Election Central Sunday Roundup
McCain: I'm Not Bush
Appearing this morning on Meet The Press, John McCain reiterated his "I am not George Bush" line. "So do we share a common philosophy of the Republican Party? Of course," McCain explained "But I've, I've stood up against my party, not just President Bush, but others."
Obama Seizes On "Common Philosophy" Remark
At a rally today in Denver, Barack Obama will go after John McCain's concession on Meet The Press that he and President Bush share a common philosophy. "But then, just this morning, Senator McCain said that he and President Bush - 'share a common philosophy,'" Obama will say, according to prepared remarks. "That's right, Colorado. I guess that was John McCain finally giving us a little straight talk, and owning up to the fact that he and George Bush actually have a whole lot in common."
Obama In Colorado
Barack Obama is campaigning in Colorado today, with a 1:30 p.m. ET rally in Denver, and a 5:30 p.m. ET rally in Forth Collins. Joe Biden is off the campaign trail today.
McCain In Iowa And Ohio, Palin In Florida And North Carolina
John McCain is holding a 2 p.m. ET rally in Cedar Falls, Iowa, a 5:30 p.m. ET rally in Zanesville, Ohio, and a 7:15 p.m. ET rally in Lancaster Ohio. Sarah Palin has a 12 p.m. ET rally in Tampa, Florida, a 3 p.m. ET rally in Kissimmee, Florida, and a 7 p.m. ET rally in Asheville, North Carolina.
Polls: Obama Way Ahead In Iowa
Two new polls of Iowa raise doubts as to whether McCain appearance today in the state is really the best use of his time. From Research 2000: Obama 54%, McCain 39%. And from Mason-Dixon: Obama 51%, McCain 40%.
Poll: Obama Also Way Ahead In New Hampshire
A new University of New Hampshire poll gives Barack Obama a 54%-39% lead in New Hampshire, and Democrats sweeping all the down-ticket races there this year. A caveat: Obama has been infamously burned by New Hampshire polls before, so the state's Dems should be anything but complacent.
Obama: McCain Attacking Bush "Like Robin Getting Mad At Batman"
At a rally yesterday in New Mexico, Barack Obama ridiculed John McCain's attempts to distance himself from George W. Bush's economic policies. "It's like Robin getting mad at Batman," Obama said.
Palin: Obama Will Abolish All Private Property
Campaigning yesterday in Iowa, Sarah Palin upped the ante on the GOP's efforts to paint Barack Obama as some kind of a Marxist because he wants the tax structure to be slightly more progressive, warning that all property would be collectively owned under Obama:
"See, under a big government, more tax agenda, what you thought was yours would really start belonging to somebody else, to everybody else," Palin said. "If you thought your income, your property, your inventory, your investments were, were yours, they would really collectively belong to everybody." Note: Palin is the governor of a state that practices the collective ownership of profitable natural resources.
Holy Shit Iowa and NH! Good work folks!
And McCain, stop saying the same shit over and over and over. It didn't resonate the first time, and it ain't gonna pick up steam anytime soon.
Dope.
October 26, 2008 12:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
John McCain saying that he wants to change America looks like he wants to switch from the tactics of Genghis Khan which he and his party has used for the last 13 years and now wanting to switch to the tactics of Attila the Hun.
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October 26, 2008 1:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Stop spamming me you creepy fuck.
October 26, 2008 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's why I hope he continues to talk the same ragtime.
I caugfht a bit of the interview with him this morning. Same old shit, and he's so bored with it he had a hard time remembering it all. Or he's senile.
October 26, 2008 3:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Asheville, North Carolina...
Yeah iam guessing Asheville isn't going to give her that warm of a welcome. Its most likely the most liberal city in the south east.
October 26, 2008 1:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just let the cat in and hanging on my door, Vote Change, Obama, in my little rural Republican leaning county. Happy days!
October 26, 2008 1:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Amelie,
I just got back from canvassing, and that door sign means that they have you on their list of Obama supporters. If you have already voted, or as soon as you do vote, give your local campaign office a call and let them know so they won't send scarce volunteers to your house again.
McCain is toast! Do you feel it?
October 26, 2008 1:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
And if you get a knock on your door, please answer. I did an afternoon of door-knocking. I know it's not something you want to do on a Saturday, talk to some guy with a clipboard, but I promise we're all cool, and if you're on our side we want you to not only vote, but get your friends voting.
Saturday might be a rough day after a night of fun for some. I talked to a guy who kept squinting and rubbing his temple like he had the worst hangover of his life. But he insisted on talking because he didn't get his voters' registration card yet, and was concerned. He looked in serious pain, but he wanted to know what might be up, and if he'll be able to vote.
October 26, 2008 2:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin has absolutely no clue what she's talking about. Those are just words on paper and she's the bobblehead designated to recite them.
