Comments on: Gallup: Obama Up By 2 http://donklephant.com/2008/09/17/gallup-obama-up-by-2-4/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joshua http://donklephant.com/2008/09/17/gallup-obama-up-by-2-4/comment-page-1/#comment-416658 Joshua Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:29:08 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=8069#comment-416658 Remember the comment I made the other day to the effect that Obama needs Sarah Palin's novelty to wear off soon to still have a shot at winning this thing? Well, the financial events of the last couple of days may have done the trick, and sooner than anyone expected. It's not that the Palin buzz has died down, rather it's been suddenly drowned out by the roar of pain from Wall Street. Now, I happen to think the economy, being far too complex and chaotic for any president to tame, is vastly overrated as a campaign issue, but anyone can see I'm in the tiny minority on that count. So, in order to win in November, McCain will have to convince voters that either (a) he has a better economic plan than Obama or (b) "It's the economy, stupid" was so last millennium. I wouldn't expect Palin to be of much usefulness here. Remember the comment I made the other day to the effect that Obama needs Sarah Palin’s novelty to wear off soon to still have a shot at winning this thing? Well, the financial events of the last couple of days may have done the trick, and sooner than anyone expected. It’s not that the Palin buzz has died down, rather it’s been suddenly drowned out by the roar of pain from Wall Street.

Now, I happen to think the economy, being far too complex and chaotic for any president to tame, is vastly overrated as a campaign issue, but anyone can see I’m in the tiny minority on that count. So, in order to win in November, McCain will have to convince voters that either (a) he has a better economic plan than Obama or (b) “It’s the economy, stupid” was so last millennium. I wouldn’t expect Palin to be of much usefulness here.

]]> By: Ed in NJ http://donklephant.com/2008/09/17/gallup-obama-up-by-2-4/comment-page-1/#comment-416646 Ed in NJ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:42:39 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=8069#comment-416646 This means that Obama had a pretty significant lead in the third day of polling. And with McCain and his merry band of lying liars making gaffe after gaffe while he tries to rebrand himself as some kind of economic wiz, it could get ugly for him real soon. This means that Obama had a pretty significant lead in the third day of polling. And with McCain and his merry band of lying liars making gaffe after gaffe while he tries to rebrand himself as some kind of economic wiz, it could get ugly for him real soon.

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