Slog - Comments on Gallup http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup Obama's up. Hopefully it's just the beginning of Obama's convention bounce.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:56:17 -0800 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:48:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by max solomon polls ain't shit.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1115894 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1115894 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:46:38 -0800 Comment by Sam Hey Dan, slog tip: NBC apologized to Matthew Mitcham for now profiling he and his partner.

http://www.gaywired.com/Article.cfm?Section=66&ID=20133

]]> Sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1115906 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1115906 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:52:19 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Gee, too bad NBC can't make it up to Mitcham somehow, what with their TV network and cable networks and all.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1115921 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1115921 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:59:13 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Sweet.

Oh, saw a book called Obama for Beginners at the UW Bookstore today.

Woah.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1115990 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1115990 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:40:21 -0800 Comment by raindrop Did you know that Obama has not even completed one term in the United States Senate? And of that time, it's been mostly campaigning?
So Obama is trying to short circuit that deficit by having us fall in love with his oratory skills, intuition, and savvy organizing skills. All well and good except that we'll end up with something between a Jimmy Carter and an Adlai Stevenson and an economy that punishes success and rewards dependency with a six month waiting list to get medical care.
Nobody has been able to successfully counteract the argument that he is too inexperienced.

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116005 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116005 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:56:39 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger @5, please, stop mixing your reality with Slog's cultish worship of Obama. I hear he will walk on water tonight and heal the blind! I can't WAIT!!

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116008 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116008 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:02:46 -0800 Comment by Furcifer @5 OH NO, an Adlai Steveneson!? He was such a terrible presid--hey wait a minute...

Funny how you "inexperienced" memesters always studiously avoid any mention of Bill Clinton.

]]> Furcifer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116014 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116014 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:08:45 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger @7, yeah and he signed discrimination against gays and lesbians into law TWO TIMES!!!!

Now THAT's change we can believe in!!!!

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116026 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116026 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:18:45 -0800 Comment by John Bailo The typical "convention bounce" is at least 6.5 points.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116039 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:25:51 -0800 Comment by 270 270

]]> 270 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116042 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:27:08 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways the alternative is Grandpappy Prisoner McCain and a 100% rightwing Supreme Court. Also, continuing war, a rising deficit, a crapped out economy and the Barbiest First Lady ever.

Shut up, already.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116045 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116045 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:28:38 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways The convention isn't over, John...those are mid-convention numbers.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116046 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116046 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:29:53 -0800 Comment by tsm Next week some poll somewhere will show McCain up by 2 and you'll freak out again. Could we not read too much into polls, please? Particularly individual national tracking polls whose results aren't necessarily supported by other polls, and which aren't really measuring electoral success properly anyway?

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/gallup#c1116083 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:48:38 -0800