Poll: McCain 45, Obama 41

The latest Quinnipiac swing state poll shows Hillary Clinton beating McCain 48-41 in Florida.

"In a Clinton-McCain matchup, she leads 54 - 37 percent among women, while men back McCain 45 - 42 percent. In an Obama-McCain matchup, men back McCain 48 - 39 percent, while women split, with 43 percent for Obama and 42 percent for McCain. Florida voters give Clinton a 48 - 43 percent favorability rating, with 44 - 40 percent for Obama and 45 - 37 percent for McCain. Florida Democrats split 41 - 41 percent on whether they want to see Clinton or Obama nominated. Democrats say 64 - 31 percent that Clinton should stay in the race and 61 - 31 percent that Obama should pick her as his vice presidential running mate.

"Florida Democrats split 41 - 41 percent on whether they want to see Clinton or Obama nominated. Democrats say 64 - 31 percent that Clinton should stay in the race and 61 - 31 percent that Obama should pick her as his vice presidential running mate."

"The economy is the most important issue in their vote, 47 percent of Florida voters say, while 19 percent list the war in Iraq. Health care and terrorism each get 11 percent. Voters split 46 - 44 percent on whether they trust Obama or McCain to handle the economy. By a 52 - 42 percent margin, they trust McCain more to handle the war in Iraq and trust McCain more, 58 - 34, percent to handle terrorism. Voters trust Obama 50 - 37 percent to handle health care. A total of 86 percent of Florida voters say they would be "entirely comfortable" or "somewhat comfortable" with an African American President.

"A total of 65 percent of voters say they would be "entirely comfortable" or "somewhat comfortable" with a President who enters office at age 72.

"Sen. Obama is losing the white vote by 14 - 18 points in Ohio and Florida, which is enough to keep him from victory despite overwhelming support from African Americans. In Ohio, more than a quarter of Clinton voters say they will support McCain. In Florida, more than a third of them say they will back McCain against Obama. If he can't win a decent chunk of them back, he's got an uphill climb in these pivotal states," said Quinnipiac's Peter Brown.

Comments

Obama will not be President because he lacks the foreign experience. My high schooler went to the Obama rally yesterday and came home to say, "Obama's foreign policy is a joke." From the mouth's of babes...

If you post the results of a poll, how about showing us the actual questions asked?

I'm so tired of folks trying to manipulate voters with these polls which turn out to be mostly wrong anyway.

McCain wrote campaign finance law that he violates. And put a loophole in so he can use his multimillionaire homewrecker wife's corporate jet.

Hillary has to borrow over 11 million dollars from herself. Bad planning. Do we want another borrow now pay later president? Which rules does she want changed today so she can win?

exactly right, 8:54... but what did you expect from Adam Clinton.

I'm still waiting for the 80,000-person McCain rally.

Voter intensity matters.

Adam Clinton? The guy who says over 15 thousand attended the rally? Security told me it was barely 12 thousand.

Adam usually lowers dem turnout numbers but not for Obama!

And as editor why does Obama get placed first, while the WINNER in florida gets the second, smaller picture?

And you call him Adam Clinton?

Get real, like the poll and ALL THE OTHERS POLLS suggest. Obama will lose the general. You don't even know Obama yet, but you will soon when the media wants you to, during the general election. Say hello to President McSame! Thank you "O-Train"! Maybe after we lose you will go back to playing like the children, oh so inspired you are!

We've had decades of photos of co-president Hillary. Read my lips honey -- term limits.

If you claim Bill's 8 years in White House -- then you are OVER your limit. Go home. You are embarrassing women who play by the rules and EARN their credentials.

Please tell bitter old failure Geraldine Ferraro that her selfish sexism is spoiling chances for other women in politics -- just like her failed veep run did.

[Flagophile]

Below are a series of idiotic questions posed to me on another thread. Comments are now closed there.

As is typical of Republicans these days, they are seriously shameful. Overflowing with ignorance and bigotry and drip-dry on substance.

If free health care is so great why do Canadians flock to Cleveland and Minneapolis for surgery? Nobody has suggested free healthcare. I don't know what you are talking about.

