Rasmussen: 42% Want McCain to Answer 3:00 a.m. Phone Call (Obama and Hillary both at 25% ea)

[Thepricebreaker]

The commercial was credited as one factor enabling Clinton to turn her campaign around in Texas last week. But, 42% of all voters said the person they’d most want to answer the phone was John McCain. Among all voters, 25% picked Clinton and another 25% named Obama as the person they’d want in the White House when a foreign policy crisis call arrived.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/42_want_mccain_to_answer_3_00_a_m_phone_call

To Add:

Yes the democrats got a full 50% over John McCains 42% but you can't assume when its 1 on 1 the single democrat will get the other full 25%.

Example would be me... I would want Obama to pick up the phone, not Hillary. It stays that way if it was McCain vs Hillary. It would be a non vote for me, thus 1 vote lost. There are a ton of us out there like that.

[anonymous171]

1. Great Job Hillary.

[blogslut]

2. Thanks, Hillary

Thanks a lot.

[kikiek]

3. Great Job Obama.

[Cha]

31. hilary's a fucker loser and yeah, Obama

is doing a great job.

[TwilightGardener]

41. WTF?

[OhioBlue]

4. good job Hill.

another great judgment call.

[bluestateguy]

5. Rasmussen does too many polls. He needs to be reined in.

Poll control legislation must be approved in the Congress.

[Thepricebreaker]

10. hehe your kidding right? He was the most accurate on 2004 election. Off by 1/2 of 1%

[sjdnb]

6. Only proves ...

There are a lot of stupid people answering Rasmussen polls.

[ingac70]

Only proves...

Hillary reignited fearmongering, when she should have been focusing on things Dems are perceived as strong in, like the economy.

[ingac70]

7. Whoo hoo, Hillary! Way to go!

Nice way to make sure Dems snatch defeat from the jaws of victory this year, dumbass!

[OhioChick]

8. Thanks Hillary. n/t

[jaysunb]

9. Nice going

:evilfrown:

[Fresh_Start]

11. I want the best Democratic candidate - Al Gore

I think Al would beat old man McCain even on this question

[DesertFlower]

32. how about biden?

i'd feel really safe with him. i hope to see him in the new administration.

[Fresh_Start]

38. I think we wound up with the two worst candidates from the pool

I'd chose Gore because I think he'd get a mea culpa vote from the people who after 7 long hard years of GWB wish they had voted for Gore in 2000

[DesertFlower]

47. or that the florida votes were all counted. nt

[Fresh_Start]

50. I can't believe the irony of the Democratic party not counting

Florida votes.

And I cannot believe that the Democratic party chose that solution.
The GOP had the same issue and they only reduced the number of delegates instead of completely screwing over Florida

[Adelante]

12. Gee, what a surprise nt

[Kurovski]

13. Madam Dunderhead sure knows how to frame the debate.

Actually, she's been doing a fabulous job for her party, as her president--George--might say.

[MH1]

14. Just goes to show that we have some work to do to educate the public about McCain.

I may never vote "for" Hillary but the thought of McCain being anywhere near the football will ensure that I press the "D" button in November.

Olbermann had a great segment on McInsane tonight. I hope he keeps it up. Now if we can only get Hillary to stop talking about what a great CinC McInsane would make.

[ingac70]

19. More people hear Hillary's sound bytes...

than watch Olbermann. She is fucking things up for us big style, and on purpose.

Don't look for her to stop.

[DesertFlower]

35. i agree. if she can't win,

she wants to bring obama down. she's doesn't care about the party.

[wileedog]

15. Fucking genius.

Ready to blow the GE from Day One.

[Name removed]

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[ingac70]

20. No. She's still..

sucking him off.

[enki23]

17. and now, fuck you hillary. you lost all moral standing with me.

.

[mzmolly]

18. Perhaps he can sing "bomb iran" when he picks up?

:eyes:

[DesertFlower]

40. that's the really scary thing.

he's got a bad temper.

[Sir Jeffrey]

21. I have no reason to doubt these poll results nt

[Skinner]

22. At first glance, that looks bad for us. But here's the good news:

The Dems got 50% while our opponent got 42%. Keep in mind that as long as we have two candidates in the race while they have one, the Dem vote is always going to split like this and make it appear that the other side is winning.

(To be clear: this is not a defense of Senator Clinton's "3am phone call" ad.)

[Thepricebreaker]

28. Yes but when its 1 vs 1 how many will migrate from the one thats not their to McCain.

Id Choose Obama, but Id never choose Hillary. So if Obama is out of the equation, so is my vote.

[Skinner]

39. We don't know.

But I think most sensible people recognize that the difference between the two Dems is much smaller than the difference between either of them and McCain.

