US Election Coverage 2008

[Hofstede]

Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 48%, McCain 44%

Obama's lead declines


UTICA, New York – Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama slipped back into a statistical dead heat with Republican Party nominee John McCain, but still holds the advantage over McCain, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby likely voter poll shows.

Obama extend the lead from 7% yesterday to 10% today. Gallup 51% -41% McCain.

Nyani its you who said the real polls will be on Nov 4 so why go back to these polls which you had discredited them?

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Obama extend the lead from 7% yesterday to 10% today. Gallup 51% -41% McCain.

Nyani its you who said the real polls will be on Nov 4 so why go back to these polls which you had discredited them?

Exactly my point!! How can some polls say Obantu is ahead by 10 or more while other's have a statistically tied race? Hint:........

 

[Hofstede]

Exactly my point!! How can some polls say Obantu is ahead by 10 or more while other's have a statistically tied race? Hint:........

So lets talk about the Nov 4 polls and forget these polling games on the media. I hope the bradley effect will not be reverse so that your babu who wants to fight, fight, fight, attack, attack, attack with his power abuser Cheney in skirt [Pitbull, empty in the head] will win.

 

[Koba]

Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 48%, McCain 44%

Obama's lead declines


UTICA, New York – Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama slipped back into a statistical dead heat with Republican Party nominee John McCain, but still holds the advantage over McCain, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby likely voter poll shows.

...hii ndio nafuu maana nyingine zote ni double digit...teh teh teh!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

...hii ndio nafuu maana nyingine zote ni double digit...teh teh teh!

Go back to the 2000 election around this time....the CNN poll had Gore 51% over Bush's 41%......

I really hope you believe these polls, I really do

 

[Susuviri]

Go back to the 2000 election around this time....the CNN poll had Gore 51% over Bush's 41%......

I really hope you believe these polls, I really do

Sasa do you believe in those polls? If not why are you quoting them?
Lakini Nyani, unajua it is not only the polls but the general mood. Unaona Dow Jones ime rebound with over 900+ points lakini how does that make life better for the average American? Babu yako aliahidi leo atakuja na economic plan amechemsha, instead we have Obama rolling out a plan for Main street, amezungumzia masuala muhimu including about 401Ks etc. Sasa Babu yako anakosea hapo anapodhani kwamba this is like a game of craps and he is not serious about the country but only concenred about his campaign. Not very convincing.
Anyway, mimi naona hizi wiki chache zitapita tu na November 4th tutaona.

 

[Icadon]

Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 48%, McCain 44%

Obama's lead declines


UTICA, New York – Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama slipped back into a statistical dead heat with Republican Party nominee John McCain, but still holds the advantage over McCain, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby likely voter poll shows.

Democrat Barack Obama has a 4-point lead over his Republican rival John McCain in the U.S. presidential race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby tracking poll released on Monday.

Obama leads McCain by 48 percent to 44 percent among likely voters, down 2 percentage points from the lead he enjoyed on Sunday. The poll has a margin of error of 2.9 points.

Pollster John Zogby said Monday's results, which saw Obama drop 1 point and McCain gain 1 point from Sunday's figures, was an indication the race remained competitive in the final weeks before the November 4 election.

"One day does not make a trend, but perhaps McCain may have stopped some bleeding -- and there was bleeding," he said.

Obama had seen his lead firm in recent weeks as the financial crisis grabbed the headlines, unnerving many voters and putting the campaign spotlight on economic issues.

Obama's 6-point lead in Sunday's results from the rolling, 4-day tracking poll had been his strongest since the survey began on October 7.

Zogby said that while Obama still had a 17-point lead among independent voters, this was down from 21 points on Sunday and showed that some independents remain to be persuaded.

"If we see that lead going down again tomorrow, maybe we are talking a horserace," he said.

But Obama still claimed a 9-point lead among women, who will also play a crucial role in the election, while McCain's numbers were lagging among some traditionally Republican groups including older and richer voters, Zogby said.

McCain, a former Navy pilot and Vietnam war prisoner, lost an early advantage among the oldest U.S. voters, who now back Obama by 47 percent to 44 percent.

