McCain pulls away from Obama in Gallup's tracking poll

[sinderello]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/106966/Gallup-Daily-McCain-Moves-Point-Lead-Over-Obama.aspx

Meanwhile, Rasmussen has very similar results: McCain has gained 6 points since Monday:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows John McCain now leads Barack Obama 48% to 42%. On Monday, immediately before the press conference held by Obama’s former Pastor, Jeremiah Wright, the candidates were tied at 46%.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

[NJSecularist]

1. He is unelectable. n/t

[Blondbostonian]

5. you have zero critical thinking skills.

[woolldog]

12. OMG!!!!

6 Points?! and we're only 7 months away from the GE?? That MUST mean he's unelectable! Yeah that's it.

lol

[truth-warrior]

13. Yeah. Kerry started up 10.......

Do you honestly think Obama will improve once the RW goes after him?
Ha!

[goldcanyonaz]

14. Most of his supporters here feel he is untouchable and will win 60% of the vote.

[truth-warrior]

20. I've noticed.... and I can't believe it.

At BEST Obama can hope for a 50+1 squeaker... and that's looking impossible at this point too.

[VolcanoJen]

36. Once the RW goes after him?

I know you only started posting today and you've been quite the busy beaver, but haven't you noticed that everyone's attacking Obama? Not just the Clintons and their increasingly annoying surrogates (Sid Blumenthal, is that you?), but also the GOP, wingnut war-loving "columnists" like Karl Rove (!!), Bill Kristol and Charles Krauthammer, wingnut media-types like Joe Scarborough, Bill Bennett and Pat Buchanan, and, of course, John McCain.

Lovely company you folks are keeping. Gawd, how I wish Hillary had been "fighting" for "us" the last eight years the way she's been fighting Obama for the nomination the last few months.

[truth-warrior]

2. U-N-E-L-E-C-T-A-B-L-E

If Obama makes it to the GE, expect him to pull <40% of the vote.

[cliffordu]

35. DO they pay you by the post or by the hour??

[truth-warrior]

39. Who is "they"? I know Obama pays the netroots..... but I'm just

here to try and figure out why so many on here can't see the truth.

[cliffordu]

40. Kid - you wouldn't know the truth if it pissed on your foot.

[Clear Blue Sky]

3. Means little at this point. Lots can and will happen.

[AndyTiedye]

26. Almost All of it Bad For Us

Lots can and will happen

Nearly all of it bad for us, and the rest will be reported in a way to make it bad for us.

McCain is the one who is untouchable, unfortunately, covered as he is in the finest quality Teflon® which completely protects him from either Bush**'s record-breaking unpopularity, or his own misdeeds.

How do we get through that? There must be some way.

[LakeSamish706]

4. Yep you guys are right, he must be unelectable.. Thats the only thing I can think. n/t

[DJ13]

6. No significance at this time, its too early

Outside of a few DNC ads theres no one challenging him on issues until we have our nominee decided.

[goldcanyonaz]

7. And, Hillary is almost even with him. Obama once led by 10.

[washingdem]

8. Funny how the Clinton supporters here give the polls credence only when Obama is trailing

[Bensthename]

9. With only a couple of days till the gen election, oh no what will he do??

[washingdem]

10. LOL

[Olney Blue]

11. This poll is meaningless this early.

[rhombus]

15. A poll during one of Obama's worst weeks ever?

Man, you follow these daily tracking polls at your own peril. I bet you, Obama gains a few points next week.

[Double T]

16. Just when YOU discover that BO is unelectable, he becomes EVEN MORE UNELECTABLE!

Your Honor, the 'people' rest their case!

[Buzz Clik]

17. It's May 2, and we just elected John McCain president.

:cry:

[Sparkly]

18. It means nothing right now.

Nothing. We haven't even had conventions yet.

[flpoljunkie]

19. This is why Joe Andrew said this divisive primary is only helping John McCain.

On My Switch from Clinton to Obama

Joseph J. Andrew

The hardest decisions in life are not between good and bad or right and wrong, but between two goods or two rights. That is the decision Democrats face today. We have an embarrassment of riches, but as much as we may love our candidates and revel in the political process that has brought Presidential politics to places that have not seen it in a generation,we cannot let our family affair hurt America by helping John McCain.

Here is my message, explained in this lengthy letter that I hope is perceived as a thoughtful analysis of how to save America from four more years of the misguided polices of the past: you can be for someone without being against someone else. You can unite behind a candidate and a vision for America without rejecting another candidate and their vision, because in real life, opposed to party politics, we Democrats are on the same side. The battle should not be amongst ourselves. Rather, we should focus our efforts on those who are truly on the opposite side: those who want to continue the failed policies of the last eight years, rather than bring real change to Washington. Let us come together right now behind an inspiring leader who not only has the audacity to challenge the old divisive politics, but the audacity to make us all hope for a better America.

