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Voters Say Obama Won Debate, McCain More Prepared To Be President
Thursday, October 09, 2008

Voters say Barack Obama beat John McCain in Tuesday night’s presidential debate 45% to 28%, but they also think McCain is better prepared to be president than Obama by an 11-point margin.

Over one-quarter of voters (28%) didn’t pick either man as the winner of the debate, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken Wednesday evening.

Sixty-one percent (61%) say McCain is prepared to be president, while 50% feel that way about Obama. While 28% say McCain isn’t ready to be the chief executive, 43% say that of the Democratic nominee.

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Obama WTF (What's The Facts?)- "No experience; no judgment; no integrity; the facts will set Obama supporters free".

That 3:00 am call came .... John McCain answered that call .... Barack Osama hit the "snooze" button!!!

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Obama WTF (What's The Facts?)- "No experience; no judgment; no integrity; the facts will set Obama supporters free".

That 3:00 am call came .... John McCain answered that call .... Barack Osama hit the "snooze" button!!!

The whole problem is that Americans are voting their pocketbooks this time. They could care less what their candidate's character, past association, morals and integrity is. Of course, there will be some, like myself, that still looks at the moral issues and the integrity of the candidate.

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Of course nobody cares about character anymore, that's why everyone but you is making it an issue. You seem to think that John McCain dictates what people feel in their hearts. You also seem to enjoy insulting the integity of fine Americans who DO still have a voice in this country, and of whom DO require morals, character, past associations and integrity from their candidate, whether dem or pub. Two presidents in a row, two different parties, both let the American people down with their lack of integrity as well as their associations, past and present, and you still don't get it. It's the integrity stupid. Carville's an idiot.

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SCOREBOARD

Gallup Tracking 10/06 - 10/08 2761 RV 52 41 Obama +11
Rasmussen Tracking 10/06 - 10/08 3000 LV 50 45 Obama +5
Hotline/FD Tracking 10/06 - 10/08 852 LV 47 41 Obama +6
Reuters/CSpan/Zogby Tracking 10/06 - 10/08 1203 LV 48 44 Obama +4
GW/Battleground Tracking 10/05 - 10/08 800 LV 48 45 Obama +3
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 10/04 - 10/05 658 RV 49 43 Obama +6
CBS News 10/03 - 10/05 616 LV 48 45 Obama +3
CNN 10/03 - 10/05 694 LV 53 45 Obama +8
Ipsos/McClatchy 10/02 - 10/06 858 RV 47 40 Obama +7
Democracy Corps (D) 10/01 - 10/05 1000 LV 49 46 Obama +3

Hey Kappy, what happened to that trend you were talking about yesterday?

Of course people think McCain is more prepared to be president. They've thought that forever. Frankly, it shouldn't even be a question. That question was settled during the primary, though. People decided that with times as rough as they are, they were willing to take a bit of a chance on somebody they hadn't known for decades. If Obama started beating McCain in the "more prepared" poll, he's in bigger trouble than we all think. What's more important is who wins in the "better able to handle the economy" question and that's always Obama by more than 20.