I was glad to see these poll results for Mary.
So far, she has run a very strong campaign. I've gotten to know her operation and it is staffed by dedicated and competent people. This may be my biased opinion, but of all the government officials who got it wrong after the storm, Mary is the one who has consistently gotten it right for Lousiana. And people seem to be aware of this. I've spoken to several conservatives from across the state who have told me that they may disagree with her on some social issues, but she has delivered and they'll vote for her.
This is all compared with the Kennedy campaign. Granted, it's hard for the most competent state treasurer to run on his record, because so few people know what their state treasurer does. Kennedy has been a hapless candidate all summer long. He did a terrible job of explaining away his candidacy against Vitter four years ago and his endorsement of John Kerry. His announcement tour was a joke. I think about a half a dozen people showed up for his announcement in Kenner- 6 people in the state's largest metropolitan area!
And here is what his campaign had to say about the latest poll results:
"Its political silly season. Polls will go up and down all the way until Election Day"
It's funny because they acknowledge that the poll is accurate and that they are losing. Given Kennedy's lackluster campaign, Mary's poll numbers are not likely to go down any time soon.
CDR
9 years ago
3 comments:
What no account of the speech your President made at the convention?
Very disappointing. This week, I've looked to CDR for commentary on public orations.
To be honest, there was nothing worth commenting on. Except for the weird mix of music the WH advance staff played while we were waiting for him to speak (have you ever heard the "Ballad of the Green Berets" played right after Rod Stewart's "Wake Up Maggie")
I kept on waiting for him to say something really incindiary like "Barack Obama sleeps in an oxygen tent and keeps a chimp named Bubbles" but he never did. It was the same speech that we've heard over and over again- you know "we're hunting down the evildoers"---"9/11"---"victory in Iraq is just around the corner."
CDR
As a platinum-level supporter of chimps named Bubbles, I regret to inform CDR that Mr. Obama has just lost my vote.
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