Miscellaneous

OMG! OMG! The Nation is (Slowly) Opening Its Eyes

New polls are out this morning, and while the majority of them still show a dead heat (a Gallup poll yesterday had McCain up by one, a Reuters poll had Obama up by two this morning), they all seem to be trending toward Obama. The convention bounce actually does seem to be fading, and John McCain's ability to stick his foot in his mouth over the last 48 hours ("the fundamentals of the economy are still strong") has created a huge opening for Obama, who finally (finally) had the testicles to take advantage. These polls don't even take into account Carly Fiorina's foot-in-mouth statement yesterday, claiming that neither Palin nor the other candidates could run a corporation. Nor do they take into account McCain's boneheaded idea to create a commission to study the financial crisis.

But, personally, the numbers I found most heartwarming came from a poll I saw on Sarah Palin's favorable/unfavorables. She has a 44 percent approval rating, and a 45 percent unfavorable rating, which is something like a 10 point swing in the last week. Clearly, her star is starting to fade, and the interview with Charlie Gibson, the Troopergate scandal, the lies on the Bridge to Nowhere and the eBay plane, and the tanning bed installed in the Governor's mansion, et al., are starting to take their toll. In fact, Palin now has the highest unfavorables among any candidate, while Obama has the highest favorables (at 55).

The point: Things are looking up, folks. Perhaps, yesterday, I didn't give the mass electorate enough credit. Shame on me. But, come on: They did vote for Bush. Twice.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on September 17, 2008 (boomark / email).