talkleft.com - 10/15/2008
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Yesterday, Sarah Palin said : Our opponents spend so much time pretending they are running against the current president. I think it's wearing pretty thin . . . The American people are really waking up and saying no, the status quo is not one of the boxes to check. Meanwhile, back on Planet ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 10/15/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
"This weekend," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said today,
"a plumber concerned that Senator Obama was going to...
raise his taxes asked him directly about his plan. The response was telling. Senator Obama explained to him that he was going to...
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‘Spread the Wealth’?
realclearpolitics.com - 10/14/2008
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realclearpolitics.com —
I think this is McCain's key problem right
now. Here's a sample of some recent poll data....
First, Obama's net favorability is through the roof. Rasmussen has him at +13, Hotline/Diageo at +14, but others like Fox and ABC News...
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To The Public, Obama Looking Like a President
blogs.abcnews.com - 10/15/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: Going into tonight's
third and final presidential debate Barack Obama leads John...
McCain 53 to 39 percent in support nationally, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll. Among independent voters -- ...
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Stephanopoulos: Is There Anything McCain Can Do?
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The baseline
Corrente —
What BTD said:
The Presidential race is over and after tonight’s debate - the focus should shift to the Congressional races and what a Democratic Congress and a Democratic President need to do to get the country moving in the right direction. The correct answer is we need a new New Deal.
Bingo.
Guarded Language
Comments from Left Field —
... Armando over at Talk Left pulls together some polls that more or less validate the fourteen point lead for Obama in the CBS/NYT poll that raised so many eyebrows. LA Times gives Obama nine, Research 2k (the D-Kos poll) gives Obama 11, and Battleground gives Obama 13. All well and good. But then Armando says the following: ...
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What to Make of the Polls
anonymousliberal.com 10/29/2008 — This has been an especially odd election when it comes to polls. We're seeing an exceptionally large divergence in both state and national poll numbers, not only in absolute numbers but in trendlines. Both of these phenomena are worth pondering. ...
Today's Polls, 10/14
fivethirtyeight.com 10/15/2008 — Perhaps the CBS poll that shows Barack Obama with a 14-point lead among likely voters (12 points when third-party candidates are included) is a modest outlier. But if so, John McCain has more and more outliers that he has to explain away these days. ...
Polls:
volokh.com 11/3/2008 — Today's polls released so far show everything from a 47-45% Obama lead (well within the margin of error), with 8% undecided, in the TIPP poll, to a 52-43-5 result in the...
The Polls - 10/31
talkleft.com 10/31/2008 — Any Halloween scares to come in the polling today? Not likely. DKos/R2000 has Obama up 6, 51-45. Ras has Obama up 4, 51-47 and a good explanation of what has happened in the last week or so: The tightening comes entirely from McCain solidifying ...
Election Polls
surveyusa.com 10/14/2008 — CURRENT ELECTION POLLS 10/14/08 Poll #14591 All SurveyUSA clients in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Q If the election for President were today, would you vote for ... (choices rotated) Republican John McCain? Democrat Barack Obama? ... Q Is that a firm ...
Today's Polls, 10/19
fivethirtyeight.com 10/20/2008 — Well, scratch West Virginia from the swing state list for the time being. Both Public Policy Polling and Mason-Dixon have new polling out in the state, and they give John McCain leads of 8 and 6 points respectively. It's possible that this is one of ...
Polls, Polls
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 10/24/2008 — If you read Drudge, you might believe that there's a one-point gap between Obama and McCain, and it's neck and neck in the final stretch. If you read 538, you find that McCain's chances of winning this election just shrank dramatically to 3.7 percent ...
Today's Polls, 10/27
fivethirtyeight.com 10/28/2008 — John McCain is making no progress in his pursuit of the White House. Our model now projects Barack Obama to win 351 electoral votes to John McCain's 187, and to win the Electoral College 96.7 percent of the time to McCain's 3.3 percent. Both numbers ...
Today's Polls, 10/26
fivethirtyeight.com 10/27/2008 — While there are a few surprises here and there, once again the theme of today's polls is stability in the race for the White House. John McCain narrowed his gap significantly in today's Zogby tracking poll, drawing from 9.5 points behind to 5.3. As ...
Today's Polls, 10/18
fivethirtyeight.com 10/18/2008 — John McCain has once again improved his position in the national tracking polls, having gained ground in 4 of the 5 6 trackers that published today ( Rasmussen and IBD/TIPP were the exceptions).** Our model now perceives that Obama has come somewhat ...
ON THE TRAIL: Wednesday Oct. 15th, 2008 —
CNN Political Ticker 10/15/2008
* Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama square off in tonight’s third and final Presidential General Election Debate at Hofstra University
* Gov. Sarah Palin participates in a “Road to Victory Rally” in Dover, NH
* Sen. Joe Biden campaigns at Ohio ...
Obama: 1,342 to 8? —
First Read 10/15/2008
The Washington Post writes about Obama’s financial advantage over McCain. Exactly how much money the Democrat has raised will not be clear until next week, when the two campaigns are required to report their September fundraising totals to the ...
Governor, meet the Granite State —
First Read 10/15/2008
From NBC/NJ's Matthew Berger LACONIA, N.H. – New Hampshire residents are used to seeing campaign buses wind their way down the state’s roads against the backdrop of multicolor foliage. But rarely do the vehicles sport ...
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