The same polls show a potential 9% of Obama supporters moving to McCain after the announcement of Palin. The boys seem to like her. Something you left out of your headline.
Zogby Polls are generally the most accurate because they only poll those who are very likely to vote.
Democrats are in trouble. Coming into the Summer they had Republicans on the ropes and victory seemed like a foregone conclusion but those days are gone and the once inevitable victory is quickly slipping away from them. The once demoralized Republicans are getting their game back and now it is the Dems that are worried. Democrats are also making a huge mistake by downplaying Sarah Palin’s ability and accomplishments. She will easily outdo peoples expectations and I think by the time America gets to really know her the more impressed they will be. Unlike Biden who brings nothing to the table except propping up Obama’s lack of experience.
Ken– How’s the weather in your alternate Drudge universe? There’s a category 3 hurricane here in the real world. Two million people are evacuating. CBS, ABC and NBC are pulling their anchors out of St. Paul.
Last Thursday, 38 million people watched the best convention speech of all time. Obama’s 8-point post-convention poll bump was more than twice Kerry’s in 2004. Obama leads McCain 49-41 percent in the most recent Gallup Poll daily tracking survey, which measured voter sentiment during a three-day period ending Aug. 28.
How much of a bump do you think the McCain/Palin/Gustav convention will yield? The Louisiana delegation has gone home. Bush and Cheney have canceled their appearances in St. Paul tomorrow. The rest of the agenda is being frantically rewritten as we speak.
In a separate USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Aug. 29, about 40 percent of respondents said they consider Palin, a 44-year-old first-term governor, qualified to be president — the lowest level since President George H.W. Bush picked Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as his running mate in 1988.
Actually, that 40 percent amazes me. If Palin is qualified to be President, then so am I and so are you! We’re all potential chief executives in this great democracy of equals!
It’s laughable that Obama supporters are trying to make experience an issue when Obama, who is running for the top spot, not the bottom spot, has less executive experience and his only real world experience is being a “Community Organizer”. He can claim no great accomplishments in the Senate and has never been in charge of anything. He is by far the least qualified person to ever receive a Party’s nomination. The only thing going for him is charisma, and throughout history Charismatic leaders have proven to be the most dangerous.
Every time I hear this “experience” joke of an argument for her qualifications, I think I’m back in the fourth grade. There’s relevent experience and there’s relevant experience. Yet grown-up people on Faux News keep repeating it like it makes sense. And otherwise intelligent people repeat it over and over like automatons.
In the first place, if this argument made sense, she would actually be more qualified to be POTUS than McCain.
She managed one of the smallest state budgets in the U.S for LESS than two years. She has no experience in U.S. foreign policy. She has no background on major economic issues like the housing crisis, banking, Wall Street, and multi-trillion dollar budget. She touts her “reform” record for taking on “her own party”, but Alaska is much like Utah–the only two party system it enjoys exists due to rifts within the Republican Party. So yeah, she knocked off a couple of big fish in a small pond.
They say, she was a hockey mom and PTA president, and she has five kids, and one child has Down’s Syndrome. So other than making her a sweet and likeable person, how does this make her more qualified to be president than millions of other women? Damn, I was a hockey mom!
Pundits are saying voters don’t change their votes because of the V.P. candidate, but they’d better pay attention this time. McCain’s life expectancy is more of an issue than many candidates. I can’t even believe the Republican Party wants us to take her candidacy seriously. They want us to believe she is THE MOST QUALIFIED person they could find for the job,and they’re all doing with a straight face, aren’t they?
You make some great points about experience, bekkieann. You point out Palin “has no experience in U.S. foreign policy. She has no background on major economic issues like the housing crisis, banking, Wall Street, and multi-trillion dollar budget.” Tell me though, how much experience does Obama have in these areas? Please be specific, if you can…
Isn’t it interesting that we are all comparing Palin to Obama and no-one is saying anything about Biden who just prior to Obama’s “historic” speech was going on and on about Obama grabbing at stars in the air on 60 minutes. Pure fun… You should have seen Obama’s face…
I should also note that in one recent Gallup poll 53% had a favorable opinion of Palin at her announcement while only 48% gave favorable props to Biden.. Apples to Apples… This is getting good.
Oh yeah… Yes, I do think Palin would make a better president than not just McCain but also Obama or Biden…
Hi Richard, I’ve been away, but here now. I don’t have any knowledge of the 60 Minutes story you mention. I wonder, do you really think she is THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON McCain could possibly have selected? Or do you agree it is just a strategic move?
I don’t think that any of the individuals currently running for President. VP or even Congress for that matter are the most qualified or experienced. This is one of the major problems I have with the political machines. Individuals are not elevated based just on popular support but through a series of back room deals done by party elites. That said, one of the major things I like about both Obama and Palin is the fact that they are not part of their party’s aristocracy. Experience is no replacement for strength of character, intelligence and wisdom, something that I feel both Obama and Palin have. In fact if Obama had not taken such a hard line stance on abortion, redistribution of wealth and early withdrawal from Iraq, I likely would have backed him over McCain.
I agree we don’t get the best and brightest to choose from. It’s like my ex-husband used to say: It doesn’t matter who you elect for president, any idiot can do that (witness GWB), it’s the handlers you have to watch out for.
Glenden Brown
August 31st, 2008 at 11:17 am
The same polls show a potential 9% of Obama supporters moving to McCain after the announcement of Palin. The boys seem to like her. Something you left out of your headline.
