Which candidate gets more favorable coverage? Seems obvious to me and to the Center for Media and Public Affairs, apparently.
Since the primaries ended, on-air evaluations of Barack Obama have been 72% negative (vs. 28% positive). That’s worse than John McCain’s coverage, which has been 57% negative (vs. 43% positive) during the same time period.
Finally, the Israelis get it.
When asked “who would you rather see elected as the next president of the United States,” Obama bested John McCain by a 37-28 margin. While far from a decisive advantage — 35 percent of Israelis chose “no preference” or some other answer — the poll reflects a notably different state of affairs from previous surveys, which generally showed McCain with a large advantage over Obama.
Obama’s competitiveness spanned the political spectrum across Israel’s top three parties. The Illinois Democrat trounced McCain among Israel’s most liberal voters, who belong to the Labor Party (44-6), tied among more right-wing Likud voters (28-28), and held a slight edge among sympathizers of the Kadima Party, which is led by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (40-32).
And more importantly, Obama picks up major momentum amongst Hispanics, a group which kept Hillary alive throughout the primary. They too have realized McCain represents more of the same.
Whether you believe in his inability to run a focused and efficient campaign or his supposed strong background on foreign policy, which includes naming countries that don’t exist or referring to countries that border Iraq that don’t actually border Iraq, McCain seems to have all the tools for a losing campaign.
McCain today in Michigan…
“I repeat my statement that we have succeeded in Iraq. Not ‘We are succeeding.’ We have succeeded in Iraq,” he said Thursday.
What a bonehead! His views rest with a tiny minority of Bush Administration apologists.
Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC), one of John McCain potential VP candidates draws a blank when asked what the differences are between John McCain and President Bush on the economy.
Ouch.