Alabamians favor John McCain, but don't see him winning
No surprise here: A recent poll found John McCain comfortably ahead of Barack Obama in the battle for Alabama's 9 electoral votes, 47% to 34%. Any hint of a closer race would be a shock in a state that President Bush carried with almost 63% of the vote four years ago.
What was surprising were the results for a second question posed by the Capital Survey Research Center.
When the pollsters asked 571 Alabamians whom they expected to win the White House race nationwide, 44% picked Obama, 33% McCain, with 23% undecided (the survey's margin of error was plus or minus 4.1 percentage points).
Obama and his campaign periodically have been zinged by some observers -- and a lot of critics -- for acting as if a November victory was a foregone conclusion. Just recently, late-night talk show host David Letterman rolled out "Top Ten Signs Barack Obama is Overconfident," a list that included "Asked guy at Staples, 'Which chair will work best in an oval-shaped office?' " and "Having head measured for Mt. Rushmore."
Still, when even a plurality of Alabamians envisions an Obama administration, it must be tough for him not to feel good about his chances.
-- Don Frederick
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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I want to know if Hillary Clinton runs stronger against John McCain than Barack Obama does. And I want to know it BEFORE the Denver Convention.
The media has become so biased and bought that not only did they demand Hillary Clinton suspend her campaign, we don't even get to see how she would fare against John McCain.
http://www.HILLARY-WINS.com
http://www.CAUCUSCHEATING.com
http://www.FAIR-REFLECTION.com
Posted by: Alessandro Machi | August 13, 2008 at 01:54 AM
OCB (ol' Cranky Bastard) should concentrate on his MAC lessons, History and Geography. His GAFFES are as big as lies that he tells. He is obviously suffering from CRS (Can't Remember Sh**) aka Alzheimer?s He should go lay down somewhere.
OCB flubed the name of Georgian President three times. OCB's people say he and the Georgian leader rode jet skis together” OCB even nominated Saakashvili for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. But in a speech yesterday, McCain mispronounced his name three times!!!!!!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6f5ng_mccain-flubs-name-of-georgian-presi_news
Duh! And this is who the GOP puts up against a Havard Grad? Good Luck with that GOP.!!! LOL!!
Posted by: NOT OCB | August 13, 2008 at 05:43 AM
you blind hillary supports are IDIOTS.
she couldn't even run a decent, coherent strategy in the primaries. now that the smoke's cleared, she looks embarrassingly INEPT.
it's over. she did a terrible job. accept it. move on.
Posted by: mike | August 13, 2008 at 09:16 AM
Does Top Of The Ticket allow spamming?
I ask, because I consistently see comments on here with those same anti-Obama sites that begin with HILLARY WINS. At times, the comments have nothing to do with the blog post. Sometimes, there is just a marginal tie-in.
I thought that comment moderation was supposed to prevent that sort of spamming. Check your blog, these posts permeate it.
If it is acceptable, maybe I will start linking to pro-Obama sites every time I write.
As far as the Obama over-confidence story, this is just the msm bs agenda once again.
C'mon Mr. Frederick, are you telling me that it is better for Senator Obama to not be confident, or that the other presidential candidate is humble and expects to lose? This is only a story, and the butt of Letterman jokes, because the RNC talking points and McCain campaign tactics are repeated ad nauseum.
I have 2 words in response to the apparent clamor for a presidential candidate who does not have confidence and does not expect to win...Michael Dukakis.
Nuff said.
[We generally do not allow spamming, but if the comment offered is even loosely connected to the blog post or the debate among the commenters, we err on the side of inclusion. And you should see the volume of stuff we DON'T let through.]
Posted by: scootmandubious | August 13, 2008 at 10:04 AM
In response to the above Allesandro Machi post:
http://www.OBAMA-WON-GET-OVER-IT.com
http://www.KARL-ROVE-PLANT.com
http://www.SORE-LOSERS-4-MCCAIN.com
http://www.STOPURSPAMMING.com
There, now I feel much better.
Posted by: scootmandubious | August 13, 2008 at 10:09 AM
" mike "
Calling "idiots" the people with a different opinion than yours shows bad temper and low intelectual level.
What if I do not like Obama's arrogance and flip-flop style?
This does not mean that I am idiot. It only means that I think differently than you!
Posted by: Steve, Houston | August 13, 2008 at 10:52 AM
seriously? hillary clinton was horrible, if she was at least DECENT, she would have stayed till the end. but she didn't, personally barack obama has my vote because john mccain isn't really helping with ANYTHING, so grow up.
Posted by: mia lynn | August 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM