McCain Office Receive Threatening Letters Contaning “White Powder”

From CBS

Threatening letters containing an unidentified white powder have been received at John McCain’s campaign offices in Denver, Colorado, and Manchester, New Hampshire, CBS News has learned.

McCain’s campaign office in Denver received a letter containing a threat and “an amount of white powder in it,” a McCain campaign spokesman told CBS News’ Michelle Levi.

Another McCain spokesperson later said that McCain’s New Hampshire office “received a similar letter.”

WOW…  if this is accurate, that is pretty scary.  The threats of violence must be removed from this political cycle.  From the trashing of the Obama offices, to the threat against Obama himself, and the threats towards Hillary and her supporters, to Bill Gwatney and now John McCain’s offices…  this is crazy!

Think The McCain’s Snark Is New? Check Out His 2006 Letter To Obama….

McCain has been showing an unusually high level of snark in his campaign so far.  It has been almost as if Saturday Night Live has been helping him write his advertizements.  You can trace the history of his snark campaign ads HERE.

Well, apparently, this level of snark is nothing new, and it has been directed at Obama before.

Check out this letter from 2006 from McCain to Obama….

From CBS

Dear Senator Obama:

I would like to apologize to you for assuming that your private assurances to me regarding your desire to cooperate in our efforts to negotiate bipartisan lobbying reform legislation were sincere. When you approached me and insisted that despite your leadership’s preference to use the issue to gain a political advantage in the 2006 elections, you were personally committed to achieving a result that would reflect credit on the entire Senate and offer the country a better example of political leadership, I concluded your professed concern for the institution and the public interest was genuine and admirable. Thank you for disabusing me of such notions with your letter to me dated February 2, 2006, which explained your decision to withdraw from our bipartisan discussions. I’m embarrassed to admit that after all these years in politics I failed to interpret your previous assurances as typical rhetorical gloss routinely used in politics to make self-interested partisan posturing appear more noble. Again, sorry for the confusion, but please be assured I won’t make the same mistake again.

-SNIP-

The first paragraph sets the tone doesn’t it. The whole letter has “Ouch” written all over it.

Even then, even to the Republicans, it was obvious that Obama was an empty suit.

Thanks to Annie1 from AnnieNYC

McCain Snark Update #4 – McCain’s Crashing The Party

Following my 3 previous updates, HERE HERE and HERE, comes the newest update on the unexpectedly colorful McCain campaign…

From The Washington Times:

Sen. John McCain has so much spare cash on hand — he collected a record $27 million in July — that the Republican candidate plans to run campaign ads during the networks’ coverage of the Democratic National Convention later this month.

Because Mr. McCain has agreed to accept $84 million in public financing for the general election, the presumptive presidential nominee has only until Sept. 4, when he accepts his party’s nomination, to spend the more than $21 million he has on hand.

Political strategists said airing ads during an opponent’s convention makes sense.

“The McCain camp is building a case about Obama’s ability to lead and needs to keep the pressure on his weakness with voters.”

WOW…  McCain is full force attack…  and being a snarky irreverent smart alec about it too!

Most times candidates will go quiet during the others convention.  A sort of respectful nod to the special moment that the nomination is…  but McCain has been doing far more fundraising than ever expected and needs to drop $21 million dollars by the time the Republican convention happens or he has to return the money to the donors…  so why not drop it on advertizements during one of the most heavily watched television moments this month?  The DNC Convention….

They gotta have a special advert just for this…  I wonder what it is?

Thanks to Goldie

Obama – Going Negative… In Stealth Mode

Think Obama has a new kind of politics?  That he rides the high road?  That he is squeaky clean and only the evil Republicans stoop to negative campaigning?

Think again.

