{"id":4821,"date":"2008-02-27T13:22:45","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T13:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/02\/mccain-beats-obama-and-clinton.html"},"modified":"2008-02-27T13:22:45","modified_gmt":"2008-02-27T13:22:45","slug":"mccain-beats-obama-and-clinton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/02\/mccain-beats-obama-and-clinton.html","title":{"rendered":"McCain beats Obama and Clinton in new poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is amazing about this poll<\/a> is that it’s weighted in the Democrats’ favor<\/a> and McCain still comes out ahead. I thought Obama was the presumptive president and all we were doing was wasting time waiting for November where he will be crowned<\/s> elected president?<\/p>\n

As he emerges from a sometimes- bitter primary campaign, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain poses a stiff challenge to either of his potential Democratic opponents in the general election, a new Los Angeles Times\/Bloomberg poll has found.
\nThe 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.
\nBoth Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have made ending America’s involvement in the war a centerpiece of their campaigns. And even though a clear majority of those polled said the war was not worth waging, about half of registered voters said McCain — a Vietnam vet who has supported the Bush administration’s military strategy — was better able to deal with Iraq.
\nIn 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.
\nThe Arizona senator is viewed favorably by 61% of all registered voters, including a plurality of Democrats.
\nThe survey showed that McCain’s potential advantages extend even to domestic issues, where he is considered to be most vulnerable. Even though McCain has joked about his lack of expertise on economic issues, voters picked him over Obama, 42% to 34%, as being best able to handle the economy. However, Clinton led McCain on that issue, 43% to 34%.
\n“I just think he’s older, he’s more experienced, and he’s got the betterment of the country in mind,” said Robert Fear, 79, a registered Democrat from Newton, Ill., who said he planned to support McCain in November.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s incredibly funny to me that McCain would be considered better to handle the war when he wants to stay and Obama and Clinton want to leave. Do people want us to leave Iraq or stay? Someone needs to make up their mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is amazing about this poll is that it’s weighted in the Democrats’ favor and McCain still comes out ahead. I thought Obama was the presumptive president and all we were doing was wasting time waiting for November where he will be crowned elected president? 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