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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: puborectalis who wrote (32418)	6/29/2008 9:55:47 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224737

no we don't, that's why we need to keep Obama out. We cannot afford to give Pelosi and Reid a blank check. They promised us lower gas prices if elected in 2006; the price of gas has doubled. And the dem majority approval rating remains 1/2 of President Bush's approval rating. No wonder your consumer confidence level is so low, the price of gas keeps rising while democrats continue to block drilling.

To: puborectalis who wrote (32418)	6/29/2008 10:01:15 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224737

On Many Issues, Americans Favor McCain's Solutions Donald Lambro, townhall.com Saturday, June 28, 2008 WASHINGTON -- If the presidential election hinged on who could best protect us from terrorism, veteran Sen. John McCain would probably defeat freshman Sen. Barack Obama. The Arizona Republican beats the Illinois Democrat by 19 points (52 percent to 33 percent) when voters are asked who would do a better job on that issue, according to the latest USA Today/Gallup Poll. The inadvisability of answering loaded hypothetical questions aside, no wonder Charlie Black, McCain's top strategist, told Fortune magazine that the senator's stock would rise if there was a terrorist attack between now and Election Day. On the bedrock issue of terrorism, Americans trust the decorated war veteran, fighter pilot and national-security leader far more than they do the youthful, inexperienced former neighborhood organizer from Chicago. On the issue of high gas prices, Obama blames "greedy" oil companies, futures speculators, gougers and OPEC, but Gallup Polls over the past year reveal that "the intensity with which Americans see oil companies as 'gas price villains'" has been fading." Indeed, Americans blaming the oil companies for skyrocketing gas prices fell from 34 percent to 20 percent," with even fewer blaming the oil problem on the Middle East, the Iraq war or other "oil heavies." "Americans suggesting prices are increasing as a result of the economic forces of supply and demand increased from 10 percent to 15 percent while 6 percent now point to speculators," Gallup said. More Americans mention the shortage of oil supplies. These are among the causes and problems that McCain points to as he proposes that we boost oil production as part of a multistep energy plan to reduce prices. Obama is patently hostile to further oil exploration and drilling. While the USA Today poll finds Americans favoring Obama on energy over McCain, a separate Gallup Poll shows they support drilling in U.S. coastal and wilderness areas by 57 percent to 41 percent -- places that Obama says would be off-limits under his policies. This apparent confusion suggests that the electorate still does not know enough about the candidates and the details in their agendas. Gallup's daily-tracking poll (June 23 to June 25) of registered voters show the contest is a tossup -- 44 percent to 44 percent? To be sure, this election is in its infancy, with much of the electorate still sorting through their feelings about the candidates -- a process that won't begin to get serious until after Labor Day. That's why it remains a tossup and likely will throughout the summer.