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New Times poll gives Obama 9-point lead over McCain among likely voters
New Times poll gives Obama 9-point lead over McCain among likely voters
On the eve of the final 2008 presidential debate, the Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden holds an eight-point lead among 1,446 registered voters and a nine-point lead among 1,030 likely voters, according to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg News poll. Still no majority for ...
Poll: Obama Opens 14-Point Lead On McCain, CBS News/New York Times Survey Shows Major Swing Among Independents, Suggests McCain's Strategy May Be Hurting Him
Poll: Obama Opens 14-Point Lead On McCain, CBS News/New York Times Survey Shows Major Swing ...
cbsnews.com — (CBS) Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is entering the third and final presidential debate Wednesday with a... wide lead over Republican rival John McCain nationally, a new CBS News/New York Times poll shows. The Obama-Biden ticket now leads ... (more) Poll: Obama Opens 14-Point Lead On McCain, CBS News/New ...
McCain: Obama 'Probably Ensured' Debate on Ayers
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blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News' Ron Claiborne, Teddy Davis, and Arnab Datta Report: Speaking to a St. Louis radio station... on Tuesday, John McCain said that Barack Obama's recent suggestion that McCain does not have guts to raise the Bill Ayers issue to... (more) McCain: Obama 'Probably Ensured' Debate on Ayers
Poll: More Voters Think McCain Would Raise Their Taxes
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Here's a very curious result from the new CBS/ New York Times poll : More registered voters... think John McCain would raise their taxes than think Barack Obama would, a sign that the Obama campaign's constant assault on McCain's health plan -- and its ... (more) Poll: More Voters Think McCain Would Raise Their Taxes
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Poll: Plurality Says Obama Has The Experience To Be President
TPM Election Central — ... The new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll, which shows Barack Obama ahead of John McCain 50%-41% among likely voters nationwide, shows that Obama has passed a key threshold: A plurality of registered voters, 49%, now say he has the right experience to be president, compared to 42% who say he does not. ...

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