From MSNBC

*** Obama’s stealth ad campaign: Over the past week, we’ve gotten our hands on a number of negative TV ads Obama’s been running against McCain in key states like Ohio and Michigan. This is in addition to the tough spot, uncovered by Politico [*** UPDATE *** Actually the spot was uncovered by the Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni, who reported on it yesterday and was linked to by Politico] , that Obama’s airing in Indiana. Clearly, the Obama campaign isn’t interested in telling the media about every single McCain attack ad they’re running. Perhaps this is because Obama’s brand can’t afford to be tarnished too much if he’s seen as constantly running negative TV ads. So the campaign simply puts them on the air in key markets, doesn’t tell the press about them, and layers those ads with positive ones being run nationally during the Olympics. Also, by not releasing to the media, it forces the McCain camp to wait a day or two before they see the ad. McCain’s camp is much more comfortable unveiling their negative ads, perhaps because they want the free press that comes with them. But make no mistake, Obama’s running plenty of negative TV ads, particularly in the industrial Midwestern states. In fact, one of Obama’s biggest candidate strengths — which doesn’t get the attention it deserves — is that he plays political hardball as well as his opponents; he just sometimes does it under the radar.

A fine act of duplicity, I must admit.  They are pretty good…  pretty good indeed.

HuffPo – Why Hillary’s Folks Won’t Quit

I have not been a fan of the Huffington Post during this election cycle.  The Huffington Post, along with DailyKos and DU, lead the charge in the online attack against Clinton, at least perceptually.

Since the end of the primaries, when the real numbers are coming in and critical votes came up, and Obama did not perform as these entities would have liked, they started to get a bit more critical of Obama…  thus the advent of articles like the following…

LINK

One thing that can be said about Hillary Clinton’s backers is that the word quit is not in their vocabulary. Their thinly disguised end around at the Democratic presidential nomination shouldn’t really surprise. The end around is the soft soap announcement that they’ll keep her name in play as a Democratic presidential candidate at the convention. There are several reasons why there’s no quit in Hillary’s folks. They make up a big percentage of the Party, and they still fervently believe that she’s the best, maybe only, Democrat who can beat McCain.

Their passion is driven by an odd, troubling and invigorating, commitment mix of dedication, gender support and racial fears. It’s also driven by the growing unease that the steam is leaking out of Obama’s turbine. Despite seven weeks of non stop media fawning over and adulation of him, Obama still can’t give McCain the shakes in the polls. Worse, McCain seems to have gotten better. He’s sharpened his message, his attacks and confidence.

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The hard numbers and demographics certainly are good reason for terror over an Obama loss. His caucus and primary wins in the red states and the handful of endorsements he got from the Democratic governors and senators in those states hardly spell a breakthrough for the Democrats in the head to head match with McCain. Obama swept to primary or caucus wins in Idaho, North Dakota, Kansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia and Nebraska. Bush won these states handily in 2000 and 2004. But that’s only the start of the problem. Republicans outnumber Democrats in Idaho and Utah by a crushing margin of a three to one, and in other states by margins of two to one and half.

The red states that Obama won in the Democratic primaries have been the guaranteed pathway for Republican presidents Nixon, Reagan, Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. to win and stay in the White House. Their 170 to 200 electoral votes are virtually in the GOP’s coffers before the first vote is cast on Election Day. The states are so bankable and reliable for the GOP that it’s the rarest of rare sighting to see a GOP presidential candidate even bother to make anything more than a token appearance in these states in the stretch run of the campaign.

Read the rest…  except for a detail or two (ie the injection of race…  they just can’t leave it alone, can they?) it is a really good article.

McCain says, “It’s Cool Obama, I’ll Get The Phone… You Go Back To Your Luxury Vacation.”

In a follow up to my piece about Obama failing the 3AM phone call test on the Russia/Georgia conflict, it turns out McCain is stepping up and telling Obama; “I got this one.”

