people should know...those POLL not true... they didnt asked everyone... NOT BELIEVE THE POLL...NO TRUE

In a country with over 330 MILLION people, the jack_holes at CBS find two hundred and eighty-five people to ask about one of Bill Clinton's spiritual blow-job counselor . . .

Okay... Hillary can no longer say that Obama cant handle the Republicans during the general. Hes been going through so much bad shit recently, and he still comes out up by 12?? Up 11 against McCain?

An overwhelming majority see her gas tax "holiday' as a political ploy.

Which is now going hand in hand with her honesty factor.

She must be trilled to be so trusted and believable.

Nice overreach on the gas tax thing, Hil.

No, no, don't stop pushing it now. Run your gas tax cuts into the ground. Never give up!

Another interesting thing in here is that only 7% say Obama is a Muslim. I'm thinking that was way higher, like 20%, before Wright I and II.

Anyway, this poll has lots in it.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20080505_POLL.pdf

Odd considering the results in populous states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, New York, California, New Jersey, Florida.

Maybe Obama is one of those guys that people tell pollsters they like but have trouble pulling the lever for.

Tuesday should help to clear things up.

Good, it looks like that issue has been put to rest. Now, can we PLEASE not have a daily "WRIGHT OMG SCARY BLACK PREACHER HURTING OBAMA'S CHANCES" post here at TPM? Kthnxbye.

Clinton was doing much better when she was going strictly negative on Obama. The gas tax proposal was a bad move, because it brought her back into the spotlight, where her flaws--trustworthiness, primarily--were highlighted. (See, I could be a pundit, too!)

Didn't the poll say that 60 percent of Hillary's own supporters aren't in favor of the gas tax holiday?

I read the Times article a little while ago and was led to believe the findings were pretty hugely against the idea, much more than implied above.

Hillary is a succubus.

Bill is an incubus.

Gotta love the way the trend lines are trending!

HRC is NOT electable!

Any polls that show Clinton beating McCain today are just as accurate as the polls 6 months ago that indicated Clinton would get 60+% of the vote in the primary.

Limbaugh et al. have deliberately held their fire. If HRC is nominated, there will be months of ranting about the violation of the spirit of the 22nd amendment to install the Clinton co-presidency for a third term. Among many other rants.

Given the virtual certainty the Obama will lead in pledged delegates after June 3, even after seating FL and MI delegates as selected at their state conventions (a net 60 for Clinton), large numbers of Obama supporters will feel cheated and betrayed if Obama is not the nominee. HRC will not have enthusiastic support among some core Demo voting blocks, if she wins the nomination without coming in first place in the contest for earned delegates.

I feel pretty certain that HRC cannot win in the fall. I've felt that way since she announced her candidacy. Even more so now.

From "Head of State"

http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/05/clinton-calls-for-bad-weather-holiday.html

Monday, May 05, 2008

Clinton Calls for "Bad Weather Holiday"

"When asked this morning by ABC News' George Stephanopoulos if she could name a single economist who backs her call for a gas tax holiday this summer, HRC said "I'm not going to put my lot in with economists.”

The gas tax holiday is...so economically stupid (it would increase demand for gas and cause prices to rise, eliminating any benefit to consumers while costing the Treasury more than $9 billion, and generate more pollution) and silly (even if she won, HRC won’t be president this summer) as to be worrisome. That HRC now says she doesn’t care that what economists think is even more troubling."

-Robert Reich, May 4, 2008

I know we've got those "intellectual", high-falutin', elitist meteorologists, those "forecasters" with their complicated charts and their mumbo-jumbo, their high fronts and their low fronts, their Doppler radars. But I've come to say that we're going to put an end to all of that.

When my daddy and I went out in the morning in (Scranton, Indianapolis, Durham, Hagåtña, Charlotte Amalie, San Juan), and he said "It's going to be a sunny day today", well, that was good enough for me.

And that's why, if you vote for me on (May 6, May 13, June 3), I will put into effect a "Bad Weather Holiday" running from the years 2009-2012--and potentially extendable.

That's right. We shouldn't have to eat our (hot dogs, barbecue, tamales, Chicken Estufao, Stewed oxtail) under rainy skies. We've had enough of going off to work in the (streets, sands, seas) of this most beautiful (state, territory) only to face a cold, cloudy day. We know what it's like to rest our weary bones after a hard day of labor in the nearest (local watering hole, locale taberna, berlina) only to step out into a stiff, tiring wind.

The Weather issue is very real to me, as I've been meeting people across this nation who (walk, drive, sail, ride ox before stewing tail) to work, and would save precious sums if they did not have to spend their hard earned money on "umbrellas" and "rain coats" and other high priced, high class items of the upper crust.

But I say: Let the 'Umbrella Lobby' take the brunt--not our hard working citizens. Oh, sure. I know elite opinion and so called "academic experts" say that my plan would cause 12 straight years of hail, swarms of ravenous locusts, and a vortex of hurricanes ranging from the Mideast to the West Coast.

