NE Rasmussen: McCain up 19 among Cornhuskers

[The Mikado]

McCain 55
Obama 36

Without Leaners:

McCain 50
Obama 32

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/nebraska/election_2008_nebraska_president

[Aizen]

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[MSUfan]

He'll do noticably better than Kerry's 33% but enough to carry a CD?

[Vsanto5]

I almost thought it said D+19 on the top of the previous page.  This is no fluke Nebraska will be Republican come November.

[Senator Sbane]

Obama will get 38% of the vote. Mark my words.

[Lief]

Congressional breakdowns? Or does Rasmussen continue to fail?

[Grad Students are the Worst]

Congressional breakdowns? Or does Rasmussen continue to fail?

At +19 it's probably pretty pointless.

[Former Moderate]

And it's worth noting that the trend for Obama in the polling here is decidedly unfavorable.

[Lunar]

Congressional breakdowns? Or does Rasmussen continue to fail?

At +19 it's probably pretty pointless.

I think it'd be interesting because Kerry and Gore both did about 15% better in Douglas County than they did statewide.  19% is a *lot* better than either of them and one has to wonder where that improvement is coming from - perhaps disproportionately from the one CD he's advertising in?

[Grad Students are the Worst]

I think it'd be interesting because Kerry and Gore both did about 15% better in Douglas County than they did statewide.  19% is a *lot* better than either of them and one has to wonder where that improvement is coming from - perhaps disproportionately from the one CD he's advertising in?

Ugh, I was hoping I could catch that and delete it before someone replied.  Damn you. 

[Ronnie]

I wonder if this is enough from Obama to carry a CD...probably not, though.

[Lunar]

I wonder if this is enough from Obama to carry a CD...probably not, though.

Tradition would suggest he's somewhere under five in that CD, possibly very close if Omaha is sliding towards him relatively higher than the rest of the state, not an unreasonable guess but not necessarily accurate either.

[Senator Ben]

I don't see Obama being able to carry a CD; McCain will probably build on this lead a little bit.

[NOVA Green]

So much for the Cornhuskers pipe-dream... the Republicans are coming home and even Hagel can't save the day, most likely not even in a single CD.

[Prez Duke]

Obama is down 19% and you people are asking if he's going to win a CD there?

[HardRCafé]

Obama is down 19% and you people are asking if he's going to win a CD there?

[Lief]

Obama is down 19% and you people are asking if he's going to win a CD there?

Read Lunar's post.

[Lunar]

Obama is down 19% and you people are asking if he's going to win a CD there?

Read Lunar's post.

It's hard to have an intellectual discussion about Obama potentially expanding the electoral map here.  100% of McCain supporters and about 50% of our knowledgeable posters understandably oppose the idea.

My argument is this: Obama's internal polling & advertising apparatus is far more aware than even the wittiest posters here.  I do not like explanations of the macro map without justifications for current spending & organization patterns by people smarter than us.  I mean, throw it away as a bluff or whatever, few articulate why that bluff, in an expert perspective, could be worth millions of dollars.

edit: I just made a far more whiny and arrogant thread about the above-mentioned topic