Comments on: Barack Obama’s lead expanding

By: Rayyan

Rayyan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:47:16 +0000

… except Obama is polling well in Virginia, Penn, Ohio and New Mexico, as well as nationally overall. This thing is far from done, but national polls are often transmitted ad infinitum by the media and can influence voters in swing states – otherwise the media wouldn’t be interested in them.

By: digitalcntrl

digitalcntrl — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:58:40 +0000

A bit premature to talk about Obama’s lead just yet. Candidates typically expect a significant bounce after their respective conventions. I would see their polling next week when the dust settles.

By: Katy Newton

Katy Newton — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:33:16 +0000

… except that the national poll isn’t really where it’s at. My understanding is that the election is likely to hang on the votes in Virginia, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Nevada and maybe Missouri.

By: Ashik

Ashik — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:54:57 +0000

All depends on whether McCAin can get the conservative religious right out on election day.

In that respect one can understand McCain’s choice of VP. Apparently Mrs. Palin personifies the ‘American Dream’. She married her childhood sweetheart, is a loving mother and wife and an honest no nonsense politician.

By: Amrit

Amrit — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:00:49 +0000

GO ON, MY SON!

What we really need is for the GOP to ‘fess up that Palin is actually an android, conveniently created for the purposes of being John McCain’s running mate.

I mean, come on. Pro-gun, pro-life, pro-religion, pro-reform, anti-corruption, anti-environmentalist and ‘pro’-feminism? All that, AND a photogenic cherry on top?

Yer havin’ a larff. I look forward to them loaning her out to the BBC for the new series of Doctor Who.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:26:18 +0000

When will she denounce her close links to these separatists?!?!

By: Ravi Naik

Ravi Naik — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:46:10 +0000

She has to be tied to the AIP, who are apparently an entryist sort of group.

I read that they are a fringe group with only 1%-3% support. Her husband was member of AIP until 2002.

By: Ravi Naik

Ravi Naik — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:42:37 +0000

Wouldnâ€™t you just love to be a â€™self employed gold minerâ€™?

Heh. Alaska seems like an unique place. My favourite TV show of all times is Northern Exposure. I can’t recommend this series highly enough.

By: Nyrone

Nyrone — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:02:17 +0000

Hallelujah!

By: douglas clark

douglas clark — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:42:51 +0000

This is quite interesting:

http://tinyurl.com/6x46fv

Wouldn’t you just love to be a ‘self employed gold miner’?

By: douglas clark

douglas clark — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:22:13 +0000

Ravi,

I don’t think that is quite the clincher you and I would like it to be. She’s just doing the courteous host spiel. She has to be tied to the AIP, who are apparently an entryist sort of group.

This is fun, isn’t it?

By: Ravi Naik

Ravi Naik — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:53:24 +0000

Here is a video that she prepared this year for the AIP (Alaskan Independence Party) convention. AIP's founder quote: ""I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions."

By: Sunny

Sunny — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:40:12 +0000

I really hope they keep hammering that point too. But so far I haven’t seen much play on it. Obama unfortunately is playing this safe. He doesn’t want to attack her in fear of annoying Clintonites.

Which means a surrogate group needs to go on the offensive about that.

By: Ravi Naik

Ravi Naik — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:21:56 +0000

Gallup daily tracking poll issued a few minutes ago has Obama at 50%, McCain at 42%.

By: Ravi Naik

Ravi Naik — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:58:37 +0000

The most ridiculous scandal that will probably break in a few days is that she was a member, and as of 2008 still has links to AIP – Alaskan Independence Party – a group whose goal is to secede from the United States.

This is beyond parody.