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The poll reflects what I hear from most of my friends say (both Republicans and moderate Democrats). Why would anyone vote for someone who promises to start pulling the troops out in 90 days while every expert on the matter (inlcuding the generals who are the ones we need to listen to, anyway) tell you that this can not be done.

Unfortunately, I like some of Obama's ideas but the fact that he is flat out lying about his plans for pulling the troops out and using it as a platform, makes me not trust him on the other issues. At least Hillary is using common sense when she deals with this and other issues. I really hate to subscribe to her sarcastic tone but things will not improve just because Obama says they will.

Yeah how does it feel Democrats to get one sided reporting. This is what Republicans get out here every single day. False, sensationalistic stories slanted towards the left. Welcome to our world!

to many people pretending hate obama than clinton...look like billary machine at working now.we dont want dinasties whos hungry power and money to run forever

I will vote for Hillary, and think she will be dominate and sucess as an American President.

"If Hillary doesn't win the nomination, I'll vote McCain!"

Suuuure you will.

Is the Obama supporters requesting the Clinton/Obama polls be questioned. Obama (AKA "Speeches") does not stand a chance. Democrats and Republicans will unite and form the "Change" Obama is looking for - It's too bad he will not be part of it.

You've got to be kidding...McCain will lose.

February 27th, 2008 11:36 am ET (Rock)

That is hard to believe especially with the disparity between Democrat and Republican primary voter turnout.
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When are democrats going to realize that Republicans have crossed over in many primaries and especially caucuses to vote for Senator Obama. It's not because they have all of sudden become Democrats or enchanted with Obama....they want him to be the Democratic nominee. They know they'll be able to easily defeat him. Why do you think the Democratic turnout has been higher...all those college kids? True...there are some who voted in places where there was no residency requirement....Wisconsin for instance....but they have made up a small amount of increase. Republicans are not even secretive about what they have and are doing.

ARE YOU KIDING ME!!

The only reason McCain is ...in the running ....is ...because the Repubs don't have any body..!!
LETS Face it ...times are tough..!. ..The next President has mess to clean up!! ...>Starting with BUSH's war crimes!!

Disgusted US ARMY Vet!!!

Could it be that people are awakening to hard realities instead of hype and charisma? I hope so. McCain isn't the person I want to vote for but of the three so called front runners he is probably the best overall selection. Heaven help the USA.

This is ridiculous... Yesterday (and I literally mean yesterday, as in Tuesday) all the polls showed Obama with a six-point lead over McCain in a theoretical match-up... Now polls (bloomberg) show McCain leading Obama by two points?!??!?!?!!!!!
I'm a firm believer that many American votes are swayed by whose leading in the polls, or who they believe everyone else is voting for... It's interesting that this switch happened so slowly, literally overnight... suspiciously quickly...

As I said before, I DON'T TRUST OBAMA - never have, never will.
I believe that some day the truth will come out about him...
At this point in my 50+ years, my party affilation does not matter. What matters is that I love my country – always have and always will, and for Mrs. Obama to publicly say for the first time in her adult life, she is a proud American, is truly amazing. She has been blessed so much more than so many of us, and for her to make such a comment makes me sick. I have three sons and I tell them everyday to be thankful for the blessings they have because there are so many less fortunate people throughout the world. I just can't imagine having her as a First Lady - she has lost my respect...
Also, has Obama ever visited Afghanistan or Iraq - or I guess he wouldn't want to show his support of our troops because he was against the war in the first place??!! I believe he did travel to Africa though, right??!!

Wow...looking at some of these comments by my "supposed" fellow democrats is quite disturbing....They seem so willing to vote against their own beliefs just to spite the other democratic candidate...Let me ask one of you Hillary supporters who claim to be "democrats" but are openly talking about voting for a 3rd Bush Term....Which of Senator Clinton's proposals will Senator McCain push forth as President? Exactly!

How could you call yourself democrats and more important Hillary Clinton supporters if you are so willing to see HER issues not get solved in a McCain presidency?

1) No Universal Health Care
2) Continuation of the War in Iraq

I guess you all are ok with that???

