Say it ain’t so? But yes, all major polls indicate today that the Sarah Palin pheonominon is so two weeks ago. Apparently, getting caught with misinformation (some would say lies) over and over and over does bring down your poll numbers. That and greatest economic challenge to our economy since the Great Depression, have given voters a different perspective on the election.
According to CNN, “The senator from Illinois is ahead of McCain in national polls by 3 percentage points, 47 percent to 44 percent. Obama was up by 2 points in the poll of polls released earlier Thursday.”
The quote of the day comes from Joe Biden, who said McCain’s economic plan is “the ultimate Bridge to Nowhere.”
One article suggests that Palin’s luster has now effectively worn off and daily media inquires into her shifting positions and claims has sent the McCain off message at exactly the wrong time.
Noam Scheiber of The New Republic agrees and writes: “the Palin pick may weigh McCain down….She isn’t fundamentally scrambling the demographics of the race, as some worried/predicted at the time of the announcement. Non-conservative women, in particular, don’t appear to be taking the bait, possibly because of her hard-line positions on social issues…”
Katherine Skiba of U.S. News and World Report noticed this same trend: “A CBS News/New York Times poll published Thursday shows that McCain’s convention bounce has dissipated and support for Palin has dropped. Her favorable rating is at 40 percent, down four points from last week, while her unfavorable rating stands at 30 percent, having risen eight points in the same period. Among women, Palin’s favorable rating has fallen 11 points in the past week, the poll said.”
What the media giveth, the media takeith away…
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