Obama Opens Up Largest Lead Ever On McCain

[frerottenextelway]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/109102/Gallup-Daily-Obama-49-McCain-40.aspx

This represents a continuation of Obama's front-runner position evident in the last three Gallup Poll Daily tracking updates. The margin, coincident with the extensive U.S. news coverage of Obama's foreign tour, is the largest for Obama over McCain measured since Gallup began tracking the general election horserace in March.

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[Spider]

Cant get excited yet though . polls are fickle as hell .......

[frerottenextelway]

Cant get excited yet though . polls are fickle as hell .......

Sure, I'd rather be the one up than the one down though.

McCain Gets Attacked By Applesauce

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It's a terrorist!

[Rohirrim]

I'm sure that in a couple of weeks McCain will be saying, "Of course, I've always supported a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, blah, blah, blah."

[Spider]

Sure, I'd rather be the one up than the one down though.
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;D i agree I just wish I had more faith in my fellow country men

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll)

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The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows Barack Obama attracts 46% of the vote while John McCain earns 41%. When "leaners" are included, it’s Obama 49% and McCain 44%. McCain’s numbers are up a point from yesterday while Obama’s remain unchanged. Obama is viewed favorably by 56% of voters, McCain by 55%. Tracking Polls are released at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time each day. Rasmussen Markets (http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/latest_results_from_rasmussen_markets) data gives Obama a 63.9 (http://rasmussen.intrade.com/aav2/trading/contractInfo.jsp?conDetailID=68256)<script type="text/javascript">contract_type = "rasmussen";contract_id = 68256;node_id = 9654 + "_" + 8613;new Ajax("/extension/ajax/intrade_lastprice.php", {data: 'contractID=' + contract_id + '&contract_type=' + contract_type,method: 'get',update: $('intrade_' + node_id)}).request();</script> % chance of winning the White House.

Obama has enjoyed a modest bounce in the polls since his Berlin speech on Thursday (see recent daily results (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/general_election_match_up_history)). To this point, however, he has not reached the 50% level of support or expanded his lead beyond where it was a couple of weeks ago. Over the coming week, it will be interesting to see if Obama could open an even bigger lead and move above the 50% level of support. That would be significant both in the context of this campaign and historically. Since Abraham Lincoln was elected as the first Republican President in 1860, the only Democrats to win the White House with a majority of the popular vote have been Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter.

It is also possible, of course, that the bounce will fade along with memories of the Obama overseas tour.
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[Rigs11]

that pic of mccane standing in front of the cheese cracks me upHilarious!

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

that pic of mccane standing in front of the cheese cracks me upHilarious!

:yep:

As does the pic of McClone riding shotgun in Poppy's golf cart. :D

[cutthemdown]

It's predictable for Obama to get a pump in the polls he just made a big trip overseas and got great press from it.

Let's see what happens when the old man and the paper suit square off in a debate, and who the running mates are going to be.

[TDmvp]

well at least we know Obama will show up at the debate , with all the cams being there and such ...

[peacepipe]

Obama should be over 50% the end of this comming week with a dbl digit lead.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

It's predictable for Obama to get a pump in the polls he just made a big trip overseas and got great press from it.

Let's see what happens when the old man and the paper suit square off in a debate, and who the running mates are going to be.Are you kidding, McCain can't remember from week to week where half the world is or who lives in it.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Are you kidding, McCain can't remember from week to week where half the world is or who lives in it.

:laugh:

McClone thinks Iraq and Pakistan share a border.

When the guy he's trying to replace was asked a question about Italy, Dumbya's response was "that's the one that looks like a boot, right?"

What is it about the GOP and its penchant for choosing complete dunces, old, washed-up B movie actors, etc, as presidential candidates?

I guess these kinds of unthinking half-wits make the best puppets for the corporate elites and the special interests, eh?

[Pseudofool]

that pic of mccane standing in front of the cheese cracks me upHilarious!I think he's looking at bagged lettuce. "Since when did they put lettuce to bags." "String cheese, what's that?" "Cheese comes in singles?"

[cutthemdown]

Are you kidding, McCain can't remember from week to week where half the world is or who lives in it.

I didn't give an opinion I said let's see what happens, as in that will be the next big event to effect the polls.

[cutthemdown]

:laugh:

McClone thinks Iraq and Pakistan share a border.

When the guy he's trying to replace was asked a question about Italy, Dumbya's response was "that's the one that looks like a boot, right?"

What is it about the GOP and its penchant for choosing complete dunces, old, washed-up B movie actors, etc, as presidential candidates?

I guess these kinds of unthinking half-wits make the best puppets for the corporate elites and the special interests, eh?

Bush SR gave us a thousand points of light man cmon.

[TexanBob]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/12081.html

Obama doesn’t expect trip bounce
By MIKE ALLEN | 7/26/08 6:06 PM EST

Campaign manager David Plouffe says Barack Obama's smooth foreign swing will help win votes in the long run but won’t produce an immediate surge in polls.

