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Obama Campaign Internal Poll Shows Trouble In PA

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Riley

Seems that the DailyKooks are starting to sweat about an Obama campaign internal poll of Pennsylvania that was accidentally leaked.  Why?  The poll only has Barry up by 2 percent in PA over John McCain.  And that was a week ago before national polls started to tighten.

Rumor: Obama’s internals in PA apparently leaked

by Oujdi

Tue Oct 14, 2008 at 09:50:41 PM PDT

Apparently, Obama’s internals were leaked to a radio talk show host in Scranton. they show Obama up by only 2 in PA.

Tags: Barack Obama, Election 2008, partisan breakdown, Pennsylvania (all tags) :: Previous Tag Versions

Steve Corbett, a radio talk show host in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, accidentally received a copy of an internal email sent by Grant Olin who heads the Wilkes-Barre headquarters of the Obama campaign. The email went to 627 Obama campaign volunteers in the Wilkes-Barre Scranton region, saying that Obama Headquarters reported an internal poll which shows that Obama is only 2 points up in Pennsylvania.

Sean Smith, who is heading Obama’s Pennsylvania campaign, was interviewed by Steve Corbett via phone at 5:35 today to discuss this. He said that Grant “went rogue”, and aknowledged that Grant was “reprimanded” for this.

Here is the  audio.

This has caught on like wildfire in the right wing blogs and seems to have raised their spirits.

This is important because, if it is true, it undermines the argument that we have a substantial partyId advantage this year.

A partyId of at least +6 this year seems reasonable, as many pollsters are showing. Many rightwingers are arguing that the breakdown should be a push, like 2004, which is ridiculous. However the rumor of +2 in PA reinforces their argument. And that’s the last hope they have left.

We need to get on this story as soon as possible before it spreads any further. I don’t want them to have any hope left, Let’s crush their spirits!

That’s right. They want you to have no hope. They want to crush your spirits.

THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO VOTE!

It is as simple as that. The Obamabots are afraid that if everyone who is inclined to vote for John McCain and Sarah Palin actually votes on Election Day that Obama will lose the election.

They’re right.

Filed under: 2008 Elections, Democrats, National Politics, Nutroots, Teleprompter Barry

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6 Responses

  1. Ghost of George Felix Allen's Career, on October 21st, 2008 at 6:49 pm Said:

    OH NOES!!!1!1! A Daily Kos diarist said a radio DJ says Obama is in trouble in PA!!!1!!!!!11!

    Meanwhile… http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/361/pawn7.jpg

  2. Riley, on October 21st, 2008 at 8:14 pm Said:

    Sorry, thanks for playing. It wasn’t just a DJ who said it. It was an internal Obama campaign email.

  3. Ghost of George Felix Allen's Career, on October 21st, 2008 at 9:59 pm Said:

    So says the radio DJ heard by the Daily Kos diarist.

    Meanwhile every public poll shows that McCain is pissing in the wind in the Keystone State.

    Your presidential candidate and senatorial candidates are going down to epic defeats. You can’t save them at this point, James. Though you can entertain me by trying…

  4. Rick Marcantel, on October 22nd, 2008 at 9:57 am Said:

    McCain is competative in Pennsylvania that means New Jersey is in play as well. Obama going down in defeat.

  5. Ghost of George Felix Allen's Career, on October 22nd, 2008 at 10:24 am Said:

    Rick, don’t bogart that joint.

  6. The Bulletproof Monk, on October 23rd, 2008 at 12:21 am Said:

    Uh oh….
    And Pennsylvania is slipping. Seems they have a certain big-mouth up there that probably loses his seat this year, too.

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