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Rasmussen says opinion of the New York Times has only a 24 per cent favorable rating. Even more interestingly, they point out McCain moved ahead of Obama in general election match-ups, only after the controversial New York Times article.
After a recent New York Times article that has been widely criticized for reporting innuendo and rumor as news, many have been asking if the article harmed John McCain or helped him overall.
Rasmussen polls opinions about the New York Times and finds that only 24 percent of respondents have a favorable opinion about the newspaper and 44 percent have an unfavorable opinion while 31 percent are not sure.
The Rasmussen results show more than just the favorable/unfavorable ratings for the paper though.
The Times recently became enmeshed in controversy over an article published concerning John McCain. Sixty-five percent (65%) of the nation’s likely voters say they have followed that story at least somewhat closely.
Of those who followed the story, 66% believe it was an attempt by the paper to hurt the McCain campaign. Just 22% believe the Times was simply reporting the news. Republicans, by an 87% to 9% margin, believe the paper was trying to hurt McCain’s chances of winning the White House. Democrats are evenly divided.
Following a link from that article that shows that McCain had trailed Barack Obama nationally prior to release of the New York Times article, we are led to the Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Report, which states "McCain has consistently held a modest lead over Clinton but he moved ahead of Obama only after publication of the controversial New York Times article last week."
As of that poll, released February 27, 2008, John McCain is now leading both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in general election match-ups. McCain now leads Obama 46 percent to 43 percent and Clinton 48 percent to 43 percent.
In the short time since the original New York Time article was published, many a writer has written about it, including many at Digital Journal, but as the Rasmussen report shows, it is quite possible that the New York Times attempt to influence public opinion worked splendidly, but perhaps not in the direction they wished to assert that influence.
It is likely, according to the recent numbers that their "agenda" driven article might have worked far better in John McCain's favor than it did in damaging him in any way.
The word backfire comes to mind here......
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Interesting report and yes, backfire does come to mind, in fact we can hear the echo up here in Canada.
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@ Carolyn E. Price (gohomelaker)
Interesting report and yes, backfire does come to mind, in fact we can hear the echo up here in Canada.
Imagine how loud it is here!!!! LOL -
@ Susan Duclos
Imagine how loud it is here!!!! LOL
The PROBLEM is if he can maintain the benefit of the backfire. Doing things like he did in grousing about the introduction last night where the guy speaking before him used "Barack Hussein Obama" doesn't win him brownie points with conservatives. -
@ Mr Garibaldi
The PROBLEM is if he can maintain the benefit of the backfire. Doing things like he did in grousing about the introduction last night where the guy speaking before him used "Barack Hussein Obama" doesn't win him brownie points with conservatives.
I disagree... it showed that HE is willing to stick to the issues and not the distracting personal attacks.
How many times have you or I or many conservatives said they wish people would not go down that road before?
Yet I don't see us saying, good, when he denounces those attacks.
So, do we want to see a campaign fighting on issues or ignoring them to focus on a "name"? -
Pretty sad the the alleged worst president ever has a higher favorable rating than the bastion of the liberal media.
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@ Mark L Harvey
Pretty sad the the alleged worst president ever has a higher favorable rating than the bastion of the liberal media.
Kind of amusing huh? Higher ratings than the media, higher ratings as Congress and the Senate.
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@ Susan Duclos
I disagree... it showed that HE is willing to stick to the issues and not the distracting personal attacks.
How many times have you or I or many conservatives said they wish people would not go down that road before?
Yet I don't see us saying, good, when he denounces those attacks.
So, do we want to see a campaign fighting on issues or ignoring them to focus on a "name"?
Ok, ya brat, you've got me on that. But it IS the man's middle name, and with his ties to CAIR and other such groups, his communist mentor that you pointed out the other day in another article you did, and those wonderful fashion shots from his trip to Kenya, well, there you go...lol.
Then there is also that until he decided to get into national politics, he didn't GO by Barack, he went by "Barry." -
[Update] 5:48 pm AZ time--- Rasmussen brings more good news to McCain.
McCain is trusted more by 55% of voters when it comes to National Security issues. Obama is trusted more by just 30% on this point. Just half (51%) of Democrats express more trust in Obama than McCain on national security. Unaffiliated voters prefer McCain by a two-to-one margin.
McCain’s advantage on other issues is far smaller.
On Iraq, McCain has a much smaller advantage—49% trust McCain while 39% prefer Obama. Democrats, by a 61% to 22% margin, prefer Obama. Republicans overwhelmingly prefer McCain (83% to 12%). Unaffiliated voters are more evenly divided—46% prefer McCain while 41% prefer Obama.
Rasmussen goes on to say that McCain is also more trusted on the economy, although unaffiliated voters are divided evenly and he holds a 5 percentage point lead over Obama on taxes and the only category Obama was trusted more on was reducing government corruption. -
@ Mr Garibaldi
Ok, ya brat, you've got me on that. But it IS the man's middle name, and with his ties to CAIR and other such groups, his communist mentor that you pointed out the other day in another article you did, and those wonderful fashion shots from his trip to Kenya, well, there you go...lol.
Then there is also that until he decided to get into national politics, he didn't GO by Barack, he went by "Barry."
OH, I do agree it is good people get to KNOW the real Obama, while at the same time, McCain gets to play the "fair one"... BRILLIANT and if it wasn't done purposely that way, it should have been...LOL -
@ Susan Duclos
OH, I do agree it is good people get to KNOW the real Obama, while at the same time, McCain gets to play the "fair one"... BRILLIANT and if it wasn't done purposely that way, it should have been...LOL
Yeah, well, you're still a brat...
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Is "brat" allowed?
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@ Mark L Harvey
Is "brat" allowed? Not only is it allowed, it has been applied to the "Editor In Chief" of this site on more than one occasion! -
@ Carolyn E. Price (gohomelaker)
Not only is it allowed, it has been applied to the "Editor In Chief" of this site on more than one occasion!
LOL.. Brat is my middle name Snoop. I wear the badge proudly.
Gohomelaker.. LOLOL, Chris is a brat but a cute one...hehe -
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Doing anything intelligent is going to cost McCain with the looney rightwingcrazy crowd.
Certainly he will suffer from any positive mention by NYT or the Washington Post.
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@ Mr Garibaldi
Yeah, well, you're still a brat...
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@ Susan Duclos
A proud one at that!
OH how WELL I know this.
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I am surprised that nobody has yet recognized the fact that Pelosi, Hoyer , Reid and the Defeatists are Driving MC Cain numbers to the STRATOSPHERE... all he has to do is just smile and be civil while those IDJITS are once more perfecting the act of snatching defeat from the jaws of VICTORY..
With those loons fully concentrating on this Who nees the SLIME to drive figures up!
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@ Susan Duclos
[Update] 5:48 pm AZ time--- Rasmussen brings more good news to McCain.
Rasmussen goes on to say that McCain is also more trusted on the economy, although unaffiliated voters are divided evenly and he holds a 5 percentage point lead over Obama on taxes and the only category Obama was trusted more on was reducing government corruption.
Rasmussen , to day also did make mention to ED Hill that overall Mc Cain Numbers for CIC are now higher on both Shill And O'bannion on head to head polls!! Thank you Nancy , Thank you Wesael!!! Add a Comment
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