“We wouldn’t expect any sort of — I guess the term people use is ‘bounce,’” Plouffe said by phone from campaign headquarters in Chicago.

The manager, noting that he pays less attention to national polls than polls in key states, said his campaign views the general election as “five months in totality.”

“We view everything as kind of a package — there’s not going to be any one thing that is decisive,” he said. “It was an important week, but it was just one week in this campaign. Come Nov. 4, this week will be important to voters, but every week will be.”

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I don't think they'd be saying this if their internals were positive. Obama's trip got saturation adoring coverage with reporters like Christianne Amanpour tossing their panties at him. If that doesn't give him a polling bounce, that has to be a bitter disappointment to them behind closed doors.

[gunns]

I predict a landslide for Obama....yes even after the debates and the VP's are announced. THAT is the immense damage Bush and his admin have done to their party. Here in Utah I'm seeing bumper stickers that say Republican for Obama. It's widespread.

Go ahead and mark it down, show it to me when the election is over. I'm predicting a landslide.

[frerottenextelway]

http://www.pollingreport.com/wh08gen.htm

Obama takes a commanding 51-39 lead over Mccain according to the newly released Research 2000 poll.

[Pseudofool]

http://www.pollingreport.com/wh08gen.htm

Obama takes a commanding 51-39 lead over Mccain according to the newly released Research 2000 poll.Any poll with Barr and Nadar in it, is going to be a bit of an outlier. When push comes to shove I worry a lot of conservatives who intend to vote for Barr will end up voting for McCain.

[cutthemdown]

It's pretty obvious Obama is going to win but I still think it will come down to a couple swing states.

[broncocalijohn]

:laugh:

McClone thinks Iraq and Pakistan share a border.

When the guy he's trying to replace was asked a question about Italy, Dumbya's response was "that's the one that looks like a boot, right?"

What is it about the GOP and its penchant for choosing complete dunces, old, washed-up B movie actors, etc, as presidential candidates?

I guess these kinds of unthinking half-wits make the best puppets for the corporate elites and the special interests, eh?

and yet your losers cant beat 'em. Maybe America knows more than you or they settle for less than two evils.

[broncocalijohn]

It's pretty obvious Obama is going to win but I still think it will come down to a couple swing states.

it is? The numbers seem to get closer in many places as Obama is shown as he isnt the second coming of Jesus Christ. I wouldnt say anything is over as the old fart already surprised me by getting the nomination.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

and yet your losers cant beat 'em. Maybe America knows more than you or they settle for less than two evils.

Wrong on both counts.

If you honestly believe the aforementioned GOP candidates "won" without some serious marketing machinery behind them then you are even more ignorant than I thought (and that's not even taking the numerous GOP electoral frauds and dirty tricks into account.)

Without Karl Rove, GeeDubya would still be cutting brush on his lil' pretend ranch in Texas.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

and yet your losers cant beat 'em.

Clinton beat Poppy and the Viagra spokesman, in case you forgot.

And the drooling dullard who currently occupies the WH had to cheat to win the last two elections.

[frerottenextelway]

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The polls are all wrong. They have been asking about John McCain when they should've been asking about Johm McCain.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

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[broncocalijohn]

I predict a landslide for Obama....yes even after the debates and the VP's are announced. THAT is the immense damage Bush and his admin have done to their party. Here in Utah I'm seeing bumper stickers that say Republican for Obama. It's widespread.

Go ahead and mark it down, show it to me when the election is over. I'm predicting a landslide.

LOL! Didnt we hear someone that only frequents the WPR at the Broncos website that we need to get ready for President Kerry?
The old fart is moving up in the polls not down. As people change their mind wanting off shore drilling and such, Obama is deciding where he wants to stand on issues and sometimes that has been on the wrong side of the fence. He is way over his head. I still probably wont vote for McCain but at least I know he could be qualified for the presidency. I cant say that for a newbie like Obama. Many that saw Obama as the second coming might be rethinking their position.

[frerottenextelway]

LOL! Didnt we hear someone that only frequents the WPR at the Broncos website that we need to get ready for President Kerry?
The old fart is moving up in the polls not down. As people change their mind wanting off shore drilling and such, Obama is deciding where he wants to stand on issues and sometimes that has been on the wrong side of the fence. He is way over his head. I still probably wont vote for McCain but at least I know he could be qualified for the presidency. I cant say that for a newbie like Obama. Many that saw Obama as the second coming might be rethinking their position.

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State Polls Today
PA: O +9
WA: O +11
NC: M +3

But didn't one poll show McCain ahead nationally?

