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Perhaps you don't get it

oleeb — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:33:42 +0000

In reply to Americans don't want a Professor: they want a strong leader!

Perhaps you don't get it Bob.

The point is that McCain shouldn't even be in the running and the attacks have, in fact, been designed to tie Obama and thus put McCain into contention.

I hope that the post you cite at the end of yours means something, but I doubt it. The Obama campaign has sleepwalked since June and allowed the momentum and the message to be controlled by McCain. Obama comes off as another John Kerry. If doesn't change that right away, he will never be President of the United States.

Link? Because these number

bdh — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:41:45 +0000

In reply to Americans don't want a Professor: they want a strong leader!

Link? Because these number appear to be entirely bogus. I can't even find the first question you list on the Sept. 12 Newsweek internals. And on the second question, the number for Obama is 47 (compared to 46 for McCain), which is up a few points from previous numbers.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/158636?tid=relatedcl

There's probably very little

Fran — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:56:24 +0000

In reply to Americans don't want a Professor: they want a strong leader!

There's probably very little bs on this one when you consider the internals of the latest Newsweek poll, as reported on Meet the Press today.

Does he have strong leadership qualities needed to be President? Obama got only 26%

Does he have the knowledged and experience needed to be President? Only 15% thought so.

I was musing on this after

Fran — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:40:19 +0000

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I was musing on this after the Saddleback forum, depressed about Obama's halting speech pattern - all those ums as he searches for the right wording. They drive me nuts! I decided that people want an alpha male as President and that Obama doesn't convey that imagery. But then I rethought - could anyone in their right mind see Bush as an alpha male?

But I agree with you that ever since Ohio he's not inspired confidence.

I guess it now all comes down to whether issues matter more than the man. If they don't, he's never going to get his mojo back.

calling "bs" on this one

workingclasszero — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:26:47 +0000

In reply to Americans don't want a Professor: they want a strong leader!

calling "bs" on this one

Man, can we knock this crap

bdh — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:11:23 +0000

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Man, can we knock this crap off already?

The attacks against Obama

bob_bob_fo_fob — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:00:44 +0000

In reply to Americans don't want a Professor: they want a strong leader!

The attacks against Obama that McCain has carried out for months now have, to a large degree, had their desired effect.

Oh, dear. That sounds terrible.

The polls are tied.

The desired effect was to have the polls tied?

McCain appears to have whatever momentum there is in this election.

Since McCain's numbers are at a post-convention low, presumably you mean downward momentum.

How can I trust the guy who won't defend himself with defending America?

When things like this:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/216770.php
on the front page, I have to wonder if you've just woken up from a coma or something.