A three point shift in a poll with a 3.2 pt margin of error.

Yaawwwnnn.

why is there so much obsession with polls when there hasnt even been a first debate yet. Democrats should calm down, and get tough. Thats why you lose every four years. Hopefully with the new voter registrations Obama is probably higher then the polls are indicating.

McCain Having Hard Time Without Palin

Western guys love a hot chick in glasses with a gun. It's that simple.

Seriously, though, a friend of mine relayed some observations he made about Palin supporters he knows. We live in NJ so it's hardly the land of evangelicals and fundamentalists. Almost all of these Palin supporters are behind her and like her for one overriding reason - she's pro-life.

Sad. In times like these where the top issues facing America are the economy, war, terrorism, education, healthcare, and our international reputation, these people - some of whom were undecided or weak Obama supporters before the pick - are willing to throw their support behind McCain primarily because his veep pick is anti-abortion.

WTF?

Colorado has me concerned. It's as close to must win state for Obama as there is. Lots of religious right types as well as men who like gun totin' gal.

Obama better do a few more campaign stops in CO.

Eric, ENOUGH...

Enough with your stupid headlines!!!

Enough

static "cling"

Remember when McCain angrily shouted at his wife in front of his friends and called her a "c***"? (Do look it up if you haven't heard. It's just a Google search away.) Well, here's McCain shoving a little old war widow in a wheelchair:

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/51660.html

I wonder what we'd be hearing if Obama had behaved in such a manner.

Why, oh why, hasn't this story broken yet? This directly attacks McCain's supposed strength, namely, his honor and his character. Tell me who could think him of good character after reading about this? And it has the virtue of actually being true!

Why all the reticence to bring up damaging information that's true? Why don't they do to McCain what Biden says you ought to do to any lying bully---bloody his nose!

The money quote from the article above:

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Back in Washington, families of POW/MIAs said they have seen McCain's wrath repeatedly. Some families charged that McCain hadn't been aggressive enough about pursuing their lost relatives and has been reluctant to release relevant documents. McCain himself was a prisoner of war for five-and-a-half years during the Vietnam War.

In 1992, McCain sparred with Dolores Alfond, the chairwoman of the National Alliance of Families for the Return of America's Missing Servicemen and Women, at a Senate hearing. McCain's prosecutor-like questioning of Alfond — available on YouTube — left her in tears.

Four years later, at her group's Washington conference, about 25 members went to a Senate office building, hoping to meet with McCain. As they stood in the hall, McCain and an aide walked by.

Six people present have written statements describing what they saw. According to the accounts, McCain waved his hand to shoo away Jeannette Jenkins, whose cousin was last seen in South Vietnam in 1970, causing her to hit a wall.

As McCain continued walking, Jane Duke Gaylor, the mother of another missing serviceman, approached the senator. Gaylor, in a wheelchair equipped with portable oxygen, stretched her arms toward McCain.

"McCain stopped, glared at her, raised his left arm ready to strike her, composed himself and pushed the wheelchair away from him," according to
Eleanor Apodaca, the sister of an Air Force captain missing since 1967.

McCain's staff wouldn't respond to requests for comment about specific incidents.

I'd like to know the numbers if you have them on the political makeup of those surveyed. There was a report out earlier today that said these recent polls showing an upswing for McCain were not using the same demographics as the earlier polls. That they had weighted the republicans to high in comparrison to those other polls. Wouldn't that skew any results we are now seeing?

It is amazing to me just how similar Palin is to George Bush. Actually, Bush seems substantive by comparison.

There is a photo that morphs Bush and Palin -- I saw it on Huffpo the other day. Something like that could really take the shine off of Sarah. Someone needs to use that photo in an ad.

If you put lipstick on a pit bull, its still a pit bull.

McCain's campaign manager is right--this election is not going to be about the issues. A personality cult is forming around Sarah Palin and it's making Obama look boring by comparison. Both McCain and Palin's image must be torn down and Obama's must be built up. McCain's image is built on honor and sacrifice. He must be made to look dishonorable and selfish. Palin's image is the mom next door. Perhaps she can be made to look exotic and dangerous. Obama is cool and aloof. Lots more puppies and daughters and rainbows might work. My 2 cents.

Love this quote:

"McCain, by the way, is the Republican nominee for president. You may remember him from the Sarah Palin convention in Minneapolis, where he gave a speech and was congratulated by Sarah Palin."

Great atricle - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/opinion/11collins.html?ex=1378872000&en=e4cda573c0ae30dd&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

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Kevin B

I'm saying it now: President Barack H. Obama, Jr., 2009 - 2017

Love this quote:

"McCain, by the way, is the Republican nominee for president. You may remember him from the Sarah Palin convention in Minneapolis, where he gave a speech and was congratulated by Sarah Palin."

Great atricle - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/opinion/11collins.html?ex=1378872000&en=e4cda573c0ae30dd&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

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Kevin B

I'm saying it now: President Barack H. Obama, Jr., 2009 - 2017

Pro-Obama Nate silver's model at fivethirtyeight.com now has McCain with a 52% chance of winning in November based on a combo of polls and demographics.

Intrade and Rasmussen Markets both have McCain ahead now after months of being behind.

According to Gallup, McCain has a stable lead right now and has led in the tracker evry individual night for about a week.

Every southern state including FL and VA is now a waste of money for Obama.

Look for McCain polling gains tomorrow after 9/11 commemoration reinforces Barack's weakness in foreign policy/defense matters.

After listening to Obama's speech yesterday, I was wondering why he hasn't been giving speeches at large rallies lately. After all, haven't McCain/Palin been making speeches (although short and repetitive) these days? Obama should still do town halls and other things but he sure should hold huge rallies at least twice a week from now on to show some of his best skills (it seems to me he argues his case best in his speeches), keep the crowds energized, show how much support there is for him --- important not just for independents but also his supporters, and grab media attention. This will also be a good way to re-direct media attention to issues or anything that he wants the media and the nation to focus on.

I think that Obama has been conceding too much to GOP and the McCain camp's narrative. They ridiculed Obama as a celebrity. So Obama has stopped holding rallies. Well, McCain has unleashed a real celebrity and is giving short speeches in front of adoring crowds. Team Obama should have argued long time ago that a political celebrity who can inspire and a fine president are not mutually exclusive and cite JFK and perhaps even Bill Clinton (Bill will love it) as examples.