And poll respondents identified as members of the "investor class" -- who backed President George W. Bush by double digits in the 2004 elections -- now support McCain by just 49 percent to 44 percent for Obama.

"McCain obviously has to regain his lead with people over 65 and with the investor class," Zogby said. "He is certainly not out of the woods here."

The two candidates will make their pitches directly to the American people again on Wednesday when they meet for their third and final presidential debate.

The rolling tracking poll surveyed 1,207 likely voters in the presidential election. In a tracking poll, the most recent day's results are added while the oldest day's results are dropped in an effort to track changing momentum.

 

[Susuviri]

Naona sasa kazi imeanza ya kutofautisha pumba namchele among Republicans. Wale ambao ni fiscal conservatives and moderates wamechoka na extremism ya McPalin. Na nimesome very interesting comment from a Bush Strategist Matthew dowd, and I have to say I think that he is right. After the elections, the Republicans need to reassess themselves and ask what makes us the GOp and are they really following in the footsetps of Abe Lincoln when GOP crowds shout "kill him!" at Palin rallies!

Matthew Dowd, a prominent political consultant and chief strategist for George W. Bush's reelection campaign eviscerated John McCain on Tuesday for his choice of Sarah Palin as vice president.

Dowd proclaimed that, in his heart of hearts, McCain knew he put the country at risk with his VP choice and that he would "have to live" with that fact for the rest of his career.

"They didn't let John McCain pick the person he wanted to pick as VP," Dowd declared during the Time Warner Summit panel. "When Sarah Palin got picked instead of Joe Lieberman, which I fundamentally believed would have given John McCain the best opportunity in this race... as soon as he picked Palin, that whole ready versus not ready argument was not credible."

Saying that Palin was a "net negative" on the ticket, he went on: "[McCain] knows, in his gut, that he put somebody unqualified on the ballot. He knows that in his gut, and when this race is over that is something he will have to live with... He put somebody unqualified on that ballot and he put the country at risk, he knows that."

It is times like this that a little of my faith is restored in the GOP! Kumbe wapo ambao wanaona ukweli na wako tayari kuongea ukweli na si propaganda zisizona maana.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Naona sasa kazi imeanza ya kutofautisha pumba namchele among Republicans. Wale ambao ni fiscal conservatives and moderates wamechoka na extremism ya McPalin. Na nimesome very interesting comment from a Bush Strategist Matthew dowd, and I have to say I think that he is right. After the elections, the Republicans need to reassess themselves and ask what makes us the GOp and are they really following in the footsetps of Abe Lincoln when GOP crowds shout "kill him!" at Palin rallies!


It is times like this that a little of my faith is restored in the GOP! Kumbe wapo ambao wanaona ukweli na wako tayari kuongea ukweli na si propaganda zisizona maana.

Anasema hivyo kwa sababu "polls" zinaonyesha McCain yuko nyuma. Akishinda utaona wataanza kumpa credit Palin na kusema bila yeye McCain asingeshinda....wanafiki wote hawa

 

[Susuviri]

Huyu Kisura anashindwa kumudu her crowd and this is getting ridiculous:

Chris Hackett addressed the increasingly feisty crowd as they await the arrival of Gov. Palin.
Each time the Republican candidate for the seat in the 10th Congressional District mentioned Barack Obama the crowd booed loudly.

One man screamed "kill him!"

And the news just keep getting better .... for Obama camp.....

William Timmons, the Washington lobbyist who John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team, aided an influence effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ease international sanctions against his regime.

The two lobbyists who Timmons worked closely with over a five year period on the lobbying campaign later either pleaded guilty to or were convicted of federal criminal charges that they had acted as unregistered agents of Saddam Hussein's government.

During the same period beginning in 1992, Timmons worked closely with the two lobbyists, Samir Vincent and Tongsun Park, on a previously unreported prospective deal with the Iraqis in which they hoped to be awarded a contract to purchase and resell Iraqi oil. Timmons, Vincent, and Park stood to share at least $45 million if the business deal went through.

Timmons' activities occurred in the years following the first Gulf War, when Washington considered Iraq to be a rogue enemy state and a sponsor of terrorism.

but the best part was when ACORN showed John McCain attending their meeting and trying to win their endorsement in 2000. Babu msahalifu sana!

