O is on roll with robos. Soon there will be 5:1.

Who sits through robocalls? I mean I couldn't get five seconds into that audio capture and I knew what it was going in.

I think Obama is better off staying out of robocalls, folks get pissed off, it's like an intrusion and a nuisance.

I wonder if there is data to show how many are hung up on vs how many are listened to all the way through.

The best robocall would be a voice saying "Vote Obama!" and then hanging up.

All I can say is that I'm glad I don't live in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia or Indiana - I assume those are the states getting hit the hardest.

FWIW on the labor front, the fire fighters union has a :30 TV spot bashing McShame's health care plan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlHrS9o2vS4

McCain's remarks regarding the Biden foot-in-mouth:

Republican John McCain told voters in this key electoral state Tuesday he was personally tested by the same kind of crisis that Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph Biden warned Barack Obama will almost certainly face if elected president.

McCain recalled being ready to launch a bombing run during the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, which Biden said over the weekend tested a new President John F. Kennedy and was the template for the kind of "generated crisis" the 47-year-old Obama would face within six months of taking office.

"I was on board the USS Enterprise," McCain, a former naval aviator, said in the capital city of Harrisburg. "I sat in the cockpit, on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise, off of Cuba. I had a target. My friends, you know how close we came to a nuclear war."

As the crowd of several thousand began to swell with cheers and applause, he added with dramatic effect: "America will not have a president who needs to be tested. I've been tested, my friends."

No, don't re-read it, you've read it right the first time. It doesn't make any sense. McCain is claiming to be tested in decision-making by sitting in a fighter plane waiting for orders.

Of course if you want to talk about the Cuban Missile Crisis and Judgment, one might want to consider this -

I was at a luncheon hosted by the Truman National Security Project today. I’ll write more on the policy discussion in a bit, but I thought I’d relate an anecdote that noted author/journalist Joe Klein shared.

Klein says that he was talking with McCain several years ago about the Cuban missile crisis. As the crisis rumbled on, the Soviets sent two messages to the Kennedy brothers - a bellicose one sent through official diplomatic channels, and an offer of cooperation sent via backchannel.

Kennedy chose to respond to the diplomatic opening, which lead to the crisis’ eventual resolution.

Klein claims that he said to McCain, “you probably would have responded to the bellicose message.”

McCain apparently responded, “I probably would have.”

Who says judgment isn’t important?

http://www.allourmight.com/?p=66

Guys,
TPM missed one important thing in the today's PEW poll: battleground states.
Obama leads 52% to 37%, i.e. by 15% in the battleground states, one point better than the margin in its national poll. Notably, Bush won 10 of these 15 states in 2004, by margins ranging from less than 1% (Iowa and New Mexico) to 21% (Indiana).

On Oct. 9-12 On Oct. 16-19

Republican States---41(O)--51(M)----42(O)--49(M)
Democratic States---61(O)--29(M)----61(O)--30(M)
Battlegrounds-------48 (O)-41(M)----52(O)--37(M)

Battleground: CO, IN, FL, IA, MI, MN, MO, NV, NH, NM, NC, OH, PA, VA, WI.