FL Chamber poll: McCain 42%, Obama 39%

“It’s all tied up for the presidential candidates here in Florida and we expect our state to become increasingly important to both campaigns in the coming weeks,” said Marian Johnson, vice president of Political Strategy for the Florida Chamber of Commerce.  “A new factor in this polling data is the inclusion of other candidates as another option for voters in addition to McCain and Obama.  We have to keep in mind that Florida voters will see more than the two major party presidential candidates on their ballots and some will vote for them.”

The statewide poll was conducted by August 18-21, 2008 by the Florida Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with James T. Kitchens of The Kitchens Group, a nationally renowned polling firm based in Orlando.  605 registered voters statewide were surveyed. Moe +/- 4%. More here.

Comments

Obama/Biden are going to win Florida.

Just think if it wasn't for "Butterfly Ballots" and Nader we wouldn't be in the mess we are currently in...courtesy of the Republicans.

3%, clearly within the margin of error and McThusela seem to even be dropping off -- as does B. seems as tho folks are still seriously undecided.

when the realize mcAiNUS is four more years of the lying drunk, i imagine it will change BIG TIME!!!!

Florida remains red in '08. Live with it, moonbats.

[Do we really want four more years of the same old tune?]

Do we really want four more years of the same old tune?

This video of McCan't is too funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X9LypdiQFo

Tied -up my butt.

Isn't that 7 polls in a row for McCin in Florida?

Sorry, but Obama has no real chance in FL. In fact, there is talk that Obama may pull out of Florida soon.

Tied -up my butt.

Isn't that 7 polls in a row for McCain in Florida?

Sorry, but Obama has no real chance in FL. In fact, there is talk that Obama may pull out of Florida soon.

[Donald Lance]

Adam, why don't you put something newsworthy here about ANY 3rd party?

Even a Hillary former-delegate says it's O.K. to vote for McCain because he is the better candidate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=597YG23mAWs

It would be nice for a change to read a blog that put forth some clear thinking - maybe a little original humor or insight. It doesn't require a great mind to post insults or juvenile references to age or race. It would also be nice if the St. Pete Times would monitor and delete any blog that reflects less than a third grade education. Fortunately that would eliminate about nine out of every ten blogs. Buz has become a cesspool for the uninformed and the unclever.

[Vets For Obama (Not Now)]

I am very dissappointed with Barack. He said he would get us out of Iraq and now he picks a war monger for his VP and is talking about getting tough with Iran. I was going to vote for him because he was anti-war. Now he is demonstrating that was only WORDS that meant nothing. He's lost me and is losing other Vets.

Oh, these racially sensitive Democrats! They may have added more fuel to the fire with Hillary's supporters.

Racial infighting among Democrats, which marred the presidential primaries, has flared up again at the party’s convention in Denver, where a black Hillary Clinton delegate is accusing a black Barack Obama delegate of calling her an “Uncle Tom.”

Delmarie Cobb of Chicago said that Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, whom Obama called his “political godfather,” hurled the racially charged insult against her late Saturday for speaking out in support of Clinton. Although Democrats at the convention are trying to project an image of unity, there is lingering bitterness between the Clinton and Obama camps, in part because each side accused the other of playing the race card during the primaries.

The way this is going the Convention may be more like a WWF event. What a hoot!!!!

Guess who Joe Biden wanted as his VP if he had received the nomination?

http://www.ziggidy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=592:guess-who-biden-wanted-on-democratic-residential-ticket&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Great Ad!!! This lady is joining the multitudes of "switchers"!!

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video_log/2008/08/mccain_debra.html

To paraphrase Bidens 'clean negrow' remark: Immaculate Uncle Tom

6:50 PM

I couldn't agree more!! However, that would mean eliminating all the posts from Democrats and those juvenile, paid Obama Trolls.

[Joe Lunchbucket]

I jus dont like dem blacks Im votin fer a nice white guy and his beer drinkin woman..All my friends in the trailer park and in the bar feel the..same way!