Well, as I broke (go me), and was picked up around the net - not really - it was fudging the numbers. In that very poll of registered voters, Obama polled at 423 voters compared to McCain's 396. To get to McCain to be +4%, they removed 60+ voters from Obama - basically left McCain's number as is - and called it a ''likely voter model''. Not to mention, that entire poll took place on over the weekend - not exactly the best time to reach Obama's youth base.

Edit: Poblano of FiveThirtyEight.com (http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/) has Obama the highest he's been in weeks today.

[Drek]

LOL! Didnt we hear someone that only frequents the WPR at the Broncos website that we need to get ready for President Kerry?
The old fart is moving up in the polls not down. As people change their mind wanting off shore drilling and such, Obama is deciding where he wants to stand on issues and sometimes that has been on the wrong side of the fence. He is way over his head. I still probably wont vote for McCain but at least I know he could be qualified for the presidency. I cant say that for a newbie like Obama. Many that saw Obama as the second coming might be rethinking their position.

I'm personally a strong believer in people being educated and trained for their positions in this country.

McCain: Military academy grad, trained in aviation. Never held a command position, has had several decades of senate experience, though not without significant ups and downs. House of representatives for 4 years, U.S. Senate for 22 years.

Obama: Columbia and Harvard Law grad specializing in civil rights law, between each step of education worked with community groups. Taught civil rights and constitutional law at a premier law school (U of Chicago Law) and worked for some of the preeminent law firms in the nation. Illinois senate for 7 years, U.S. Senate for 4 years.

Now McCain does have 11 years of political service over Obama, but then Obama has three extra years of schooling that can be directly applied to governing, 3 years in community organization groups (obviously very applicable), and multiple years studying, teaching, and practicing law.

That gap of experience isn't so big when you consider that McCain has no low level training for the political field, whereas Obama has extensive training in fields associated with the political system in this country, from having an in depth understanding to our legal structure, hands on community organization experience, and a high level education on what this country is founded on.

Obama has basically lived a public life since he finished undergrad. Not very high profile no, but he's been politically and socially active that entire time. Its not like he only just hopped into the political arena.

[tsiguy96]

I'm personally a strong believer in people being educated and trained for their positions in this country.

McCain: Military academy grad, trained in aviation. Never held a command position, has had several decades of senate experience, though not without significant ups and downs. House of representatives for 4 years, U.S. Senate for 22 years.

Obama: Columbia and Harvard Law grad specializing in civil rights law, between each step of education worked with community groups. Taught civil rights and constitutional law at a premier law school (U of Chicago Law) and worked for some of the preeminent law firms in the nation. Illinois senate for 7 years, U.S. Senate for 4 years.

Now McCain does have 11 years of political service over Obama, but then Obama has three extra years of schooling that can be directly applied to governing, 3 years in community organization groups (obviously very applicable), and multiple years studying, teaching, and practicing law.

That gap of experience isn't so big when you consider that McCain has no low level training for the political field, whereas Obama has extensive training in fields associated with the political system in this country, from having an in depth understanding to our legal structure, hands on community organization experience, and a high level education on what this country is founded on.

Obama has basically lived a public life since he finished undergrad. Not very high profile no, but he's been politically and socially active that entire time. Its not like he only just hopped into the political arena.

that and mccain finished almost dead last in his military academy. go mccain!

[Drek]

that and mccain finished almost dead last in his military academy. go mccain!

And has a prime suspect in one of the worst financial scandals of the 80's and 90's.

The big thing that makes me give McCain less credit for his experience though is that he's basically flipped on all the things he preached for 16 years when he lined up behind Bush in order to make a presidential bid. The oval office seems more important to him than sticking by the stances that got him to where he is at this point.

[gunns]

LOL! Didnt we hear someone that only frequents the WPR at the Broncos website that we need to get ready for President Kerry?
The old fart is moving up in the polls not down. As people change their mind wanting off shore drilling and such, Obama is deciding where he wants to stand on issues and sometimes that has been on the wrong side of the fence. He is way over his head. I still probably wont vote for McCain but at least I know he could be qualified for the presidency. I cant say that for a newbie like Obama. Many that saw Obama as the second coming might be rethinking their position.

I stand by my prediction. I believe the American public that follow the Republican philosophy and voted for Bush, especially in the last election are feeling betrayed. Bush's admin has put this country in a very precarious position diplomatically, economically, and overall, everyday survival wise. With McCain doing a flip flop in his own philosophy, for me into 2004, and aligning more with Bush's admin philosophies, he killed himself. There has been a significant increase in those Bush voters who are begrudgingly going to the other side this election because they don't believe the Republican party when they voice their intentions. They'll take their chance at being screwed by the other side right now.

Why wouldn't you vote for the man you think most qualified to be President?

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

LOL! Didnt we hear someone that only frequents the WPR at the Broncos website that we need to get ready for President Kerry?


And then there was Diebold and massive GOP election fraud on multiple fronts.

Some of the guilty parties are engaged in plea deals as we speak.

:D