Also, that MTP appearance by McCain was amazing. I've seen more coherence from drunk frat boys. The senility is really starting to show.
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October 26, 2008 1:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tucker Eskew was brought in by the campaign to play the role of handler/senior adviser to the candidate. What we're seeing here is Eskew's push polling and robo-smears being spouted off by the candidate on the stump.
October 26, 2008 1:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hah! Sarah Bobblehead! What a perfect image. Thanks!
October 26, 2008 1:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
How about picturing Sarah Palin's head on top of a caribou? I have created such an image and put it on a mug and t shirt LOL.
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October 26, 2008 2:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Please stop spamming us using the Reply function.
October 26, 2008 2:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Took him a minute or two to remember the other guy... Who was that again... That 5th Secretary of State...
George Schultz?
Yeah that guy...
HA!
October 26, 2008 2:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
And Sarah called Barney Frank "Uncle Barney" in the attempt to make him sound like Uncle Joe Stalin.
Man she's something.
October 26, 2008 1:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought she meant that more in the creepy "funny" uncle kind of way. Remember, in the minds of the Daddy Dobson crown, there's zero difference between homosexuals and pedophiles.
October 26, 2008 1:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm your Uncle Ernie, and I welcome you to Tommy's Holiday Camp...
October 26, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, you sure seem to make an awful lot of comments I was going to make. Uncle Ernie was certainly the first think I thought of when I heard that.
October 26, 2008 7:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, I figured she was getting at the "over friendly gay Uncle" angle...
October 26, 2008 2:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought it referred to Barney the purple cartoon dinosaur who plays with kids. And I detected some hints of gay and pedophilia.
October 26, 2008 6:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oddly enough, a trip through the Google turns up this section from On the Fringe by Morton David Rayside:
But Frank's provision of cover for the President went too far. Queer Nation members called him "Uncle Barney -- a happy homosexual househand on the Democratic Party plantation."
I doubt she meant to invoke a nickname Frank picked up during the don't ask don't tell fight, but it's a weird convergence. Maybe the person putting the words in her mouth was aware of the nickname, but didn't understand the origin? They just thought it was a perfect way to implement a socialist dig. A browse through the Google makes it look like the nickname is still used in gay oriented articles and blogs before the Palin reference. Now its suddenly all the rage with the wingnuts.
October 26, 2008 4:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm off to go see Barack today here in Fort Collins. The town is absolute BUZZING with excitement! Colorado is going blue, I tells ya.
October 26, 2008 1:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
So jealous, have fun.
October 26, 2008 1:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey - speaking of GOTV, I watched the movie "Drumline" again last night - I fucking love that movie - and it was on one of the MTV channels and they ran a graphic on the screen in one corner almost the whole movie reminding people to vote.
They had GOVT spots with Pink, too.
I was impressed.
October 26, 2008 1:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was watching the re-run of the Pavlik/Hopkins fight. How great was it that Hopkins' corner men had "Obama" on their forearm sleeves?
October 26, 2008 1:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Notice the McCain/Palin ticket has a 6-2 stump/rally advantage today. However given Biden's foot-in-mouth propensity, a tired Biden is a dangerous Biden, so it's better to keep him properly rested.
October 26, 2008 1:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Jonze, Biden did so great with the horrible Barbara West in Florida TV interview that I can forgive him his gaffes. She was so off the deep end and he handled it with grace and flair.
October 26, 2008 1:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Numbers!
McCain drew 1500 in NM, Obama had 25,000 in and 10,000 to 15,000 outside in NM!
In order for them to gain parity, they would have to go to a 10:1 appearance schedule!
October 26, 2008 1:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
just in from CNN
100,000 in Denver for Obama!
October 26, 2008 3:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shit!
We're going to get some "Silent Majority" Narrative coming in this week.
John
October 26, 2008 4:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain's options are limited to Palin! Obama's options are expanded by untold numbers of supporters everywhere who don't plan to stop anytime soon, Nov. 5 , 2008 is a day for counting; these odds look kinda good!
October 26, 2008 1:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Interesting. I thought the final week was going to be a ad blitz of Rev. Wright. I didn't expect them to try and paint Obama as Joesph Stalin Jr. The Republicans really do need to catch up with the modern era.
October 26, 2008 1:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Batman & Robin ... that is some seriously funny shit. Going back to "sidekick" McCain ... and yet another newscycle where McCain has to clarify and flipflop on his relationship with GWB.
October 26, 2008 2:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
If McCain wanted to run against Bush, he should have run in 2004.
October 26, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
She said WHAT?
This is such an unfunny joke.
October 26, 2008 2:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is a knee-slapper:
Why hasn't Obama stood up to his party leadership! I stand up to my party leadership! I'm a maverick! See my marickyness!
