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NBC/WSJ poll
According to this poll, Obama's lead has been halved since last month - Overall, Obama holds a three-point lead over McCain, 45-42 percent,
which is within the survey’s margin of error. That’s down from Obama’s
six-point advantage last month, 47-41 percent.
The pollsters argue that the negative GOP ads have worked - 50% of those polled think McCain would be a competent C-in-C, cf 39% for Obama.
The real problem for Obama lies with the negative primary impact: 21 percent Clinton supporters are backing McCain, with an additional 27 percent who are undecided or want to vote for someone else.
The pollsters argue that the negative GOP ads have worked - 50% of those polled think McCain would be a competent C-in-C, cf 39% for Obama.
The real problem for Obama lies with the negative primary impact: 21 percent Clinton supporters are backing McCain, with an additional 27 percent who are undecided or want to vote for someone else.
What’s more, those who backed Clinton in the primaries — but aren’t supporting Obama right now — tend to view McCain in a better light than Obama and have more confidence in McCain’s ability to be commander-in-chief.
What none of these pollsters address is whether having her on the ticket would cost him more in independents in swing states than she'd bring him by mollifying her primary voters.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26314990/
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I think all of this Clinton talk is to try and get Obama to name her VP. Once he chooses someone else it will be up to them to take their ball and bat and go home or suck it up and vote for Obama.
Because of their dead-ender stance, Clinton will be held partly responsible should Obama lose, which will effectively end and dreams she has again of running in four years.
All this talk of a CIC test or experience is largely a made-up excuse because they really don't want to admit they are identity voters who are perfectly happy to cut their nose off to spite their face. McCain is a loose cannon, a cold war relic looking for his "own" war.
Clinton's only chance in four years time will be a back-door approach where she'll be named VP, because if she's running herself there will be a massive roll out against her. Her only chance will be hoping the netroots and activists cannot agree on a candidate and they split their vote early, allowing Hillary to run away with it before they organize.
August 20, 2008 7:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
She and Bill certainly need to excel themselves in their support of Obama in their convention speeches.
They must feel as though they're playing principal supports in the Madhatters' teaparty! Given how they've always believed he was an impossibly weak candidate, everything they've always believed seems to be being vindicated now, and yet they have to come out and lie through their teeths.
Oh well, they're consummate professionals at that last one. sigh
August 20, 2008 8:28 PM | Reply | Permalink