[MH1]

51. Except you just nailed the EXACT problem with the 3AM ad.

Hillary positions herself as more like McCain - undermining that idea that "the difference between the two Dems is much smaller than the difference between either of them and McCain"...so that when Obama wins the nomination, some of her supporters will shift to McCain, because she's scared them that Obama can't handle the job.

Way to friggin go, Hillary. :banghead:

[Skinner]

60. To be clear: I said in my post I was not defending the 3am ad.

It may have helped Senator Clinton in the short term, but in the long term it is a strategic blunder that will hurt the eventual Democratic nominee, whether it's her or Senator Obama.

[mzmolly]

58. That is of some comfort,

thanks Skinner.

[ingac70]

23. kick

[Middle finga]

24. Good going Hillary, out there tossing hand grenades and it blew up

in your hand.

[ingac70]

25. More like blew up in OUR faces. n/t.

[Nitrogenica]

26. How did * handle the 3:00 AM call? He sat in the classroom.

[Thepricebreaker]

29. This isnt a Bush issue, and he is gone in 2009 - This is a total clusterfuck from Hillary.

[DesertFlower]

44. he was scared shitless.

he didn't know what the hell to do.

[featherman]

27. A lot of work to be done to define McCain for the voter

Too bad we are wasting it as we speak

[ctaylors6]

45. Unfortunately mccain is already defined for many people (esp from 2000) but Obama is being defined

by this primary.

[moobu2]

30. Looks good to me.

Together, that’s 50% who want a DEM to pick up the phone.

[Thepricebreaker]

33. Cant look at it like that.

When its just McCain vs the Dem nom.. How many will Migrate to McCain because the other 25% have no where to go.

[Kaylee]

34. Thanks for putting that security message out there, Hillary.

Slash and Burn baby.:eyes:

[mrreowwr_kittty]

36. WTF??? Primary rivalry aside:

What the hell is wrong with the American people? Have they not had enough punishment?

Why does Insane McCain get 43%??

AARGH!!

:banghead:

[ingac70]

49. Being promoted as a viable candidate by Hillary doesn't help. n/t

[TwilightGardener]

37. Good one, Hillary. Idiot.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

62. Kick!

[Bread and Circus]

42. all things considered that's a very bad % for McCain. 50% want a Dem.

[Thepricebreaker]

48. Again... Cant look at it like that.

When its just McCain vs the Dem nom.. How many will Migrate to McCain because the other 25% have no where to go.

[GoldieAZ49]

43. really.....how you say......oh shit!

That ties in well with the post I just made about

McCainocrats vs. Obamacans?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4959628&mesg_id=4959628



I guess the GE isn't going to be a cake walk after all.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

46. McCain would just pull the phone cord out with rage!

would you trust this man with the button! He's such a bad temper.

[TheCowsCameHome]

54. Or Cindy would hide it under her pillow.

Just to keep gramps from busting them against her while she slept.

[GoldieAZ49]

52. more bad news from that poll - look what Obama advisor said

Among Democrats, 46% said they’d like Clinton to take that call while 36% named Obama.

Among Republicans, 79% named McCain while neither Democrat reached double digits.

Among unaffiliated voters, 39% said McCain would be their top choice to handle such a crisis. Twenty-seven percent (27%) of unaffiliateds said they thought Obama was the best to handle the call while 18% named Clinton.

Among men, 51% preferred McCain, 21% Obama, and 19% Clinton. Women were evenly divided—33% for McCain and 30% for each of the Democrats.

As for which of the three would be the worst to have in the White House when a foreign policy crisis broke out, 36% named Obama, 28% McCain, and 25% Clinton. Men were evenly divided as to whether Clinton or Obama would be the worst. Women were evenly divided as to whether Obama or McCain would be the worst.

An Obama foreign policy advisor said that neither Democrat was prepared to take that call (see video), a comment that John McCain was quite happy to endorse.

[TheCowsCameHome]

53. If gramps gets in expect many 3:00 a.m. calls

The world will be at war for his entire term, since he's Bush II

[nonconformist]

55. This is only a problem in the GE if all three of them are on some mythical 3-way ticket.

In other words, most people want a Democrat to answer it. And once the nation is made fully aware of McCain wanting us in Iraq for 100 years, that will shift even more.

[GoldieAZ49]

57. how many years have we been in Germany and Japan?

cuz I don't think that argument is going to work?

[bluerum]

56. I want him to answer at 4:15AM. Can he do that? Cause I really want him to.

[GoldieAZ49]

59. kick

[npincus]

61. Thanks, Hillary.

Smart! Keep playing on their turf.