Unite the Party

I believe that Bill Clinton will be remembered as one of our nation's great Presidents, and Senator Clinton as one of our nation's great public servants. But as much as I respect and admire them both, it is clear that a vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to continue this process, and a vote to continue this process is a vote that assists John McCain.

I ask Hoosiers to come together and vote for Barack Obama to be our next President. In an accident of timing, Indiana has been given the opportunity to truly make a difference. Hoosiers should grab that power and do what in their heart they know is right. They should reject the old negative politics and vote for true change. Don't settle for the tried and true and the simplistic slogans, but listen to your heart and dare to be inspired. Only a cynic would be critical of Barack Obama inspiring millions. Only the uninformed could forget that the candidate that wins in November is always the candidate that inspires millions.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-j-andrew/on-my-switch-from-clinton_b_99621.html

[CakeGrrl]

22. Yes. All these McCain polls show is that the Democrats need to focus on the GE.

[khaliljohnson]

25. Actually, they show that the Wright media tour and Obama's response were devastating

Nothing to do with Hillary.

[VolcanoJen]

37. "Devastating"

Welcome to DU. Try to keep up with your new pals, they're pretty much outpacing you today.

[Algorem]

21. mccain couldn't beat a random left nut

[blm]

23. McCain has yet to be hit with a billion dollars worth of ads wedding him to Bush and

has not yet gone through three debates, either, has he?

[VolcanoJen]

38. We're being blasted with those awesome DNC anti-McCain ads here in Ohio

I mean, I see more of those McCain ads than I saw of Clinton and Obama ads during the Ohio Primary.

The one where Bush hugs and kisses him over and over while his outrageous "straight talk" is highlighted is pretty killer. I'm lovin' it. :-)

[smalll]

24. Three short words for their strange new god:

Un.
E.
Lectable.

Obama is NOT a new phenomenon. He is much in the tradition of Dean '04, Bradley '00, (even Jerry Brown '92 in some ways): he is the latte liberal candidate. None of those three men could take the nomination, and thank God, because you can't win in November on latte liberalism. It just so happens, however, that Obama is also a black man. So he very well may be able to take the nomination with a latte-liberal/AA coalition. But you can't win in November with a latte-liberal/AA coalition either.

And it is an unusual coalition in many ways: while the LLs and the AAs are both generally to the left in Democratic politics, they are different kinds of left, with divergently different issues, rhetoric and style. And while an AA candidate can at times carry a portion of the LLs with him in primary votes (Jesse Jackson), LL candidates usually leave the AA electorate distinctly cold.

And the BIGGEST problem of it all is this: the average voter (and YES, most people in America are white, and most of them are not rich, so the working-class, lower-middle-class white vote is, for all intents and purposes, the "average" voter) -- that average voter "has issues" with African Americans (not necessarily out-and-out racism, but at least a black man is going to have to work extra hard to get their votes) -- AND he "has issues" with latte liberals!

It may not be pretty, but it is true: go with a black champion of the latte liberals, and you rip the heart out of the Democratic base -- the average person, the common man, the little guy -- and you doom yourself in November.

But these Obamatrons, their zeal and awe for their strange new god has become so strong that they are driven to rush him forward to a Gotterdammerung in the general election.

[AwakeAtLast]

27. Buh-bye sinderello

That was quick:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=219935

[madrchsod]

30. dam that was fast

[madrchsod]

28. it`s over..let`s call it a day..barack can`t win

[smalll]

29. Kick for the pretty green lines. "Can he do it? No He Can't!" /nt

[and-justice-for-all]

31. Polls should be doubted and looked at with a skeptic eye...

do not take these Polls at face value.

McSame does not have a chance.

[my3boyz]

32. Enjoy it now Gramps! Once Obama finishes the race with this monster that

won't go away, he is coming after you HARD! You will have OBAMA camp (with tons of money), DNC and Moveon coming after you HARD and those numbers will fall! Oh and keep saying all that stupid crap when your age starts to show. The cameras are rolling and all your little slips (100 years in Iraq, sending soldiers to Iraq for oil,forgetting who we are fighting in Iraq,etc) will be in a commercial before you can blink. The wheels will come off that Straight Talk Express............

[VolcanoJen]

33. We hardly knew ye

[SoCalDem]

34. Not a bit surprising..mcCain's campaigning against "a dem"

and no one's paying much attention to him anyway..

Obama's running 4 races simultaneously:

1. his stalker-lady
2. super delegates
3. the actual primaries
4. media

Ricky Nelson said it best...."..But it's all right now, I learned my lesson well. You see, ya can't please everyone..."

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Words and Music by Rick Nelson