The only reason people were critical of halogamer is because he came in with a bunch of bad information and fear-mongering tactics.
Debating issues or candidates is fine, but bad information is bad information. And at least try to keep your political agenda subdued.
In other news, new Missouri numbers show a statistically insignificant lead for Obama in Missouri, but this is the first time he has led in that state, so it is worth mentioning:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/mo/missouri_mccain_vs_obama-545.html
| RCP Average | 09/22 - 10/05 | -- | 47.8 | 47.5 | Obama +0.3 |
| FOX News/Rasmussen | 10/05 - 10/05 | 1000 LV | 50 | 47 | Obama +3 |
| CNN/Time | 09/28 - 09/30 | 744 LV | 49 | 48 | Obama +1 |
| SurveyUSA | 09/23 - 09/24 | 705 LV | 46 | 48 | McCain +2 |
| Post-Dispatch/R2000 | 09/22 - 09/24 | 800 LV | 46 | 47 | McCain +1 |
More generally speaking Obama continues to rise in the national polls:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html
| RCP Average | 09/27 - 10/05 | -- | 49.7 | 43.3 | Obama +6.4 |
| CNN | 10/03 - 10/05 | 694 LV | 53 | 45 | Obama +8 |
| Gallup Tracking | 10/03 - 10/05 | 2744 RV | 50 | 42 | Obama +8 |
| Rasmussen Tracking | 10/03 - 10/05 | 3000 LV | 52 | 44 | Obama +8 |
| Hotline/FD Tracking | 10/03 - 10/05 | 909 LV | 47 | 41 | Obama +6 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 10/01 - 10/05 | 1000 LV | 49 | 46 | Obama +3 |
| GW/Battleground Tracking | 09/30 - 10/05 | 800 LV | 50 | 43 | Obama +7 |
| Marist | 09/28 - 09/30 | 943 LV | 49 | 44 | Obama +5 |
| CBS News | 09/27 - 09/30 | 769 LV | 50 | 41 | Obama +9 |
| Associated Press/GfK | 09/27 - 09/30 | 808 LV | 48 | 41 | Obama +7 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 09/27 - 09/29 | 916 LV | 50 | 46 | Obama +4 |
| Pew Research | 09/27 - 09/29 | 1181 LV | 49 | 43 | Obama +6 |
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It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...." Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson
