Blog Buzz: Veep Frenzy, Poll Shows McCain Leads Obama, Convention News
Veep rumors abound, a Zogby poll causes panic, and the GOP convention speakers are announced
Our daily look at stories and topics that are lighting up the Internets:
Veepstakes
The veep watch frenzy continues as John McCain's campaign eyes Joe Lieberman and Barack Obama narrows in on Joseph Biden and Tim Kaine. Conservative bloggers strongly agree that the pro-choice Lieberman (or any other candidate who supports abortion rights) is the wrong choice, but McCain is still coy about his decision. Liberal bloggers think the only reason McCain is throwing around the idea of a veep who backs abortion rights is to prove he has an open mind on the issue. (Post your thoughts: Should McCain select a pro-choice candidate?) On the Obama front, rumors surround Tim Kaine (one blogger is already calling him the veep) and Joe Biden, who liberals say would be a good choice and conservatives are skewering for his "foot-in-mouth disease." Whomever Obama picks, should he have waited so long to do it?
Polls
The latest Reuters/Zogby poll shows John McCain leading Barack Obama by 5 percentage points. Most liberal bloggers aren't too freaked out by the results from a "discredited" pollster like Zogby. One blogger says two other developments showing an Obama slump still aren't cause for panic, but others say the Zogby poll could be a warning sign. Even conservative bloggers recognize that the results are questionable; some are still encouraged, while others wonder if they mean anything at all.
Conventions
The Republican National Committee has released the full list of convention speakers, with Joe Lieberman slated to speak on opening night. Liberal bloggers call the senator "sad," say his speech marks the end of his relationship with the Democratic Party, and suggest he will be John McCain's running mate. In other convention news, Rudy Giuliani will give the keynote speech at the GOP convention, and reports are surfacing that the Obama campaign lied about free tickets to his convention speech.
—Gretchen Hannes
Reader Comments
Claudean, you need to brush up on your history
Zogby was in John Kerry's hip pocket throughout all of the 2004 campaign, even going so far as to declare Kerry the winner on Election Day based upon exit polling.
History has proven Zogby to be anything but a conservative sycophant. Besides, where was your criticism of Zogby's polling methods a month ago when Zogby showed Obama with a 6-7 point lead.
No, what is happening here is that Obama's celebrity status is working against him. Now that he is in the limelight he so desperately craves, not even his butt buddies over at MSNBC or CNN can protect his dubious record and his shadowy past from scrutiny. Simply put, the more the American people learn about Barack Hussein Obama, the less they like him.
I'm not a huge McCain guy. Too centrist for my liking sometimes. But next to BHO, McCain is the far more conservative choice, and will therefore get my vote. As for your assertion that we may be left with the "Not So Great McOzCain", well I'll take that in a New York minute over a socialist, racist, Muslim wolf in Christian sheep's clothing like Obama.
McCain's so-called "lead"
There are polls, and then there are "polls". In any given day I can find any number of "polls" to support whatever position I want to pontificate. The Zogby poll does NOT sound as reputable as the others; indeed, one wonders who is behind the Zogby results. Does anyone care to speculate?
This could just be the same old propaganda in a new incarnation. Remember the Swift Boat dirty tactics? In 2008 we may well have the Zogby Polls dirty tactics.
As for who is behind this farce: (1) John McCain and camp. OR (2) The team of Hill and Bill. What do you think?
Yes, the American public is rather gullible. The election of 2008 is not the time to be ignorant. I would hope that we can see through the hype, the lies, the "dirty Politics", and the propoganda. If not------
We will all be in the Land of OZ. Behind all the smoke, bluster and bluff, the trick mirrors, and intimidation, we may find that the Great Oz hiding behind the curtain will be exposed. In this modern-day Over the Rainbow (unless we are very careful) we will be left with The Not-so Great McOzcain.
Wake up, people. Don't follow the yellow (as in cowardly politics) brick road. Use your brain, your heart, and your courage; educate yourself, for the sake of the future of our country and the world. It's not too late to change from the wrong course that this country has been on since 2000.
Vote Smart '08
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