Ha, ha. The St. Petersburg (FL) Times has been running focus groups, and this week their group shows a dramatic shift to Obama. The reason? Sarah Palin. She scares them.
Maybe they didn't put enough lipstick on that pitbull.
One thought pushes fence-sitters to the left: Palin
ST. PETERSBURG — Five weeks ago, the St. Petersburg Times convened a group of Tampa Bay voters who were undecided about the presidential election. Their strong distrust of Barack Obama suggested it was a group ripe for John McCain to win over.
Not anymore. The group has swung dramatically, if unenthusiastically, toward Democrat Obama. Most of them this week cited the same reason: Sarah Palin.
"The one thing that frightens me more than anything else are the ideologues. We've seen too many," said 80-year-old Air Force veteran Donn Spegal, a lifelong Republican from St. Petersburg, who sees McCain's new running mate as the kind of "wedge issue" social conservative that has made him disenchanted with his party.
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Of the 11 undecided voters participating in the discussion one recent evening at the Times — four Republicans, five Democrats, and two registered to no party — only two Republican men applauded the selection of Palin.
Nobody had finalized a choice, but seven of the panelists said that McCain's running mate selection had made them more likely to vote for Obama, and in several cases much more likely.
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"The St. Petersburg (FL) Times has been running focus groups,"
Oh please, the St. Petersburg Times is as far left as they come...probably the most liberal paper south of D.C....of course they will print anything that is worshipping Obama. Yeah, undecided voters, lol.
Believe anything published in this newspaper at your own risk. It has had to downsize substantially over the last couple of years — and for good reason. As an arm of the DNC it cuts itself off from half (or more) of its potential market.
This doesn’t even pass the laugh test. If this focus group were typical McCain Obama polls would be 30% McCain to 60% Obama.
Even if this were technically true, rather than a transparent ploy to rattle the GOP and deprive them of one of their most effective assets, it would still be wrong, because we’ve heard scores of cases where just the opposite effect occurrred, making Palin a net gain.
"and this week their group shows a dramatic shift to Obama. The reason? Sarah Palin. She scares them."
My own experience with other people is that, if anything, Sarah Palin has pushed far more people the other way...including former Hillary supporters.
""The one thing that frightens me more than anything else are the ideologues. We've seen too many," said 80-year-old Air Force veteran Donn Spegal, a lifelong Republican"
Lifelong Republican? Then why was his only documented campaign contribution 11 years ago to a Democrat?
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=516961770
Nice try. People who supported a pro-choice candidate are now supporting an idealogue who would deny a rape or incest victim an abortion? Preposterous.
Anyone who switches to McCain because of Quaylin was going to vote Republican anyway.
"Nice try."
I know this is oyur blogt, but cut the snarkiness.
"People who supported a pro-choice candidate are now supporting an idealogue who would deny a rape or incest victim an abortion? Preposterous."
Not preposterous as there are many people who dont vote single issues, including the abortion issue. Pro-choicers DO vote for pro-life candidates (even if they have tio hold their noses while doing it)
"Anyone who switches to McCain because of Quaylin was going to vote Republican anyway."
This is half true/half not true. As it is true that there are people who are going to vote McCain anyways. But there were many Republicans who, before McCain announced his VP pick, stated that they werent going to vote for McCain. After he chose palin, many of those people have changed their minds and will now vote for McCain. However, there are also Republicans who havent changed their minds, and said that regardless of Palin, they are still not voting for McCain.
And I dont think its so far fetched for people, at least SOME people, who dont vote Republican anyways, is now going to vote for McCain due to Palin.
Another brave anonymous opinion.
It's my blog, and I'll snark if I want to.
"I can see Russia from my house!" is not foreign policy experience.
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