According to TPM McCain has announced that he is sending his top 2 people to Georgia, Graham and Lieberman…

From TPM

At a press conference just now, John McCain redoubled his efforts to thrust himself into a leadership role on the Russia-Georgia crisis front, announcing that two top campaign surrogates, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, are going on a visit to Georgia. McCain said:

“The situation in Georgia remains fluid and dangerous. As soon as possible my colleagues senators Lieberman and Graham will be traveling to Georgia. They’re both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. I hope that other members of the Armed Services Committee in the Senate will go together.”

Lieberman and Graham, of course, are key campaign allies of McCain. The Arizona Senator has been using Obama’s absence on vacation to associate himself more directly with the Russia-Georgia war in the mind of the public.

McCain is playing this election very smart…  very smart indeed.

Obama flubbed this one, McCain slam dunked it.

Not good news for Obama…  but at least he got his shaved ice and had fun body surfing.

AnnieNYC: I Ran Into Keith Olberman Tonight

AnnieNYC is an extremely active PUMA from NYC.  She is out several times a week handing out fliers, setting up tables, talking to people, organizing events and attending meetings.

Well, tonight, she was running late to a meeting and bumped into Keith Olberman…  the following is a story of that encounter.

XPosted From AnnieNYC

I was going fliering tonight and walked past the NBC building, on his way walking to the building i ran into KO. I stopped him “are you keith olberman?” him in bold. there is some stuff missing, but most of it is here. He was nervous and nerdy, hands in his pockets the whole time, he really seemed like a hollow fool. i was actually very surprised, i thought he had more than this.

are you keith olberman?
Yes.
Ok, what is with the hillary hate.
I don’t hate her.
gimme a break. what is your problem with her, just tell me.
i don’t hate her, i hate her policies and tactics
her policies? Obama is to the right of her!
he’s moving to the middle because he’s trying to win!
the middle?! he agrees with alito and scalia on the death penalty, he actually wants *more* death penalties, what kind of policy is that? Now he’s against affirmative action…
well he’s trying to win
well not only did he vote yay on fisa, but now at&t is sponsoring the convention. that’s ok with you?
well, i was very mad about his vote on fisa.
well at least hillary sticks to her guns and she wanted to win.
(then we get into tactics)
her tactics? like what.
the 3am phone call…
well he failed that test didn’t he, russia goes to war with georgia and all he can say is he wants a shave ice. and what about the smearing of the clintons as racist? what about those tactics, donna brazile and saying fairy tale is racist, clyburn, etc.
that wasn’t him.
don’t you think it was his job to ratchet it down? do you know how many times i’ve been called racist for not supporting him? it was his job to ratchet that down, i campaigned for her in Philadelphia and we were treated like *shit* because of the smearing of her as a racist. Wasn’t it his job to deal with his supporters?
i think he is
oh really? what about late may axelrod faxing YOUR worst person in the world report on her RFK comments to all the media, really? hillary is the worst person in the world?!
that was only 10 minutes, and that’s axelrod, it’s not him…
that’s the head of his campaign, he already had the win in the bag, and even now he hasn’t said what he needs to to ratchet down the hate. He could have said at any time “she’s a great lady and she’s worked throughout her life for civil rights, and he hasn’t.
(super nervous) i think he is
Well think of the alternative
I am

 

The entire time, NO INTELLECTUAL RESPONSE WHAT-SO-EVER. NONE. NADA. ZILCH. Nothing new, just anything that some uninformed kid on the street would say. WOW. i was blown away by how lame his responses were. amazing. He even at one point mentioned that he was called a misogynist, as if he couldn’t understand why! wow.

 

I have one thing to say about that…  actually, just one word….

Awesome.

New Ad: Dems Love McCain

Who didn’t see this one coming from a MILE away?

 

Oh, and to all you morons that screamed and yelled about how they would use what Hillary said about McCain and Obama in the GE…  what about the 5 other Dems?  And Obama himself?

I am sorry, but the Democratic party cannot claim that a guy they asked to be Vice President 4 years ago is the devil…

He was good enough to be a Democratic Vice President…  but now he is satan incarnate?  Sorry…  no go.

