Mac Attack!
The third debate seems to have been a turning point for the McCain campaign. After his appointment of Sarah Palin as the VP candidate for the GOP, McCain experienced a boost in the polls…
“Palin’s having an impact, there’s no doubt about that,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “Whether it’s a lasting impact or not…we’ll find out down the road.”
However, that boost was not enough to continue McCain support into the debates. In fact, since the first debate, McCain has been slowly dropping into the double-digits below Senator Obama. 11 days ago, of the National RCP Polls, of the 13 polls, roughtly 6 of them had Obama up by double digits (including at the time a Fox News oll which had him up by 14 points). However, since two days ago, those leads have dropped considerably. Now, only 2 national non-biased polls (NY Times and FD Tracking Hotline) have B.H.Obama up by double digits. Gallup traditional has Obama only up by 2 points.
Why the Change?
Because McCain took the stance he needed to in the debate. So far McCain campaign has been walking on eggshells around BHObama for fear of being called a bigot or a racist or accused of not being clear about the issues. Guess what: the media and the BHO campaign have done that anyway!
McCain’s mention of Bill Ayers, and McCain’s claim that BHObama hasn’t given us any indication about how his policies will work (tax breaks for 95% when on 70% pay? That seems like bad math) is the start of something that needs to continue for the next 3 weeks.
Obama’s relationship with Ayers, McCain told Stephanopoulos, “is open to question…. Because if you’re going to associate and have as a friend and serve on a board and have a guy kick off your campaign that says he’s unrepentant, that he wished [he] bombed more — and then, the worst thing of all, that, I think, really indicates Senator Obama’s attitude, is he had the incredible statement that he compared Mr. Ayers, an unrepentant terrorist, with Senator Tom Coburn, Senator Coburn, a physician who goes to Oklahoma on the weekends and brings babies into life — comparing those two — I mean, that’s not — that’s an attitude, frankly, that certainly isn’t in keeping with the overall attitude.”
Let’s hope that Mac Attack continues.
Mac Attack
