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fivethirtyeight.com - 9/6/2008
Today's Polls, 9/5
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You can all stop hyperventilating now. After yesterday's polls showed little sign of Republican momentum, today's polls -- which incorporate reaction to Sarah Palin's speech for the first time -- now show some bounce toward John McCain. You can fill out basically every square in the 'B' column ...

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  McCain's "Bounce"

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The Latest on Air America:  Poll-itics: Not good enough, John Sidney McCain

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McCain's "Bounce"
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Nate Silver explains: You can all stop hyperventilating now ... Last night and tonight should be among the best individual nights of polling that the Republicans see all year. If the best they can do is close the race to a tie, or an Obama +1 on those nights, they are not going to win the race based on inertia alone. ...

Tracking Poll Update
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — ... Nate Silver previews the next few days: "Last night and tonight should be among the best individual nights of polling that the Republicans see all year. If the best they can do is close the race to a tie, or an Obama +1 on those nights, they are not going to win the race based on inertia alone." ...

Poll-itics: Not good enough, John Sidney McCain
The Latest on Air America — ... Nate Silver previews the next few days: "Last night and tonight should be among the best individual nights of polling that the Republicans see all year. If the best they can do is close the race to a tie, or an Obama +1 on those nights, they are not going to win the race based on inertia alone." This must be why they've re-started their ...

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