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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Very bad poll news for Obama and the Dems
2008-03-22
The latest news from the Rasmussen Tracking Poll is very encouraging for McCain.


Obama's favorable-unfavorable is 46 to 51, its all time low, demonstrating no ability yet to stanch the bleeding. No wonder they trotted out Bill Richardson with his Fu Man Chu beard.


But here is really evidence of what has happened with white voters:


Arkansas: McCain leads Clinton 50-43. McCain leads Obama by 59-30.
Kentucky: McCain leads Clinton 53-43. He destroys Obama 64-28.
Lower middle income whites have deserted Obama. In one Pennsylvania poll, Clinton now leads Obama by 26. She has now taken the lead from him in North Carolina. Rasmussen national numbers: Clinton 46, Obama 44.
Head to head general: McCain 49, Obama 41; McCain 49, Clinton 43.


No question that Hillary is the stronger general election candidate. She is more competitive in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida. Obama does better than Hillary in states Dems will lose anyway: Georgia, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska.


Other good news:


Only Arkansas among Southern states was really in play. Now McCain leads even Clinton there.
McCain is very well-positioned in Florida: Sen. Lieberman will get Jewish votes for him, veterans, Cubans, northern Panhandle whites don't like Obama or Clinton.
Virginia is suprisingly strong for McCain, who holds solid leads over both Dems.

The Dims will have to nominate Hillary to have any chance in the general. Unfortunately for them, B*O can still legitimately claim to be the "people's choice."
Denver is going to make Chicago '68 look like an Osmond concert.
Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy

#18  OP, as one who considers himself a "part-time" cowboy or rodeo junkie AND a snow-skier, I resent your remark that we can't be both! Colorado is one of my fave destinations, in that you can get the feel of Texas (very independent), but also enjoy some of the "creature comforts" that liberals love (Starbucks, GREAT food, etc.).
Posted by: BA   2008-03-22 23:53  

#17  I think I'd better triple my popcorn order, OP. :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-03-22 23:41  

#16  I have one word for the Donks: don't mess with Denver.

Camp George West is between Lakewood and Golden, and is the state's Emergency Command Post. I'm sure it will be manned 24/7 during the convention. It's also the largest Army National Guard arsenal in the state, with Bradleys, Strykers, and at least a company of M1A1 tanks. About half of Colorado's National Guard personnel have served in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Buckley Air National Guard Base, on the eastern edge of Aurora (a Denver suburb) hosts an ANG squadron of F-16s, plus at least a squadron of Army National Guard helicopters.

Fort Carson is home to the 10th Special Forces Group. Biggs Army Airfield has about 400 aircraft, including Apaches and Blackhawks.

There are more than 85,000 retired military living in Denver. There are another 35,000 in Colorado Springs.

Colorado has a statute that allows the governor to call upon ALL police in the state during an emergency. That's a BUNCH.

Buckley, DIA, Peterson, and the airport in Pueblo are all capable of handling the largest aircraft in the US inventory. Fort Riley, Kansas, one of the nation's largest Army posts, isn't that far away.

Most Coloradans have at least one firearm in their homes, and a third probably have something that will stop an elk or a bear. Elk and bear are harder to kill than humans.

At least half of Coloradans have an "attitude" about people coming here and messing up their state. It's a nice way to get your teeth violently removed. This is still a rodeo state and a cowboy state - don't let all that skiing and snowboarding confuse you.

My suggestion to the Donks is "Be nice, or stay home."
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-03-22 23:39  

#15  The Dems are gonna have an accelerated depreciation field trip in Denver this summer.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2008-03-22 23:25  

#14  Wouldn't it be funny if the dems had to take out catastrophe insurance to get a city to host their conventions in the future?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2008-03-22 23:02  

#13  #10. Col Gov. Bill Ritter said from the beginning he would not stump for a candidate. He is one of Democratic 10 governors who have not committed to either Clinton or Obama.
Posted by: GK   2008-03-22 22:47  

#12  Denver is going to make Chicago '68 look like an Osmond concert.

I don't know, some of those Donnie & Marie fans can be pretty rowdy!
Posted by: Squinty Slose7299   2008-03-22 22:14  

#11  Chew on this Rambler. Its amazing when the military is used by liberals or for liberal objectives no one seems to mention Posse Comitatus. The truth is that Posse Comitatus was passed by the Donks in 1878 so the federal troops would be removed from the voting stations in the south. Instead of 'protecting' civil liberties, it was used to eliminate the civil rights of blacks for nearly a hundred years.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-03-22 20:58  

#10  Gov. of Colorado is a Dem - anyone know which candidate he supports?
Posted by: lotp   2008-03-22 19:37  

#9  It is also worth remembering that Posse Comitatus is a statute and not an article of the Constitution.
Misunderstanding of this act is so prevalent that I have even heard various idiots claim that it prevents the military from confronting invaders on American soil.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2008-03-22 19:11  

#8  If a riot is so serious that it might rate federal intervention, what is it but a general insurrection?
Flakes and conspira-loons say one thing, but the courts and Congress have a different view. Federal troops have been deployed in civil disturbances many times since the passage of Posse Comitatus, notably in Detroit in 1968 and again in Los Angeles in 1992. Actions taken under the Insurrection Act (which these would be) have always been exempt from Posse Comitatus. Posse Comitatus is often misrepresented by conspiracy theorists and other flakes but the case law and history are clear. The translation is often rendered as "power of the people" by conspiracy flakes, for example, but "power of the county" is more accurate.

That is, federal troops cannot be used at the behest of any local or state officials or the federal law enforcement establishment without Presidential authorization under the Insurrection Act.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2008-03-22 19:08  

#7  The Colorado National Guard Special Forces units could cut their way through the liberal morons with only a bunch of wet spaghetti.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-03-22 18:39  

#6  Under the Posse Comitatus Act, federal troops cannot be used for law enforcement. Sorry, but it is a city and state problem, unless it turns into a general insurrection. The (Democratic) governor could call out the Colorado National Guard, though.
Posted by: Rambler in California   2008-03-22 18:34  

#5  Yeah, AC, I can see the media part....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-03-22 18:21  

#4  Down side? It will be hard to persuade rioters to attack the media shills. We can always hope though.
There is also the wear and tear on our armor when Bush has to roll them north from Fort Carson to restore order.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2008-03-22 18:18  

#3  "Denver is going to make Chicago '68 look like an Osmond concert."

What's the downside, AC?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-03-22 18:14  

#2  Obama does better than Hillary in states Dems will lose anyway: Georgia, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska.

Here's an interesting analysis that, as a spambot, I can't post of why Hussein does well in some states and not so in others. Looks like he's started his debate.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-03-22 18:13  

#1  Denver is going to make Chicago '68 look like an Osmond concert.

I hope Denver makes the dhimocrats look like the dithering fools they are.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-03-22 17:54  

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