Huge 9% swing in the FOX 150% in the tank "For Obama to the Xtreme" Poll
Obama: 45% (42%)
McCain: 39% (45%)
I can hear Hannity crying from here...
McCain held a 3-point advantage earlier this month immediately after the Republican convention (September 8-9). Before that Obama had a 3-point lead going into the Democratic convention (August 19-20). Looking back as far as a year ago, in head-to-head polling neither candidate has had a lead outside the poll's margin of sampling error. Obama's lead today is just at the outside edge of the margin of error.
This blows an Alaska size hole through the arguement by the McCain campaign that we're in the MOE and that the polling isn't doing anything...
In addition, the poll shows Obama has improved his position on the most important issue to voters this year — the economy. He is seen as the best candidate to handle the nation's economy, and more voters also say he would be better at handling the current financial crisis facing the country.
Somthing that really grabbed my attention, according to Fox, Obama now lead MEN +5%!
Obama is trusted more to handle the economy by 10 percentage points, the related issue of taxes by 7 points, and he also leads on handling energy independence by 10 points. His largest advantage — 21 points — is on handling the issue of health care.
Which candidate do voters trust to keep his word? Some 41 percent think Obama and 38 percent McCain. Another 10 percent say "neither."
By a 5-point margin more voters think the Democratic ticket has "better judgment combined" — a reversal from two weeks ago when the Republican ticket had a 4-point edge.
The Democratic ticket has a 12-point edge when it comes to bringing the "right change to Washington," up from a 7-point lead two weeks ago.
MSNBC is out with a big leak too on their poll out later today
Are the runningmates qualified to be president if the need arises?
Qualified: Biden 64, Palin 40
Not Qualified: Palin 49, Biden 21
Meanwhile, Sarah Palin has hemmed John McCain into supporting the Bailout...
The GOP veep candidate tells CBS News’ Katie Couric that she does think the country would be on the road to another Great Depression if bipartisan action isn’t taken in Congress quickly to pass some sort of bailout bill.
Comes after Couric uses the phrase “Great Depression” in a question about the implications of not passing the bailout bill.
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You can see her reading the post it notes in her brain
I guess that answers the question as to whether John supports the bill, or does it? And if that weren't enough.. here is an even bigger FAIL
This is what happens when campaigns let reporters into photo ops. They get all uppity and ask questions.
From the pool report account of what happened after McCain and Palin's meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvilli and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko:
McCain then looked around the room and gestured as if to welcome questions. The AP reporter shouted a question at Gov. Palin (“Governor, what have you learned from your meetings?”) but McCain aide Brooke Buchanan intervened and shepherded everybody out of the room.
Palin looked surprised, leaned over to McCain and asked him a question, to which your pooler thinks he shook his head as if to say “No.”
FAIL