Poll: Rush Limbaugh's campaign is a bust ... link

[Alhena]

I heard Rush crying about this poll on his show yesterday - poor drug addict baby, does he not have the American voting public in his back pocket? This is a very good sign for Indiana, by the way, which is an open primary. Assuming Hillary wins today, that will further reduce the number of Republicans voting just to keep this thing going- they will likely figure that it's going on regardless of Indiana results if Hillary wins today.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9735.html

In Delaware County, a Philadelphia suburb once home to a storied Republican machine, nearly 14,000 voters have switched their party affiliation to Democratic since January compared to just 768 who became Republicans.

Those party-switchers now represent about 7 percent of the roughly 2 million Democratic voters expected to turnout Tuesday, said Madonna.

A poll of those switchers and new registrants released by Madonna last week found that Obama was the preferred candidate for 62 percent of them. Clinton insiders said they are also bracing for the same 60-40 split among newly registered Democrats.

Depending on turnout, Madonna said, those newcomers could help Obama cut a Clinton victory margin by 2 to 3 percentage points and keep her below a double-digit win that would breath new life into the hard-fought race.

“It’s another important factor working in his favor,” Madonna said.

Clinton is still favored to win the state. But Politico’s analysis illustrates how the geographic concentrations of new Democrats could make a difference, if turnout is high among them.

For instance, about 143,400 Democratic newcomers – including newly registered and party switchers — are in Philadelphia and its suburbs. Those numbers could help Obama rack up big margins in what is considered his strongest turf.

[fasttense]

1. Rush Limpball thinks he's a king maker.

He's just a hate monger longing to be with powerful people.

[Lautremont]

2. It's nice to see Madonna finally getting involved in politics.

Took her long enough!

[PBS Poll-435]

5. Just think of what she could have accomplished .....

If she was focused on politics in the 90s, instead of the "other..."

:spank: :blush::spank: :blush::spank: :blush::spank: :blush:

[Norrin Radd]

6. She actually endorsed Clark in '04.

[islandmkl]

3. on the early morning 'three minutes of rush' that happens to come on as I wake up..

this morning the blowass was crowing about 'Operation Chaos' or whatever he calls it being a HUGH success in PA...as if he was the reason Clinton appears to be ahead in the polls...

Hey, oxyboy...she was WAY the f*** ahead before you even 'developed' this 'strategy' back in the Texas primary days...

How would that a-hole 'TRUTHFULLY' tell his listeners that they were having any desired effect on the Dem's' primary?

before edit: strike any allusion to TRUTH when referring to any rushbag comments...

and forget wondering why his 'followers' would believe anything he says...he saves them a lot of 'thinking time'.....

[CoffeeCat]

4. All signs point to a VERY, VERY close PA race...

Geez. The more news I listen to and read today--the more signs point toward a very
close race between Clinton and Obama.

What you've posted here is very significant. There are about 200,000 newly registered Democrats, as suggested
by this piece. Sixty percent of these new registrants prefer Obama. That's huge. These people will vote in
high numbers. They took the time to register this time around, and this year is pivotal for PA voters. It's
highly likely that these people will show up and vote.

Also, I've had CNN/MSNBC on since early this morning. The repeated meme of the Clinton camp is, "Hey, a win
is a win. Even by one vote, a win is a win." This signifies to me, that the Clinton internals show a very
tight race. Why else would they be propagating that as their central theme today?

As an Obama supporter, I'm extremely happy right now. All of this looks very good for Obama.

The latest polls show a tight race...anywhere between 3-7 points. When you factor in these new registrants, that
could move the numbers even tighter.

MSNBC also released another poll this morning. 42 percent of PA voters believe that Hillary is more responsible for
the negative campaigning that has gone on in the past six weeks. 56 percent say they're equally to blame and a very
low percentage (below 10 percent) say Obama is more responsible for this negativity.

Those numbers are also incredibly important and could help Obama. Negative campaigning keeps people home. People
get fed up and frustrated with the race, and the negative campaigning can sometimes mean people stay home. A large
chunk of Pennsylvanians blame Clinton for the negativity. That could cause some of her supporters to stay home.
As an Obama supporter, I'm really encouraged by all of this.