McCain Snark Update – And The Mock Goes On!

In my continuing series of McCain snark updates, McCain steps it up this week.  You can check on previous posts HERE and HERE.

In this episode, McCain is about to release a new ad that compares Obama to a dreamy boy band member that makes the fans go weak in the knees…  PURE hilarity!

You can see the video and a bit of analysis at Politico.com HERE but here is a little sniplet for you…

“Fan Club” is designed as a parody of an 80s-era album compilation ad, with testimonials from starry-eyed supporters and some conventional jabs at Obama.

At the end of the ad, though, there is a pivot to paint Obama as not just a celebrity, but a boy band heart-throb who makes the girls go weak in the knees.

Calling Obama “dreamy,” the spot features a woman praising “the aura around him” and another the Democrat’s “very soft eyes.”

There is even a Wayne’s World reference…  There has got to be some SNL writers in there!

 

 

 

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Obama Losing the Center and Uniting Them With The Right

As a follow up to my previous post about how the promise of an Obama candidacy bringing a fresh influx of new voters, which you can read HERE, there is a new little tidbit in the WAPO

Sen. Barack Obama is… uniting the right and center.

State Republican Party leaders interviewed by The Washington Times said fear of a far-left Obama presidency is warming once-skeptical voters to Sen. John McCain, fueling growing enthusiasm among Republicans that Mr. McCain’s more aggressive campaigning can lead to victory.

~Snip~

“We are expecting the Democrats to be fleeing the Democratic ship when November 4 comes around – plus, the Democratic candidate [Bob Conley] that is running against Senator [Lindsey] Graham is also running away from the Democrats, and you can quote me on that,” Mr. Beltram said.

Way to go Barry…  way to unite the center and the right…  way to lose Michigan, way to lose and election again.

 Add to this the fact that several prominent Democrats are starting to distance themselves, including Mary Landrieu, and people like Bob Kerry and Russ Feingold showering McCain with praise…  things are not looking good.

 Damn, you would think the Democrats would learn!  Lets look at history in math form…

1992

No Can Win Election + Run TO the Clintons = Win The Election

1996

Very Difficult Election + Run TO the Clintons = Win The Election

2000

Can’t Lose Election + Run Away From The Clintons = Lose The Election

2004

Can’t Lose Election + Run Away From The Clintons = Lose The Election

2008

Can’t Lose Election + Run Away From The Clintons = Things Not Looking Good So Far

McCain Snark Update – He Just Keeps Getting Funnier

In a continuing update of my original post HERE there are some new developments!

In the last post, we discussed the McCain advert that compared Obama’s celebrity to that of the vapid Spears and Hilton.

Apparently, the Hilton family was not extremely pleased with the intimation that Paris was trite and without substance, especially since they had donated heavily to McCain’s campaign.

In response, Paris made this hilarious video:

Not bad, right?

 

But it gets better!  The response the McCain campaign had is funny as hell…

 

In response, the McCain camp steers clear of Paris and slams Obama… in full snark.

From TMZ

In the unkindest cut of all, McCain’s spokesperson Tucker Bounds tells TMZ that on the subject of energy, Paris is deeper than Barack. He says, “Sounds like Paris is taking the ‘All of the Above’ energy approach that John McCain has advocated — both alternatives and drilling. Perhaps the reality is that Paris has a more substantive energy plan than Barack Obama.”

 

 

Seriously…  I think McCain did hire the SNL writers! 

Regardless, no matter what your politics, no matter what your opinion of McCain…  these ads are political genius.

Whoever is running this strategy should be worshiped and studied.

 

 

 

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Why Did McCain Come Down Hard On Race Card? Simple, Axelrod Is Famous For It.

In political circles, David Axelrod has been on the circuit for a long time and is well known.  He has never headed up a national campaign until Obama, but has run a variety of other campaigns…  Senators, Mayors, Governors, etc.  Deval Patrick, Barack Obama and Harold Washinton are among his many clients.