[get-smart]

If you want clever and witty:

Welcome to TroxBlog, the web-home of the Internet sayvv columnist Howard Troxler, where he and readers discuss his column topics and current events. From a Beautiful St. Petersburg Sunrise in the East to a Beautiful St. Petersburg Sunset in the West and Beautiful St. Petersburg Rainbows All Day Long.

[Oil man]

Do we want both a Democrat congress and a Democrat in the White House? It would mean people like this shape U.S. energy policy:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/08/021317.php

At the end of the day, it comes down to experience:

McCain has nearly 30 years
Obama has 1 year

I know who I will vote for.

[get-smart]

The full transcript:

BROKAW: Well, I think most people understand that, but at the same time, if we work our way off carbon-based fuels, in the meantime, this is not going to happen overnight.

PELOSI: No, it isn't, but you could -- again, you could reduce the price at the pump immediately with (inaudible- fartgas). You can have a transition with natural gas.

I eat a lot of Mexican food then sit on a funnel. I can collect enough gas for a week of cooking. In fact Michelle collects enough gas to power there whole house. It is cheap, abundant, clean and fun compared to fossil fuels.

[Republicans ran everything, Everything is broken.]

Republicans ran everything, Everything is broken.

Don't you think it is time for a change.

Change is all we will have left in our pockets if Obama (aka Jimmy Carter) is elected. I'm going with the old veteran with 7 houses and a rich wife!!

McCain '08

mccain cheated on his first wife; what type of character does one need to posses that allows for you to take sacred vows then forget those vows and take of all of your clothes and fu|< someone.

how serious will he take the oath of office?

My toy is broken. Those evil rethugs did it. We need change!

Clinton was a serial adulterer. Liberals seemed to have no problem with his fitness for office. Kerry also divorced his first wife. Edwards had a mistress and quite likely an illegitimate child by her. Were they serious about oaths?

I'm concerned that a growing number of voters in this country simply don't get it. They are caught up in a fervor they can't explain, and calling it 'change'.

Change what?, I ask.

Well, we're going to change America , they say.

In what way?, I query.

We want someone new and fresh in the White House, they exclaim.

So, someone who's not a politician?, I press.

Uh, well, no, we just want a lot of stuff changed, so we're voting for Obama, they state.

So the current system, the system of freedom and democracy that has enabled a man to grow up in this great country, get a fine education, raise incredible amounts of money and dominate the news and win his party's nomination for the White House - that system's all wrong?

No, no, that part of the system's okay - we just need a lot of change.

And so it goes. 'Change we can believe in.' Quite frankly, I don't believe that vague proclamations of change hold any promise for me. In recent months, I've been asking virtually everyone I encounter how they're voting. I live in Illinois , so most folks tell me they're voting for Barack Obama. But no one can really tell me why - only that he's going to change a lot of stuff. Change, change, change. I have yet to find one single person who can tell me distinctly and convincingly why this man is qualified to be President and Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful nation on earth - other than the fact that he claims he's going to imple-ment a lot of change.

We've all seen the emails about Obama's genealogy, his upbringing, his Muslim background, and his church affiliations. Let's ignore this for a moment. Put it all aside. Then ask yourself, what qualifies this man to be my president? That he's a brilliant orator and talks about change?

CHANGE WHAT?

Friends, I'll be forthright with you - I believe the American voters who are supporting Barack Obama don't have a clue what they're doing, as evidenced by the fact that not one of them - NOT ONE of them I've spoken to can spell out his qualifications. Not even the most liberal media can explain why he should be elected. Political experience? Negligible. Foreign relations? Non-existent. Achievements? Name one. Someone who wants to unite the country? If you haven't read his wife's thesis from Princeton , look it up on the web. This is who's lining up to be our next First Lady? The only thing I can glean from Obama's constant harping about change is that we're in for a lot of new taxes.

For me, the choice is clear. I've looked carefully at the two leading applicants for the job, and I've made my choice.

