Comments on: Obama Seen As More Centrist Than McCain? http://donklephant.com/2008/07/08/obama-seen-as-more-centrist-than-mccain/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:56:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: wj http://donklephant.com/2008/07/08/obama-seen-as-more-centrist-than-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-411269 wj Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:17:07 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=6255#comment-411269 Since securing the nomination, Obama has worked at getting back to the center. Since securing the nomination, McCain has continued to work at getting to the right. Which is reflected in the perceptions of who is more moderate. And may also be why attempts by the McCain campaign to paint Obama as a liberal are failing: since McCain is still running hard to the right, people just assume that someone can be moderate in fact, even if they are liberal compared to McCain. Since securing the nomination, Obama has worked at getting back to the center. Since securing the nomination, McCain has continued to work at getting to the right. Which is reflected in the perceptions of who is more moderate.

And may also be why attempts by the McCain campaign to paint Obama as a liberal are failing: since McCain is still running hard to the right, people just assume that someone can be moderate in fact, even if they are liberal compared to McCain.

]]> By: paulk http://donklephant.com/2008/07/08/obama-seen-as-more-centrist-than-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-411267 paulk Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:34:19 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=6255#comment-411267 Alot of those people who are seeing him as more centrist are liberals.... Alot of those people who are seeing him as more centrist are liberals….

]]> By: kranky kritter http://donklephant.com/2008/07/08/obama-seen-as-more-centrist-than-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-411265 kranky kritter Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:42:03 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=6255#comment-411265 Right now the campaigns are in the period after the noms have been decided but prior to the conventions. IMO, that's a big lull period. It makes sense not to put too much emphasis on what the perceived trends are during such a lull. I think the sailboat race analogy applies here. The race will be decided when the wind picks up, and that hasn't happened yet. The wind picks up after the conventions, after labor day, and when the debates occur. Notice how stable the RCP state-by-states have been. Right now the campaigns are in the period after the noms have been decided but prior to the conventions. IMO, that’s a big lull period. It makes sense not to put too much emphasis on what the perceived trends are during such a lull. I think the sailboat race analogy applies here. The race will be decided when the wind picks up, and that hasn’t happened yet.

The wind picks up after the conventions, after labor day, and when the debates occur. Notice how stable the RCP state-by-states have been.

]]> By: Jimmy the Dhimmi http://donklephant.com/2008/07/08/obama-seen-as-more-centrist-than-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-411259 Jimmy the Dhimmi Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:32:07 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=6255#comment-411259 “I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views." – Barack Obama, <em>The Audacity of Hope</em> “I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”

– Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope

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