 

[Hofstede]

GOP are trying to intimidate voters. Hawa jamaa watatumia kila mbinu sasa

After days of efforts by the McCain campaign to link Sen. Barack Obama to embattled community organizing group ACORN, the Obama campaign responded Tuesday by accusing the McCain camp and the Republican Party of trying to intimidate voters and sow the seeds of confusion as the historic presidential election approaches.

"They seem to be setting up a strategy here to make it harder to vote," Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told reporters on a conference call. "To create a situation where voters don't have confidence in the system."

"They are going to try to raise questions. You know, cry out and raise questions about fraud and try and create a smokescreen out there to confuse voters and perhaps to give cover to some of the activities they're going to be undertaking over the next three weeks."

 

[Susuviri]

Anasema hivyo kwa sababu "polls" zinaonyesha McCain yuko nyuma. Akishinda utaona wataanza kumpa credit Palin na kusema bila yeye McCain asingeshinda....wanafiki wote hawa

We sasa utawachukia wengi hata GOP, na ulishahama democratic party kwa sababu ya mwanamke (Hillary) ssa sijui utahamia Liberitarian party ya Barr?! Kwikwikwiii!

 

[Susuviri]

GOP are trying to intimidate voters. Hawa jamaa watatumia kila mbinu sasa

Hofstede mkuu, sina wasiwasi kwa sababu akina Plouffe ni from Chicago kama Emmanuel Rahm (he is a real tough SOB) na hawatakubali kuyumbishwa na GOP, wanawavua nguo hadharani na kuonyesha wazi tactic wanayotumia. Unaona hata Babu yake Nyani anajaribu kutumia tactic za kitoto lakini anaumbuliwa. Alipojaribu kuleta Ayers they called an apple and apple na kuwaambia wapiga kura kwamba hawa wanajaribu ku-divert attention maana wamekosa hoja inapokuja katika masuala ya uchumi.
Ndo maana McCain ameshindwa kugain too mcuh attention hata na economic plan yake, maana within minutes imepigwa chini na Obama! Kaaazi kwelikweli!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Huyu Kisura anashindwa kumudu her crowd and this is getting ridiculous:


And the news just keep getting better .... for Obama camp.....


but the best part was when ACORN showed John McCain attending their meeting and trying to win their endorsement in 2000. Babu msahalifu sana!

Hata mseme nini McCain anashinda huu uchaguzi.....

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Nani kausikia the McCain-Palin song by Hank Williams Jr.....?

 

[Susuviri]

Nani kausikia the McCain-Palin song by Hank Williams Jr.....?

Hank Williams amechemka, but let him get his 5 minutes of fame.
Duh!!!! Nyaniiiii naona CNN imeshaanza kufuatilia connection ya Palin with Alaska Independent Party (AIP) and its seccessionism.... so who is 'pallin'around with terrorists'? Kaaaaazi kwelikweli!

 

[Hofstede]

Nani kausikia the McCain-Palin song by Hank Williams Jr.....?

hakuna kitu ni same lies lies lies zilizo kwenye music. Hakuna jipya hapa

 

[Capitol Hill]

Anasema hivyo kwa sababu "polls" zinaonyesha McCain yuko nyuma. Akishinda utaona wataanza kumpa credit Palin na kusema bila yeye McCain asingeshinda....wanafiki wote hawa

Umemsikia Bill Kristol? Wanaanza kuanguka mmoja moja kama nyuki waliolewa moshi. Mwishoni atabakia Tucker Bounds na McCain na Talk Express isiyo na matairi.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

This is it!! Obama admitted yesterday that he wants to redistibute wealth. This is anathema to many conservatives. He told this to a guy called Joe the plumber in Ohio and the guys was on Neil Cavuto show and is not sold on Obantu. Obantu kwisha habari yake......yiiiiiiippppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.......hatutaki socialism....akagombee Kenya....maaana hapa kiwsha habari.......

 

[Game Theory]

Jamani naona tension zimezidi na Invisible alitakiwa amerge hii thread na ile nyingine ya OBAMA ambayo ilifungwa

sasa naona bora tuchukue commercial break kisha tutarudi baadae kidogo