Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
Delusions
Taylor Marsh —
BY TAYLOR MARSH
The compass.
Palin’s not prepared, but the McCain camp’s cowardice is worse.
The tape fixation continues.
Fox, keeping hope alive.
The senator with whom I once shared a float remains in fantasy land.
The antidote? Two words: Francis Fukuyama.
Poison pill: Contract for America, Take Two.
And I’m not quite sure if this is just crass or racist or both.
Fox News Poll: McCain Closes Gap With Obama
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
A new Fox News Poll shows the presidential race has tightened with Sen. Barack Obama now leading Sen. John McCain, 47% to 44%, among likely voters nationally. ...
Fox News poll: McCain nets five points since last week, now within three
Hot Air » Top Picks —
Fox News poll: McCain nets five points since last week, now within three posted at 2:40 pm on October 30, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly A little good news to balance the two-point bumps The One got today in Rasmussen and Gallup . The five-point gain overall coincides with a five-point gain among Republicans, only 83 percent of whom were committed to Maverick last week. Is the Joe the Plumber rhetoric working? Maybe, maybe not: The economy continues to far outdistance all other issues as the top priority for voters this ...
Election Stuff
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE —
... care of each other, but obviously he feels it should only be through the government. If Iraqi's could vote, they would choose McCain. No surprise there. They are afraid Obama won't protect them from Iran. It looks like Iraq isn't the only country that should be worried. Al Qaeda wants Bush and the Republican party "humiliated" in the election. I suppose they can count on the Democrats to keep trying to do that. Good News. McCain gains 6 in a week. Off topic, but this is just funny.
Fox News Poll: It’s a Three-Point Race
PoliGazette —
... According to a Fox News poll released Thursday, Senator Barack Obama’s lead on Sen. John McCain is decreasing significantly. ...
Obama’s Edge Over McCain Narrows
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
The race for the White House has tightened significantly — with Barack Obama now ahead of John McCain by three percentage points — according to a FOX News poll released Thursday.
(FOX)
As the candidates make their closing arguments before the election, the race has tightened with Barack Obama now leading John McCain by 47 percent to 44 percent among likely voters, according to a FOX News poll released Thursday. Last week Obama led by 49-40 percent among likely voters.
Obama has a bit more strength of support going ...
Big Win????
Newshoggers.com —
... the very reliable Sabato predicts a blowout. He also predicts a pick up of seven or eight in the Senate - not 60 but enough to get a lot of things done. On top of that NBC's Chuck Todd says it's easier to see how Obama could get 375 EV's that it is to see how McCain gets 270.
That said I'm still nervous.
Two weekly polls came out today with big differences. The CBS/NYT poll has Obama up by 11 points while the FOX poll has him up by only 3. Of course FOX changed it's methodology to get that result. ...
More Evidence That Polling Is an Imprecise Enterprise
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... has a bit more strength of support going into the final week. Among his backers, 88 percent say they support him “strongly” and 12 percent “only somewhat.” For McCain, 78 percent of his voters support him “strongly” and 22 percent “only somewhat.”
In addition, 66 percent of Obama’s supporters say it is “extremely important” to them that their candidate wins compared to 59 percent of McCain supporters.
Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...
Fox News Poll: McCain Closes Gap With Obama
The Hollywood Liberal —
... A new Fox News Poll shows the presidential race has tightened with Sen. Barack Obama now leading Sen. John McCain, 47% to 44%, among likely voters nationally. Last week Obama led by 49% to 40% among likely voters.“The race has tightened in part because of changes in a couple of important swing voting groups. Independents back Obama by 5 percentage points today, down from a 9-point edge last week. Similarly, among white Catholics, Obama held an 11-point edge over McCain last week and today they split 46-46.” ...
