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Michael Barone

Poll Numbers Are Bad News for the Obama Campaign

August 20, 2008 04:54 PM ET | Michael Barone | Permanent Link | Print

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"Republican Rule

What will it take to help the average citizen understand that the individual occupying the White House does not rule anything. The Congress ie: the House and the Senate Rule.In the last eight years you can safely blame both parties for the mess we are in.

Obama and Showing signs of weekness and Niavte

Lest Face it, G.W. Bush jr. did a terrible job as President, end of story. However, should that bring Americans to punish themselves by electing a President that is absolutely incapable of getting us out of our current circumstances?

If I were running for President, this would be my platform and agenda:

An Executive Order to immediately withdrawal all of our troops within 90 days. Replacing them instead with 2 of our 9 U.S. Aircraft Carriers; The George Washington and The Abraham Lincoln. Including their Armada of 8 atomic subs, and 96 more support battleships, cruisers, and 600 jet fighters, just sitting in the Persian Gulf, ready to have target practice with any of the terrorist players in that region..

In my America, leave us alone, and we will leave you alone!

I will call upon all Americans to come together and mandate a full and complete change over from oil based gas to battery power. We will be no longer reliant on oil from our enemies, and at a cost of our planets survival. Any group, lobbyist, politician or corporation that would attempt to undermine or derail that effort would be immediately tried for Treason.

I would bring charges of treason against George W. Bush for misleading the American people into war, costing the lives of thousands of our Sons and Daughters, pawns in a game of international corporate greed and give him a front row seat at his own military court martial. If we are going to send a message to the American people and the World, that is a great place to make a true example of our desire to change.

I would make it mandatory that all American citizens would be guaranteed Health Care, including full Dental and Mental Health, and reconfigure the entire Health Care Insurance System around preventative medicine.

I would appoint Al Gore as U.S. Ambassador of the Environment, together with sufficient funding and people power to execute his plan to lead the world and save the planet, its creatures, and our children's future over the next 10 years.

I would appoint the Countries top legal team, and together with the participation of the American people, vote, and bring class action law suits against any corporation or conglomerate found to be unfairly swindling our citizens. On the top of the list would be usury abuses by the American Banking and Credit System, Media and Communications Giants, Pharmaceutical Monopolies, The American Auto Industry, Unfair trade practices, and any other s looking to make a fast buck at the expense of the American Dream, and our Planet.

I would restate and invigorate our American Space Programs, which has been mostly reduced to trucking satellites for the cable industry. Once again capturing the imagination of our youth, and encouraging them once more to apply themselves in math and sciences.

To pay for these programs, I would halt the current national tax collection system, as it is not only un-American; it is grossly inefficient; replacing it with a Consumption tax, of only 3%.

All Americans would be afforded certain moratoriums on taxing, food, medicines, educational costs, and the first $20,000 of the purchase of electric driven automobiles.. This change would take effect immediately, and would generate Billions of additional tax revenues per day.

How? Well everyone from illegal aliens, drug dealers, foreign visitors, and billions of unclaimed underground cash. This tax would target only those who can afford to consume. No consumption, No tax; and with the Pay as You Go system, Americans will no longer be stressed beyond their breaking point to scramble to pay their tax's. And to collect these taxes will be the same system that our States use to collect sales tax. And I would allocate an appropriate amount of government enforcers, with very serious ramifications for tax cheaters.

The News Media, and Media Communications would be investigated, making it illegal for any foreign country, or corporation to own a stake in any American Media, including, Movie and Television Companies; whom currently, control more than 95 percent of all American Media, including Theatrical and Video Distribution, Book Distribution, and even Gamming and Comic Book Distribution, all are owned by a handful of corporations, many with nefarious connections to multi-national conglomerates.

Our American Media is perhaps our greatest educational tool, but over the past 50 years has become a weapon that has been used against us. Our Media has been a coconspirator to Big Tobacco, Banks and Credit Card institutions, as well as a deliberately attempting to dummy down the American Intellect and sense of Worth and Value, straining the fabric of the American Dream to its Breaking Point!

In my America, I will mandate that all of America's citizens will be guaranteed the right to a good nights sleep and 3 nutritious meals a day. No Homeless in my America any more!

In my America, many of our broken policies and laws would be brought to the forefront such as: Drug Laws, Fears surrounding Abortion Laws, Big Tobacco, Education, Deliberate Government Employee Inefficiency, Low Wages and Unfair International Trade Practices. I will also fight for the right of all of America's citizens to be an adequately and truthfully informed people, a people who will once again believe in the American Way of Life.

In my America, people will once again be proud to learn and speak its’ language; not because they are forced to, but because they will want to.

In my America, we can once again lead the world by example, not using the tactics of a few, to bully our fellow countrymen and women in the name of a new world corporate order, where profits rank higher than humanity.

In my America, I shall preserve the right to bear arms.

In my America, Marijuana shall be finally legalized.

