Amerikaanse verkiezingen #52: Colin Powell endorses Obama

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Op zondag 19 oktober 2008 15:38 schreef popolon het volgende:

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

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Obama is viewed favorably by 55%, McCain by 52%. Those figures include 40% with a Very Favorable opinion of Obama and 30% with a Very Unfavorable opinion of him. For McCain, the comparable numbers are 23% Very Favorable and 24% Very Unfavorable.

Polling data on “Joe the Plumber” will be released later today (Premium Members can get an advance look at the data now).

http://www.rasmussenrepor(...)ential_tracking_poll

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Op zondag 19 oktober 2008 15:46 schreef pfaf het volgende:

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Dat zijn nog eens 7 minuten boordevol wijze woorden zeg.

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Op zondag 19 oktober 2008 15:47 schreef qonmann het volgende:
Sarah Palin haar optreden
http://www.nbc.com/Saturd(...)in-cold-open/773761/
Doet ze erg goed mi.

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Op zondag 19 oktober 2008 15:50 schreef remlof het volgende:

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Op zondag 19 oktober 2008 11:24 schreef Montov het volgende:

Het probleem met sites als pollster.com en rcp.com is dat sommige oudere peilingen niet meer worden meegenomen in het gemiddelde terwijl er nog niet een recente versie is van dezelfde peiler. Op zich logisch natuurlijk om alleen recente peilingen mee te wegen, maar dat heeft wel als gevolg dat Pew Research (Obama +7), Ipsos (+9), ABC (+10), Fox (+7), Newsweek (+11), Democracy Corps (+9), Time (+6), NBC (+6), CBS (+3), CNN (+8) niet meer meetellen. Deze peilingen zijn allemaal van vorige week tot 2 weken terug. Veel van deze peilers zaten boven het gemiddelde, en zodra deze peilers weer een peiling houden is het goed mogelijk dat deze ook weer het gemiddelde omhoog halen.

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Op zondag 19 oktober 2008 15:50 schreef remlof het volgende:

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Op zondag 19 oktober 2008 16:09 schreef Wheelgunner het volgende:
Dit is die achterlijke trut waar Powell het ook over had op CNN:

Michelle Bachmann accuses Congress of being un-American

Beetje proberen het McCarthyism te reanimeren, en nog serieus zijn ook...

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Op zondag 19 oktober 2008 16:09 schreef Wheelgunner het volgende:
Dit is die achterlijke trut waar Powell het ook over had op CNN:

Michelle Bachmann accuses Congress of being un-American

Beetje proberen het McCarthyism te reanimeren, en nog serieus zijn ook...

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Op zondag 19 oktober 2008 16:12 schreef popolon het volgende:

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Dat wijf spoort echt niet. Vond het optreden van Matthews erg zwak trouwens, hij had haar totaal af kunnen branden.

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Obama Aide: We Would Welcome Powell Endorsement

Today Obama spokesperson Linda Douglas said she has no news on the Powell front, but the campaign would obviously love an endorsement. "We would welcome the support of somebody with such a distinguished and honorable career as General Powell," she told me this morning, as Obama's plane flew to Virginia for a rally. Obama has previously cited Powell as a potential member of his administration, and the two have been in touch before. "I know they talk from time to time about foreign policy matters," Douglas said, though she did not know the last time they spoke.

Powell is widely viewed as a thoughtful public servant who carries credibility (and experience) in both parties. Since leaving the Bush administration, he has also been cast as a cautious conservative who sounded alarms about the President approach to Iraq, in both journalistic accounts and, perhaps more saliently, in the new movie "W.," where Powell is the only voice of reason in a bunker packed with incompetent neocons. Private warnings cannot cancel out Powell's hawkish presentation to the U.N., but unlike so many war cheerleaders in politics and the media, he owned up to his mistakes. On national television, Powell called the U.N. address a "blot" on his record.

In a tough period for the G.O.P., Powell remains the party's most beloved national figure. During his tenure as Secretary of State, Powell's unfavorable rating held to a remarkable five percent -- more in line with Santa Claus than a Bush administration official -- while 60 percent of Americans viewed him favorably. (The rest had not heard of him or were undecided, according to the CBS/NYT poll.) His favorables are even higher among registered voters (67%), who tend to follow the news more. Finally, in polls like Gallup, which leave out the "undecided" option, Powell's favorables hit the 80s. "He's one of the most respected people in this country," Douglas added during our conversation, and the numbers back that up.

Powell's unusually strong support across the political spectrum, burned into the public imagination in a long career serving a Clinton, two Bushes and two Iraq wars, makes him one of the few people who's endorsement can actually impact voters across the country. Yet beyond his standing among average Joes, from the plumbres to the six packs, Powell is a low-key, high-impact media figure. "He's a press favorite," explained Time's Mark Halperin on MSNBC today. "[An endorsement] would get several days worth of coverage. I think for some voters who are wary about voting for an African-American who they don't know, who doesn't have experience in national security, here is a validator who is almost unique in America today."

If Powell endorses anyone, his views on Iraq and past praise for Obama make a Democratic nod seem more plausible.

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Op zondag 19 oktober 2008 16:23 schreef Klopkoek het volgende:
"Barack Obama is geen moslim, het is een Christen. Maar de juiste vraag is niet 'is hij een moslim?' maar 'wat als hij dat zou zijn?'"