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


To: tonto who wrote (45445)9/9/2008 10:28:29 AM
From: tonto3 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 224759
 
Obama campaign chair nervous?

Obama Campaign Manager: Chill Out about Polls.
by Kaity
Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 07:15:07 AM PDT

Kossacks, we need to relax. Every time there is an uptick for McCain in the polls there is a collective panic that a one-point lead two months before the election spells the end of all the collective energy, optimism, and momentum Obama has built. There is also a collective amnesia about all the times he has seemingly come back from behind because no matter what polls say, people believe in his message and are willing to mobilize for him.

"There’s a lot of hyperventilating about national polls," Plouffe [Obama's campaign manager] said, which wasn’t a surprise since both a CBS News poll and the Gallup daily tracking poll showed McCain taking the lead nationally in the presidential race. "When you look at battleground states, we feel very good about where we are."...