Passing Strange *with bonus AARG poll* (worth less than a cracker jack toy)

[cali]

All I can conclude is that Clinton's campaign is so stressed that it's buckling. I have no clue as to why they think doing what they're doing will help the candidate.

What am I talking about?

The "telephone" ad. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's hitting beneath the belt, but I don't know why they believe that this will sell anyone on her. Going negative has hurt her. Why keep doing the same thing? In Ohio, her negatives are now over 50%, that's not good.

The "Obama's not viable unless he wins RI and the other 3 states on Tuesday". That's just nutty. Commentators are already making fun of it. If she wants to turn herself into a punchline on Leno, this is the way to go. And I can't imagine they sent out this spin because their internals look so good.

Her advisors and consultants leaking their feuding to the press. This fuels speculation and the gossips.

Wolfson, Penn, Ickes and others scatter shots at Obama. They're dumping everything they can think of on him in a strangely hasty and seemingly uncoordinated way.

Complaining. They're doing far too much complaining and it just looks whiny.

Senator Clinton is someone who normally has a lot of dignity, but she hasn't been projecting that lately and that's disasterous for her. Her public image is deteriorating.

Maybe I'm all wrong, and Clinton will be vindicated by wins in TX and OH on Tuesday, but that looks increasingly unlikely.



ARG TX Poll: O-51%, C-44%
by mikeymike68
Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 11:54:02 AM PST
I know...it's ARG but...

mikeymike68's diary :: ::
Sorry for the short diary.

But thought it was still worth noting. It is consistent with other polls. I believe there last poll was O-50%, C-42%.

Their newest OH poll has C-50%, O-45%. That is a big improvement from their last one: C-49%, O-39%.

Here is the link to both:
http://americanresearchgroup.com/pres08/txdem8-704.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/29/14468/7879/391/466414

[TwilightGardener]

1. I judge a candidate on the kind of campaign they run. I knew Boosh

was going to be a disaster when Rove emerged during the 2000 primaries and engaged in all sorts of dirty underhanded bullshit to get him to win. I watched Obama all year, watched when he gots tons of press and relatively little, when he was up in the polls, and then when he was down 30 points--I watched when he won, and when he lost--and he managed to conduct himself largely with honor and fairness, and without desperate flailing and re-tooling. He simply set his sights on what he had to do next, and did it, without sinking into the gutter. That's what confirms for me he's the right candidate, and would make a good President. That's why I feel Hilary does not deserve to win.

[NJSecularist]

2. All trends show a too close to call race in Ohio

I expect to see a 1 to 2 point win for whomever wins Ohio.

[cali]

3. She may pull out a win OH but it's still a campaign acting

in desperation- and it shows. Man, does it show.