McCain suspends campaign to go back to DC to work on bailout

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

Really? Read the accompanying material. It could be he's not moving because that poll is for September 21-23 and he announced the suspension of his campaign yesterday (September 24th).

That's why I put the FWIW when I mentioned the "early" polling. It's really too early to tell too much about how this will factor in.

Originally Posted by AGDee

Despite the "suspension of his campaign" I heard no less than 5 ads bashing Obama on my way to work this morning, all with the "I'm John McCain and I approve this message" stamp of approval on them.

The campaign would have already bought the time for the ads you heard today.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

That's why I put the FWIW when I mentioned the "early" polling. It's really too early to tell too much about how this will factor in.

The campaign would have already bought the time for the ads you heard today.

I think he had said he would suspend ads only if his opponent was doing the same anyway. I'm just being snarky

ETA: It wouldn't do our radio stations much good financially to have him pull advertising at the last minute either.

[CrackerBarrel]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

That's why I put the FWIW when I mentioned the "early" polling. It's really too early to tell too much about how this will factor in.

The campaign would have already bought the time for the ads you heard today.

"early" polling looking for a response to an event isn't generally considered to be polling that took place in its entirety before the event occurred.

And I'm not saying you haven't seen polls that back your assertion, I was just pointing out that the poll DaemonSeid posted is completely irrelevant to the assertion since the sample period was completed a day before McCain made the announcement.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

"early" polling looking for a response to an event isn't generally considered to be polling that took place in its entirety before the event occurred.

And I'm not saying you haven't seen polls that back your assertion, I was just pointing out that the poll DaemonSeid posted is completely irrelevant to the assertion since the sample period was completed a day before McCain made the announcement.

Oh I agree. I guess I didn't say it well -- there's no way that polling before the event (like what DS posted) could reflect the event. In my earlier post, I was referring to some preliminary polling that I have seen on McCain's decision and how it is viewed. I specifically characterized it as "early" (and threw in the FWIW) because such early polling very well may not accurately reflect how the decision is being viewed at large once people have had some time to think about it.

Make more sense?