jimmy_from_north_buffalo Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 One wonders if McCain will still be calling for more troops in 2008, or if Hillary will still be calling for.... Poll: McCain trumps Clinton From the "Tell Us Something We Don't Know" Department, a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has John McCain beating Hillary Clinton "soundly" in a head-to-head 2008 matchup. Although the poll found Americans favoring a Democratic president by an eight-point margin, that preference isn't translating to support for a particular candidate, at least as far as Clinton is concerned. McCain leads Clinton by a margin of 50 percent to 36 percent in the poll of registered voters; Clinton leads Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, still unknown to a lot of Americans, by only six percentage points. Obama-mania? The poll didn't try any head-to-head matchups with the Illinois senator, but it did find that more than 40 percent of the Democrats surveyed said they didn't know enough about Barack Obama to say whether they had a favorable or unfavorable impression of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Balls Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 One wonders if McCain will still be calling for more troops in 2008, or if Hillary will still be calling for.... Poll: McCain trumps Clinton From the "Tell Us Something We Don't Know" Department, a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has John McCain beating Hillary Clinton "soundly" in a head-to-head 2008 matchup. Although the poll found Americans favoring a Democratic president by an eight-point margin, that preference isn't translating to support for a particular candidate, at least as far as Clinton is concerned. McCain leads Clinton by a margin of 50 percent to 36 percent in the poll of registered voters; Clinton leads Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, still unknown to a lot of Americans, by only six percentage points. Obama-mania? The poll didn't try any head-to-head matchups with the Illinois senator, but it did find that more than 40 percent of the Democrats surveyed said they didn't know enough about Barack Obama to say whether they had a favorable or unfavorable impression of him. 866614[/snapback] As McCain has proven over and over...and over...and um over again he'll go wichever the way the wind's blowing politically. Does anybody really expect him to hold on to the ridiculous notion that we need oh say a million more troops or whatever the hell it is he wants? If people are against the war now in pretty overwhelming numbers imagine what this nation's mindset will be two years from now. Like most wishy washy things McCain has done in the past look for him to flip flop...again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy_from_north_buffalo Posted December 14, 2006 Author Share Posted December 14, 2006 As McCain has proven over and over...and over...and um over again he'll go wichever the way the wind's blowing politically. Does anybody really expect him to hold on to the ridiculous notion that we need oh say a million more troops or whatever the hell it is he wants? If people are against the war now in pretty overwhelming numbers imagine what this nation's mindset will be two years from now. Like most wishy washy things McCain has done in the past look for him to flip flop...again. 866622[/snapback] The vast majority of Americans want to leave Iraq, but the 25% or so that want to stay no matter what it costs or whatever happens are the solid deep red Conservatives. So McCain has to act like he has an 'aggressive' plan for Iraq. What a shame it is that a presidential candidate has to appeal to the people who were so wrong to begin with and simply are not capable of seeing the mistake because of their own pride and a lack of common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkFast Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 The vast majority of Americans want to leave Iraq, but the 25% or so that want to stay no matter what it costs or whatever happens are the solid deep red Conservatives. So McCain has to act like he has an 'aggressive' plan for Iraq. What a shame it is that a presidential candidate has to appeal to the people who were so wrong to begin with and simply are not capable of seeing the mistake because of their own pride and a lack of common sense. 866651[/snapback] Dropping from Iraq RIGHT NOW and running home like scared dogs represents "common sense"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungee Jumper Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Dropping from Iraq RIGHT NOW and running home like scared dogs represents "common sense"? 866843[/snapback] No. Running home from Iraq like scared dogs while simultaneously increasing troop strength represents "common sense". Never mind that McCain wants to put 30k more "combat troops" in theater. Hey, John-boy? How are you going to feed them? How much more ammo and diesel will they require? How are you going to ship it all there? How many more support troops do you have to put in-theater to support 30k "combat troops"? Where are they all going to live? "Common sense". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 This will be why many of us WANT her to win the nomination. We're not afraid of her, we know it will be almost impossible if she wins. BUT, if she does, I have a backup plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 No. Running home from Iraq like scared dogs while simultaneously increasing troop strength represents "common sense". Never mind that McCain wants to put 30k more "combat troops" in theater. Hey, John-boy? How are you going to feed them? How much more ammo and diesel will they require? How are you going to ship it all there? How many more support troops do you have to put in-theater to support 30k "combat troops"? Where are they all going to live? "Common sense". 866852[/snapback] That's enough of that. Let's let our resident military experts like "Jimmy in North Town" tell us what they'd do. It's wicked funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungee Jumper Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 That's enough of that. Let's let our resident military experts like "Jimmy in North Town" tell us what they'd do. It's wicked funny. 866907[/snapback] Yeah, you're right. What the !@#$ do I know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 No. Running home from Iraq like scared dogs while simultaneously increasing troop strength represents "common sense". Never mind that McCain wants to put 30k more "combat troops" in theater. Hey, John-boy? How are you going to feed them? How much more ammo and diesel will they require? How are you going to ship it all there? How many more support troops do you have to put in-theater to support 30k "combat troops"? Where are they all going to live? "Common sense". 866852[/snapback] "The Common Sense" part of that from McCain, is he'll be the lone voice choosing the impossible option. It gives him some nice political cover for a Presidential run. You can't blame him, he was for a more aggressive plan all along. As the Irish say, Good ol' Polly-tickin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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