Will Bill Gates and Warren Buffet be eligible for this free health care? See above.

Is a "free lunch" really free? No, it isn't. Your children and mine will be paying off the debts that Bush incurred. Bear Stern's lunch may be free though.

Did Obama attend a Muslim school as a child? Yes. For a short time when he was a child. I attended a Catholic school and I'm not Catholic. I'm not sure why that is relevant anyways.

Why do they leave out his middle name "Hussein"? Because of ignorant bigots like you.

Is Hussein a muslim name? Yes.

What are Hussein's credentials on foreign affairs? Apparently better than McCain's who not only voted for the war but also for the failed surge.

Does serving 2 years in the Senate really qualify you to become the CIC? Yes.

Why does his wife hate white people? I didn't know she did.

If you went to a church for 20 years could you figure out your preacher is a racist? If no, then how are you qualified to be president? Dobson, Falwell and others, who McCain has begged for support are/were equally racist.

Again, lets discuss the issues. Where someone went to school when they were eleven years old, and someone's middle name are absurd topics. Seriously.

Fagophile---Who cares what questions have been posed to you. Do you think you are some sort of political expert? I think not--a socialist who wants to live off the backs of the more productive member of our country: YES!

Withdrawing from Iraq may not be considered defeat among many Americans - however, you can be sure the Islamic world will declare it a victory for themselves.

Are we prepared for the long term consequences of allowing that mentality to pervade the Middle East?

Ya know… it’s really sad that you racist Republicans and DINO’s cant get a grip on reality. It must be absolutely killing you that a ½ black man is going to be the POTUS. But here’s the thing… and no amount of spin and framing will change this…

… we need this change. Our country is a mess, our economy is a mess, our foreign policy is a mess, our domestic policy is a mess, our boarders are a mess, our medical system is a mess, our education system is a mess, our energy policy is a mess, our security is a mess… get the picture… and your team put us in this mess.

I know it hurts, I know it sucks… but I also know that “business as usual” will not fix it… and as difficult as it is for you to admit it; you know it too.

So relax, it WILL be ok, he WILL be fine as our President… and he – and we – will represent your best interest also.

BTW - 10:20... who are we fighting in Iraq?

10:25

Al Sadr's army
Al Qaeda
guerrillas funded and armed by Iran
any and all who would seek to continue instability in the region - or who define stability as Sharia Law

mcAiNUS continues to sink in the numbers department and the contest hasnt even begun!!

cant wait to see that foto of him and the lying drunk, hugging, gettin' ready for some realliverepiglicanMANLOVE running over and over again on the tv!!

the dummf*kk hasnt any money and the D's have truck loads!!

mcAiNUS for president...NOT!!

[Tax Them Not]

My parents are 70 years old and this year must start taking required minimum distributions from an IRA they have contibuted to for many years. My dad has discovered that under Obama's tax plan, he and my mom may well have to pay 50% income tax on their distributions from the IRA vs. 28% now. Needless to say, both are very concerned about Obama's tax policies. Both are life-long Democrats and at this point don't feel they should be penalized for having the where with all to plan for retirement and having to pay taxes to help pay for those who did not plan as well. I would not be surprised to see other elderly people who are in the same situation. McCain, with all his warts, will get the vote of my mom & dad based on this one very important issue.

[Getting To Know Him]

Sooner or later Obama is going to have to deal with the issue of an affair with an intern--as soon as the media stops sitting on the story. He will also have to deal with his knowledge of a gay murder situation:

http://larrysinclair0926.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/is-obama-caught-up-in-gay-murder-scandal/

10:28,

The Generals on the ground in Iraq have confirmed that the groups you’ve listed make up approximately 5% of those we are fighting in Iraq. Whether you wish to accept it or not, we are in the middle of a civil war in Iraq that has nothing whatsoever to do with making America safe.

We cannot, and will nor win a “War on Terror”, it is an illogical ideal. We should be protecting ourselves from terrorists, and that means brining our troops home to protect our borders, our ports, our airports, and our homeland.

It is time to stop the bullspit spin and issue framing… and get with the freaking program.

