In a front page article in the Los Angeles Times, McCain is polling better than both Clinton and Obama. What??
http://www.latimes.com/...
In head-to-head contests, the poll found, McCain leads Clinton by 6 percentage points (46% to 40%) and Obama by 2 points (44% to 42%). Neither lead is commanding given that the survey, conducted Feb. 21-25, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
and this is supposedly the main rationale:
The findings underscore the difficulties ahead for Democrats as they hope to retake the White House during a time of war, with voters giving McCain far higher marks when it comes to experience, fighting terrorism and dealing with the situation in Iraq.
Are Americans so uninformed that they don't know the real John McCain? Who is this "plurality" of Democrats who have a favorable opinion of him? There is plenty to read out there on McCain, especially lately:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://www.boomantribune.com/...
Maybe this poll getting prominent coverage has something to do with Sam Zell.
Speaking on "Squawk Box" this morning, Zell attributed much of the current economic troubles to fear-mongering and politicking by Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
"Obviously what we have going on is an attempt to create a self-fulfilling prophecy," said Zell, chairman of Equity Investments Group and owner of the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and other companies. "We have two Democratic candidates who are vying with each other to describe the economic situation worse.
http://www.cnbc.com/...