August 31st, 2008 at 12:17 pm
ZOGBY:
McCain/Palin 47%
Obama/Biden 45%…
Source: Drudgereport
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews1547.html
Zogby Polls are generally the most accurate because they only poll those who are very likely to vote.
Democrats are in trouble. Coming into the Summer they had Republicans on the ropes and victory seemed like a foregone conclusion but those days are gone and the once inevitable victory is quickly slipping away from them. The once demoralized Republicans are getting their game back and now it is the Dems that are worried. Democrats are also making a huge mistake by downplaying Sarah Palin’s ability and accomplishments. She will easily outdo peoples expectations and I think by the time America gets to really know her the more impressed they will be. Unlike Biden who brings nothing to the table except propping up Obama’s lack of experience.
August 31st, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Ken– How’s the weather in your alternate Drudge universe? There’s a category 3 hurricane here in the real world. Two million people are evacuating. CBS, ABC and NBC are pulling their anchors out of St. Paul.
Last Thursday, 38 million people watched the best convention speech of all time. Obama’s 8-point post-convention poll bump was more than twice Kerry’s in 2004. Obama leads McCain 49-41 percent in the most recent Gallup Poll daily tracking survey, which measured voter sentiment during a three-day period ending Aug. 28.
How much of a bump do you think the McCain/Palin/Gustav convention will yield? The Louisiana delegation has gone home. Bush and Cheney have canceled their appearances in St. Paul tomorrow. The rest of the agenda is being frantically rewritten as we speak.
Actually, that 40 percent amazes me. If Palin is qualified to be President, then so am I and so are you! We’re all potential chief executives in this great democracy of equals!
August 31st, 2008 at 8:40 pm
It’s laughable that Obama supporters are trying to make experience an issue when Obama, who is running for the top spot, not the bottom spot, has less executive experience and his only real world experience is being a “Community Organizer”. He can claim no great accomplishments in the Senate and has never been in charge of anything. He is by far the least qualified person to ever receive a Party’s nomination. The only thing going for him is charisma, and throughout history Charismatic leaders have proven to be the most dangerous.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Ken,
Wake up boy. Its not 1950 anymore.
Does the Word of Wisdom include telling untruths?
September 1st, 2008 at 4:02 am
Every time I hear this “experience” joke of an argument for her qualifications, I think I’m back in the fourth grade. There’s relevent experience and there’s relevant experience. Yet grown-up people on Faux News keep repeating it like it makes sense. And otherwise intelligent people repeat it over and over like automatons.
In the first place, if this argument made sense, she would actually be more qualified to be POTUS than McCain.
She managed one of the smallest state budgets in the U.S for LESS than two years. She has no experience in U.S. foreign policy. She has no background on major economic issues like the housing crisis, banking, Wall Street, and multi-trillion dollar budget. She touts her “reform” record for taking on “her own party”, but Alaska is much like Utah–the only two party system it enjoys exists due to rifts within the Republican Party. So yeah, she knocked off a couple of big fish in a small pond.
They say, she was a hockey mom and PTA president, and she has five kids, and one child has Down’s Syndrome. So other than making her a sweet and likeable person, how does this make her more qualified to be president than millions of other women? Damn, I was a hockey mom!
Pundits are saying voters don’t change their votes because of the V.P. candidate, but they’d better pay attention this time. McCain’s life expectancy is more of an issue than many candidates. I can’t even believe the Republican Party wants us to take her candidacy seriously. They want us to believe she is THE MOST QUALIFIED person they could find for the job,and they’re all doing with a straight face, aren’t they?
September 1st, 2008 at 7:55 am
You make some great points about experience, bekkieann. You point out Palin “has no experience in U.S. foreign policy. She has no background on major economic issues like the housing crisis, banking, Wall Street, and multi-trillion dollar budget.” Tell me though, how much experience does Obama have in these areas? Please be specific, if you can…
Isn’t it interesting that we are all comparing Palin to Obama and no-one is saying anything about Biden who just prior to Obama’s “historic” speech was going on and on about Obama grabbing at stars in the air on 60 minutes. Pure fun… You should have seen Obama’s face…
September 1st, 2008 at 8:02 am
I should also note that in one recent Gallup poll 53% had a favorable opinion of Palin at her announcement while only 48% gave favorable props to Biden.. Apples to Apples… This is getting good.
Oh yeah… Yes, I do think Palin would make a better president than not just McCain but also Obama or Biden…
September 1st, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Hi Richard, I’ve been away, but here now. I don’t have any knowledge of the 60 Minutes story you mention. I wonder, do you really think she is THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON McCain could possibly have selected? Or do you agree it is just a strategic move?
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:11 am
I don’t think that any of the individuals currently running for President. VP or even Congress for that matter are the most qualified or experienced. This is one of the major problems I have with the political machines. Individuals are not elevated based just on popular support but through a series of back room deals done by party elites. That said, one of the major things I like about both Obama and Palin is the fact that they are not part of their party’s aristocracy. Experience is no replacement for strength of character, intelligence and wisdom, something that I feel both Obama and Palin have. In fact if Obama had not taken such a hard line stance on abortion, redistribution of wealth and early withdrawal from Iraq, I likely would have backed him over McCain.
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:44 am
I agree we don’t get the best and brightest to choose from. It’s like my ex-husband used to say: It doesn’t matter who you elect for president, any idiot can do that (witness GWB), it’s the handlers you have to watch out for.