John McCain's Problems With Polls Continue

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mccain i like obama not so much
the problem is mccains running partner palin.
as part of the youth of america i stand as a republican

rebekah of OH 10:47AM October 02, 2008

As Bill Clinton campaign advisers once espoused on the economy...the truth has come home to roost. McCain is just not as good at domestics as Obama. It is evident on stage. McCain is getting slower and more methodical in his speech. The fact McCain no longer looks like a Maverick, but a loose cannon that is unpredictable, scares people. Add in a VP that doesn't know whether she was in Kuwait or Iraq, and whose intelligence claim melted before the Katie Couric cameras, and you have a majority swell of voters saying to themselves..."Please, not another unintelligent Administration! We've had enough!" With McCain saying a few months ago, he didn't understand the economy, and the fact he really did graduate in the bottom 5 of his class (bottom 1%), and we have a potential market meltdown in the wings...it is impossible smart Americans are going to pull the lever for McCain. Obama wins by default. It's the American way, and the right choice for us all. Sometimes the country comes first.

ZipWizard of CA 12:35AM October 02, 2008

I believe you are as much a Republican as Barney Frank. Your points of reference and litany of reasons not to vote McCain/Palin comes right out of the democratic playbook. Moderate Republican is code for democrat. True Republicans are conservatives and do not waffle on their beliefs--one being the sanctity of life. And, they wouldn't turn tail to vote for an ultra-liberal, left wing agenda symbolized by an Obama/Biden ticket. Obama--a person who condones the most extreme of abortion procedures. Biden--a Catholic in name only! I'm surprised you didn't say you were so disappointed in McCain and Paling that you were on a plane to Ohio to help ACORN register voters! Nice try, but I ain't buying it.

K-Jack of WA 12:46AM October 01, 2008

I really appreciated your in depth and well thought out comment. I think there are many of us who feel as you do.

Heidi of CA 12:40AM October 01, 2008

To Irate GOP in NY -- I am right there with you.
Earlier this year, I gave the full legal amount to the RNC, and my husband has also given money to John McCain, even though we felt that he was a weak choice. I have voted Republican my entire voting life, since I was first old enough to vote for Ronald Reagan.
But a McCain/Palin administration cannot be allowed to happen. McCain has shown erratic behavior throughout this campaign, and its only getting worse. He's now against bills that he himself wrote in the past, he's changed his positions radically, and flip flopping on all kinds of issues. How do you trust someone who goes from "The Deregulator" to denouncing deregulation?
One of the more important things that a president does is to surround himself with the best possible people. In this first test, McCain chose poorly. Palin was selected for the wrong reasons; she may be fine in her role in Alaska, but she is far out of her league in dealing with issues on a national or international forum. It is disappointing; there were other, more qualified Republicans who deserved the nod and who would have improved the ticket. Now McCain is trying to convince everyone that he made the right choice with stupid phrases such as "She knows more about energy policy than any person in the United States." His campaign had decided she's above the law -- she doesn't have to take part in an investigation -- one that she herself initiated. Is this the kind of adminstration we'd have with them? Above the law, willing to change position at any time, giving empty threats/promises of "suspending" a campaign when he in fact didn't want to face a debate? This is not presidential behavior.
Senator McCain, it is you who doesn't understand -- I am not stupid.
I am a veteran of the first Gulf War. I have not been a fan of McCain because while he has no trouble voting to send people to war, he has consistently voted against veteran issues for most of his time in the Senate, including during the Iraq War. I am sick of hearing that he's a "war hero." Being a POW does not automatically make you a hero; my father and brother were also POWs, both in Korea and Vietnam, and neither would not call themselves "heroes" - and both have purple hearts. They were doing their duty.
The Bush/Cheney administration has left me deeply disappointed. They took our trust and ideals and put them into their pocket with their greed and our money. They have left us deeply in debt, mired into a war that was based on lies, and ruined our name in the world.
I was willing to give McCain a chance, but no more. I am voting for Obama. He may lack experience, but he is demonstrating better judgement and a clear-headedness that I think our country needs now. We need a change; McCain will indeed be Bush III.
Our party needs to regroup and get back to its roots, and stop pandering to the far right and religious zealots. Other Republicans, I hope you will do the same.

