The Hits Just Keep On Coming - Missouri-McSame-53% -Obama 38% /McSame 50% -Clinton 41%

[DemocratSinceBirth]

John McCain has opened a significant lead over both potential Democratic opponents in the state of Missouri. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds John McCain leading Hillary Clinton by nine percentage points, 50% to 41%. He leads Barack Obama by an even larger margin, 53% to 38%.

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/missouri/election_2008_missouri_presidential_election


Leave it to the Democrats to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory...If they blow this election they should find another country...

[Levgreee]

1. OH NO they lost Missouri!! Wait a second....

[zanne]

2. BS

There's no way I'll believe a poll like that. I'd like to see how the questions were worded.

[Connie_Corleone]

3. The polls will continue that way UNTIL we have a nominee.

Once we have a nominee (Obama), then those numbers will change.

[Cassandra]

4. Perhaps if Hillary would stop blasting Obama...

and take some rhetorical shots at McCain, the numbers would look better.

[OmahaBlueDog]

5. Remember that McCain is fighting us while we fight one another

Those numbers should turn once we select a nominee. However, the numbers should give everyone motivation to realize we haven't won a damn thing yet.

[MadHound]

6. Living in Missouri, and knowing the state's political climate, I have to call bullshit on this one

This is a state that would rather elect a dead skunk than vote for Hillary, and this applies to Democrats, Republicans and independents. Obama has a much better chance of winning this state than Hillary does.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. The Point Is They Are Both LOSING A Swing State

The fact that you want to turn it into some Clinton-Obama grudge thing is the reason they are both losing..




DemocratSinceBirth

[Zynx]

14. Indeed. The problem is how many Democrats are defecting.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. I Am Doing My Best To Ignore The Grudge Match

But it should be empirically obvious to anyone that Obama can't win with 64% of Democratic votes and Hillary can't win with 76% of Democratic votes...

A little ignored fact is that there are more McCainocrats than Obamicans...

Folks who substitute feelings for facts do so at their peril... See the Bush* administration...

At the end of the day the only solution might be to have both on the ticket or neither on the ticket as frought with peril that might be...

The only other hope is that McCain implodes... He does seem to be showing his age...

[Chicken George]

10. I recall a dead heat in MO

Obama 405,284 49% 36
Clinton 395,287 48% 36

[still_one]

8. besides being too early, and rasmussen small sampling, mccain hasn't even

been scrutinized yet

That will be coming after our nominee is chosen

I wouldn't hold too much credence in this poll at this stage

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Given The Political Environment Either Democrat Should Be Leading McCain Handily

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[still_one]

12. What kind of vetting has mccain been through? Essentially nothing

Yes, the focus is on us, because WE don't have a candidate yet

That should change after our nominee is chosen

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. I'll Bet In 3/32 FDR Wasn't Tied With Hoover

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[still_one]

17. We are not in a full blown depression, at least not yet

That will eventually have an impact

I really think the problem is because we don't have a nominee yet

That will change

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. It's Hard To Find A Perfect Analogy Because There Is No Incumbent

I'll bet in 3/76 Jimmy Carter wasn't tied with Ford...

[still_one]

20. Let's wait a few more months before we start to get worried /nt

[BeyondGeography]

9. Hillary needs to get out after May 6 so we can start competing

[theboss]

15. McCain has a had a month to do nothing but look Presidential

This should change once real campaigning begins...if it ever begins.

[gasperc]

22. I hear him speak and it's like watching Weekend at Bernies

I mean, we'll have to attach ass to McCain we are going to kick it so hard

[george_maniakes]

18. Big surprise, the democratic campaigns are too busy tearing each other apart.

I always wondered why democrats were so pissed off at their own party. They waste so much time eating their own.

[GodlessBiker]

21. Who is "they"? Did you mean to say "we"?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. No- "They"

I have as much influence on the party as a man farting in the woods has on the odor of his state...

[Renew Deal]

24. It's your girl that has lead the charge into destruction of the Dems.

So if you blame anyone, start with Hillary and her supporters.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

26. "My Girl"

I control Hillary Clinton and the fortunes of the Democratic party and the republic...I'm that powerful...

Actually, this internecine warfare is going to result in a McSame victory...

It's not my fault... I report the news...I don't , obviously, make it...

[Renew Deal]

27. Have you dropped Hillary?

I hope so, because anyone still supporting her is part of the problem.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

29. You Miss The Point Of The Thread

Here's the problem... It doesn't matter what I think... There are a lot of rank and file Democrats who will not vote for either Obama or Clinton...

This election has 1968 and to a lesser degree 1980 written all over it...

[Renew Deal]

30. I think it's getting there.

Unfortunately, it's getting too hot. But this is Hillary's intention. If she can't win, no one can.

[ORDem]

25. This sort of stuff is assinine. The GE is eons away and we don't have our Dem nominee yet.

Just meaningless at this point. The shine is going to come off McCain in big greasy chunks once Obama secures the nomination and can fight just one front not two. The sooner Hillary drops out the sooner that will start to happen.

:dem:

[GoldieAZ49]

28. Missouri is a bellweather state, same as across the country polls

they do.

But hey, the dems are busy with their civil war, can't stop that.

[bluestateguy]

31. I no longer pay attention to Rasmussen

He has an agenda, and he is not to be trusted.

His polls do not exist as far as I am concerned.