BoatBanter.com - Obama 'Favorables' Highest in 28 Years, Palin 'tanks'

Barack Obama's favorability "is the highest for a presidential candidate
running for a first term in the last 28 years" of New York Times/CBS polls.

Meanwhile, the Times reports, Sarah Palin's "negative rating is the
highest for a vice-presidential candidate as measured by The Times and
CBS News. Even Dan Quayle, with whom Mrs. Palin is often compared
because of her age and inexperience on the national scene, was not
viewed as negatively in the 1988 campaign."

A bit more from the story:

As voters have gotten to know Senator Barack Obama, they have
warmed up to him, with more than half, 53 percent, now saying they have
a favorable impression of him and 33 percent saying they have an
unfavorable view. But as voters have gotten to know Senator John McCain,
they have not warmed, with only 36 percent of voters saying they view
him favorably while 45 percent view him unfavorably.

Even voters who are planning to vote for Mr. McCain say their
enthusiasm has waned. In New York Times and CBS News polls conducted
with the same respondents before the first presidential debate and again
after the last debate, Mr. McCain made no progress in appealing to
voters on a personal level, and he and his running mate, Gov. Sarah
Palin, had alienated some voters.

Personal appeal is an intangible element in voters' decisions. Each
voter has a personal reason for connecting with a candidate or not. But
the percentage of those who hold a favorable opinion of Mr. Obama is up
10 points since last month. Opinion of Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., Mr.
Obama's running mate, is also up, to 50 percent last weekend from 36
percent in September.

In contrast, favorable opinion of Mr. McCain remained stable, and
unfavorable opinion rose to 45 percent now from 35 percent in September.
Mrs. Palin's negatives are up, to 41 percent now from 29 percent in
September.

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When the analysis is done after the election, I hope the reason McPalin
lost is because of the almost entirely negative campaign the two are
running.

I don't mean negative on the issues. I mean the personally negative crap
that McPalin spew at every opportunity, and the incredible ugliness of
some of their supporters