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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:53 PM Original message |
According to latest Gallup poll all major GOP candidates competitive with Obama. |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not surprising given what he's faced, and with a hostile media. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Let's hope so indeed. Otherwise, this country is totally finished. n/t |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. McCain was leading in some polls and close in others before Lehman Brothers collapsed |
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boxman15 (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, it's been a rough period for him so it shouldn't be surprising. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Your link is bad. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yes, the original link was way too long, so I decided to use TinyURL. But I wanted people to know |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Starting this already? |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Already? Heck, they were matching Obama up against potential GOP candidates a year ago. n/t |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. Results like this should be expected with where his approval rating is. |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Regardless of the macro polling, the electoral college favors Repukes... |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I continue to believe that when all is said and done the American people will not be |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I was polled a while back |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Yes, Wishfull thinking |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. Interesting |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. In 1995 Bob Dole beat Clinton by 2 points in one Gallup poll. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Unemployment Was Around 5% And GDP Growth Was Around 4% In 96 |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Clinton had just come off the health care debacle and his administration was plagued by mistakes |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-24-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. All People Care About Is Their Pocketbook And Wallet And The Economy Was Booming |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Bob Dole was pretty reasonable as far as Republicans go |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-24-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. I'll take him any day over either Bush though |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. But we may have avoided W. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-24-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. IMO If McInsane Would Have Won |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-24-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I think W. would have ran in 2004 |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. But Dole was not totally batshit crazy like most of the current crop of GOP candidates are. |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. But things look w-a-y different on other polls |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. Meh. Polling is partly a PR game. The pollsters are trying to sell their skills to candidates: |
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IcyMedic (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. I Imagine it getting worse for Obama actually |
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TrainToCry (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. And yet he will still win. Is that going to disappoint you? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. Meaningless at this point. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. those polls do not mean jack shit...nt |
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