NO ONE ON THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT ACTUALLY TAKES A STAND ABOUT ANY DAMN ISSUE.

the most of americans realize that mccain is better on american security than obama. any one want to argue?

so it comes down to the economy. the two driving factor of the current economy are energy and the home motgage crisis.

Maybe even taxes!

Over taxation and thn the attempt to compensate lead to confusion.

IT IS A FACT THE LEFTIST POLICIES OF THE LAST TWENTY FIVE YEARS HAVE CAUSED THE FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC COLLAPSE.

IT IS A FACT THAT THE LEFTIST ENERGY POLICIES HAVE COST THE AMERICANS 700 BILLION DOLLSARS A YEAR

we are in fact trying to reinvest 700 billion dollars into the american economy for what . a failed socialist program?

McCain, however, now has his largest lead ever on energy issues. 46% favor the GOP nominee on managing U.S. energy policies, and 40% favor Obama. One week ago, in the survey completed 9/30, Obama led 46-40% on energy.

“I don’t feel like answering that question, Gwen. Let’s talk about energy…” >wink<

/drinks Jack Daniels from the bottle using straw

Wyznowski on October 8, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Guess it’s 5:00 somewhere(?).

tru2tx on October 8, 2008 at 12:27 PM

Time should never be a limiting factor for imbibing ones favorite adult beverage…

YellowDawg on October 8, 2008 at 11:38 AM

You’re completely right about a restaurant with only 1 menu item.

There’s an amazing restaurant in Kansas City, MO that has 4 choices each day. 2 of them are standard (cheese quiche and quiche lorraine) and 2 of them rotate each day.

People still sit there agonizing over which one to get.

I don’t understand the people that are still undecided at this point. Perhaps in a primary where candidates are quite similar and you’re looking at different degrees on the same issues. But, in a McCain vs. Obama race, there are only 2 ways to still be undecided:

Either you don’t know what you want and what you stand for

OR

You don’t know what the candidates want and the candidates stand for.

I can understand someone that has decided that they both suck and is voting for neither (though I don’t agree with that position), but to still be undecided?

Anyone that is still claiming to be undecided at this point is either uninformed or fibbing.

We’re going to start seeing more accurate polls as we get closer and closer to the election. Why? The pollsters know their professional reputations are ultimately based on how close they come to the actual election results. The closer we get to election day the more incentive there is to get it right. That means weighting the Republican/Democrat/Independent splits more accurately.

The pollsters who have Obama up 11% will just boost the case that Republicans are committing election fraud, so the Left will actually trust them more than those that show it tied.

Don’t under estimate my Maverik AGAIN.

Have some faith.

Rightwingsparkle on October 8, 2008 at 11:54 AM

No kidding.

Watch team McCain/Palin completely unload on Obama in time to blow up his ‘cool” campaign.

He was hailing Zogby because he has it close- and said that Zogby was most accurate in 2004.

What the hell is Rush smoking?

Chuck Schick on October 8, 2008 at 11:54 AM

Reverse psychology.

If they showed the polls with McCain up, then the Obama campaign would work harder and possibly move over the finish line.
As it is, we are at the same point as we were in 2004 with Kerry up ten (10) points.

Why would Zogby and all the other pollsters throw this kind of reverse psychology polling advantage to the Republicans year after year?

I blame Karl Rove.

We’re going to start seeing more accurate polls as we get closer and closer to the election. Why? The pollsters know their professional reputations are ultimately based on how close they come to the actual election results. The closer we get to election day the more incentive there is to get it right. That means weighting the Republican/Democrat/Independent splits more accurately.

Whether this results in tighter polls remains to be seen, of course. If McCain really is much closer than it appears then that will start to be reflected in the polls in the coming weeks. If he’s not, it won’t.

rsrobinson on October 8, 2008 at 12:21 PM

What is the accurate weight? I think I heard the CNN poll about who won the debate last night said 39% dem and 27% rep. That hardly seems right. That is an 12% difference.

I want to know the true breakdown. And wouldn’t it be different for each state?

First of all, Zogby polls cannot be trusted. His polls are all over the place and he has a history of fudging his numbers.
Sensible Mom on October 8, 2008 at 1:33 PM

Even worse: Zogby got his reputation as an anti-contrarian, after the 2000 election.

He’s not so much a pollster as a prophet. People will tend to forget the nine-out-of-ten times he’s wrong and only remember that ONE time it turned out he ‘knew’ something that no one else did.

I don’t trust these polls, but does this mean it’s okay not to PANIC PANIC PANIC OMIGOD WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE DON’T ALL PANIC? The obsession with these stupid polls is bewildering.

Jim Treacher on October 8, 2008 at 1:27 PM

But the Guide says DON’T PANIC!!

*eats*

Second, I believe the polls tightened because of Palin’s attacks. The problem is that Obama’s polls went way up after the first debate, so even if the polls show a tightening of the race before the debate, the polls for Obama are going to open up again in a couple of days because he doesn’t come across as a raging liberal when he debates.

Palin needs to continue her attacks, which are very effective and that’s the job of the VP candidate anyway.

And McCain needs to start producing TV ads, not just youtube ads, that show video of Obama’s contradictory positions in the debates (drilling, nuclear power, gun rights, Iran diplomacy, taxes, NAFTA, etc.) and then say Obama says what he thinks his audience wants to hear, but when it comes time to voting he always choses the far-left position. In fact, he’s the most liberal senator…

So Hotline 1 point, Gallup 11?

Rasmussen 6, Zogby 2..

This is that Dynamic Weighting problem, these pollsters don’t know what it really is

jp on October 8, 2008 at 1:16 PM

Okay is there any kind of presedent for wacky numbers like those? Someone is just not getting it right. Is it the difficulty with weighting? Cell phones? What. There has to be some reason these poll differences are so far outside the margin of err.

Which puts me back in the conspiracy theroy arena. I hate that!

And I think Rush has 04 mixed up with 2000. I think Zogby was right in 2000 but off in 2004. That’s just my memory.

Rasmussen 6, Zogby 2..

This is that Dynamic Weighting problem, these pollsters don’t know what it really is