Poll shows McCain in 5-point lead over Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. McCain leads Obama among likely U.S. voters by 46 percent to 41 percent, wiping out Obama's solid 7-point advantage in July and taking his first lead in the monthly Reuters/Zogby poll.
Too close for comfort:
POLITICO's 2008 Swing State Map as of 8/20/08
As of June 3, 2008, when Hillary was forced out of the race (thanks to Ann MacNaughton for the reminder):
LAT/Bloomberg Poll: Presidential Race Tightens (Political Wire )
The latest Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll shows the presidential race remains tight, with Sen. Barack Obama edging Sen. John McCain, 45% to 43%. "More striking than the head-to-head matchup, however, is the drop in Obama's favorable rating" which "has sunk to 48% from 59%" since the poll in June. "At the same time, his negative rating has risen to 35% from 27%."
McCain gains on Obama in Quinnipiac poll (On Politics, USA Today)
Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain 47%-42% in the latest national survey of likely voters by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. A month ago, Obama led 50%-41%... Today's reading from Gallup's daily tracking poll: Obama, 45%; McCain 44%. Yesterday it was 46%-43%, Obama leading.
War in Georgia is Bigger News than the Campaign (Project for Excellence in Journalism)
Last week, for the first time this year, an event other than the race for president was the No. 1 story. The crisis with Russia was the top story and campaign theme in a week when Barack Obama got more coverage, but John McCain may have gotten the better of it.
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Carolyn Kay
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It just keeps getting better and better
I guess this means I'm not gonna get that pony after all.
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“When someone engages in divisive behavior, any resulting division is their responsibility” - Melissa McEwan
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“I don't belong to any organized political party. I'm a Democrat.” - Will Rogers
Yeah. Me, neither.
Heh heh heh. I mean Boo hoo hoo.
Probably not
But you can have all the pony shit you can eat. Does that help?
Life is like a shit sandwich
The more bread you have, the less shit you have to eat.
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“When someone engages in divisive behavior, any resulting division is their responsibility” - Melissa McEwan
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“I don't belong to any organized political party. I'm a Democrat.” - Will Rogers
But it's not just any shit.
Pony shit, dude. Pony shit.
What's the difference? I ain't got no bread
so I gotta use a spoon.
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“When someone engages in divisive behavior, any resulting division is their responsibility” - Melissa McEwan
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“I don't belong to any organized political party. I'm a Democrat.” - Will Rogers
There is no spoon!
[rimshot. laughter]
[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
Caro, I hope you're going to help us help Obama with his poll #s
http://www.correntewire.com/obama_must_d...
I knew there was
a pony in there somewhere!
You THOUGHT ....
... there was a pony in there.
I get my pony,
if I can vote for HRC as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, and JSM for president.
And, Obama, Dean, Pelosi, Reid, Hoyer, Axelrod, Goolsbee, Brazile, et al. get a sharp stick in the eye.
I don't want her to accept the veep nomination.
They'll bury her. I want her on the outside, leading us to push for progressive change.
We know we can't count on Obama for any of that.
me neither--she should say no, but he won't ask
her anyway--it's his ego at stake, and they all feel that the convention time and rollcall thing is too much for both Clintons, i think.
Best case scenario in my view:
But, what if we get the chance to vote for HRC as the Demo VP and for JSM as the Repub P? (not saying DNC will swing that way, but they've got to make up at least 4 million votes -- some times two -- lost and must be offset).
With a concerted PUMA vote effort, both might be guaranteed to prevail. That would then compel the guaranteed House and Senate majorities to finally get things done they way we know they ought to. I'm not talking about the penny ante, nebulous notion of left vs. right. I'm concerned with the orthogonal ones -- Constitutional/Unconstitutional, ..., Altruistic/Selfish, you name it.
There aren't enough LMAOs and XXOOs in the universe to express my excitement for that to happen.