He does advise White candidates, but is primarily known for managing African American’s campaigns. 

So, when everyone else was surprised that the McCain campaign “called out” Obama on his playing of the race card, I stood up and clapped.

Why, you might ask? 

Because he did what Hillary Clinton, as a faithful Democrat, could not…  Call “Bullshit” on the race card.

You also might wonder how McCain came up with such a quick, complete and perfectly balanced response to the playing of the race card? 

Simple…  they were expecting it.

Axelrod is famous for resorting to the race card when advising African American’s campaigns.  As Peter Wirs puts it,

His [Axelrod's] favorite, indeed primary campaign tactic, is to polarize the campaign with smear attacks, in other words, the race card. Indeed when all else fails, Axelrod resorts to the race card as his ace in the hole.

This is something that Hillary Clinton should have been better prepared for as it is obvious this is what happened to the Clintons.  My guess is that the Clinton camp probably weren’t expecting it or didn’t think it would fly…  I mean, would Axelrod smear personal friends and fellow Democrats as racists, especially after all Hillary had done for the Axelrod’s and their daughter?  And besides that…  who would believe that the Clintons were racists, right?

The history of Axelrod and his tactic of using the race card and smearing the opponent as a racist is well documented, but there is no more blatant example than the campaign of the Philly Mayor John Street…

Wirs continues…

Street won his first term in 1999 in a razor-thin victory over GOP Sam Katz, despite a 4 to 1 voter registration edge. 2003 was anticipated to be rerun despite Street’s incumbency.

However, in the middle of the re-election campaign, with polls showing Katz actually in the lead, Street discovered that the FBI placed listening devices in the mayor’s conference room as part of a sweeping investigation of municipal corruption. The FBI’s investigation uncovered a corruption scheme led by Street’s fund raiser Ron White, who died before going to trial and secured convictions of, among others, the city treasurer, Street’s personal attorney, a family cleric, and finally Street’s older brother, on hundreds of corruption-related charges. However, the G men were never able to pin anything on Street himself. So shameful was the Street tenure that the April 17, 2005, issue of Time Magazine listed Street as one of the three worst big-city mayors in the United States.

The discovery of the FBI bug at first seemed like a death knell to the Street campaign. But under Axelrod’s skillful media manipulation, Street and his supporters successfully polarized the campaign by leveling accusations of institutional racial prejudice and playing on historical skepticism of the GOP-controlled Federal government. The result? Street crushed Katz by winning re-election by a sixteen-point margin.

Obama is merely following a path that was well worn by Axelrod’s previous clients…  play the worst kind of politics possible, smear the opponent as a racist. 

Interestingly enough, McCain is not gonna walk into that trap and he is not gonna put up with it.  He has come up with a pretty good tactic…  call Obama out on playing the race card.  Letting everyone know that it’s Obama bringing up race and not him.  Painting Obama as the one with the race problem…  and it’s working.  McCain is now tied with Obama in some polls, ahead in others.

I mean, what is Obama gonna say?  Deny that he was talking about race?  That McCain is the one that brought it up? 

He couldn’t do anything but eat it.  Besides, you can’t really call McCain a racist…  kinda hard when he has a Bangladeshi daughter adopted from one of Mother Theresa’s schools.

 

 And so here we are…  Obama can’t play the race card again, the youth vote is dropping fast because of generational ADD, and people are getting tired of the same recycled “Hope and Change” speech.  Looks like Obama is going to actually have to talk about policy. 

I can’t wait to see what happens when Obama has to run on an actual policy platform.

 

 

And, incidentally, anyone who still argues that the Clintons are racists or made racists comments has moved from drinking the koolaid and on to snorting it right out of the packet.

 

 

UPDATE:  For more, see ChrstiAdkins

The McCain Campaign Goes… Snarky?