Here's a question - where were you five and a half years ago? Around Christmas, 2002. You've had five or six birthdays in that time. My son has grown from a sixth grade child to a high school graduate. Five and a half years is a good chunk of time. About 2,000 days. 2,000 nights of sleep. 6, 000 meals, give or take.

John McCain spent that amount of time, from 1967 to 1973, in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp. When offered early release, he refused it. He considered this offer to be a public relations stunt by his captors, and insisted that those held longer than he should be released first. Did you get that part? He was offered his freedom, and he turned it down. A regimen of beatings and torture began.

Do you possess such strength of character? Locked in a filthy cell in a foreign country, would you turn down your own freedom in favor of your fellow man? I submit that's a quality of character that is rarely found, and for me, this singular act defines John McCain.

Unlike several presidential candidates in recent years whose military service is questionable or non-existent, you will not find anyone to denigrate the integrity and moral courage of this man. A graduate of Annapolis , during his Naval service he received the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross. His own son is now serving in the Marine Corps in Iraq . Barack Obama is fond of saying 'We honor John McCain's service...BUT...', which to me is condescending and offensive - because what I hear is, 'Let's forget this man's sacrifice for his country and his proven leadership abilities, and talk some more about change.'

I don't agree with John McCain on everything - but I am utterly convinced that he is qualified to be our next President, and I trust him to do what's right. I know in my heart that he has the best interests of our country in mind. He doesn't simply want to be President - he wants to lead America , and there's a huge difference. Factually, there is simply no comparison between the two candidates. A man of questionable background and motives who prattles on about change can't hold a candle to a man who has devoted his life in public service to this nation, retiring from the Navy in 1981 and elected to the Senate in 1982.

Perhaps Obama's supporters are taking a stance between old and new. Maybe they don't care about McCain's service or his strength of character, or his unblemished qualifications to be President. Maybe 'likeability' is a higher priority for them than 'trust'. Being a prisoner of war is not what qualifies John McCain to be President of the United States of America - but his demonstrated leadership certainly DOES.

Dear friends, it is time for us to stand. It is time for thinking Americans to say, 'Enough.' It is time for people of all parties to stop following the party line. It is time for anyone who wants to keep America first, who wants the right man leading their nation, to start a dialogue with all their friends and neighbors and ask who they're voting for, and why.

There's a lot of evil in this world. That should be readily apparent to all of us by now. And when faced with that evil as we are now, I want a man who knows the cost of war on his troops and on his citizens. I want a man who puts my family's interests before any foreign country.

I want a President who's qualified to lead.

I want my country back, and I'm voting for John McCain.

Even members of his own party are speaking out on MSNBC's love affair with the Messiah. No wonder Hillary supporters are deserting Obama. The Convention will do nothing to heal the wounds!!!

http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0808/Rendell_Obama_coverage_was_embarrassing.html

Three polls this week show a margin of 1, 2, and 3 points. This is pre-convention.

It explains why Crist wanted a revote to help Hillary. He knew it'd be close and that increased turnout would put Obama over the top.

Kerry was never this close in '04. Republicans tell me they're no where close to being as organized as they were in '04. Some had been called 3-4 times by rep volunteers at this time in '04. Not this year.

The Rs are not organized, there's no excitement, many dislike McCain, others are sick of Bush. Now the polls in Florida are closing in on them.

11:44 PM

Another Obama Troll who has overdosed on that licorice flavored Kool Aid. McCain hasn't even started to campaign or spend money and it's close. Obama is the one with the disaster of a campaign. Just like he would run the country. Spend...spend...spend.....

Kerry wasn't this close you fool. He was well ahead!!!!

Obama has more foreign policy experience than the last two presidents when they first ran. In fact, Clinton and GWB had none. Yet they both beat very experienced Washington insiders.

GHWB was a vet, CIA Dir., Congressman, V.P., and Pres. Yet he lost to a gov. from Arkansas.

Gore was V.P., Senator, Congressman, and a vet. Yet he lost to a 6 year gov with a weak executive system, recovering alcoholic, failed businessman.

