I saw this earlier, but have only had a bit of time to post today. Now the item is right up there at or near the top of the heap over at Memeorandum. Is this just a convention bounce or the first sign that Obama’s “friends“ have done serious damage to the Democrat’s nominee? Time will, of course, tell. Longtime readers know that I am not a fan of snapshot polls. But if the trend shows that Obama is fading there might be an outbreak of hysteria on the left that an elephant tranquilizer wouldn’t dent.
PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update shows John McCain moving ahead of Barack Obama, 48% to 45%, when registered voters are asked for whom they would vote if the presidential election were held today.
We’ll see. I will not go all giddy here and pronounce doom for Obama’s campaign. But I think there is a strong indication that the left has – yet again – badly overplayed their hand. The depraved, vicious attacks on Sarah Palin have not gone over well with the electorate.
AllahPundit is his usual sober self about all this. His post is a warning about becoming overconfident.
Libby Spencer, bless her conspiracy-theory laden heart, thinks the left fell into a trap – a “Rovian trap”, as she puts it. I’ll send you over there if you want to read it. Was there a trap in the Palin nomination? Yes, but it is not what Libby charges. Rather, it was giving the left all the rope they needed to fashion their very own snare. Shrewd on McCain’s part – you bet. All he had to do was let the left show itself to the electorate. When the facade cracked, the venom leaked out. The trap is one they manufactured for themselves.
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Until last week, I was a reluctant McCain supporter. My vote would have been against Obama, rather than for the GOP. I was mad at the Republican Party, still am, and was considering showing my contempt by registering as an Independent and sitting this one out, but that’s all changed now.
Sarah Palin, and the breathtakingly hypocritical attacks on her and her young daughter have made me willing to fight like hell. I’ll send money, put up signs, walk a precinct, whatever it takes to knock the Dems on their fat, stupid, rear ends. Let them suffer the staggering defeat they so deserve and that they’ve brought on themselves.
Dems had a cakewalk to the White House, now they have a fight on their hands. So, let’s get to it, I’m looking forward to kicking some butt.
Are the American People finally waking up and seeing past the Obamessiah’s smoke and mirrors? One can only hope, but only time will tell.
I think the bounce can partially be attributed to Palin but I think there may be some reference to the experience issue, too. As long as it was only Hillary and Biden complaining about Obama’s lack of experience it was just a case of the pot calling the kettle black. The simple fact was that he was just as experienced, in the areas that count, as they are – which is to say not at all. Now that the Obamessiah and Bidet, er, Biden are up against two people with real leadership and command experience, the contrast is rather striking and more than a little obvious.
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