McCain: 'Liberal' Dem vs 'conservative Republican'

This month, there have been four national polls of McCain vs. Obama head to head.

The results? Basically a tie. McCain 45, Obama 44. McCain 45, Obama 46. McCain 46, Obama 44. McCain 46, Obama 46.

Results at pollster.com. The polls are Newsweek, Survey USA, and 2 Rasmussen.

I can see why Democrats in general, and especially those that write for the usually poll-happy Swamp, don't want readers to see these poll results.

I can see why Democrats in general, and especially those that write for the usually poll-happy Swamp, don't want readers to see these poll results.

Posted by: Bruce | March 11, 2008 6:16 PM

RNC Brucie,

Almost all of the polls I've seen show old man McCain LOSING to both Barack and Hillary.

You might want to wait until the Dems ACTUALLY HAVE A CANDIDATE because those numbers are only going to get worse for the Rethugs, right now the Dems are split, you clown.

Here's a poll for ya, Brucie:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/

Here's another poll:
http://www.pollingreport.com/wh08gen.htm

Reuters/Zogby Poll: Obama Pulls Away in National Polling

- McCain falls short of majority support in national primary test as very conservative voters still show reluctance to fall in line behind him
- Obama defeats McCain, but McCain tops Clinton in prospective General Election match-ups

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has opened up a gaping 14-point lead over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a national presidential preference telephone survey conducted by Zogby International for Reuters news service.

And while Obama leads Republican John McCain in a national general election match-up, McCain, the likely GOP presidential nominee from Arizona, would handily defeat Clinton in a head-to-head contest, the poll shows.

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1451

Get back in your box, Bruce!

Just like George Bush, McCain has always had an overated opinion of himself.

McCain is old time crooked Washington politics, he represents a third term of the "stay the course" Bush/Cheney adminstration.

Elizabeth Bumiller WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain likes to present himself as the candidate of the "Straight Talk Express" who does not pander to voters or change his positions with the political breeze. But the fine print of his record in the Senate indicates that he has been a lot less consistent on some of his signature issues than he has presented himself to be so far in his presidential campaign.

Mr. McCain, who derided his onetime Republican competitor Mitt Romney for his political mutability, has himself meandered over the years from position to position on some topics, particularly as he has tried to court the conservatives who have long distrusted him. His most striking turnaround has been on the Bush tax cuts, which he voted against twice but now wants to make permanent. Mr. McCain has also expressed varying positions on immigration, torture, abortion and Donald H. Rumsfeld, the former defense secretary.

The article points out that McCain has reversed course on several key issues as he has tried to gain the support of the Republican base. To summarize the article:

On tax cuts...

In 2001, McCain voted against Bush's tax cuts, saying "I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us, at the expense of middle-class Americans who most need tax relief." He also voted against additional tax cuts in 2003, later saying that "I just thought it was too tilted to the wealthy, and I still do."
Today, McCain wants to make those tax cuts permanent.

On immigration...

In 2005, McCain supported comprehensive immigration reform, which included a pathway to citizenship.
Now, he claims that "if his original proposal came to a vote on the Senate floor, he would not vote for it."

On abortion and Roe v. Wade...

In 1999, McCain said that he would not support overturning Roe v. Wafe "int he sort term, or even the long term," because that would "force X number of women in America" to undergo "illegal and dangerous operations."
Today, McCain has campaigned on overturning Roe v. Wade.

On his revisionist history regarding Donald Rumsfeld...

In 2004, McCain refused to call for Rumsfeld's resignation, saying that Bush "can have the team around him that he wants around him." In 2006, retired generals called for Rumseld's resignation, but McCain did not.
Now, while running for president, McCain has claimed that "I’m the only one that said that Rumsfeld had to go." The article notes that "[t]he campaign has since acknowledged that Mr. McCain was incorrect, and more recently the senator has stopped short of claiming he called for the defense secretary’s ouster."

On torture...

McCain has traditionally been against torture, citing his experience as a POW for his decision.
Now, McCain voted last month "against a bill that would require the Central Intelligence Agency to abide by the restrictions on interrogating prisoners outlined in the Army Field Manual."

In his decades in office, McCain has an average party unity score in the low 80s. Since he has campaigned for president, his party unity score has skyrocketed (link, link).

2005: 81%
2006: 76%
2007: 90%

It's refreshing to see members of the press taking a closer look at John McCain's disparate record instead of taking his "maverickness" at face value. And while it was expected that McCain would pander to the right to get the GOP nomination, the sharp turns on the "Straight Talk Express" listed above are sure to be a problem for him in the general election.

I thought McKooKoo was a liberal?

That's what all the cons were calling him. Not my opine. Mitt the Twit, UpChuck, Julieanne, all said he was a liberal.

"JOHN JOHN THE CHAIRMAN SPEAKS"

WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY, TO SAY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS ARE STUCK IN THE "WILLING SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF"

A "RATHER GRIM REALITY"
BUT REALITY.

