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Pew Research: Obama Maintains National Edge
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — A new Pew Research survey -- including interviews on both landline phones and cell phones -- finds Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. John McCain among registered voters, 46% to 44%. These results are almost identical to those in the same pre-convention survey in early August. ...

Pew: Race Back to Dead Even--But McCain Improves on Issues, Enthusiasm
Weekly Standard Blog — ... his position among independents post convention. While Obama slipped one point among these unaffiliated voters, McCain surged by nine. These findings are consistent with another part of the Pew study that shows a surge in GOP favorability among independents. Bottom line: I believe the race is back to a near-draw in the national horserace. Americans may put their opinions on hold pending next Friday night’s first presidential debate in Mississippi. Read the full report here.

Fox Uses Graphic to Intentionally Mislead Viewers as to the Popularity of the Republican Party
News Hounds — ... Frank Luntz was Neil Cavuto's final guest today (September 19, 2008) in a segment captioned, "'Palin Pop' Pushes GOP Ahead of Democrats in Popularity." The discussion centered around a Pew poll released yesterday titled, "McCain Gains on Issues, But Stalls as Candidate of Change." ...

Pew Poll: The Improvement In Iraq Has Not Changed Opinion About The War Being A Mistake
Daily Kos — ... John McCain's consistent advantage over Barack Obama on foreign policy and national security may be limited to some extent by the public's focus on domestic issues.1 Notably, while swing voters say McCain could best deal with foreign policy by a 52% to 25% margin, they along with most Americans believe that the next president should focus on domestic issues rather than foreign policy. At the beginning of President Bush's second term, the public by 53% to 27% said it was more important for him to concentrate on domestic policy than foreign policy. That sentiment has ...