Comments on: Rasmussen: McCain, Obama Tied http://donklephant.com/2008/09/09/rasmussen-mccain-obama-tied-3/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:41:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stuperb http://donklephant.com/2008/09/09/rasmussen-mccain-obama-tied-3/comment-page-1/#comment-415835 Stuperb Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:41:49 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=7734#comment-415835 Mike, good points. It seems like Obama initially thought that ignoring Palin was the best strategy (I thought this was a good plan, too, in the beginning) but was surprised by the excitement she's brought to the race. So now I'm torn. He has to talk about her a bit just to avoid questions about why he's ignoring her, but he really needs to get back to his message and talk about McCain and the issues for which he'd been building momentum. His comments in Michigan yesterday about the Constitution and detainees were a great start, in my opinion. We need him to get back to this kind of thinking. Mike, good points.

It seems like Obama initially thought that ignoring Palin was the best strategy (I thought this was a good plan, too, in the beginning) but was surprised by the excitement she’s brought to the race.

So now I’m torn. He has to talk about her a bit just to avoid questions about why he’s ignoring her, but he really needs to get back to his message and talk about McCain and the issues for which he’d been building momentum.

His comments in Michigan yesterday about the Constitution and detainees were a great start, in my opinion. We need him to get back to this kind of thinking.

]]> By: mike mcEachran http://donklephant.com/2008/09/09/rasmussen-mccain-obama-tied-3/comment-page-1/#comment-415833 mike mcEachran Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:33:41 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=7734#comment-415833 Something like 9 out of 10 posts here are still about Palin. (I didn't do the exact math - but it's a lot). Good, bad, or indifferent at least we're talking about her, and that's supporting this "bump". Not sure how he can do it, but if Obama can get this thing back to being about his policies and vision vs. McCain's, he'll get back his lead. I guess, with only 8 weeks left, we're consumed with catching up on Palin info, so the posts keep coming. Can this last for 8 weeks? nah... We've got debates coming up at least. Something like 9 out of 10 posts here are still about Palin. (I didn’t do the exact math – but it’s a lot). Good, bad, or indifferent at least we’re talking about her, and that’s supporting this “bump”. Not sure how he can do it, but if Obama can get this thing back to being about his policies and vision vs. McCain’s, he’ll get back his lead. I guess, with only 8 weeks left, we’re consumed with catching up on Palin info, so the posts keep coming. Can this last for 8 weeks? nah… We’ve got debates coming up at least.

]]> By: Avinash_Tyagi http://donklephant.com/2008/09/09/rasmussen-mccain-obama-tied-3/comment-page-1/#comment-415826 Avinash_Tyagi Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:15:46 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=7734#comment-415826 He won't this numbers include saturday and sunday, which were good polling days for McCain (according to Nate Silver at 538), as these cycle out in the next few days, replaced by Obama favorable days it will shift back to an Obama lead He won’t this numbers include saturday and sunday, which were good polling days for McCain (according to Nate Silver at 538), as these cycle out in the next few days, replaced by Obama favorable days it will shift back to an Obama lead

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