Perhaps a delayed effect from the convention or Palin is starting to weigh McCain down or both. Whatever is going on, Obama's poll numbers are surging. The average from the four polls released today show obama with a 7.75 lead. He has hit a new record in the Rasmussen daily tracking poll, with a lead of 6. He has also reached 50% support for the first time in the gallup daily tracking poll, he has reached his highest average level of support 49.2% over at RCP, and his lead in the RCP average is the largest in two months, at 6.4 points.
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QUOTE (Jack @ Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 10:16 am) 
Perhaps a delayed effect from the convention or Palin is starting to weigh McCain down or both. Whatever is going on, Obama's poll numbers are surging. The average from the four polls released today show obama with a 7.75 lead. He has hit a new record in the Rasmussen daily tracking poll, with a lead of 6. He has also reached 50% support for the first time in the gallup daily tracking poll, he has reached his highest average level of support 49.2% over at RCP, and his lead in the RCP average is the largest in two months, at 6.4 points.
This looks to be your end of summer reaction Jack.
Look for this trend to accelerate a week or so after the GOP convention.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmem..._obamas_lea.php
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More And More Polls Show Obama's Lead Expanding
By Eric Kleefeld - September 2, 2008, 9:46AM
It's starting to look like John McCain's historic selection of Sarah Palin hasn't done him any favors in the polls.
Here's this morning's Rasmussen tracking poll: Obama 51%, McCain 45%, outside of the ±2% margin of error. Obama was up 49%-46% yesterday, suggesting that Palin's scandals may have helped him to double his lead in just one day of sampling.
And the new Hotline/Diageo poll has Obama up 48%-39%, compared to a 44%-40% lead from just one week ago.
Late Update: Three more polls all show Obama leading by a substantial margin. The daily Gallup tracking poll has Obama up 50%-42% -- the first time ever that he's reached the 50% threshold in their poll. The USA Today/Gallup poll has Obama up 50%-43%, and ARG has Obama up 49%-43%.
There is also yesterday's CBS poll, which gave Obama a 48%-40% lead.
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More And More Polls Show Obama's Lead Expanding
By Eric Kleefeld - September 2, 2008, 9:46AM
It's starting to look like John McCain's historic selection of Sarah Palin hasn't done him any favors in the polls.
Here's this morning's Rasmussen tracking poll: Obama 51%, McCain 45%, outside of the ±2% margin of error. Obama was up 49%-46% yesterday, suggesting that Palin's scandals may have helped him to double his lead in just one day of sampling.
And the new Hotline/Diageo poll has Obama up 48%-39%, compared to a 44%-40% lead from just one week ago.
Late Update: Three more polls all show Obama leading by a substantial margin. The daily Gallup tracking poll has Obama up 50%-42% -- the first time ever that he's reached the 50% threshold in their poll. The USA Today/Gallup poll has Obama up 50%-43%, and ARG has Obama up 49%-43%.
There is also yesterday's CBS poll, which gave Obama a 48%-40% lead.
Not according to politico! "Obama's DNC bounce smaller than most and shrinking."
Whatever
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/13068
Whatever
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/13068
QUOTE (Bluzfn5 @ Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 12:39 pm)
Not according to politico! "Obama's DNC bounce smaller than most and shrinking."
Whatever
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/13068
Whatever
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/13068
I am becoming more and more convinced by the day that Yahoo has a serious stake against an Obama Presidency.
QUOTE (Libertas @ Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 3:51 pm)
I am becoming more and more convinced by the day that Yahoo has a serious stake against an Obama Presidency.
I am thinking you are correct
Could Yahoo's merger with Microsoft would not be looked upon with favor with a Democratic Controlled WH and both houses of Congress? Pehaps, the folks at Yahoo, would not get all the money they would have hoped?
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