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CNN Poll: Voters say both candidates likeable, flip-floppers
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Obama and McCain are viewed favorablyâ¦as flip-floppers. (CNN) â How do voters feel about the two major-party presidential candidates this year? As the marathon 2008 campaign for the White House enters its final four months, a solid majority
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Flip-Flops: As American as Apple Pie
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/07/03/...New numbers from CNN reveal that Americans think both Barack Obama and John McCain are flip-floppers -- but like them just fine anyway: Sixty-one percent of voters believe that McCain has changed his mind for political reasons; 37 percent do not.
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The Links: Flip-Flopping
http://donklephant.com/2008/07/04/the-links-flip-flopping/Some Independence Day linkage Polling Average, McCain vs. Obama: Obama +5.7 Voters see both McCain and Obama as flip-floppers. Obama calls for a new national service program. President Bushs deputy CoS is leaving the White House. Tom Schaller throws
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The Links: Happy Fourth Of July!
http://politicalrealm.blogspot.com/2008/07/links-happy-fourt...Some Independence Day linkage... General Election Polling Average, McCain vs. Obama: Obama +5.7Voters see both McCain and Obama as flip-floppers. Obama calls for a new national service program. President Bush's deputy CoS, Joe Hagin, is leaving the
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McCain, Obama Seen in Positive Light
http://thepage.time.com/2008/07/03/voters-see-mccain-obama-i...CNN/Opinion Research From CNN/Opinion Research: Percentage having a favorable opinion of: Obama: 63% McCain: 59% Poll also finds 48% of voters think Obama has enough experience to be president, while 58% say McCain cares about voters like them. Read
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A new ‘Teflon-coated candidate’?
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16391.htmlBarack Obama has been the target of countless attacks, from countless directions, but seems to be hanging on fairly well. Slate’s Jack Shafer argues that Obama has achieved a level of “superslipperiness,” as something of a “Teflon-coated candidate.” As long ago as March, the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz demolished charges that the press was soft on Obama by cataloging the tough pieces published by reporters exhuming the candidate’s past: his financial relationship with friend and fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko, who is now a convicted felon; his friendship with former Weather Undergrounder William Ayers; his casting of 130 “present” votes as an Illinois legislator; his nuclear energy compromise in the U.S. Senate, said to benefit a contributor; incendiary comments made by his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright; and more. To that list add the recent critical dispatches tarring Obama as a flip-flopper. The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg found “the big papers … assembling quite a list of matters on which the candidate has ‘changed his position,’ including Iraq, abortion rights, federal aid to faith-based social services, capital punishment, gun control, public financing of campaigns, and wiretapping.” What’s unique about Obama and his candidacy is that almost none of the stuff the press throws at him sticks. Nor is the press alone in its inability to stick him. Hillary Clinton hurled rocks, knives, and acid at her rival even before the primaries … and later upped the ante in desperation. She claimed that he was unprepared to serve as commander in chief and accused him of insulting gun owners and the religiously faithful. The eleventh-hour tactics may have won Clinton votes, but they failed to undermine Obama. In hoping to explain Obama’s ability to shake off the attacks, Shafer pointed to Obama’s “poise and discipline,” which “allow him to resist whatever bait the press and politicians dangle in front of him.” Perhaps, but I think the broader argument is flawed, for two reasons. First, Shafer notes a series of “controversies” that never stuck to Obama, but overlooks the fact that these stories didn’t stick because they were baseless, trivial, or both. Obama answered all the questions about the Rezko matter, and reporters moved on when they realized there was nothing there. Obama was hammered on his “present” votes in the state legislature, until everyone took a closer look and realized why this wasn’t controversial at all. The press went berserk with arguments that Obama had “flip-flopped” on Iraq, guns, and Bush’s faith-based initiative, but it didn’t last because Obama hadn’t “flip-flopped” on Iraq, guns, and Bush’s faith-based initiative. In other words, Shafer wonders why none of these stories stuck. But it’s not that mysterious — they didn’t stick because there were no real stories