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Wednesday Evening Round-up Thread
Open Left - Front Page — Here are a few items for a fine Wednesday evening: Two new national polls, from NBC and CBS, both show Obama up by 3%, down from 6% in both a couple weeks ago. Obama continues to lead, but McCain continues to catch up. Obama likes single payer health care: "If I were designing a system from scratch, I would probably go ahead with a single-payer system," Obama told some 1,800 people at a town-hall style meeting on the economy. That's cool. Although, I do wonder about single payer sometimes. I mean, France isn't ...

NBC poll: McCain now within the margin of error — thanks to Hillary supporters
Hot Air » Top Picks — NBC poll: McCain now within the margin of error — thanks to Hillary supporters posted at 7:31 pm on August 20, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Best. Convention. Evah. Yet perhaps the biggest factor keeping the presidential race close has been Obama’s inability to close the deal with some of Hillary Clinton’s supporters. According to the poll, 52 percent of them say they will vote for Obama, but 21 percent are backing McCain , with an additional 27 percent who are undecided or want to vote for someone else. What’s more, those who ...

Obama Lead Halved in 2 New National Polls
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — ... Obama 45 (nc vs. last poll July 31 - August 5) McCain 42 (+3) Undecided 10 (-3) Also of note from the CBS/NYT poll: Obama voters more enthusiastic than McCain voters by a two-to-one margin (48-24), McCain leads Independents by 12 (48 to 36). Obama's favorable rating is a net +7 (39/32) and McCain's is a net +1 (34/33). NBC News/Wall St. Journal Obama 45 (-2 vs. last poll July 18-21) McCain 42 (+1) Also of note from the NBC/WSJ poll: only 52% of Clinton primary backers say they will vote for Obama, while 21% say they will vote for McCain and 27% are undecided. On a related ...

WSJ Poll: Obama By 3, Clinton Supporters Reluctnat
TalkLeft — The NBC/WSJ poll has Obama leading 45-42, but Obama still having trouble with Clinton supporters: [P]erhaps the biggest factor keeping the presidential race close has been Obama’s inability to close the deal with some of Hillary Clinton’s supporters. According to the poll, 52 percent of them say they will vote for Obama, but 21 percent are backing McCain, with an additional 27 percent who are undecided or want to vote for someone else. . . . For these reasons, Hart believes that Clinton’s speech on the Tuesday night of the Democratic ...

Adele Stan: The Ridge/Lieberman Fake-Out
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... And you diligent righties out there, doing your oppo, reading the HuffPo: Guess what? This is not about you. Hard to believe, I know; but it's really not. It's about that handful of Hillary Clinton supporters who are having a hard time bringing themselves to vote for the black guy. Really. ...

pundits change minds, call election for mcmuffin
skippy the bush kangaroo — ... joe goes on to quote many a poll which shows mcmuffin gaining on obama, or actually ahead, and then concludes that this is somehow not to be expected. joe joins the punditry in their pearl-clutching and vapors, as if a tightening presidential race towards the end of summer is a new thing, unfathomable or even impossible. this position pre-supposes that the long, drawn-out democratic nominating procedure (lasting almost into june), with obama's (and sen. clinton's) name blasted across the airwaves 24/7 had little to do w/the sen. from illinois' ...

New NBC/WSJ, CBS/NYT Polls
The Atlantic Politics Channel — These are two of the best polls in the business, and they're remarkably similar.  Obama leads by three, within the margin the error. Obama's favorables have declined over the summer. Clinton supporters remain skeptical and even give McCain an edge in certain attributes. ...

McCain Surging
Rhymes With Right — But then again, we've all been waiting for the moment when the American people recognize that the choice is between experience and image. And as that has happened, Barack Obama's lead has diminished , ...

McSame-- Policies, Politics, Corruption
DownWithTyranny! — ... Can you imagine 4 more years of Bush Regime policies-- policies which have brought the country to the brink of Depression and to its lowest standing among nations in decades? Policies directly responsible for the greatest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the wealthiest 1% in American history and for the greatest transfer of wealth from America to the Bush family's partners in oil-rich Arab lands in history? Well, I can't either, but if yesterday's polls have any credibility at all, it looks like you shouldn't entirely write off the possibility. ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — MULTIPLE OBAMA LEADS: VERY GOOD NEWS FOR McCAIN CBS/New York Times: Obama up by 3. NBC/Wall Street Journal: Obama up by 3. And, from yesterday: Quinnipiac: Obama up by 5. Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg: Obama up by 2. Rasmussen: Obama up by 3. Gallup: Obama up by 2. If this holds up and Obama wins, maybe, in the spirit of the predominant narrative about McCain, we'll be told by pundits that Obama actually lost because many people who voted for Obama ...

8/21: Turning A Corner?
Blogometer — ... in the past. You move on. This is a new century, a new time. He reflects back and he's been making a strong contribution to our community." OBAMA VEEPSTAKES: The Clinton Scenario Several liberal bloggers -- including some who were strong Obama supporters during the primary -- appear increasingly open to the possibility of Obama selecting Hillary Clinton as his running mate: TalkLeft 's Big Tent Democrat has been pushing for an Obama/Clinton ticket for months: "The NBC/ WSJ poll has Obama leading 45-42, but Obama still having trouble with Clinton ...

Campaign Updates and Media Headlines 8/21/08
Corrente — Obama Drops in Electoral Vote Forecasts (Political Wire) For the first time, Sen. Barack Obama dropped below 270 votes over at Electoral-Vote.com and Sen. John McCain is actually ahead in the RCP tally. NBC/WSJ Poll: McCain halves Obama’s lead (NBC News) [P]erhaps the biggest factor keeping the presidential race close has been Obama’s inability to close the deal with some of Hillary Clinton’s supporters. According to the poll, 52 percent of them say they will vote for Obama, but 21 ...