Polls : Obama hits 50%; but luck may smile this week for McCain  

I would respond it the same way.

1) Dude look at the state by state numbers. At most, McCain can only lose 2 more states : Montana and Indiana. If that really happens, he hit the bottom of the barrel. That would be it. He really has got nothing to lose. As it is he is being beaten in the electoral votes 2 to 1. In Superbowl context, it is Hail Mary all the way for McCain. And we know how effective that can be.

2) He can build and improve on it. It is so very possible. And I still do not get what him being booed has got anything to do with this.

3) What is the central theme of this election; it is not Bill Ayers or the Keating 5, it is the economy. That is what the nation is stressed up on. Even if McCain wins the debate unconvincingly, it would dent this image that Obama knows more about the economy than him. That is why Obama is leading today.

4) Tom Bradley was leading in the polls by 12% in the Governor's race for California. He lost by 1.2%. Race can affect Obama too and it is something that the Obama campaign themselves are not taking lightly. A gaffe can happen anytime to anyone. I would not be so confident if I were you.

The point that I wanted to make was that this is the week that McCain can turn things around and give himself a chance to win the election... I may support Obama, but I am not going to let that blind the facts when I start discussions here.

1) All of McCain's past "Hail Mary"s have failed, from his VP pick to his fake suspension. They have painted him as erratic and impulsive, and now voters feel that Obama is the safer choice for President. ANOTHER Hail Mary is just going to reinforce that and make McCain drop even more.

2) We'll just agree to disagree, I guess.

3) Yes, the central theme is the economy. And if that's so, McCain loses. His campaign has PLAINLY ADMITTED THIS themselves! (Source: http://www.nydailynews.co...) This is PRECISELY the reason that McCain has been trying to talk about other stuff lately, because the McCain campaign knows that Obama wins on the economy, hands down.

4) Don't concern yourself with the so-called Bradley Effect; it doesn't exist, at least not anymore (there is now significant evidence to suggest that it may have NEVER existed to begin with, and may have just been shoddy polling all along, but that's neither here nor there):

http://www.fivethirtyeigh...


I'm not being overconfident, just realistic--McCain is deep in the hole. It doesn't mean the election is a foregone conclusion, but it means that something SERIOUS needs to happen. The race becoming a dead heat again ISN'T just going to happen by itself, much less become in McCain's favor. A McCain win will not fall into his lap, and his time to turn things around is quickly fading.

Kenny, Kenny, Kenny ..... You really do not get it do you? The theme of "Who is the real Obama" is being debunked by the McCain's campaign.

As for ACORN: I suggest you take the McCain's take on that issue and not the poison that Palin spews. It is not like what you say. The problem with ACORN, very simple: They pay people to get voters registered who are usually poor or uneducated. Usually they are minority origins like Black or Hispanic and therefore very Democrat. The issue with ACORN is not that the organization is a fraud, it is that they are (in McCain's campaign letters) "grossly negligent" and has to restructure or be shut down. ACORN pays per name and leaves it to the FEC to check its validity. So get your facts right.

Obama has a birth certificate and is cleared on all fronts on that count. You have got to be living in some delusion if you think Obama is not born in the USA.

Kennyrose really believes the voters are more concerned about Acorn and Ayers than they care about the economy. She is so sheltered in her own little cocoon (maybe she shares one with McCain...lol?) she has no idea what people who have lost their jobs or may lose them are going through, whose retirement funds are now gone, who has lost or may lose their home to foreclosure or who can't afford health care for themselves or their families with many being forced to file for bankruptcy due to medical bill they simply can't pay.

Rose, read my lips or at least my words here - WE DON'T CARE!!
Annie

Kennyrose is not aware that Republicans also use ACORN's services and have supported them in numerous ways -- yes, kennyrose, Republicans have signed up former prisoners to vote through ACORN. Also, there are fraudulent registrations through McCain's website just as well as obama's. Can these people show up and vote under Donald Duck or supercalifragilisticexpialidocious or such? Of course not.

http://www.huffingtonpost...

Also: Kennyrose please stop tagging with pure libel. "a vote for Obama is a vote to blow the USA off the map" and whatever -- that would be libel.