But I don't put stock in experts. And neither should you. And that's why you should vote for me on (May 6, May 13, June 3).

Cite:

Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/05/clinton-calls-for-bad-weather-holiday.html

I'm sorry -- I would LOVE to believe this poll, but the numbers don't add up. The sample size is tiny, but beyond that the MOE is not quoted accurately! According to basic binomial statistics the absolute minimum MOE would be 17%. I have no clue how you massage the numbers (read: miscalculate) to get that MOE.

A modest proposal: Randall Robinson, Cornel West, Charles Lawrence, and a bunch of other AA "intellectuals" argue on behaf of so-called "reparations" for AAs. I'd like to propose a similar concept: "repatriations." Let's assume that unlike other immigrant groups, nearly all AAs are net-net no gain at all to the economy. But let's further assume half of them are serious sources of costs i.e. prisons, crime, welfare, pointless "educational" expense. So that's maybe 20 million people. So the Us government offers these 20 million people, let's say 100k each, in return for giving up US citizenship and being repatriated to, say, Ghana. For a family of five i.e. mommy and five kids, half a million dollars is enough to live like royalty in Ghana. And for single thug-life guys, a 100k should be enough for plenty of bitches, as they so colorfully say. But for the U.S. the benefits would be well worth the increased taxes necessary to pay for this scheme. Imagine, lower crime, urban neighborhoods opened up for revitalization, make-believe collegs and academic departments could be shuttered. It would be almost an American renaissance.

The new USA Today/Gallup poll shows Obama has taken a huge tumble. Here are some excerpts. Here's the link to the whole story.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-04-obama_N.htm?csp=15

Barack Obama's national standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, raising questions for some voters about the Illinois senator's values, credibility and electability.

In the USA TODAY survey, taken Thursday through Saturday, Clinton leads Obama among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents by 7 percentage points, the first time in three months she has been ahead. Two weeks ago, before the controversy over comments by Jeremiah Wright reignited, Obama led by 10 points.

• One in four Americans who are following the controversy say their "best guess" is that Obama agrees with Wright's views, even though the senator has said repeatedly he finds them offensive and wrong.

• Obama has lost the 8-point advantage he held over Clinton in February as someone who "shares your values." Clinton has a 5-point edge among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents.

According to the Associated Press, Obama has 1,742½ delegates, Clinton 1,607½. In the national survey, Clinton now leads the Democratic presidential contest, 51%-44%, a reversal from two weeks ago. Obama's standing among Democrats and Democratic leaners has dropped 6 points; Clinton's is up 11.

Most Democratic voters are happy to see the contest between Obama and Clinton go on. One in four say Clinton should concede and one in seven say Obama should do so, but 60% say both should continue to campaign.

Newsweek says Oprah left Jeremiah Wright's church because she was never comfortable with the tone of his sermons. Excerpt:

Winfrey was a member of Trinity United from 1984 to 1986, and she continued to attend off and on into the early to the mid-1990s. But then she stopped. A major reason—but by no means the only reason—was the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

According to two sources, Winfrey was never comfortable with the tone of Wright's more incendiary sermons, which she knew had the power to damage her standing as America's favorite daytime talk-show host. "Oprah is a businesswoman, first and foremost," said one longtime friend, who requested anonymity when discussing Winfrey's personal sentiments. "She's always been aware that her audience is very mainstream, and doing anything to offend them just wouldn't be smart. She's been around black churches all her life, so Reverend Wright's anger-filled message didn't surprise her. But it just wasn't what she was looking for in a church."

paul krugman's boss is such a crazy bitch! he works his butt off for her, and then she insults him. some guys are in to that, though.

It's weird to think that voters could use the gas tax holiday (which will never ever happen as Clinton describes it) as a single issue for their votes in IN & NC.

But perhaps the hammering by Obama on the rank dishonesty by Clinton in proposing it could play into the general theme of Hillary's untrustworthiness with voters. He seems to have played this issue correctly and made it part of the larger narrative against her. Will the voters bite?

If you are an Obama supporter, time to call Indiana today. I also imagine that you could use Hillary's list from her website to call voters for Obama in Indiana as well. Just a thought.

Hillary is on a freight train that leaves a station traveling at 30 miles per hour. Obama is on a passenger train that leaves 1 hour later traveling at 50 miles per hour. Before either train leaves the station, Hillary gives Obama one of her three testicles. Who arrives at the next station first?

Andy,
Obama's party connections? Who have been Democratic royalty for the past 14 years? The biggest fundraisers. Mrs. Invevitble. The Clintons! When I began supporting him last June, I NEVER thought he'd be where he is now. He hasn't gone after her electability issues, unlike Clinton that seems to relish in providing the GOP with clips to use against Obama in the Fall. Stay classy, Hillary supporters!