I'm going to be interested to see how the evangelical vote/turnout plays out in November. These numbers plus Obama currently leading among independents has to have McCain between a rock and a hard place when it comes to VP choice, too.

Wow! This is indeed quite interesting, I must say!

Don't forget that 25% of Republicans took the time to come out and vote against McCain in PA, NC, and IN... all AFTER he clinched the nomination.

After mcbush's performance is anybody shocked by this? I'm not. If I was a republican I would be hoping for a miracle at this point as well. Mcbush is awful. No charisma, no brains, zippo. I still think that obama could break 350 at least and we are just getting warmed up.

That's not change we can believe in.

Couple of interesting things-

#1- In almost every single favorability poll, McC does well over all, but people have very soft opinions. No one really hates him but no one really likes him either. He gets the 'somewhat favorable/unfavorable' responses but relatively few 'Verys'. This doesn't bode overly well for McCain with a dynamic opponent like Obama. It is basically Obama's race to win or lose. Conversely- Obama is either loved or hated. He gets a lot of Very favorables but also a lot of Very unfavorables. Some people really just don't like Obama. On the whole he is getting alot more very favorables than anything else and has a higher favorablity than McC so non-Obama people aren't hurting him too much.

#2- Pollster is begining to show some promising trends. With the exception of FL, every state with enough polls to calculate trends - McCain is at best holding steady in the last month. Most of them, particularly swing states, show McCain is declining. Obama is declining in some of those as well, but not to the same extent McC is and in those cases, I think Obama just needs to get people more comfortable with him and the state is his.

I think that the 30% dems who are not sure should be pointed to yesterday's Supreme Court ruling and reminded of what would happen to the make-up of the court if McSame was elected.

It seemed that the Republicans were looking for the perfect man: strong, ideologically pure. And none of the clowns seemed quite perfect. One too this, other too that.

Democrats wanted someone who would win and get things done. Clean up the mess. There weren't many ideological differences. It was not 1968. The biggest diff was who was more electable, more experienced, more inspirational. There might be some who think Obama doesn't qualify in that regard, but no one thinks he's going to go against any major planks of the platform.

It's important to remember that McSame won the Republican nomination by default after Rudy! imploded, Fred Thompson disintegrated, Mittens disgusted, and Huckleberry frightened. No enthusiasm there; McSame was the least repugnant, the last one standing.

By contrast, Obama, Hillary and Edwards all had enthusiastic supporters; Obama had to do everything right to win. So with the Dems, we've got the best of the best; with the Repugs, they've got the best of a bad lot. I think this poll reflects that dynamic, which should continue throughout the campaign.

The reason Clinton supporters will not vote for Obama is because they are embarrassed of him, his life, his unfair tactics and his beliefs. And they still don't know all about him.

They don't want a candidate that has been in a twenty year relationship with Reverend Wright and the Trinity United Church of Christ.

They don’t’ want a candidate that has a twenty year relationship with Father Pflaeger as his compass in life

They don’t want a candidate that went to a church that supports Louis Farrakhan, an anti Semitic racist.

They don't want to defend Black Liberation theology.

They don’t want a candidate that lies about his relationship with Tony Rezko, the Syrian Criminal that sold his property to Obama and supported his campaign.

They don't want a candidate that could work with a domestic terrorist, William Ayers.

They don’t' want a candidate that didn't stand up for the voters of Michigan and Florida.

They don’t want a candidate that Hamas supports.

They don’t want a candidate that Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam support

They don’t want a candidate that has a wife that has just now realized she was proud of our country.

They don’t want a candidate that denies Florida and Michigan their voices

They don’t want a candidate that mentions 57 states in his speeches. 50 states in the USA and 57 states in the Nation of Islam (IOC website)

They don’t want a candidate that fights unfair and steals Michigan delegate votes from his opponent.

They don’t want a candidate that feels sorry to leave a church that is anti American and that preaches hatred and racial views that are cruel and nasty.

They don't want a candidate that is inexperienced.

They don’t want a candidate that considers it a loss to not to be able to attend his anti American, racist Church.

They don’t want a candidate that has a Muslim father.

They don’t’ want a candidate that can’t win a debate

They don’t’ want a candidate that misleads the youth with an ‘Obama girl and her behind in their face”

They don’t want a candidate that says he’s an African American and missed the MLK Remembrance Day and the Louisiana Black Caucus meeting

They don’t want a candidate that has done nothing for humanity except talk about it.

They don’t' want a candidate named; Barack Hussein Obama

He scares them to death.
He is embarrassing.
He is unelectable.

This is the sort of bad news that could kill an elderly person, such as John McCain, had he lived to see it.

comment was supposed to be directed to bdh - sorry bout that.

Is that like the paranoid "They?" The imagined "they?" The feared and rejected "they?"

Unless you are ready to identify the "they," I suggest you go back on your meds.

Alecki are you popping the same pills as McBush's wife. Not only is Barack Hussein Obama electable he's going to be the next President...get used to it. The Republicans don't even like McCain. Our best shot at becoming a better America is Barack. You are going to vote for him as well...admit it!

I think that everyone will be surprised at the number of former Republicans who will not vote that way in November. Quite a few Evangelical Christians will dispatch and vote for Obama. Especially in the South, quite a few Evangelicals will dispatch and vote for the Constitution Party. I'm convinced that those two facts will give Obama a win in a least one of the "safe Red" southern states.

In fact, being a South Carolina native, I think that if Obama were to spend a little time campaigning there, combined with quite a few Republicans running off to join up with the Constitution Party or the Libertarian Party, he could easily win that state. He just has to try.

BUMPER STICKERS:

OBAMA - YES WE CAN!

HILLARY - NO YOU CAN'T

MCCAIN - WHERE'S THE CAN!

Above comment for Alecki