there. There was nothing to stick. Second, I’m not sure if Shafer’s premise is right, either. Nothing negative has stuck to Obama? I seem to recall a few polls showing tens of millions of Americans believing that Obama is a secret Muslim — and the percentage has gone up as more information has become available. Indeed, a Newsweek from earlier this month found 25% of Americans believe Obama was raised a Muslim, and 40% believe he attended a Muslim school as a child. Neither of these claims is true, but they’ve “stuck” thanks to a concerted smear campaign. For that matter, Obama has been generally consistent on almost everything, but if a CNN poll from earlier this month is any indication, the “flip-flopper” attack was pretty successful in sticking, too. I’d be delighted if none of the attacks against Obama stuck, but as far as I can tell, he’s not that lucky. Share This
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Peilgeil met de kandidaten
http://log.amerikalog.com/?p=3325Volgens een peiling van CNN en de Opinion Research Corporation heeft een degelijke meerderheid een positief beeld van zowel John McCain (59 procent) als Barack Obama (63 procent). Tegelijkertijd vindt ook een meerderheid dat beide flipfloppers zijn die van mening veranderen voor politieke redenen. Bij Obama denkt 59 procent dat, bij McCain 61 procent (al denken de kandidaten dat alleen de ander een flipflopper is). De kiezers zijn er ook niet zeker van dat een van hen de partijdige patstelling in Washington kan doorbreken. Het positieve oordeel over beide kandidaten is niet bijzonder, zegt Keating Holland, de polling director van CNN: “In previous elections we have often seen both candidates get favorable ratings over 50 percent at this stage. In mid-summer, both parties tend to be unified behind their candidates but the negative ads have generally not yet started.” De kandidaten werken met succes aan hun zwakke punten. 48 procent van de ondervraagden vindt dat Obama genoeg ervaring heeft om president te zijn. Dat was in maart 40 procent. Ook meer kiezers denken dat McCain geeft om mensen zoals zijzelf, van 51 naar 58 procent. Maar McCain blijft een stuk ervarener in de ogen van de ondervraagden.
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Flip Flopping is so 2004...
http://johnnygreek.blogspot.com/2008/07/flip-flopping-is-so-...http://www.arkansas103.com/generator/files/flip%20flops.jpg Framing your opponent is the ultimate goal for any candidate running for president. In 2004, the GOP framed Kerry as a flip-flopper. This year however, the public sees both candidates as flip-floppers. CNN reports: "Sixty-one percent of voters believe that McCain has changed his mind for political reasons; 37 percent do not. Fifty-nine percent of voters believe that Obama also shifts positions with the political winds; 38 percent do not."Ever since the successful framing of Kerry as a Flip-Flopper many candidates have used it against their opponents. However, I believe it will become a non-issue this cycle because it will hurt both candidates equally. Barack Obama is all about change and an era of new politics. Huffington points out, When Obama kneecaps his own rhetoric and dilutes his positioning as a different kind of politician, he is also giving his opponent a huge opening to reassert the McCain as Maverick brand. I completely agree that this is going to hurt Barack's brand and his overall relationship with both the liberal left and the independents. Huffington continues and says that McCain has also ruined his Maverick image by changing his position on multiple issues. This also is true. This leads me to the conclusion that this will be an issue that won't be used that frequently within the general election. Seriously, are the candidates going to run ads with the message that they flip-flop less? I would recommend the candidates to step away from the childish game of exposing "who flip-flops more" and concentrate on reaffirming their image and framing their opponents another way.
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OBAMA:Favorable/Unfavorable Ratings
http://mav-equalizer.blogspot.com/2008/07/obamafavorableunfa...PollDateSampleFavorable Unfavorable SpreadRCP Average06/12 - 07/02--61.032.7Fav/Unfav +28.3CNN06/26 - 06/29906 RV6332Fav/Unfav +31.0Rasmussen06/30 - 07/023000 LV5642Fav/Unfav +14.0USA Today/Gallup06/15 - 06/191625 A6431Fav/Unfav +33.0Newsweek06/18 - 06/19896 RV6226Fav/Unfav +36.0FOX News06/17 - 06/18900 RV5832Fav/Unfav +26.0ABC News/Wash Post06/12 - 06/151125 A6333Fav/Unfav +30.0
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Sondagens Nacionais - 03/07/2008
http://presidenciais2008.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/sondagens-...Race Poll Results Spread General Election: McCain vs. Obama Gallup Tracking Obama 47, McCain 43 Obama +4.0 General Election: McCain vs. Obama Rasmussen Tracking Obama 49, McCain 44 Obama +5.0 McCain: Favorable/Unfavorable CNN Favorable 59, Unfavorable 37 Favorable +22.0 Obama: Favorable/Unfavorable CNN Favorable 63, Unfavorable 32 Favorable +31.0
