McCain Changes His Message As New Poll Shows Obama Up By 10 Points

ABC :

John McCain and his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, have introduced a kinder, gentler campaign against Barack Obama as the Republican duo has slipped farther behind in the polls with only three weeks left until Election Day.

The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll indicates that Obama is pulling away from McCain, establishing a 10-point lead in the race for the White House by a commanding 53 percent to 43 percent.

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Comments

[Ohnohedient]

Bar-ry's supporters must think this is over and he can't lose.

They're starting to concede that he's a socialist.

Just like a Dem to spike the ball and do the endzone dance BEFORE crossing the goalline.

[suzycolorado]

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[ZHarris]

lmao, you crack me up.

[WLA]

Hey dittohead, go learn about world political systems. You wouldn't know socialism if it were sitting on your head.

[Goliadkin]

You're what Dick Cheney would call a "deadender." Give it up. Your cause is lost.

[HeIsTheOne]

What American president is making moves to nationalize US banks?

You know.....your man booooosh.

Don't throw your socialist cards around here.

[SurferKit]

And just like a rethug to beat the drum for a war in Iraq when there was no need.

[Topfeeder]

How is McNiceguynow going to kick hiney in the next debate and stay in character?

[iPolitics]

E-mail Moderator Bob Schieffer

and request that no questions about Ayers or Wright or any other distractions take place during this debate when the nation is involved in two wars and an economic disaster:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/11/20/ftn/main530179.shtml

[MourningDude]

I'm more concerned about seeing the areas where the two campaigns differ.

Far too many questions in the first two debates were pointless, because either both campaigns agreed, or neither campaign would talk about them.

It ended up with both candidates straining to explain how subtle differences actually matter, when in reality they don't.

An example would be the question about reforming Social Security and Medicare. HUGELY important question. But wasted in the debate, since neither campaign was going to answer it, and neither did.

[KQuarksSuperKollider]

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"GALLUP DAILY: Obama-McCain Gap Narrows... "

Tro//s cannot make one argument without lies.

"PRINCETON, NJ -- Voter preferences in the presidential race continue to be generally auspicious for Barack Obama's election prospects only three weeks ahead of the eve of Election Day. Obama leads McCain by 10 percentage points, 51% to 41%, among all registered voters, according to Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Oct. 10-12."

http://www.gallup.com/poll/111112/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Ahead-51-41.aspx

[ZHarris]

You really can't blame it for clinging to old polls, can you? ;)

[Kyuzo]

McCain is reminding me an awful lot of the Black Knight from Monty Python these days.

"It's only a flesh wound!"

[KQuarksSuperKollider]

LOL great reference one of the funniest scenes of all time.

[Goliadkin]

Funny!

[CallMeDeaconBlues]

Some youth in Cleveland says he registered 73 times for ACORN.

Now I know JMC's new strategy. He's hiring squirrels.

[Aleka4]

But how often can he vote?

Once eh?

[CallMeDeaconBlues]

Well yeah. but the sin is the ACORN people getting paid based upon their registration numbers. If that is true, it clouds the validity of the organization. Plus, it gives false information concerning registrations.

[baghdadjoe]

Who cares about GOP small-ball when our country is headed over a cliff?

Thanks but no thanks!

Obama - Biden '08

[ZHarris]

Another reecie piecie... Believe what you want.

BTW, anyone registering voters is obligated to turn the registration form in. It's up to the secretary of state to crack down on frauds.

[Marmann]

If McCain had even the slightest clue about this economy, he would NOT be employing old 1960s hate tactics of divide and conquer based along racial lines.

Though racism certainly still exists in this country (as we've seen from especially the Palin rallies), what REALLY divides us is the economy. Whites AND blacks are sharing what feels very much like poverty, and that, I believe, in part, is what is driving the Obama Express. There are the very rich, the very poor, and then MOST of us in the middle in various stages of plummeting into the "poor" range, REGARDLESS of race.

When I first heard Obama was running for President, I felt a great sense of peace and security. The fact that he was half black and half white, to me, symbolized (still does) that he represents the very best in most of us.

McCain's campain and aggressive recruitment of certain voters, on the other hand, has proven that the very worst in the least of us, unfortunately, still exists in the USA.

[BOin08]

neocons are calling BO's domestic terrorist affiiliations with thier own 60's style political hate rhetoric...let's call it a draw and move out of the 60's....nothing to see here folks, move along

[CallMeDeaconBlues]

JMc is enough to make a Deacon cuss.

[CostaMesaJoe]

McCain has no idea what he is doing. He is flying blind in the night.

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
Sun Tzu

Nuff said.....

[MIKEBC]

IN THIS ELECTION AMERICANS ARE PICKING A FUTURE, NOT A PAST, THAT MAKES BARACK THE BETTER CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT, BY ELECTING OBAMA , VOTERS WILL MAKE A CLEAR BREAK FROM THE POLICIES OF THE PAST 8 YEARS.

[RobertaInCT]

"I've got you covered Barack, reach for the sky"

John McCain

[hu.man]

A 10 point lead in a near impossibility to recover from. The lead is far greater than that because Obama is bringing in new voters that don't get counted in the "likely voter" scenario the pollsters look at. The "likely" folks are the ones like myself who religiously vote in every election and their names get picked up from the public records by pollsters to contact randomly for the polls.

I believe we are going to see McCain lose just about every state because of this new voter factor. If so, we may then be entering a new era in politics. I believe Obama will do all he can to keep the new voters engaged in the future. That is, indeed, the winning ticket for change.

[GameBucketFan]

Two points:

10 points actually = 2 -3 points when you take the Bradley effect and the margin of error.

In 2004 we were hearing that there were a lot of new voters registered, and so the polls were off.

[braincandy]

When taking in the margin of error, 10 pts equals anywhere from 5 to 15 pts (as the average margin of error is +/- 5 points). So, Obama could actually be leading by 15 points.

Studies are showing that the Bradley effect actually may be reversed when it comes to Obama based on data from the primaries.

[WhiteDude]

So when the Republican party will be exctint on november 4th.....what is going to be called the new party?

[MOisNotNice]

Believe what you want. You are wrong. History has shown it many times. There are three weeks left. Anything could happen. Keep your head in the sand.

[BlueStateMan]

Yeah... & the tooth fairy is real, too.

[WLA]

I don't know. McCain seems to have a lock on Alabama.

;-)

[EvasDaddy]

Nothing is impossible, especially when you're dealing with an opponent willing to cheat.

Obama supporters NEED to stay at it, volunteering, and contributing to the very end.

We can't afford to let this one slip out of our hands, and the sure way to do that is to get a case of the fat head before it's over.

Democrats are notorious for not voting if their candidate seems to have a lock on the win. Witness the last two unfathomable losses to the worst presidential candidate in our history.

Gloat about the polls all you want, but be aware; the gloating is energizing the Republicans, and they CAN still pull this off.

[humuhumunukunukuapuaa]

McCain is in perfect position to bruise Obama's knuckles with his nose.

[Whinger]

George Armstrong McCuster at the battle of Little Big Horn, we've got them just where we want them!

[Goliadkin]

Ten points down, looking at a landslide defeat, and he says, "We've got them where we want them"?

This man is freakin' delusional. Does that disqualify him? Ya think?

[nabrum]

you betcha