President McCain,wow that sure has a nice ring to it.

McCain will be Xerox of the Bush Administration. Gas will still be high, the economy will still be bad (hello recession 2008!) and my son will still be at WAR!!!! My vote is for Mr. Obama!!!

I find it very hard to believe that McCain will be hard to beat in the general election. Polls haven't proven to reveal anything in this year's presidential campaign.

Then how come twice as many democrats have voted in the primary than republicans. Senator Obama and Clinton both have significatly more votes than grandpappy Mc Cain. He is going to have a hard time getting elected after being a flip flopper with the right, and being a lap dog for the failed Bush agenda. Finally his message of "Less jobs and More war" isn't a winner. either. yesterday the website said that Obama was the winner. What will it say tommorow.

Lets McCain and Hukabee have at list onother debate and see who will do the best.

I seriously doubt the veracity of this poll. Did they query cell phone users? Most young people do not bother with landlines. Given the huge landslide of Democratic voters in primaries and caucuses compared to a much lower Republican turnout, such results do not ring true

Hilary has done NOTHING to divide the party. Obama supporters and his wife are a turn off.

All of you that say you will vote for a republican if barak gets the nomination just remember two things!!! He supports more of my fellow veterens dying in a useless prolonged war. To all of you who say blah blah blah i'll vote republican, that is fine do it. Remember this, while you vote republican the people dying in this war are real people. This is not a movie!!! These people losing their jobs and housing cause the economy has gone down hill due to over spending EX. Iraq war. Remember this is not a movie. Study whats being presented and make an informed choice instead of judging this as a fashion show. I feel embarrased for you.

McCain's entire campaign is run by Lobbyist. Democrats that say they won't vote for Obama if he is the nominee are silly. The lobbyist are in McCains pockets. Yes I know he is war hero but so are thousands of Americans coming back from Iraq. If we elect McCain we are getting the same old Washington politics. If you want change, vote for Obama

It doesn't matter what the polls show, if Obama wins the Dem nomination I will be voting for McCain. We have too much at stake to let a candidate with his training wheels still on take over the White House.

All REAL democrats do not fall for it. All these posts by -if is not Hillary it goion to be McCain- democrats are fakes! 90 percent of Dems will vote Dem no matter who the nom goes to. The republicans are extremely cleaver. They pose as dems on all the blogs with the only goal of driving a deep wedge between dems. Divide and conquer.

Hillary has more experience. Obama will get people to the polls. They both are nearly the same in agenda and direction for the country. For those real dems who would choose McCain over Obama due to experience I would say Dick Chaney had a lot of expericence along with Tom Delay, Rumsfeld, .....would that experience be better than a little experience?

Peeeleaze! I would expect Hillary supporter to jump ship if she isn't nominated. I would also expect them to stomp their foot and blame the big bad media for the loss, since it is evident from these blogs that they are getting their information on the issues from their local hair salons. I would love to have a woman president in the white house...but not this woman. That being said, I would rather have a Democratic war monger in the white house than a Republican war monger so I would support my party.

John McCain wasn't the only POW in the Vietnam War.

Polls are not gospel, you know. McCain, aka Bushie Jr., should receive the ire of Americans for his leader's bungles in Iraq and around the world. As for the Democrats, neither Clinton or Obama are shining examples of strong candidates, but anything is better than four more years of Bush, and that is exactly what a McCain presidency would be.

I have the highest respect for McCain's service history, but I despise his sucking up to Bush and that will shove my vote to anything that the Democrats can run this time.

Hillary supporters, why would you undermine your very own goals and values by voting for someone who has none of them? This election isn't supposed to be about the person you're electing, it's supposed to be about progress for the United States. Both Barack and Hillary have admitted openly that they share very similar agendas. Why would you abandon your party and subject your country to years of frustration, irrational war and death, and economic devolution just because your candidate did not receive the nomination? In my mind, that' s just selfish. I am an Obama supporter, but I respect Hillary Clinton's principles and I would support her should she receive the nomination. I hope that Hillary supporters will examine their consciences should their candidate be eliminated.

Cancel the election and declare McCain "King" and picture you unborn grandchildren dodging IEDs in Iraq in 2075.