10:51

it seems as if Al Qaeda has been attracted like a moth to a porch light by our presence in Iraq. Better to annihilate them there than on our own soil.

as for the Civil War, I do not disagree that we have too long been bogged in that with little hope emerging of a fluid Iraqi government - and I honestly do not know how one emerges. However, I witness what happened when the US abandoned support for a fledgling democracy - Saigon fell, the communists won, and thousands seeking freedom and democracy were butchered.

[Flagophile]

Didn't McCain have an affair and actually leave his then wife, for his current one?

10:57,

"Better to annihilate them there than on our own soil."

We are more vulnerable today on our own soil than we were before 9/11. We simply cannot and will not fix the world’s problems by ignoring our own. I understand your position, and I respect it… but we simply will not succeed in changing 1000’s of years of Islamic and Muslim culture into McDonalds and Blockbusters.

We need to tend to our business, we need to clean our house… before we lose it.

[Gene Smith]

"I witness what happened when the US abandoned support for a fledgling democracy - Saigon fell"

Vietnam was a lot of things, but one of the things it was not was a fledgling democracy. Certainly not in 1975 and actually never if you think of a democracy as a place where everybody who is supposed to be able to vote actually is given the opportunity to do so.

Wanna try again?

Fagophile--The answer about McCain is yes. However, let's see what people think about Obama and a young, white intern. It's just a matter of time.

A poster above commented their 10th grader returned from an Obama rally and concluded his foreign policy "was a joke." I must say if Mr. Obama's current foreign policy positions hold comedic value for the 15 to 16 year old individual that offered his learned opinion then the foreign policy offered up by the Senator from Arizona has surely transcended the sublime. Unfortunately, for the over 4,000 American dead, the 30,000+ that have been wounded and/or maimed for life, and the untold tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens that have been killed, all in the name of implementing "Jeffersonian Democracy" at any cost, there is no comedic value.

Any reading of early 20th century British history in the Middle East as they implemented their practice of regional hegemony through imperialistic policies based on Western superiority will find that their old dusty playbook was dusted off and followed by GWBush almost to the letter. Just in case you don't know how it ended for the British in 1922, let me assure you it wasn't pretty. When they finally threw up their hands and left the Mesopotamian region to their own designs it was at a point where their prestiage was taking a sever blow. With the added consequence of thier national resources being drained to dangerously low levels it became painfully obvious they would never be able to keep the sectarian strife under control. It was only at that point they decided it was time to cut their losses and get out. Its almost as though Bush and Blair (especially Blair, the former British P.M. who should have known better) decided to do the same things over and over again with the naive expectation of different results. If not for the heavy loss of life, the loss of prestige the loss of resources, and a battered world standing the joke would be on them as their policies in retrospect make Sysyphus look like an outside the box thinker.

TrumanDem

Truman's Conscience
"The Buck Stopped Here."
http://trumansconscience.blogspot.com

[Michelle from Tampa]

11:39=racist

[IMN]

Has anyone run a poll on a three-way race? If Clinton loses the nomination and runs as an Independent, what would the result be? Don't put it past her. Ambition is a powerful force.

Hope she does. Would sure guarantee McCain a win!

11:41 is an Ill-informed Delusional Indignant Oposition Tool… otherwise known as… an IDIOT!

“You can have your Tiger Woods (R-code for n_ger), we’ve got Senator McCain (R-code for rich, white, old, senile, and McSame as Dubya)”

McSame = McBush = more dead young American men and women to avenge Dubya’s daddy.

12:33--You're a disgusting Democrat racist!!!

Whoa to you in November!

Hey truman dem

cliffsnotes

[TrumanDem]

12:18 responds to my effort thusly:

"11:41 is an Ill-informed Delusional Indignant Oposition Tool… otherwise known as… an IDIOT!"

I find your usage of the word "ill-informed" and "idiot" to have a slight comedic element to it as it pertains to the substance of my response. Be that as it may, I'm always still bemused to find individuals that resort to name calling that can't connect that act with the fact they just lost the argument not having a substanitive counter argument to offer.