If the polls are just 1-3% for the guy with many homes at this point, it won't take much more for Obama to make up the rest.

Turnout will be higher, there's 100,000 more Dems than a year ago. Add in some republican crossovers who are tired of the war, recession, unemployment, and republican incompetence, and you can see an Obama win in Florida.

11:48,

There was never a legitimate poll in Florida in '04 that had Kerry ahead.

Keep dreaming if you think a 1-3 point McCain lead before the convention, and before debates, will result in a McCain win in Nov.

It's funny how scared the you and the rest of the recession party are.

OBAMA will never win Florida.

period.

Trolls , get off your kool-aid dreaming acid trip. He screwed us in Fla and we will not forget. Our hillary votes were quashed, we will not forget.

McCian wins Florida easily, in fact Obama has pulled all Florida ads.

Obama is a dirty racist like Rev Jeremiah Wright.

Found out that Obama is trying to get the DOJ to stop the Ayers ad.

This is what he did to get elected in Chicago and Illinois; "lawyer" his way to office. So, here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Oytd6DaWk

Search "American issues project" if youtube deletes it.

12:57 -- just think, under Obama's healthcare plan you can got those teeth you've always wanted

NEVER CLICK ON A YOUTUBE LINK

YOU WILL GET RICKROLLED

[Donald Lance]

I'm lonely...please call me

http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/d30-14/drag-race-4.jpg

Ha 1:18,

Wrong.

Here's another link for the Ayers ad Obama is trying to get the DOJ to stop:

http://blip.tv/play/AcmWbY7hOQ

He can't use the "I was 8" excuse. Ayers said right after 9.11 that he'd bomb again. Obama was affliated with him from the mid 90s to early 00s - even served on a charity board with him.

Obama is WAY bad for this country.

OBAMA = BABY KILLER!!!

Obama's WORDS:

"I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”

“My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you’ll join me as we try to change it.”

“I ceased to advertise my mother’s race at the age of twelve or thirteen, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.”

“I found solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother’s race.”

“To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists.”

“I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves. They were more than satisfied; they were relieved — such a pleasant surprise to find a well-mannered young black man who didn’t seem angry all the time.”

“I had learned not to care. I blew a few smoke rings, remembering those years. Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though. …”

“…I’ve got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

“I can no more disown (Jeremiah Wright) than I can disown the black community.” –UPDATE: Barack Obama decided to “disown” him on Tuesday, April 29th after he realized his campaign was in severe turmoil due to his association with Mr. Wright.

“The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person…”

“That’s just how white folks will do you.”

Obama cannot and will not win Florida and probably will not win the election, so all those people thinking they are going to get a job at with the obama administration better start looking for jobs now instead of waiting until november 5.

Polls have been useless for the past 2-years due to cell phones. We just haven’t told you pinheads, cause you keep writing the checks. But we’ll keep it close so you can sell the soap… ;-)

Love,

Political Polling Consultants

MCSAME = YOUNG ADULT KILLER!!!

**NEWS ALERT: New Quinnipiac University Poll has McCain 47% to Obama 43% in Florida

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x2882.xml?ReleaseID=1210

Isn't that 8 polls in a row for McCain in Florida?

[Dave]

Who cares what the polls say now? McCain will win because many Obama supporters will not show up to vote and others will change their vote once they enter to booth.

If we have Obama, Pelosi and Reid running things with a 60% Senate Majority; get ready to bend over.

Also, on the house issue: How many ramshackle huts does Obamas brother own in Africa? Answer: he rents one for $1 a month and lives in poverty. Interesting isnt it?

I guess Karl Rove gave McToady instructions to post the ENTIRE Rove Memo on the Buzz today. Looks like the usual empty, meaningless propaganda. Rove and McToady exemplify everything that's wrong with politics, and you couldn't ask for a better reason to get rid of Bush, Cheney, McCain, and all of their ilk. We know that McToady just does what he's told, but honestly, given the nature of the slop he's givent to post here, his master and that whole gang are obviously paranoid racists.