I can't believe these comments about wanting McCain over Obama. Why would i want our troups in Iraq for over 100 years? Who writes this stuff? And who RRREEEEAALLLYY want Clinton? She seemed very bitter during last night's debate. Who wants "poor me"-Clinton as the commander in chief. Not to be outdone: Battle-Clinton :who acts like she gets things working by acting like she is at war with everyone – even debate moderators. FUNNY

To Will, I bet you don't live long enough to know the young and clean Democratic candidate McGovern.

The comments on this blog prove my conspiracy theory! One reason for the large democratic turnout is because many Republicans are voting democrat, and for the candidate they know McCain can beat! Nobama! And while there are 4 senior and long time democrats dividing their own party on an anti Hillary movement conspiring with the media to give Obama a pillow, tbecause they will control him if he gets in, and they are Kennedy, Dean, Kerry, and Gore! But Gore will never endorse anyone because he has too much to lose by doing so. My husband and I had a 20,000 Euro bet, as a joke of course, and I called the whole thing to happen just as it is happening long ago, even before Oprah endorsed Obama, and before McCain was in the race! It feels good to be right, but more so hopeless for the political process!

its a tragedy to see the democrats loose again in the presidential race – no way can i see the "illusionist" obama win on behalf of the democrats- words,words- after having been "caught out" stealing others speeches – its drying up.I am sure, come November America will discover what a great pretender he is. Its a pity George Bush could not be beaten last time, in spite of his many shortcomings – REASON -the democrats chose the wrong nominee – the flip flopper – KERRY. I am sorry the same thing is going to be repeated.

the only person who will lose not voting for a democrat this novemeber is..... YOURSELF.

all of those voting anti-obama need to think about this one for a minute.

I agree with "Eye Opener". This is truly depressing. America deserves whatever it gets. I love my country, but I am so disappointed in the people. If McCain wins this time around, I will likely not participate in an election again. It's no use.

There is no way that John McCain or any Republican can beat the Democrat because I would hope people are not stupid enough to want the same old thing for 12 or 16 years.

I dob't believe in your polls and frankly speaking anyone who does is drinking a little to much of the pee thinking its kool-aid.

Yes, the Democratic Party has done it again. Turned the party against itself with internal polarization and backbiting. In fact, both candidates are too far, or have moved too far to the left of the mainstream of American voters to survive the Presidential electoral process.

The French saying still goes: The more it changes, the more it's the same.

Obama will beat McCain. We don't want 100 years in IRAQ. We just don't want another Republican after Bush. It is time to change. Obama will wins.

I watched the debate last night and foundout that not only the moderator is anti- Hilary they also disrespect her.Is there a way to boycott MSNBC? and why Cris Mathew is still in the show? He so racish and disrespectful, women hater. If Obama is the nominee I will vote Nader.....

If Obama gets the Nomination.I will definately vote for McCain ,I don't like the republican but I don't have another way.

If we continue with these failed neo-con policies , we'll be begging the EU for help by century's end.

This poll means nothing. It's February. Let's revisit the topic come summer, once Obama has locked up the nomination and both nominees have picked a VP, and maybe the polls will be relevant.

Cheeze CNN -why do you keep taking my comments out? There is nothing in them that warrants that.

Hillary for President!!!

McCain's time has come and gone. He was the man for 2000 but Americans snubbed him for a disaster.

If America makes the mistake of choosing him and the disfunctional party known as the Republicans who will tolerate him , then turn on him for 4 years , then they deserve all the misery they vote for.
Then again , why would those 4 years be any different than the last 7.

Americans just don't read , listen , think or learn. They just follow . The greedy get greedier and the rest just complain.

If Clinton is on the Dem ballot in any capacity, I will vote R.

No more Clintons, No more Bushes.

Good Grief, MARKUS, how can you say Barack is the the fighter when he consistently answers debate question with "I agree with Hillary"?

His ability to unify will come down to unification against him! Especially those of us who have a gut feeling, which I trust more than polls, that he is not who he appears to be.

D.