Perhaps a recommendation of a book would help you understand the assertion I made regarding M.E. history and the disconnect our foreign policy has with the region:

http://www.amazon.com/Peace-End-All-Ottoman-Creation/dp/0805068848/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211476273&sr=1-1

You'll find this page at Amazon.com quite informative in its summarization of Fromkin's well received work not ony in the academic community but for the lay reader just wanting to understand the foundations of ME history and its relationship to the west.

I might add that had the current WH taken the time to give even a cursory perusal of the basic historical elements of the region some 4,000 plus Americans would not be dead along with 30,000 plus wounded and maimed for life soldiers. I'm leaving out, of course, the Iraqi civilians who we've killed in order to "save" their country.

How so Vietnam of Bush. His perpecive of Vietnam as he flew cover over the Lone Star State's border in the Texas Air National Guard really explains it all, doesn't it?

TrumanDem

Truman's Conscience
"The Buck Stopped Here."
http://trumansconscience.blogspot.com

Truman dem-

Your name should be Thurman (as in Strom) dem because you just fillibustered this blog

[Jeff]

ok lets take a closer look at Brack

1-want to raise the taxes of over 100 million americas-genius

2-wants to spend billions of dollars to bring back manufactoring jobs that America needs to leave behind and start job programs for the future.

3-Wants to talk to terrorist nations without pre-conditions-dumbest thing of all right here.

4-Wants to give 12 million illegal immigrants free health care-sorry I don't want to pay for their health care.

5-Wants to increase welfare programs beyound where they already are-sorry people need to get a job.

Just a start for you lib/socialist to get started on.
Brack talks about change a lot. I have 3 questions no one will ever ask him
1-exactly what do you want to change?
2-How do you plan on making these changes (besides taxes the hell out of everyone)
3-What will the outcome of these changes be?
Good luck on getting Brack to ever answer a real question.
He sat in one of the most radical black (racist) churchs for 20 years.
His wife has never been proud of our great country
He is friends with a terrorist
He thinks working class white people are bitter and hate people different than them (showing his racism again)
Did I mention that he wants to raise taxes on over 100 million poeople?

Jeff, you're spewing 'backee juice all over the thread!

11:17

"We are more vulnerable today on our own soil than we were before 9/11"

how so?

The Democratic led Congress under Nancy Pelosi has an abysmal approval rating even lower than President Bush.

Mitt Romney is the best person for V.P.

He would eliminate Colorado & Nevada from play and likely get Michigan(Romney's birth state) for McCain.

Polling for Florida has McCain up near 8-10 points over Obama. Having Gov Crist on board of the Straight Talk Express should be good enough.
Pick up Ohio, Florida & Michigan and it's game over for Obama.

It was more like 10,000 at rally.

People in Florida Ohio Pennyslvania Kentucky West Virginia do not like Obama's racist kool-aid.

[Shocker]

There are going to be some VERY SHOCKED people when McCain asks Hillary Clinton to be his VP after the Democrats "screw" her on the nomination. GO FOR IT JOHN!

LET'S MAKE A WAR BUT NOT PAY FOR IT, O.K.?

(from TPM)

Okay, this is a good one.

John McCain couldn't be bothered to show up today for the vote on the GI bill. He's too busy fundraising for his campaign.

Obama did vote and gave a very impassioned speech in support of the troops. Here's an excerpt of the text provided to us:

"I respect senator John Mccain's service to our country. He is one of those heroes of which I speak. But I can't understand why he would line up behind the president in opposition to this G.I. bill. I can't believe why he believes it is too generous to our veterans. I could not disagree with him and the president more on this issue. There are many issues that lend themselves to partisan posturing, but giving our veterans the chance to go to college should not be one of them. I'm proud that so many Democrats and Republicans have come together to support this."

Now, remember, McCain wasn't there.

Also, remember, McCain stands with Bush in opposing Senator Webb's G.I. bill.

Obama--A tax and spend liberal.

If you want to deplete our armed services of talent, then go against the advice of several Generals and vote for the "improvements" to the G.I.Bill. Original version is just fine. It supported my education.

[TROLLMAN]

OBAMA PAYS ME CHUMP CHANGE TO BLOG FOR HIM ALL DAY.

