yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 10/17/2008
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Note that the election is almost certain to get closer between now and election day. Right now we’re looking at an average of 49.8 percent for Obama and 43.2 percent for McCain. That leaves 7 percent undecided. That’s a very strong position for Obama — he only needs something ...
time-blog.com - 10/16/2008
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time-blog.com —
From TIME's Amy Sullivan: In politics it is
generally not considered a good sign when voters are...
laughing at you, not with you. And by the end of the third and last presidential debate, the undecided voters who had gathered in Denver for Democratic ...
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Undecideds Laughing At, Not With, McCain
talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/19/2008
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If you're thinking to yourself that there's little
more than two weeks before election day and Obama...
has a solid lead in the polls, don't be so sure. Yes, it looks good for the Democrats. But you need to play close attention to the McCain ...
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Race to the Bottom
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10/17: Not Your Average Joe
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... showed Obama leading McCain by only 2 points among "traditional" likely voters: On the left side of the blogosphere, Think Progress 's Matthew Yglesias offers his thoughts: "Right now we're looking at an average of 49.8 percent for Obama and 43.2 percent for McCain. That leaves 7 percent undecided. That's a very strong position for Obama -- he only needs something like 3 percent of the remaining undecideds to break his way in order to get over 50 percent and win the election. That should be easy to do. But since Obama's already almost at 50, the remaining pool of undecided ...
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