has some really good news, and this is the best part of it, for me:
"But the Times/CBS News poll suggested that Ms. Palin’s selection has, to date, helped Mr. McCain only among Republican base voters; there was no evidence of significantly increased support for him among female voters in general. White women are evenly divided between Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama; before the conventions, Mr. McCain led Mr. Obama among white women by a margin of 44 percent to 37 percent."
That's music to my ears, or eyes, because when the initial polling came out directly following the Palin pick, I was crestfallen that white women could be so stupid? This is the most aggressively anti-woman platform in years, and they were going to vote for it because one part of it had a vagina? But that was just statistical noise, and I guess Chuck Todd was onto something when he advised Joe "repuke whore concern troll" Scarborough to show caution, because the Mondale people would tell him the only time they ever thought they might be able to win it was the one week directly following the Ferraro pick...but that balloon had burst shortly afterwards.
Also:
"By contrast, at this point in the 2004 campaign, President Bush was leading Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic challenger, by 56 percent to 37 percent among white women."
And, overall:
"Mr. Obama has the support of 48 percent of registered voters, compared with 43 percent for Mr. McCain"
Just to be clear, my own personal opinion is that, unless they are indicating a blowout, polls mean shit except in the days right before the election, when you can discern which way the momentum is going as we go to the polls, and how the independents have swung. So, this means little...but it's still heartening to see that the Palin pick is settling down...probably not Dixie's erection over it though. That boy needs to see a doctor! Doesn't he listen to those cialis commercials?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/us/politics/18poll.html?hp
"But the Times/CBS News poll suggested that Ms. Palin’s selection has, to date, helped Mr. McCain only among Republican base voters; there was no evidence of significantly increased support for him among female voters in general. White women are evenly divided between Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama; before the conventions, Mr. McCain led Mr. Obama among white women by a margin of 44 percent to 37 percent."
That's music to my ears, or eyes, because when the initial polling came out directly following the Palin pick, I was crestfallen that white women could be so stupid? This is the most aggressively anti-woman platform in years, and they were going to vote for it because one part of it had a vagina? But that was just statistical noise, and I guess Chuck Todd was onto something when he advised Joe "repuke whore concern troll" Scarborough to show caution, because the Mondale people would tell him the only time they ever thought they might be able to win it was the one week directly following the Ferraro pick...but that balloon had burst shortly afterwards.
Also:
"By contrast, at this point in the 2004 campaign, President Bush was leading Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic challenger, by 56 percent to 37 percent among white women."
And, overall:
"Mr. Obama has the support of 48 percent of registered voters, compared with 43 percent for Mr. McCain"
Just to be clear, my own personal opinion is that, unless they are indicating a blowout, polls mean shit except in the days right before the election, when you can discern which way the momentum is going as we go to the polls, and how the independents have swung. So, this means little...but it's still heartening to see that the Palin pick is settling down...probably not Dixie's erection over it though. That boy needs to see a doctor! Doesn't he listen to those cialis commercials?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/us/politics/18poll.html?hp
