Daily Rasmussen poll - yawn

[mvd]

I DO NOT believe McCain has such a big lead among unaffiliateds.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

[grantcart]

1. McCain is ahead and they still give Obama a 60% chance of winning

The Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator currently shows now Obama leading in states with 210 Electoral College votes while McCain leads in states with 165 votes. When leaners are included, it’s Obama 273, McCain 227. Rasmussen Markets data gives Obama a 60.0 % chance of winning the White House.

[DangerDave921]

2. If it's YAWN

Then why start a post and why link to it? And why cite a poll at all, if you're going to immediately state that you don't believe it? Instead, you should just state your personal belief and be done with it.

Would you believe a poll that showed Obama in the lead?

[mvd]

4. The poll data is given every day, good or bad

And at this point, I wouldn't get too excited about a good poll from Rasmussen or Gallup. They have had it close much of the time. I'm not sure where the campaign is, really. I think we're still fine due to the state polls.

[TexasObserver]

3. if it shows McCain ahead, it has to be bogus

[4themind]

5. The way I've looked at it throughout is that

a poll is a poll, it may reflect the current state of the race or it may not. You can let them direct your actions or you can ignore them, ultimately the poll on "Nov. 4th" will be the binding one, and that will be the measure against which many other polls/theories will be judged, whether obama is "leading" now or if McCain is.

[PurityOfEssence]

6. "Yawn", "Ignore" and "Concern": the stepping-stones to oblivion

The Republicans are famous for being cold-blooded realists when it comes to campaigning, and they proved it again by choking back their collective ire and nominating someone most of them can't stand.

They pay attention and know which buttons to push to win, having no compunction about doing so.

We, on the other hand, flail around with little but pure emotion at times, and then wonder why a minority party repeatedly bests us.

This is a faith-based campaign, and many of its supporters are doing us a great disservice by simply not believing the world around them. By "faith-based", I'm not taking issue with the waaaaay to much religion being used, but the fact that suppositions about electability and about this man's intended policies are based on nothing but his word and the "feelings" of the devout. They forced this nominee upon us by shouting down any opposition, pooh-poohing other options and clamping down with harsh dismissals of racism or warmongering for anyone who would resist the messiah. To many of us, he's just not that good, but to the stalwarts, he's perfection itself.

So here we are. If we continue down this path of dismissing anything that doesn't confirm our prejudices, even the fact that McCain's campaign is terrible and people are fed up with the ruinous avarice of the monarchists over the last two and a half decades may not be enough to save us.

Pay attention, please, and don't ignore everything and everyone who says uncomfortable things. The rest of the world isn't enrapt with the glory and may never be; from them, votes will be obtained through reason and policy, not by hero-worship or the great virtue of ignoring.