Politics and comedy don’t traditionally mix very well…  but whoever is doing marketing and advertizing for the McCain campaign is a master.

I am not one of those PUMAs that wants McCain to win, but I have to admit that the McCain campaign is going full snark ahead and it’s funny as hell!

It’s about time humor made it’s way into politics…  and good humor at that.  I mean, did they hire someone from Saturday Night Live or MadTV to do their ads?

First, we have the Spears/Hilton advert… 

This was just the test, to see how the snark would go over.  And it went over pretty well.

Next, the Republicans came out with
http://www.barackbook.com
.  This is a fake Facebook page with working links that puts together profiles of Obama and all his friends…  brilliantly snarky.

Then came the remarks from the McCain campaign in response to Obama backing out of the townhalls…

“John McCain looks forward to debating Barack Obama as often as possible, but it’s disappointing that Senator Obama has refused his offer to do joint town hall meetings. We understand it might be beneath a worldwide celebrity of Barack Obama’s magnitude to appear at town hall meetings alongside John McCain and directly answer questions from the American people, but we hope he’ll reconsider. The American people expect and deserve no less. Unfortunately, it appears that Barack Obama’s tough-guy talk on ‘duels’ this week was just more empty words. Americans are quickly coming to the conclusion that it’s better to look at what Barack Obama actually does and not listen to what he says.”

Way to make him look trite as hell!!!  They just keep pounding that Paris/Brittney thing (no pun intended…  DIRTY!!!!)

And now today we have the newest snark… 

Obama recently said that we could save all the oil we would get from drilling in ANWR and Florida if we just kept our tires inflated properly….  Though he is right about the importance of proper tire pressure, it is a stupid statement to make and minimizes the massive energy problems we have…  problems we have that are a direct result of the energy legislation he voted for I might add.

So, how does the McCain campaign go snarky?  The Republicans are going to offer a free gift with a donation of $25 or more…  tire pressure gauges with the words “Obama’s Energy Plan” on the side! (click here)

 

That is seriously friggin hilarious!  They gotta have SNL writing their jokes?!?!

Obama Backs Out On Joint Townhall Proposals – Afraid Of McCain?

Every PUMA remebers when Obama ran scared when Hillary was challenging him to debates.  She even laid it down…  “any time, any where” style, but he was too much of a wimp for Little Lady Hillary.

And now, it seems he is too much of a wimp for Old Man McCain.

The AP reports that:

Democratic candidate Barack Obama on Saturday backed away from rival John McCain’s challenge for a series of joint appearances, agreeing only to the standard three debates in the fall.

In May, when a McCain adviser proposed a series of pre-convention appearances at town hall meetings, Obama said, “I think that’s a great idea.” In summer stumping on the campaign trail, McCain has often noted that Obama had not followed through and joined him in any events.

Obama’s reversal on town hall debates is part of a play-it-safe strategy he’s adopted since claiming the nomination and grabbing a lead in national polls. Advisers to the Illinois senator, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss strategy, say Obama is reluctant to take chances or give McCain a high-profile stage now that Obama’s the front-runner.

 

And, of course, the McCain campaign comes back with a zinger here

“John McCain looks forward to debating Barack Obama as often as possible, but it’s disappointing that Senator Obama has refused his offer to do joint town hall meetings. We understand it might be beneath a worldwide celebrity of Barack Obama’s magnitude to appear at town hall meetings alongside John McCain and directly answer questions from the American people, but we hope he’ll reconsider. The American people expect and deserve no less. Unfortunately, it appears that Barack Obama’s tough-guy talk on ‘duels’ this week was just more empty words. Americans are quickly coming to the conclusion that it’s better to look at what Barack Obama actually does and not listen to what he says.”

They are just pounding that imagery of Obama as a trite celebrity….  and it’s just getting funnier.

 

Please, Super Delegates…  JUST SAY NO DEAL!!!!

