New ABC/WaPo Poll: McCain's attacks create BLOWBACK

[ruggerson]

Attack Blowback
October 12, 2008 6:02 PM

The McCain campaign’s more aggressive tone is prompting pushback from the public: Registered voters by a broad margin now believe John McCain is more focused on attacking his opponent than on addressing the issues in the 2008 presidential election.

Barack Obama, by contrast, is perceived even more widely as sticking to the issues, this new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds – a striking point of differentiation between the two. More differences will be reported in the full release of this ABC/Post poll on ABCNews.com at 12:01 a.m. and Good Morning America on Monday morning.

While McCain’s image as the more negative of the two is not new, it’s sharpened considerably, coinciding with his campaign’s more pointed criticisms of Obama in the last few weeks, including Sarah Palin's accusation that Obama’s been "palling around with terrorists."

Registered voters by a 24-point margin, 59-35 percent, now say McCain is more focused on attacking his opponent rather than addressing the issues. That’s grown from a roughly even 48-45 percent split on this question in late August.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2008/10/attack-blowback.html

[Drunken Irishman]

1. I hate teases!!!!!

I bet Obama has opened up a double digit lead in this poll.

[Schulzz]

2. 64% say Obama is adressing the issues.

Now if everybody would vote based on them...

[writes3000]

9. Actually, it's 68% who say he's addressing the issues. nt

[Schulzz]

13. You are right, I looked at the wrong date. nt

[donco6]

3. What? You mean the guy on this a.m. with Brokaw was lying?

Because he was saying Obama had more negative ads than McCain. Hmmm . . . I just don't understand it. :sarcasm:

on edit, forgot sarcasm thingy.

[Hope And Change]

6. Phew, I just saw that you edited your post while I was about to reply your post.

[donco6]

18. Yeah, I read it when it popped up and thought . . .

"people might take this the wrong way."

Anyway, I don't know who it was this a.m., but he was spinning the biggest yarn I've heard yet - completely glossing over the fact that McCain/Palin were stirring up uncontrollable hatred, and that respectable people from all over were warning them to knock it off. Even McCain himself was trying to back off a bit with the "Obama is an Arab" woman. But this guy just soldiered on, calling Obama a hypocrite for complaining about McCain attacking "the issues." Right. As if anything McCain has been talking about for the past week had anything to do with issues. And then he denied that McCain had changed the topic from the economy to Obama! And RIGHT IN FRONT of me was "The Week" magazine with a cartoon of McCain in front of a chalkboard with "economy" scratched out and "Obama" underlined. Who do they think they're fooling? Cheerist.

[Hope And Change]

25. It was former Congressman Portman from Ohio.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. Freeper idiots will be flummoxed

They continually fail to understand that the vast majority of the country cannot stand their stupidities.

They've been so taken by a dumb rhetoric of the "heartland" that they think most people agree with them, especially the "ordinary Joe.' The ordinary Joe thinks that they are assholes, of course. Whenever this basic fact emerges into public consciousness, they sputter and gripe like it's all a big conspiracy. Here's a clue, Freeper morons: people don't like extremist rhetoric in general because it speaks to instability. They don't like your asinine militarism and hate-filled diatribes. That's why Obama is beating you so soundly.

[ruggerson]

7. exactly

[theothersnippywshrub]

21. At least one freeper says: "Palin may be the greatest mind in American politics today."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103925/posts?page=18#18

Just in case you wanted a laugh or more evidence for freeper stupidities.

[cui bono]

24. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Alright, I admit it. I :rofl: already. But I think I'm tearing up a bit now...

[Cha]

5. HaHa..didn't work you Artic Moosekiller..

"While McCain’s image as the more negative of the two is not new, it’s sharpened considerably, coinciding with his campaign’s more pointed criticisms of Obama in the last few weeks, including Sarah Palin's accusation that Obama’s been "palling around with terrorists."

[Schulzz]

8. The independents numbers are devastating for McCain.

Obama is mainly:
Addressing Attacking
the issues his opponent
Independents 68 26

McCain is mainly:
Addressing Attacking
the issues his opponent
Independents 33 61

[sunnybrook]

14. Those numbers rock!

[Bullet1987]

15. McCain can't hope to win if Independents are split that badly on election day

At least if he tries to salvage his reputation over the next 3 weeks, some of them may come back to him.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. So are they just releasing this part of the poll? What about the actual "who you voting for?"

[Drunken Irishman]

11. That'll be released at midnight EST.

[ruggerson]

12. it's a teaser

the rest of the poll comes tonight.

[emulatorloo]

16. Article says full poll released tomorrow morning n/t

[bigdarryl]

17. BUT what the story doesn't address is whether those polled will vote for Obama

[Drunken Irishman]

20. It hints at it.

Remember, he's seen the numbers and says "blowback".

If the numbers weren't impacting the race, he would have said, "McCain attacks helping".

[Sodan]

19. Love it - don't need any more news tonight.

Bet it's good news tomorrow when I wake up :)

[stevietheman]

22. So, what Cindy is saying about the next President Barack Obama isn't true? :) n/t

n/t

[DeepModem Mom]

23. K&R