made really bad choices with the people he allowed to influence him over the past 20 years minimum; his wife comes off as an angry & bitter woman despite the fact that she is better off than most of will ever dream of being.

Obama has way too many negatives, and now Sarah is soaking up all of the energy. Obama’s numbers are going to drop like a lead weight, as they should. This man was not ready for this position, 8-12 years to early. The DNC should have never allowed this run at this time. The DNC should have allowed Hillary her shot, and told Obama to study up, learn the ways, and get some bills passed; that his turn would come. The DNC must really hate the Clinton’s to have allowed Obama this chance, while risking the destruction of Obama’s career by putting him in this position so far ahead of schedule.

lol

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Spirit of 1776 on September 7, 2008 at 6:36 PM

I make more than my share of typos; they usually don’t form other real words, though!

Gallup says this: “The general-election results are based on combined data from Sep. 4-6, 2008. For results based on this sample of 2,765 registered voters, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±2 percentage points.”

The McCain number could be two percent higher than actual and the Obama number could be two percent lower than actual.

Thing is, considering how many of Hillary’s supposed “friends” threw her under the bus for Obambi, will there be a Dem party left after purging both the Obamites AND the “traitors”?

SuperCool on September 7, 2008 at 7:17 PM

Yep.

And it’s gonna be ruthless.

And then look for the Soviet-style purges in the Dem ranks as Hillary takes revenge on all those who crossed her in favor of the losing candidate.

PackerBronco on September 7, 2008 at 5:45 PM

Even money says the first head to roll will be Howard “YEEEEARRRRRGH!” Dean, that’s the most obvious casualty.

Thing is, considering how many of Hillary’s supposed “friends” threw her under the bus for Obambi, will there be a Dem party left after purging both the Obamites AND the “traitors”?

If you believe it’s and, McCain’s lead could be 50-43.

I think that’s probably closer to reality, but the final tally won’t be even that close. I’ve been saying for months that the polling is highly skewed, as people don’t want to be called “Racists!” for not saying they will vote for The Big Zero. However, come November, they will resent that as the curtain closes behind them in the voting booth, and will hand Obama his head in retaliation. I don’t think it will be a 1984 level of landslide, but I don’t see Obama taking more than 6 states.