Wasn’t Obama Supposed To Bring New People Into The Party? Yeah, Guess Again.

The Party and pundits have been saying for months that the superstar Barack Obama was going to bring all sorts of new people into the party.  This meme is even one of the justifications that the “Obamatrons” have used when telling Clinton supporters to “stay home” or to “get out of the Party” and that they “don’t need” us.

Well, I don’t think that’s working out very well… 

There are 3 very interesting polls that exemplify just how dumb the Democratic leadership is.

The first, I found through Not Your Sweetie and quotes a new Rasmussen poll

“During July, the number of Americans who consider themselves to be Democrats fell two percentage points to 39.2%. That’s the first time since January that the number of Democrats has fallen below 41%.

While the number of Democrats declined, there was virtually no change in the number of Republicans. In July, 31.6% said they were Republicans, the fourth straight month that number has been below 31.4% and 31.6%.”

The second is another Rasmussen poll which basically says…

When given a choice between Barack Obama and John McCain for President, 14% of voters are uncommitted, and while much has been made of John McCain’s struggles with his party’s conservative base, 33% of the uncommitted voters are Democrats while only 19% are Republicans. 

In addition there are far more uncommitted voters at this point in Election 2008 than there were four years ago. 

It is also worth noting that uncommitted Republicans are far more likely to lean towards McCain than uncommitted Democrats are to lean towards Obama.

Ok, so basically we have more undecideds than before…  and the undecided Democrats are not leaning towards Obama?

But wait, what about all those college kids and young people that were turning out in record numbers!?!? 

Yeah, not so much…  there is this little ditty I saw on Real Clear Politcs via Mountain Sage

“And there is some evidence that the balance of enthusiasm has shifted and that young people — who seemed to turn out and vote for Obama in unusually high numbers in the primaries and caucuses — are no longer so enthusiastic about him.

The first bit of evidence comes from the July 10-13 ABC/Washington Post poll. It asked registered voters if they were “certain” to vote. Only 46 percent of voters under 30 said they were — substantially lower than the 66 percent who said so in the ABC/Washington Post poll taken Feb. 28-March 2, at a time when Obama was enjoying a string of primary and caucus victories and before the sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright were circulated on youtube.com on March 13.

SNIP

These poll results suggest that something — the rantings of the Rev. Wright or Obama’s skinbacks on issues like Iraq and terrorist surveillance — has dampened enthusiasm for him, particularly among the young. The hope that his candidacy would benefit from a historically unprecedented turnout of young voters seems more audacious than it did a short time ago.”

Ok, so the young people are losing interest…  and fast.  (It is intersting to note that the same RCP poll shows that something like 79% of people over 65 are intending to vote…  and, remind me, whose demographic was that?  Oh yeah, Clinton…  that’s right.

And Thrid, now there is also the Gallup daily tracking poll coming out that are showing the race tied at 44% and that:

This is not much different from the results reported in Gallup Poll Daily tracking on Thursday, when the two were nearly tied with 45% for Obama and 44% for McCain. However, it is a substantial turnaround from earlier this week when Obama held a statistically significant lead coming off his high-profile trip to Europe, Afghanistan, and the Middle East.

Obama and McCain were closely matched in each of the three nights of interviewing included in today’s result, with neither candidate ahead by more than three percentage points. This suggests that the recent surge in voter support for Obama has truly subsided.

But wait…  a national poll does not mean he ties the election.  We have an electoral college!  That will save us… especially since Barack is gonna win new states!

And then Not Your Sweetie also shows us that they are tied in the electoral college too…

Here’s the most likely scenario for a tie: Give Obama the 252 electoral votes John Kerry won for the Democrats in 2004, and add to those New Mexico (5) and Iowa (7), which narrowly went for President Bush in 2004 after backing Al Gore in 2000, and traditionally Republican Colorado (9), where changing demographics favor Obama. Subtract New Hampshire (4), renowned for its independent streak and where voters in Republican primaries have twice favored McCain over establishment-backed and better-funded candidates, and it amounts to 269-269.

