While the media continues its 24/7 televangelism outreach for their savior Obama, reality begins to creep in as actual voters voice their opinions through polling data. The MSM will never report on this because it contradicts every single lie they’ve been shoving down our throats for the past year about the very junior, utterly unexceptional, exceptionally unprepared, and ARROGANT beyond belief, Senator from Illinois. While the daily tracking polls are showing a neck and neck race, other polls are showing a definite downward trend in Americans’ faith in Barack Obama to lead our country as President. Rasmussen has some numbers out that must be disturbing to the Obama campaign.
John McCain is now trusted more than Barack Obama on nine out of 14 electoral issues tracked by Rasmussen Reports. The latest national telephone surveys find that McCain has the biggest advantage on the war in Iraq, by a 51% to 39% margin.
The fact that McCain has a double digit lead over Obama on who would better handle the war in Iraq is staggering. Especially when the latest polls show that 66% of Americans oppose the war, and nearly as many disapprove of the way that Bush is handling it. I guess most Americans aren’t buying the “McSame” smear. I would love to see the numbers if Hillary were to be thrown into the mix. What really is shocking is that this was the issue that was the cornerstone of Obama’s campaign. His 2002 speech is the basis for claims that while he may not have experience, his judgement is beyond reproach. I guess they noticed that now, as a senator, when he actually has the power to try to stop the war, he hasn’t done squat. Funny how people tend to value actions over words. In fact I think there was a certain Democrat running for President who told us the very same thing.
But it gets even worse for Obama:
Perhaps the most interesting finding of these polls is that McCain has expanded his leads on nearly every issue he had previously had the advantage on, while Obama’s leads have diminished over the past two weeks…
In the new survey, McCain has tripled his lead on the topic of immigration. He now has a 45% to 36% advantage over his Democratic opponent…
The Republican also has pulled ahead on the issue of balancing the federal budget. Two weeks ago, the candidates were tied on this issue at 40%. McCain now has a 43% to 40% lead on the issue among voters.
McCain used to be behind on the issue of Social Security but has pulled ahead of Obama for a 44% to 38% lead…
On national security, an issue that McCain consistently performs well on, the Republican leads 52% to 40%.
The one thing that Obama could cling to was that on the issue that most Americans say is the top priority, the economy, he had consistently been seen as the better choice to handle it. Maybe his constant flip-flopping on energy issues and his close ties to big money have soured people’s opinions:
The economy is the top issue for the majority of voters this election season. Voters have consistently trusted the Democratic Party more on this issue, but the two presidential candidates are tied at 45% as to who voters trust more.
And that’s a downward trend. Here’s a song dedicated to all of the Americans out there who are realizing that The One is more snake-oil salesman than shaman. Let’s hope that even more voters continue to “lose their religion” when it comes to Obama.
crossposted at The Confluence
Posted by garychapelhill 
