Oct 14 2008
Obama widens lead
I’ve not popped the cork on the champagne yet, but the bottle is definitely chilling…
Poll: Obama Opens 14-Point Lead On McCain
Barack ObamaDemocratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is entering the third and final presidential debate Wednesday with a wide lead over Republican rival John McCain nationally, a new CBS News/New York Times poll shows.
The Obama-Biden ticket now leads the McCain-Palin ticket 53 percent to 39 percent among likely voters, a 14-point margin. One week ago, prior to the Town Hall debate that uncommitted voters saw as a win for Obama, that margin was just three points.
Among independents who are likely voters – a group that has swung back and forth between McCain and Obama over the course of the campaign – the Democratic ticket now leads by 18 points. McCain led among independents last week.
McCain’s campaign strategy may be hurting hurt him: Twenty-one percent of voters say their opinion of the Republican has changed for the worse in the last few weeks. The top two reasons cited for the change of heart are McCain’s attacks on Obama and his choice of Sarah Palin as running mate.
Obama is widely seen as running the more positive campaign: Sixty-one percent of those surveyed say McCain is spending more time attacking his opponent than explaining what he would do as president. Just 27 percent say the same of Obama.
McCain’s favorable rating has fallen four points from last week, to 36 percent, and is now lower than his 41 percent unfavorable rating. Obama, by contrast, is now viewed favorably by half of registered voters and unfavorably by just 32 percent.
The good news just keeps on coming…
Obama Widens Lead in Four Key States
Barack Obama widened his lead considerably over John McCain in four key battleground states during the past three weeks, providing further evidence that the economic crisis has greatly enhanced the Democrat’s advantage with just 21 days left before Election Day.
Obama holds double-digit margins over McCain in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin and carries a nine-point advantage over his Republican rival in Colorado, according to polling conducted by Quinnipiac University for washingtonpost.com and the Wall Street Journal.
Obama’s ascendancy in these key states mirrors his growing lead in national polling. The latest Washington Post/ABC News survey put Obama at 53 percent to McCain’s 43 percent, while the daily Gallup tracking poll showed Obama holding a similar lead of 51 percent to 41 percent on Monday.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll has Senator Obama leading 53 percent to 45 percent.
Meanwhile, George W. Bush’s approval rating is at 23% – lower than even Richard Nixon’s lowest (24%). That, my friends, is pretty amazing. You betcha.
Tomorrow night’s debate should be interesting. Johnny McCain and the Republicans are getting desperate (to say the least). Don’t forget to tune in. The fun starts at 9 Eastern, 8 Central, on nearly all the major broadcast channels. (I say “nearly” because our local GOP FOX affiliate has opted not to carry the debate. It will be showing a baseball game instead.)
14 Responses to “Obama widens lead”
This is fantastic news for the Obama campaign. Not for me though. Only 3% for Barr(and others) according to CNN.
@Uriel : This is fantastic news for everybody. Not everybody realizes it yet, though.
Just remember, Carter had a significant lead over Reagan with 5 days to go as well! You’re right…you shouldn’t open that champaign just yet.
All I can say is, if Obama gets in, you guys will get nothing of what you expected! Everybody is voting blindly and not paying attention to who he really is. They would rather listen to who he says he is in these last few months rather than see what he has done and who he himself has said he is the past 25 years. He’s a self-professed socialist who purposely associated himself with radicals and marxist mentors.
If you really believe he is who he claims to be today – you guys have all bought in to the greatest scam in American political history. I’m sorry, but, you can’t change your character or your personality over night.
The main stream media has absolutely refused to report the truth about him and Americans have no idea who he is. McCain’s problem is he waited too long to start pointing out his radical associations and it appears as though he is attacking Obama when in fact he’s trying to enlighten the rest of the public who aren’t political junkies and get their fake news from the MSM.
God help us all if this guy gets in office.
WooHoo!
This is wonderful news! To counter the “Bradley” effect many have said that Obama needs at least this much of a lead to pretty much ensure a victory…I’m so excited…(humming The Pointer Sisters smash hit in my head!!!!)
At this same point in the 2000 election, Al Gore was winning in the polls by 11 points.
And as we all know, he lost.
@The BoBo: If the “main stream media” hasn’t been telling the truth about him and he’s been campaigning for two years without anyone finding it out, I just have one question: How is it you know so much about him that nobody else seems to know? Did Sarah Palin tell you?
Right, BoBo, he’s a “self-professed socialist who purposely associated himself with radicals and marxist mentors.”
Thanks for filling us in on that.
Now go see a doctor. I think you have a rather extreme case of Palinitis. You know, I thought some people on the left hated George Bush, but what they felt for Mr. Bush was nothing compared to the blind and vicious hatred you (and some of your fellow right wingers) feel for Barack Obama (and Democrats in general).
This God of whom you speak got us through eight years of George W. Bush. I’m sure eight years of Obama will be a breeze.