WE HAVE BEEN GATHERED HERE OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS TO PAY TRIBUTE, "ARMPAC" TOM DELAY, GOV. ROBERT RILEY, SEN. RICHARD SHELBY, THE GREAT SEN. LARRY CRAIG AKA MR. VA.

WE HAVE BEEN GATHERED HERE TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE DEARLY DEPARTED, JACK ABRAMOFF AND THE ARKANSAS REPUBLCAN PARTY.

I PERSONALLY, HAVE BEEN A PROUD SPONSOR OF JAN BREWER, AZ SEC. OF STATE, AKA GEORGE BUSH'S PARTY CHAIRMAN ON BEHALF OF THE "CITIZENS FOR FAIR ELECTIONS."

WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY, AS TRUE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS IN THE SOUP LINE IN PRISONS ACROSS AMERICA.

WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS OUR "FAMILY VALUES" (NO COMMENTS ABOUT MS. ISEMAN) I REPEAT NO COMMENTS ABOUT VICKI.

WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY, AND IT WAS ALL MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH AT&T, PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS, VERIZON WIRELESS. MZM, MITHELL WADE, AND BRENT WILKES.

WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY, TO POUND AMERICA INTO SUBMISSION, UNLESS OUR GOP PARTY GETS IMMUNITY AND PROTECTION FROM EVERY AMERICAN WITH LONG DISTANCE.

DUSTY ISN'T RUNNING THE CIA, ASHCROFT IS OKAY, MATT MCCLELLAN WAS WRONG, ARI FLIESCHER BOOK WON'T BE RELEASED.

DAVID SAFAVIAN ISN'T PROCURING ANYTHING.

SO IF BEING A LIBERAL MEANS BEING A "CONSTITUTIONAL AMERICA"

THEN GO BE THAT, BECAUSE WE AREN'T!

Gosh Bruce, I think we just did see the poll figures. Assuming that you're telling the truth about them. After all, you're a republican and everything.

You need to correct the title of this article to read, Liberal Democrat vs. Liberal Republican. Please quit calling McCain a conservative. Just because McCain claims to be a conservative doesn't make it so.

Bruce, how is a tie result any worse for Democrats than for Republicans?

OK. the next generation has had their say, they prefer obama. OK we hear. now it's time to face real politics..
if it's not McCain, it's Clinton.. if it's not Clinton, then it's gonna be McCain. REAL TIME NOW, PEOPLE!!!

John McCain has it backwards: McCain is a liberal Republican. Obama and Hillary are conservative Democrats.

Once this country understands how liberal Obama and Clinton are, McCain will coast to the presidency. No way a candidate that is so far out of the mainstream ever gets elected in this country.

And yes wingnuts, McCain is conservative enough.

As far as the polls go, at this point in the campaign cycle and based on the fact that the current president has horrible poll ratings, any democrat running should be beating the pants off McCain. The fact that the poll numbers I have read for the past couple weeks show McCain polling well against either Hillary or Barack is rather interesting when you consider that dems are voting in droves compared to republicans which again should support a huge advantage for Barack or Hillary.

I guess McNut is dis-associating himself from the "Conservative" party that just rang up another 5 trillion in debt.

Conservative my ASS.

And yes wingnuts, McCain is conservative enough.

Posted by: Jason | March 11, 2008 7:52 PM

And Bush was smart enough, competent enough and compassionate enough, but in the end, his leadership fractured the GOP.

Bruce, you forgot the LA Times poll that puts McCain ahead of both, too. It's time for me to get back to campaigning in my spare time and leave his blog to the children of the left and their idle time.

If you think McCain is a conservative you're a dumbass and you'd buy anything the media sells you. Or maybe its that yu don't know what it means to be conservative.

The Constitution is the template. Its our nation's play book. It is conservative to follow the original intent. If you stray from it in any way, then you're no conservative, you'd be a progressive.

If any of you actually cared about following the Constitution you couldn't vote for either McCain or Obama. Those of you who claim to honor the Constitution who vote for either these candidates are full of hot air.

Let's hear from you: who here thinks we should strictly follow the Constitution? Who believes it to be an incovenience to your agenda? Will your vote be consistent with your answer to the questions above?

'Jason' has it dead on correct! Someone out there refusing to be spoonfed the garbage the media is telling you is true. John McCain isnt a conservative Republican and by most standards he shouldn't even be considered one. John McCain is only out for his own personal glory (jus tlike our so well admired President at the moment) he is even now trying to manipulate the Constitution to leagalize his run for President. THIS MAN ISN'T A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN. If anyone out there still cares about what the Constitution stands for you'd have the brains to be voting for Ron Paul. An actual Republican. Someone who won't be taking away your personal freedoms. Someone who has a clear voting record and over 30 years standing up for the constitution. Insane McCain is unleectable. The only real choice for change is Ron Paul.

RonPaul2008.com
DailyPaul.com
RonPaulForums.com

Youi should all go back to work and be useful instead of all this squabbling. You are probably all the people that stand around outside protesting what someone is wearing on his feet instead of working an honest days work.

People like that make me sick. Get a job.