First, yes you are. You are Bush.
Next, Obama can't stand up to his party leadership. He is his party's leader.
October 26, 2008 2:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL!!!
Yes he is - that's so true. That's damn funny, too.
October 26, 2008 2:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin proves herself once again to be a FREAKIN' MANIAC!
October 26, 2008 2:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
If you go to the YouTube link for that Palin video, there are a good number of commenters saying that a woman yells out the 'N' word about 40 seconds in - and that Palin's reaction indicates she heard it.
Quite a few people over at the DU are saying the same thing. I was trying to listen for it at about 5 o'clock this morning (after playing loud guitar in a club all night), what I heard was inconclusive, although there is a woman's voice that seems to be yelling something that does sort of sound like that word.
Take a close listen and tell me what you think.
October 26, 2008 2:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Are there really people who buy her claim that an Obama victory will be an end to private property? How, in the name of all the moose in Alaska, can anyone think that, much less say it out loud, as candidate for vice president of the United States?
October 26, 2008 2:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
She appealing to the core of the core of the core of the "base": the white trash trailer park faction.
October 26, 2008 3:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, there really are. Not enough for them to win, but yes, there are plenty of people, from the angry farmer's hat wearing guys in small town NC to the rich frat boys at National Review who are convinced that Obama represents the beginning of the Revolution. The crazy rich people, in particular, are convinced come January 21, Bolshevik thugs will be exproproriating their assets and quartering hordes of smelly homeless people in the spare rooms of their McMansions.
October 26, 2008 7:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Obama campaign should pound McCain for the reactionary personality of McCain and his campaign. Their propensity to make statements and decisions, without due diligence. The shoot first ask questions later mentality that does not bode well for a POTUS.
The followign are examples:
Joe the Plumber
Supporter assault Hoax
Premature Innaugural address report by the NYT
add your own
October 26, 2008 2:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shoot first and ask no questions even later.
October 26, 2008 3:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
As everybody knows, the race is guaranteed to tighten between now and election day. Nobody can tell you why, or, for that matter when or how much, but rest assured it will tighten because, well, because it always does.
I'm inclined to agree. Here's a bit of ASCII art showing Obama's expected lead. It shows that some tightening at some point is inevitable.
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10/28 |-----*
10/29 |------*
10/30 |--------*
10/31 |-------* <--tightening!
11/01 |---------*
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October 26, 2008 2:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I love how MSNBC this morning is obsessing on Gallup's LV-I number, which was 51-44 yesterday, and Gallup's talking head indicated it would drop to 50-45 today.
The funnier thing is that MSNBC's anchor was talking about this number being double digits last week.
Really?
The highest number in the LV-I has been *7* in the last 18 days:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/111445/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Continues-Lead-McCain.aspx
What's been up over 10 is the LV-II, right below.
And what's that today?
It moved from 51-43 to 52-43. Obama has actually been expanding LV-II a tick each of the last three days.
The media wants a "close", "tightening" race.
It really isn't tightening much at all except when you focus on one poll, look in a narrow period of days, and basically cherry pick.
Frankly, the numbers remain stunningly good for Obama. The "tightening" is overplayed.
John
October 26, 2008 3:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain hopes his "I'm not George Bush" line gets traction with voters that he's not George W. Bush and he's a "change" candidate. Ok,I'll agree that John McCain is 100% John McCain, but we have to understand that 100% John McCain equals 90% George W. Bush as Senator McCain has supported Bush 90% of the time and has supported him on major policy initiatives. By comparison Obama is just a little bit Dick Cheney as he's a cousin many times removed. The American people want change from the failures of Bush-Cheney years and a 10% redirection doesn't cut it. We don't need 90% George W. Bush, we need significant change with Obama. Obama is only .oooo1% Cheney so he gives us the change we need to win universal health care, middle class tax breaks, fair taxation, affordable college education, ending the war in Iraq, truly making the US energy independent, healing racial and economic tensions, making the US a leader in the world for combating climate change, and so much more. Obama needs to stamp out this line of campaigning by Senator McCain.
October 26, 2008 4:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just for fun:
"Governor Sarah Palin's official photo"
Spread this around so it shows up on Google Image Search.
October 26, 2008 4:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
http://img110.imageshack.us/done.php?l=img110/3748/govpalin2006officialtz8.jpg
October 26, 2008 4:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
I understand that Palin doesn't like logic very much, but why does she have to torture it? What did logic ever do to her?
October 26, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
I laugh at Palin explaining communism. Who explained it to her? She probably still couldn't answer a question about it if asked. She has no intellectual curiosity, just pull the string and the fear & smear tactics spill out of her. If Palin's extremism is the future of the Republican party, the Democratic party should be in power for about 16 years at least.
October 26, 2008 9:46 PM | Reply | Permalink