People like The BoBo are why I don’t have champagne chilling yet.
I just keep having flashbacks to my candidate winning the popular election, but then political power movers behind the scenes threw those votes away and seated their own candidate.
I’m trying hard not to be overly pessimistic, but a lead in the polls doesn’t fill me with any sense of security right now.
Amen to that. But I’m doing everything I can to make sure that the BoBo’s of the world don’t win out in this upcoming election.
Len – I don’t hate Democrats – my in-laws are Dems!
I don’t hate you either. In fact, despite our political differences – you appear to me to be quite a decent fellow. I don’t hate Obama either. However, I STRONGLY oppose everything he stands for.
It seems you guys are just carrying his water for him and making excuses for him. He has spent 25 years associating with the most radical far-left thinking people in our country. Sutherland’s differential association theory says that people associate with those who think alike. His associations tell you about his character. He has completely flipped his positions once he became the presumptive nominee.
Len – you know as well as I that there is a lot of factual information that can be found out there for those who know where to look. The problem is that the MSM won’t report on Obama’s associations. They swarmed on Alaska as soon as Palin was announced as the VP running mate. Not one reporter from any major news paper or any major main stream media outlet has done any investigative reporting on Obama – but – there is smear about Palin EVERY day in the MSM.
The regular non-political junkies out there get most of their news from the newspapers and the TV news. They haven’t heard the same facts that we have regarding Obama. Regarding my quote regarding him being a self-professed socialist and marxist – perhaps you should read his books and read the transcripts from his speeches before ACORN. In his own words he purposely associated with “other” socialist like minded individuals in college and he purposely associated with marxist professors.
From what I’m gathering from you is that you want this great country to move to a socialist state. If Obama gets in and there is anti-filibuster Dem majority in Congress – with Reid and Pelosi at the helms there – we will indeed move towards socialism – which is completely opposite of the principles this country was founded on.
Besides – if Obama does win – I’m absolutely 100% sure it will be for one term once the people realize they were lied to by him and the media.
The man talks a good game – but – he can’t be trusted – his history and his voting record proves it.
@The BoBo: Again, we will agree to disagree. The information is there if you care to look for it. I do not see, as you seem to, where the mainstream media has been any tougher on Sarah Palin than it has been on Barack Obama. We have two years of coverage on Senator Obama; we have six weeks of coverage on Mrs. Palin.
For the record, I have read Senator Obama’s books (and most, though admittedly not all, of his speeches). I have also read Senator McCain’s book. I have not read Mrs. Palin’s.
You want to believe that Barack Obama is a socialist (or marxist, you can’t seen to make up your mind) and that he will somehow single-handedly turn the United States into a socialist society. I do not believe that. First, I don’t believe he wants to to that; second, I don’t believe he could do that even if he wanted.
You believe Senator Obama and the Democrats are lying; I believe Senator McCain and the Republicans are lying. Neither of us, obviously, is going to convince the other.
I’m not making any excuses for Senator Obama. He doesn’t need any excuses, and, if he did, he is perfectly capable of making them for himself.
By the way, you have good taste in in-laws!
I’m very skeptical, maybe coming from too much reality TV… I just don’t trust America to make the right decision!!
Every time they poll the undecided voters after the debates the majority says that they would vote for McCain if they had to right now… How is Obama so far ahead and yet people won’t vote for him? I just don’t get it and I’m worried, really worried about that information!!
I am appalled at the number of people who think they should be given everything like education, houses, cars, health insurance, etc. I worked full time while I attended college and paid for my entire tuition. Today, my husband and I have two children in college that are paying their way through also. My son is working full time and paying tuition, rent, gas, etc. I’m sorry, but if we can do this so can others. We are by no means considered high income, but I believe Obama will be taxing us to share the wealth. If he and Biden are so interested in sharing the wealth then why aren’t they sharing their wealth with charity. It sounds like they want to share the wealth with tax payer money, but not their own. From what I understand, Biden has given as little as $125 dollars in charity in an entire year. I believe in charity, but I am in not a believer in hand outs. I believe I should have a choice in where and when I want to share my wealth.
@Faye Jordan : Hello, Faye. If you have honestly read Senator Obama’s tax plan and you disagree with it, that’s fine. If you are just listening to what the McCain campaign and a bunch of right wing weblogs are telling you, then I’d encourage you to do a bit of the work on your own.
Basically, Barack Obama and Joe Biden want to put the tax rates for the richest 1% of Americans back where they were when Bill Clinton was president — when, by the way, they were lower than when Ronald Reagan was president. I have not heard nor read where either Barack Obama or Joe Biden want to “give” anything to anyone. If (and if you read the plan you’d know this) you are making less than $250,000 you will not see your taxes go up one dime. If you are making less than $200,000 you will see your taxes go down.
And I’m with you, by the way… I don’t believe in hand outs either.
Thanks for dropping by and for your comment.