When 36 Years In Washington Just Ain’t Quite Long Enough
September 8, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Lots of fascinating data in the new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Here’s something in particular that caught our attention:
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of …
Barack Obama 58% fav/36% unfav
John McCain 59% / 36%
Joe Biden 51% / 29%
Sarah Palin 58% / 28%
Notice that not only does Sarah Palin have the lowest unfavorable numbers (itself quite a stunner), but check out who’s got the lowest favorable numbers: Joe Biden. Geez, after 36 years in the Senate, shouldn’t more people like you?
Fat Man said,
September 8, 2008 @ 11:55 pm
After 36 years in the Senate, most people can’t stand him.
Don in AZ said,
September 9, 2008 @ 1:20 am
In the future we’ll look back and say that Obama picking Biden was the most unecessary blunder of modern presidential politics. It makes *no* sense. The only running mate that would have made less sense is Harry Reid.
By picking Biden, Obama has recast his theme as Washington-business-as-usual, and the face of that kind of thing is … well, perhaps not Biden as the primary face, but put him in a lineup with the others and people will point and shake their heads and say, “Yeah, I recognize him. He’s like the others.”
David Gillies said,
September 9, 2008 @ 1:30 am
A meme I’m particularly fond of (and which, at this late hour, falls under the ‘too good to verify’ clause) is that Sarah Palin got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla than Joe Biden got running for President.
CosmicConservative said,
September 9, 2008 @ 1:38 am
Obama’s pick of Biden and McCain’s choice of Palin have, at least for now, made this a horse race. What that means is that Biden is dragging Obama down and Palin is lifting McCain up.
The problem with that analysis if you are McCain is that by November, the vast majority of the public are voting for PRESIDENT and not for VICE President. So enthusiasm today does not, historically, become votes in November.
It is still my opinon that for Obama to lose, he will have to commit multiple historical blunders. I still don’t think McCain can win this thing. Obama is going to have to lose it.
Picking Slow Joe was a step in that direction. But it was only a step.
BJM said,
September 9, 2008 @ 1:55 am
CC:
I agree to a point. Should Obama continue floundering for another week or 10 days he will take on the aura of the loser as it becomes apparent that he cannot run a campaign, which he foolishly established as a benchmark. Obama must make a sure-footed move as dramatic as McCain’s VP pick or McCain will most likely win by a double digit margin and it’s Hello Hillary!
Bill Clinton cannot stay out of the limelight said,
September 9, 2008 @ 3:43 am
On the historic news that both Presidential candidates will attend the 9-11 WTC Ceremony in peace, President Clinton invites Barack Obama to lunch. That was the headline news on Fox radio on Sunday.
RFTR said,
September 9, 2008 @ 11:59 am
Actually, I’m surprised that his unfavorables are so low after all this time…
snowed in said,
September 10, 2008 @ 10:08 am
“A meme I’m particularly fond of (and which, at this late hour, falls under the ‘too good to verify’ clause) is that Sarah Palin got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla than Joe Biden got running for President.”
Unfortunately not true. She did, however, get more votes running for governor than he did running for president.