CBS Poll: Obama 50, Bush 22

Actually, the CBS poll says Obama 50 - McCain 41 (similar to the R2K and other polls.) However, Bush's 22, which ties him with Truman during the Korean War, is a good chunk of why McCain is where he is. (And for historical perspective don't miss Gary Langer's Historic Disapproval: Bush Hits All-Time Low Amid Economic Meltdown, data from ABC/WaPo where Bush hits 70% disapproval – no one has ever done that in any poll. Ever. Not Nixon, Not Truman. There is data behind Worst. President. Ever.)

CBS 9/27-30 (9/21-4), LV MoE +/- 3
Obama   50  (46)
McCain  41  (42)

A CBS News Poll released Wednesday that Mr. Obama’s favorability rating, at 48 percent, is the highest it has ever been in polls conducted by CBS and The New York Times. At the same time, the number of voters who hold an unfavorable view of Mr. McCain — 42 percent — is as high as it has been since the CBS News and The Times began asking the question about Mr. McCain in 1999, the first time he ran for president.

Note the enthusiasm:

                  Obama Voters  McCain Voters
                      Now 9/25  Now  9/25
Enthusiastic            61   53   36   36
With reservations       29   33   47   49
Party nominee            5    8    6    6
Dislike other candidate  4    4   10    7

More:

The Democratic nominee was also widely seen as having won the debate. Forty-one percent of registered voters, including more than half of those who watched it, said Obama came out on top; just 21 percent said McCain was the winner.

McCain Fails:

In the CBS News poll, 54 percent of respondents said that Mr. Obama has a plan for dealing with the economic crisis, compared with 48 percent who said that Mr. McCain does. And 47 percent of respondents said they disapproved of the way Mr. McCain is handling the current economic crisis, compared with 33 percent who approved and 20 percent who said they had no opinion. For Mr. Obama, 32 percent of respondents said they disapproved of his response, compared with 43 percent of respondents who approved; the rest had no opinion

And two-thirds of respondents said that the highest-profile action Mr. McCain made in response to the crisis — announcing he was he was suspending the campaign to return to Washington and help negotiators strike a deal — made no difference in the outcome of the talks.

Palin Fails:

Women's perception of Palin has become increasingly negative. On Sept. 8th, Palin had a 47 percent favorable rating among women and a 19 percent unfavorable; now her favorable rating among the group is down to 30 percent, while her unfavorable has risen to 34 percent.

It's tough to avoid the idea that the wheels are coming off the McCain campaign. So much so that McCain said this today on CNN Español:

"I haven't heard anyone asking her to resign."

I hear John has a temper. I wonder who he's yelling at today.