McSame losing grip on FL, OH - Obama competitive in NC and IN

[britty 1]

Need to repeal that pesky amendment that limits the President to two terms. That way we can get an actual winner and not a wannabe that are running now. Bush again would be so funny. Just to see the Socialists cry would be worth it. I loved how the last time they threatened to leave the country.

we need to find a way to get Bush back in ...

[Ban Hammer 14,674]

Need to repeal that pesky amendment that limits the President to two terms. That way we can get an actual winner and not a wannabe that are running now. Bush again would be so funny. Just to see the Socialists cry would be worth it. I loved how the last time they threatened to leave the country.

we need to find a way to get Bush back in ...

i suppose that could save on the nasa budget, as all the left wingers blast off into orbit.

[kaydee457 13]

Florida: McCain Opens a Five-Point Lead rasmussenreports.com

Tue Sep 16, 9:37 AM ET

John McCain has once again opened a modest lead over Barack Obama in Florida.

The latest Fox News/Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Sunshine State finds John McCain attracting 49% of the vote while Barack Obama earns 44%. Eighty-four percent (84%) of McCain voters and 84% of Obama voters are certain of their vote and say they will not change their mind before Election Day.

Although McCain has now had an advantage in eight of ten Florida polls this year, this is his biggest lead in the state since June. Just a week ago, the candidates were tied in Florida. Both nationally and in Florida, polling suggests that the race for the White House today is very similar to the final results for Election 2004. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows McCain with a very modest lead nationally and McCain's five-point edge in Florida matches President Bush's margin of victory in the state four years ago.

Rasmussen Reports and Fox News Channel will jointly release a series battleground state polls every Monday night at 6:00 p.m. Eastern. Other polls tonight were released for Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania,and Virginia. See overview of all polling released this week.

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The Republican nominee is viewed favorably by 56% of Florida voters, Obama by 52%. For both men, those figures represent a slight decline over the past week.

Forty-four percent (44%) say they would be extremely or very comfortable with McCain as President while 40% say the same about Obama.

As for the running mates, 46% say they would be that comfortable with Joe Biden as President and 39% are that comfortable with Sarah Palin.

Nationally, 63% of voters say that John McCain is prepared to be President while 44% say the same about Obama.

Florida has been carried by the Republican presidential candidates in eight out of the last 10 elections, most notably in 2000 when it took a month to determine that George W. Bush was the winner. In 2004, Bush easily defeated Democrat John W. Kerry 52% to 47% in the Sunshine State. The closeness of the 2000 race, however, has given Florida the reputation of being a so-called swing state.

Rasmussen Markets data currently gives McCain a 73.0 % chance of winning Florida's 27 Electoral College votes in November. At the time this poll was released, Florida was rated as "Leans Republican" in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator. NOTE: Factors other than the latest Rasmussen Reports poll impact the Balance of Power ratings. The current status is indicated on the table in the upper righthand corner of this article.

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President George W. Bush earns good or excellent ratings from 34% of Florida voters, while 49% say the president is doing a poor job.

This telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports September 14, 2008. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

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[alienlovechild 75]

Trust me. Obama isn't competitive in Indiana so stop dreaming. No Democrat has won Indiana since 1964 and Obama will probably win but Indiana won't be in his win column.

[HAL 9000 96]

Think someone better go and see who said Texas was in play and gonna go hard there and then see who is in a bubble. His name rhymes with Osama.

Also Texas has a lot of electoral votes to add and most states are just.....well.....pretty much gonna be useless.

Wisconsin!

Oh its OK. You had all of us here with "Socialists"

[HAL 9000 96]

Trust me. Obama isn't competitive in Indiana so stop dreaming. No Democrat has won Indiana since 1964 and Obama will probably win but Indiana won't be in his win column.

So wait... is he or isn't he competitive in IN? If he wins, as you probably claim he might... then that would make him pretty competitive.

[alienlovechild 75]

Trust me. Obama isn't competitive in Indiana so stop dreaming. No Democrat has won Indiana since 1964 and Obama will probably win but Indiana won't be in his win column.

So wait... is he or isn't he competitive in IN? If he wins, as you probably claim he might... then that would make him pretty competitive.

I thought my post wasn't that complex. Obama isn't competitive in Indiana but Obama can still win the electoral college vote. I'm not going over the whole electoral college system again but it is possible for Obama to lose Indiana and win the election so I'm not being contradictory.

[HAL 9000 96]

Trust me. Obama isn't competitive in Indiana so stop dreaming. No Democrat has won Indiana since 1964 and Obama will probably win but Indiana won't be in his win column.

So wait... is he or isn't he competitive in IN? If he wins, as you probably claim he might... then that would make him pretty competitive.

I thought my post wasn't that complex. Obama isn't competitive in Indiana but Obama can still win the electoral college vote. I'm not going over the whole electoral college system again but it is possible for Obama to lose Indiana and win the election so I'm not being contradictory.

Sorry about that. Usually when tying two sentences with one subject, the entire subject is referred to with whatever verbs accompany it.

Sure, Obama can lose Indiana. He can also win it. I wouldn't let mixed sampling polls dictate my rationale for concluding an election that hasn't gotten here yet.