A.G. of FL 9:38PM September 30, 2008

The smirky smile on Mr. Obama's face is enough to make me gag. Did I also mention the smug smile on his face? And then there is that European trip in which he paraded himself as the President-elect. Then the faux Presidential seal that was quickly removed from his podium. I would like to add my voice to those who find Mr Obama a man endowed with enough hubris for several people. Pride goeth before a fall. Let us only pray this will be so.
May the Lord strike me dead but I wish we had Hilary back. I never thought this conservative Republican could ever voice such a wish. Of course, then we would get her husband and this would be beyond bearing. Our woes with Wall Street go back to his administration and the Democrat's penchant for social engineering.
Let's see - we have Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House and people worry about Sarah Palin. We have Barney Frank and A.C.O.R.N. We have Barack Hussein Obama and A.C.O.R.N. We have Mr. Obama backed by George Soros. We have the Reverand Wright as Mr. Obama's mentor for 25 years who the Senator claimed made no indelible imprint on his thinking during a quarter of a century. Bill Ayers of the Weatherman is a devotee of Mr. Obama. If that doesn't scare you, you must not be a thinking person.
Mr. Obama had 143 days as a Senator. Sarah Palin has had more time in office. Senator Obama is a socialist and probably a communist. He scares the wits out of me. My hand is waiting to check off the box that says McCain/Palin otherwise we get the Manchurian Candidate.

Patricia Hefferan MA, RN of NJ 5:27PM September 30, 2008

An ivy league education can not camouflage the inner core of your being. A lot of times knowledge hinder you from making sound choices, dividing the logically sound ideas to the simple truths. Obama is full of knowldge but lacking in wisdom. He has a lot of decision that his knowledge unable him to discern the fundamental truths. like twenty years of seating and hearing the absurd teaching of Jeremiah Wright, being friends with unrepented terrorist, convicted slumlord, having the corrupt ceo fannie mae/freddie mac to be one of his advisor, and being
the lawyer and leader of the fraudulent acorn organization. This things just shows us that knowledge wether you got it from ivy league school will not make you a wise man. During his formative years when his conscience and character were being formed, he was under the guidance of an atheist mother and a muslim father and later a radical muslim step fater. Still when his beliefs are being molded as an intricate fabric of himself he was indocrinated in the wahabi radical muslim shcool in Indonesia. When he came to America he was raise by his grandparents on his mother side. His grandmother was like his mother who is free spirited and his grandfather has a questionable affiliation to communist. On his father side he has a lot of muslim extremist half brothers, cousins, uncles and friends in kenya. His best friends when he was in Columbia University are both muslims. The Christianity he said he is, he got it from the Jeremiah Wright Christianity.
I do not have anything against Barack Obama, but I just do not see him as a defender of America and what it's people. He is full of knowledge that only benefits himself. In times of uncertainty, when nobody knows the answer we need not only knowledge but wisdom to put this knowledge in to a wise decision that will lead to a safe solution. BARACK OBAMA IS NOT THE PERSON WE CAN TRUST IN TIMES LIKE THIS.

aaron of NY 3:57PM September 30, 2008

We are addicted to oil.
The world's greatest economic leaders are addicted to oil, to power, to greed.
And, now, these supposedly great minds want a bail out.
The addict returns home begging - non repetent and begging.
Are we crazy? Are we in denial?
Would we not be enabling them to bail them out with little or no consequences.
What lessons would they have learned
The minute we bail them out, they go along business as usual
This is a democracy. We live in a free market society
NO BAILOUTS
Let the market correct itself
Let the chips fall where the may
THROW THE BUMS OUT

npeebles of NC 1:05PM September 30, 2008

I was feeling pretty blue today. But you have given me a glimmer of hope that there are thoughtful voters out there thinking critically and making reasoned judgments. Whatever your choice, I am heartened by the care you took in reaching it. The media is driving me crazy. Every national issue is treated like a sporting event -- who is ahead today? who has the best strategy? Thanks for taking the time to cut through all of the hype and make a decision based on something that really matters.

Bruce of IL 12:57PM September 30, 2008