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Minnesota Poll: Obama Surges Way Ahead
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — A new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll shows Sen. Barack Obama has opened up a commanding lead over Sen. John McCain, 55% to 37%. "That's a huge difference from the last Minnesota Poll, conducted in September, which showed the race dead even, with each candidate backed by 45 percent of likely voters. The new poll shows that Obama's surge in the state can be attributed to voters' belief in his ability to deal with the nation's worsening economy, his performance in the first presidential debate and an increase in the number of Minnesotans who call themselves Democrats." ...

Poll Porn
Eschaton — Because Minnesota has been a cause of worry. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has opened up a commanding lead in Minnesota over Republican John McCain, according to a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll. The poll, conducted last week among 1,084 likely voters, found that 55 percent support Obama, while 37 percent back McCain. And: The survey, conducted Tuesday through Thursday by Princeton Survey Research Associates International among 1,084 likely Minnesota voters, shows Franken leading Coleman 43 to 34 percent. Independence ...

Clear All Coffee From Mouth Before Proceding
Hoffmania! — ... Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has opened up a commanding lead in Minnesota over Republican John McCain, according to a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll. ...

Poll: Obama Takes Big Lead In Battleground State Minnesota
The Moderate Voice — ... It’s important to note that in the flood of polls the ones that can be most significant are those reflecting a trend or those that show a huge shift — and a new poll shows a big shift in the battleground state of Minnesota: ...

Scenes from the Gopher State
The Reaction — ... A new Star Tribune poll, reported today, gives Obama a massive 18-point lead, 55 to 37. This poll may also be an outlier, but this is the same organization that had the race tied less than a month ago. Here's why: ...

Obama’s Hefty Lead in Minnesota
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Via the Strib: Minnesota Poll: Obama leaps ahead of McCain The poll, conducted last week among 1,084 likely voters, found that 55 percent support Obama, while 37 percent back McCain. That’s a huge difference from the last Minnesota Poll, conducted in September, which showed the race dead even, with each candidate backed by 45 percent of likely voters. The issue at hand in the poll is, not surprisingly, the economy. On the one hand, Minnesota hasn’t gone Republican since 1972 and the Nixon landslide. ...

Minnesota And Ohio
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — In the two states that McCain is now saying are critical to his chances, Obama now leads by 55 to 37 percent in Minnesota and by 49 to 42 percent in Ohio. I'm sure things will tighten again - but there seems to be a breakout right now in several crucial states. In the top nine toss-up states, Obama is now ahead in seven. ...

You Want Four More Years Of Lies And Divisiveness?
DownWithTyranny! — ... Dr. Victoria Wulsin, who has dedicated her entire life to health care and public policy regarding health care, especially for children, of experimenting-- "grotesque medical experiments"-- on human beings. Even the Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Malia Rulon, a quarter inch shy of being part of the Schmidt campaign, points out that Schmidt's mailer was filled with lies; I think she called it "stretching the truth." In Minnesota brand new polls show that both Obama and Franken have leaped significantly ahead of McCain and Coleman. And the Star ...

The Reality Is That McCain Is In Trouble
Daily Kos — ... the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign. And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret. [Columbus, OH] Dispatch Poll: Obama opens lead on McCain Early voting makes pre-Nov. 4 standings more important Minnesota Poll: Obama leaps ahead of McCain The Democrat's lead in the state is tied to ...

What’s Wrong With Those Heartland Voters?
Comments from Left Field — ... Gosh, it looks like Sarah Palin’s issue-focused speeches about Barack Obama “palling around with terrorists” are realllly having a deadly effect on Obama’s popularity: ...