I’M REALLY VOTING FOR MCCAIN THOUGH

HE’S THE BEST

MCCAIN 08

6:13 pm
Thank you for your service.
I will bet $100 that Flagophile, Gene Smith, or the limp wrist chef Marc or any of the Kool Aid drinkers on this blog have not served in the military.
I too used the GI BILL.

[Rush]

Flagophil you still have not answered the questions. Using name calling or answering "I have no idea what you are talking about" is the typical out for you liberals that don't have a clue what you stand for or your party's platform.
Your platform is to rip the "Trolls" and say the opposite of what McCain says.

[RUSH]

Look you long hair, dope smoking, tree hugging, baby killing, war protesting, veggie eatin', commie, pinko, free love loving, China wanna be, tax raising, gay marrying, pole smoking, Obama tooting Freak Liberals,
move to China and you will all be happy.

I gusee we know where all the Obama supporters will be this weekend.
http://tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article518621.ece

China is one of the most capitalistic country in the world. They may not want Obama's followers there.

[Troll Spotter]

This blog has become “infested” with paid trolls. Just look at some of the negative Clinton, McCain and Obama posts and trolling is a dead giveaway (especially those repetitive McBush/McShame posts). Folks, here is how to identify a troll:

---No Imagination - Most are frighteningly obvious; sexist comments on women groups, blasphemy on religious groups.
---Pedantic in the Extreme - Many trolls' preparation is so thorough, that while they waste time, they appear so ludicrous from the start that they elicit sympathetic mail - the danger is that once the group takes sides, the damage is done.
---False Identity - Because they are cowards, trolls virtually never write over their own name, and often reveal their trolliness (and lack of imagination) in the chosen ID. As so many folk these days use false ID, this is not a strong indicator on its own!
---Crossposting - Any post that is cross posted to several groups should be viewed as suspicious, particularly if unrelated or of opposing perspective. Why would someone do that?
---Off-topic posting - Often genuine errors, but, if from an 'outsider' they deserve matter-of-fact response; if genuine, a brief apposite response is simply netiquette; if it's a troll post, you have denied it its reward.
---Repetition of a question or statement is either a troll - or a pedant; either way, treatment as a troll is effective.
---Missing The Point - Trolls rarely answer a direct question - they cannot, if asked to justify their twaddle - so they develop a fine line in missing the point.
---Thick or Sad - Trolls are usually sad, lonely folk, with few social skills; they rarely make what most people would consider intelligent conversation. However, they frequently have an obsession with their IQ and feel the need to tell everyone. This is so frequent, that it is diagnostic!

Here is a video showing Obama & family in TUCC church, and some of Obama’s comments. Why does he talks to black one way and whites another...hmmm!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7DGI_IqX24

Barack hussein Obama is a terrorist in hiding.
He is the anti christ
his father was a piece of dog feces and so is Hussein.
To Troll Spotter you are truely a worthless piece of whale spit.
I hope you rot in hell

Troll Spotter you have just described yourself, as you post the same worthless crap on more then one blog.
You hit all eight of your points.
you limp wrist waste

Ha Ha Ha! BACK UNDA THE BRIDGE YOU GO!

Trollspotter has the number for several of you! Try 10:46; 10:50; 10:53--all trolls. My, my tracking has gotten easier. Computer IDs don't tell fibs.

[Donald Lance]

From Charles Krauthammer: Having lashed himself to the ridiculous, unprecedented promise of unconditional presidential negotiations — and then having compounded the problem by elevating it to a principle — Obama keeps trying to explain. On Sunday, he declared in Pendleton, Ore., that by Soviet standards Iran and others "don't pose a serious threat to us." (On the contrary. Islamic Iran is dangerously apocalyptic. Soviet Russia was not.) The next day in Billings, Mont.: "I've made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave."

Maybe this is the "Change" Barry keeps talking about. Change one's mind from day-to-day. They called that Flip-Flopping last election and Waffling the election before that.

[Jeff]

Brack is a fool on foreign policy along with many other isssues. We are going to crush him and throw him to the wind. He and the other socolist in the Dem party have no place here in our great country.