In my America, Government shall stay out of the church, out of a Woman’s Right to Choose, and out the personal and private affairs of a citizen’s choice of sexual orientation.

In my America, Our Military might will preserve our voluntary right to live as a great and free society, ready at a moments notice to protect itself from any act of aggression from any other, a might so great that America should not continue to mind the affairs of others, but rather protect the rights of our own to live in a fair, just and safe society. A society, run by the virtues of common sense, common decency and a common interest to make our planet healthy once more.

In my America, Dogs will have their own bill of rights.

In my America, anyone found guilty of cruel testing techniques on any creature for the sake of one’s cosmetic vanity, shall be brought to a swift justice.

In my America, their will be room for more than 2 political parties, and technology will make it easier for all Americans to participate in the voting process.

In my America, The concept of Paparazzi and a Media Circus shall be stricken from the American Value System.

In my America, I will empty our prison system of casual drug users, and replace them with corrupted politicians, greedy bankers, child molesters, and those who are caught brokering deals to sell America to the Highest Bidder….

In my America, before anyone is issued a drivers license for the first time, they must complete a much more rigorous extensive testing program. And Heaven help them if they are caught driving under the influence.

In my America, I will improve our Countries Mass Transit System, similar to that of Europe and Japan.

In my America, all Americans are proud to be American, irregardless of how many kitchen tables they own...

Ron E. Nuff for President

Obama=tax increase

If Obama gets elected, there will be a major tax increase. He wants to provide health care for every American. Now this would be a great thing to do and I would support it IF he had a good way to pay for it. His solution will be to raise taxes. It may be a caring idea, but it just cannot work that way.

Obama - Change?

Obama is using the same word as Fidel Castro did before Fidel took over Cuba. That word is "Change", change change change. I dare Obama to define that term, but you see .. he can't. He knows the American people want "change", but he doesn't want to get into specifics, because you see .. he can't. He doesn't want to debate McCain; he doesn't want to debate anybody, because he can't. When Obama says something off base, it's always his consistuents trying to explain what he means. Obama thinks of himself as invulnerable and this will lead America into dangerous situations which he as president will not be able to handle. This man will never accept resposibility for what will go wrong, because you see.. he can't.

Poll Numbers

Obama is done. He is falling with every demographic except the one that doesn't have enough votes to change the election.

Stick a fork in the guy. He lost 9 of the last 12 primaries and he was running against Democrats. He has no shot when running against McCain and mainstream America.

If he is lucky Obama wins 15 states.

Stu

All women really stand for in politics is making it easier to suck the brains out of half born babies......spending on child care.....affirmative action.....and rediculous things like removing so called sexist talk from signage like "Men at Work" which so horribly represses women......while ignoring or even condoning the fact that aggressive Islamic regimes are actively engaged in taking over more and more of the world who believe in things like stoning woman to death and total subjugation of woman in every way.

The free world needs a guy who will stand up for the principals of a free society. There is a big bully in the schoolyard, and he is growing bigger every day.....and he ain't interested in talking....he is interested in killing.....controlling, subjugating....torturing. We need something who will meet that head on.....now is no time for muslim sympathises or women with their cultural relativism theories to be having any so at all in running this country.

Obama's Communist friends

Obama was indoctrinated in Hawaii by a KGB agent named Davis.

Wake up folks. He cut is eye teeth in Chicago corrupt politics. He is not an agent of change. He is an empty suit and his extreme tax redistribution plans would destroy our economy. If he is elected , kiss your 401k goodbye, the stock market will tank before January.

Vote your pocketbook not a Socialist/Fascist.

Why Obama Can Lose

Look at the fundamentals from the Democratic Primaries:

(1) Obama's winning margin essentially was provided by victories (pledged delegates as well as super-delegates) from Red/Republican States that Dems have no chance of winning this Fall (despite Obama's confidence);

(2) Obama's winning primary strategy was based on pro-rated contests, whereas under the electoral apportioning applicable in the General Election and Republican primaries, he would have lost badly. His General Election strategy of expanding the electoral map now looks more like a fairytale. He could even lose some Blue States to Red;

(3) Obama won only one of the historically recognized constituencies -- African Americans. He lost Women, Whites, Hispanics, Catholics, etc., although He did win some groups within these larger constituencies. He even loses Independents to McCain in the General Election;

(4) Everyone who would and could vote for Obama, did so in the primaries. He maxed out his groups and his one constituency in the Primaries and so has very limited upside for the General Election. Even if he garners 100% of Hillary's 18 Million for a total of 36 Million votes, how can he possibly reach the 60+ Million votes level required for a November win?

Now Politico.com has McCain with an electoral college lead

274-259

http://www.politico.com/convention/swingstate.html

I suppose they are liars too?

Not Definate

I think polls are just that polls. They change daily but polls have never been nothing definate.

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Michael Barone is a senior writer for U.S.News & World Report and principal coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics. He has written for many publications—including the Economist and the New York Times.

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