Originally Posted By: the G-man
MEM knew, in his heart, that McCain is the better candidate. He even said so many times.

At the same time, he's a seriously partisan democrat. He was desperate for an excuse to jump on the Messiah train.

Palin-or, more accurately, the Obamainstream press smears of Palin-gave him that excuse and now he's going to ride it for all he can.


A new round of Marist polls gives Barack Obama the lead in three key swing states:

• In Michigan, Obama has built up a strong lead of 52%-43% among likely voters, outside of the ±4% margin of error.

• In Ohio, Obama is ahead 47%-45% among likely voters, within the ±4.5% margin of error. Most polls have McCain ahead here, and this might explain the difference: In this one, Obama has consolidated the support of 90% of Democrats, while most others show him losing more defectors to McCain.

• In Pennsylvania, Obama has a lead of 49%-44% among likely voters, with a ±4.5% margin of error.


The Sept. 15-17 Gallup Poll Daily tracking update showed Obama with a 48 percent to 44 percent lead over McCain among registered voters, ``marking the first time that Obama has held a statistically significant lead in two weeks,'' the polling and research organization said yesterday. Obama had a 5-point lead over McCain, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll conducted Sept. 12-16 and posted on the CBS Web site on Sept. 17. McCain had a 2 percentage-point lead among registered voters in a CBS News poll released on Sept. 8, just after the Republican National Convention, CBS said.

 Originally Posted By: G-Man, bsmas, Rex, PJP, sammitch etc.