Apr 9, 2008 at 5:03 PM by David Pleasant
John McCain’s new Web ad, "Tolerance", has a couple of interesting points. As Greg Sargent noted (via Instaputz), McCain spelled his name wrong — see "Johm" in the red rectangle. But look at McCain closely in the picture. Maybe I need new glasses, but that doesn’t look quite like John McCain to me. If I had not been looking at a still, I doubt I would have ever given it a second thought.
Also, isn’t McCain’s Web ad a bit hypocritical considering the "Tiger Woods" introduction Army Staff Sergeant David Bellavia gave McCain yesterday?
Apr 9, 2008 at 2:52 PM by David Pleasant
Barack Obama continues to lead Hillary Clinton in daily polling. He has a 10-point lead in the Gallup Daily Poll and a nine-point lead in the Rasmussen Daily Poll. In head-to-head match-ups, the Rasmussen poll gives Obama an insignificant one-point lead over McCain, whereas McCain barely leads Clinton by three points.
Gallup Daily
Obama 51%
Clinton 41%
Rasmussen
Obama 50, Clinton 41
Obama 46, McCain 45… McCain 47, Clinton 44
Update: Obama has also made a significant cut into Hillary Clinton’s lead in Pennsylvania. Public Policy Polling (PPP) puts Clinton at 46 and Obama at 43. However, 11% of those surveyed were undecided. And when the undecided results are combined with the poll’s margin of error (+/- 2.9%), there is a big 14-point gap.
Apr 9, 2008 at 1:59 PM by David Pleasant
Hillary Clinton alleged today that voters can trust what she says, but claimed voters cannot trust what Barack Obama says. This is an amazing allegation considering Clinton’s recent history. Moreover, put aside both candidates’ history for a moment, it’s just a lame argument. What makes Hillary Clinton’s "words" more reliable than Barack Obama’s, or anybody else for that matter?
From The Trail:
But Clinton, locked in an uphill battle for the Democratic nomination, also sought to distinguish herself from Sen. Barack Obama — arguing that he cannot be trusted to implement the exit plan he has proposed during the campaign.
"We need to be planning and preparing to start bringing our troops home, and I have committed to doing that within 60 days of my becoming president," she said. "Sen. Obama, on the other hand, says he’ll end the war, but his top foreign policy adviser said he won’t necessarily follow the plan he’s been talking about during this campaign. That the plan is ‘just words.’ Well, you can count on me to end the war safely and responsibly."
Did Clinton not just call Obama a liar?