It's an amazing time to be alive in America . We're in a year of firsts in this presidential election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate; and, a candidate who is the first front-running freedom fighter over 70. The next president of America will be a first.

We won't truly be in an election of firsts, however, until we judge every candidate by where they stand. We won't arrive where we should be until we no longer talk about skin color or gender. Now that Barack Obama steps to the front of the Democratic field, we need to stop talking about his race, and start talking about his policies and his politics.

The reality is this: Though the Democrats will not have a nominee until August, unless Hillary Clinton drops out, Mr. Obama is now the frontrunner, and its time America takes a closer and deeper look at him. Some pundits are calling him the next John F. Kennedy. He's not. He's the next George McGovern. And it's time people learned the facts.

Because the truth is that Mr. Obama is the single most liberal senator in the entire U.S. Senate. He is more liberal than Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, or Mrs. Clinton. Never in my life have I seen a presidential frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and he lost.
Yet Mr. Obama is promising all those things, and he's not behind in the polls. Why? Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty pageant.. Mr. Obama talks about getting past party, getting past red and blue, to lead the United States of America . But let's look at the more defined strokes of who he is underneath this superficial "beauty."

Start with national security, since the president's most important duties are as commander-in-chief. Over the summer, Mr. Obama talked about invading Pakistan, a nation armed with nuclear weapons; meeting without preconditions with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who vows to destroy Israel and create another Holocaust; and Kim Jong II, who is murdering and starving his people, but emphasized that the nuclear option was off the table against terrorists - something no president has ever taken off the table since we created nuclear weapons in the 1940s. Even Democrats who have worked in national security condemned all of those remarks. Mr. Obama is a foreign-policy novice who would put our national security at risk.

Next, consider economic policy. For all its faults, our health care system is the strongest in the world. And free trade agreements, created by Bill Clinton as well as President Bush, have made more goods more affordable so that even people of modest means can live a life that no one imagined a generation ago. Yet Mr. Obama promises to raise taxes on "the rich." How to fix Social Security? Raise taxes. How to fix Medicare? Raise taxes. Prescription drugs? Raise taxes. Free college? Raise taxes. Socialize medicine? Raise taxes. His solution to everything is to have government take it over. Big Brother on steroids, funded by your paycheck.

Finally, look at the social issues. Mr. Obama had the audacity to open a stadium rally by saying, "All praise and glory to God!" but says that Christian leaders speaking for life and marriage have "hijacked" - hijacked - Christianity. He is pro-partial birth abortion, and promises to appoint Supreme Court justices who will rule any restriction on it unconstitutional. He espouses the abortion views of Margaret Sanger, one of the early advocates of racial cleansing. His spiritual leaders endorse homosexual marriage, and he is moving in that direction. In Illinois , he refused to vote against a statewide ban - ban - on all handguns in the state. These are radical left, Hollywood , and San Francis co values, not Middle America values.

The real Mr. Obama is an easy target for the general election. Mrs. Clinton is a far tougher opponent. But Mr. Obama could win if people don't start looking behind his veneer and flowery speeches. His vision of "bringing America together" means saying that those who disagree with his agenda for America are hijackers or warmongers. Uniting the country means adopting his liberal agenda and abandoning any conflicting beliefs.

But right now everyone is talking about how eloquent of a speaker he is and - yes - they're talking about his race. Those should never be the factors on which we base our choice for president. Mr. Obama's radical agenda sets him far outside the American mainstream, to the left of Mrs. Clinton.

It's time to talk about the real Barack Obama. In an election of firsts, let's first make sure we elect the person who is qualified to be our president in a nuclear age during a global civilizational war.

Subject: Kind of scary, wouldn't you think Remember--God is good, and is in time, on time b every time

According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ is:

The anti-christ will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal....the prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, will destroy everything. Is it OBAMA??

I STRONGLY URGE each one of you to repost this as many times as you can! Each opportunity that you have to send it to a friend or media outlet...do it! If you think I am crazy,. I'm sorry but I refuse to take a chance on the "unknown" candidate.