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DEL.ICIO.USAccording to Democrats, Chambliss out-performing McCain in Georgia
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A poll just dropped by Democracy Corps, an outfit led by strategist James Carville, says Saxby Chambliss is doing better in Georgia than John McCain.
But not by much.
Here’s the standard warning: This is a survey generated by a partisan source. Read it not for accuracy, but to understand what Democrats are doing and why. Do not ingest if pregnant or use while operating heavy machinery.
That said, the survey, conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, is worth perusing. If the Democracy Corps web site is acting up, as it was earlier this afternoon, click here to see a PDF of the original memo.
The poll assumes a 26 percent turnout by African-American voters, which at this point seems conservative.
Democracy Corps puts the presidential race in Georgia at:
— John McCain: 46%
— Barack Obama: 44%
— Ralph Nader: 2%
— Bob Barr: 2%
While Barr isn’t doing particularly well here, 2 percent is certainly enough to cause trouble for McCain.
In the U.S. Senate race, Chambliss is doing slightly better, possibly because only the Democratic and Republican candidates were named in the survey — Libertarian Allen Buckley was omitted.
Democracy Corps puts Chambliss at 48 percent and Martin at 44 percent. Chambliss does well with voters on many issues, including Iraq. But when it comes to the economy or “special interests,” the Republican suffers — obvious to anyone monitoring TV ads in the race.
One also wonders if Carville, who advised Zell Miller during his 1990 campaign for governor, before he latched onto Bill Clinton, might be fishing for business again in Georgia.
Democracy Corps presented voters with a hypothetical 2010 gubernatorial match-up between former Gov. Roy Barnes, a Democrat, versus Secretary of State Karen Handel, a Republican.
The result was Barnes at 49 percent and Handel at 35 percent.
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Comments
By Dave
October 20, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this
Here are four main items Roy Barnes pushed for in 2000-2002:
Perdue came in and immediately killed the first three items, and retreated from the fourth item - the one he campaigned most vigorously against - because he knew Barnes did the right thing by changing the flag.
Just goes to show you how being proactive usually doesn’t make you popular. And we got stuck with do-nothing Sonny - what a loser he’s turned out to be. Too bad Barnes couldn’t re-run for governor this year!
By Dave
October 20, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this
Here are four main items Roy Barnes pushed for in 2000-2002:
Perdue came in and immediately killed the first three items, and retreated from the fourth item - the one he campaigned most vigorously against - because he knew Barnes did the right thing by changing the flag.
Just goes to show you how being proactive usually doesn’t make you popular. And we got stuck with do-nothing Sonny - what a loser he’s turned out to be. Too bad Barnes couldn’t re-run for governor this year!
By Sir Winston
October 20, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this
Wow!!! That Bob Barr is getting on like gang busters. This reminds me of the momentum that that idiot Ru Paul had during the primary season. Peace.
By Sir Winston
October 20, 2008 7:44 PM | Link to this
You know what James Carville should poll? He should go out and speak to all his friends in the lib media and ask them one question.
Based on the hypothetical position that Obama fails on election day. Do you think that the Democrat/Media excuse should be…
It is because the country is racist. And if it were not for the racist people in the “heartland” Obama would be President.
or
The Republicans stole the election. They do it all the time. We were robbed.
Why does anyone read a poll done by this washed up Clinton hack? Peace.
By Copyleft
October 21, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this
Voters are always hard on “those bums in Washington,” but willing to make excuses for their local politicians, no matter how blatantly corrupt and incompetent.
And here’s a question for Sir Winston: When John McCain inevitably loses this election, will you whine about
A: How the liberals stole the election, or
B: How the American People are just too dang stupid and deserve the coming apocalypse?
By Sir Winston
October 21, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this
We are not the ones that cry and moan everytime we fail to win. That ground is held soley by the Democrat party. It is the left that fails to see that it is their liberalism that is rejected. If McCain fails it will be because this is an off year for Republicans (Party in power and all that.). Some may argue, and I agree, that McCain’s history of crossing the ailse to work with a a bunch of lefties turned off the base. We will not go running around b@tching and moaning that the evil Democrats cheated. Although, they are via ACRORN and thier attempts at voter fraud. Nice try their, Copyleft. I all honesty if The Obama, peace be upon him, fails will it be because we stole the election or because the country is racist? That is a fair question given the track record of the Democrat Party. Peace.