 

Ok, to summarize…

1.  The number of Democrats is shrinking

2.  The number of Undecideds is higher than ever before

3.  Most of the undecideds are Democrats

4.  The undecided Democrats are less likely to lean Obama than undecided Republicans are to vote McCain

6.  The expected youth turnout is declining rapidly, while older voter percentages are increasing

7.  In a no can lose year for a Democrat, Obama’s poll numbers have dropped 15 points in just a few weeks and he is now tied in the polls with John McCain.

 

 

Does it look to you like Obama is bringing new people into the party?

Looks to me like they need to pucker up and start kissing some Clinton ass…  what do you think?

 

Super Delegates…  you can save us…  JUST SAY NO DEAL!!!

USA Today/Gallup Has McCain Up By 4… Beating Obama.

In a very intresting development, the latest USA Today/Gallup poll has McCain up by 4 when including “Likely Voters.”

I am not putting TOOOOO much stock in this just yet, but it is just one more poll that shows the race between the two candidates tightening…  and that is not supposed to be happening LOL.

USA TODAY

“Republican presidential candidate John McCain moved from being behind by 6 points among “likely” voters a month ago to a 4-point lead over Democrat Barack Obama among that group in the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. “

 

Not looking good Barry…  not lookin good at all.

WOW – LA Times Reports Electoral Map Going Red… Fast.

Not Your Sweetie reports on a new LA Times polling map that shows Obama falling WAY behind in clinched states and, therefore, electoral votes.

The count right now… 

 

Also, click here for more Not Your Sweetie analysis.

CONFIRMED – 15 SuperDelegates switching to Hillary per PUMA08.com

It has been confirmed by www.puma08.com that as many as 15 delegates are switching their vote to Hillary.

Only 175 delegates need to change their votes to oust Obama as nominee and install Hillary Clinton.  This would leave 160 to go!

This does not come as a surprise on the heels of reports that 8 have decided to switch and that the people on Capitol Hill have become quite upset with the Obama campaign, calling it non-communicative, un-cooperative, and arrogant. (Click Here)  Add that to the fact that Obama has drummed up almost no money for the party, is tied with McCain in a supposed “no way to lose” Democratic year, and has done zero for the people down ticket…  (Click Here) and you have some pretty disgruntled super delegates, not to mention the disgruntled populace re: flip flops on several issues. (Click Here)

If this trend holds true, Obama is in hot water.

The Polls Are Not Looking Good For Obama – Losing Ohio, Tied In New York, Michigan, New Hampshire, And Nationally

You know,  you would never know that this is supposed to be a year that any Democrat should waltz into the White House by looking at the polls…

McCain is up by 10pts in Ohio (Click Here)

National Polls show them tied (Click Here)

McCain and Obama are statistically tied in NH (Click Here)

McCain and Obama are statistically tied in MI (Click Here)

McCain and Obama are statistically tied in NY (Click Here)

 

How in the hell does that happen?  For real…  You have an EXTREMELY unpopular Republican incumbent, TWO wars, an economy in tatters…  how much better could your chanced be as a Democrat?

And yet, the best he can do is be tied?

WAKE UP SUPER DELEGATES!!!  WAKE US UP OUT OF THIS NIGHTMARE!!!

Clinton Still Polls Better Vs McCain Than Obama… Yes, Still.

How the hell did we end up with the weakest candidate possible?

Hey Super Delegates!!!  It is not too late!!!

Click Here for the Rasmussen Polling numbers, but here is a snippet for you…

“McCain fares better against Obama than he does against….  New York Senator Hillary Clinton….”

 I pray every night that just 175 people will grow a spine, realize that he has done nothing for all the downticket dems, that he puts states into play that should NEVER be in play (New York, Mass… even Maine), and that he is the weaker candidate.