As Hilliary would say, Lets get Real. Hillary on record has made the worst Foreign policy decision in the History of this Nation. This single fact makes her unelibable to run as the "better" canidate on Foreign policy.

Secondly, It was during her Husbands reign as President that extremeist planned and set into motion the 9/11 attacks, due partly in response to our attiude to the world, the SAME attitude that Hillary still has to this day.

Obama is going to win, vote for Hillary or Mccain if you want to continue to offend the world and be the constant consquence of these failed policies.

D.
"I support Hillary, but if she doesn't get the nominee, I'll definitely vote for McCain.

I cannot trust Obama to lead our nation. Just to name one example. In last night Debate, Obama's statement that he had not held a substantive meeting of his Foreign Relations Sub Committee on European Affairs since his chairmanship January 2006 'because he's been campaigning', was unacceptable! For two years, not even a meeting? He said he would change the strateges on Afgfuhan once he'd become the president. Hw even cannot look into to find a solution with our european allies at his current capacity as the cmmittee chairman. He cannot do it now (he's the chairman), How could we expect he can do later (as the president)? The next President will have to juggle many tasks, difficult or more difficult than campaigning! Can you trust that he could bring in the changes that he'd promises. They are only words to bring voters to vote for him. THat's all. I don't trust him can bring the hopes and dreams we expect. "

As much as liberals wish otherwise Americans are not socialists.

America can not afford Clinton or Obama and neither of them are qualified to be Commander-in-Chief.

He's not who I want but McCain will have to do.

Can't believe this is happening...Are we watching the same debates? Hillary is tough. I respect that. She's a hero in MA. The reason i can't be inspired by Obama is that i listen to the things he says. He's says he will meet with our enemies any time they want. What about American citizens? Will he meet with us anytime we want? How about fixing the problems at home, before worrying if Raul Castro doesn't like us?

If you liked George W. Bush you'll love John McCain.

I am an outsider, i am from Europe but I have been following the elections, I think if Barack Obama wins for Democrats Republican will win for novenber elections.

Hillary democrats for McCain? Why be two-time loosers?

First, I am confused on why this poll matters, when:

1. Obama is not the Democratic nominee, yet.
2. We are 8.5 months away from November; anything can happen.

Second, I am appalled at the ignorance of some democrats. I have no idea why you would jump on the McCain bandwagon if Obama receives the nominee. Why would you go vote for the person who rides Bush's coattails, and has the same policies as Bush? You are voting for status quo, and the continued same failed policies of the last 7 years. Doesn't make sense to me and shows ignorance.

Democrats are democrats, and we should be so lucky to have an individual like Barack running during a critical time in America's history. If you can't see the what this individual has to offer, his sound judgement, great personality, respectful, and calm as can be, then you're completely off the reservation, or delusional. It's unfortunate that folks cannot look past their fears or change, or differences, and vote for change in America.

You think McCain is going to bring people together? Sure, the wealthy and inside the box thinkers that we've so long seen in Washington. Folks that can't work across party lines, and truly have shown poor judgement. Unbelievable people's thinking nowadays, and in a way, sickening and sad.

To Nic who wrote, "Once the bitter Hillary supporters get over their heartbreak it will once again be 60-40 Obama."

It's this kind of arrogance that's making it VERY DIFFICULT for this Clinton supporter to want to cast my vote for Obama in November, should he win the nomination.

It is amazing to me how the obama supporters continuously point out that Hillary supporters are "ridiculous" and immature for wanting to cast their vote for McCain should obama be nominated... while at the same time they not only demonize Hillary but her supporters as well. Do you seriously think that this is a way to win us over? Some kind of "uniting" effect Obama's camp has created!

Because I am a TRUE BLUE democrat, I cannot in good faith vote for McCain, because in essence, as many have said, it's a vote for 4 more years of Bush and that is a travesty in and of itself... HOWEVER, I will likely write in Hillary's name. I've got to vote my conscience. Obama and his supporters sure as hell have not reached over to me and how dare they take my vote for granted?...

If these pols are right then people are not doing there home work.
If you vote for McCain then you get the same four years of the war, and a tax break for the rich.
If you vote for Obama you get change.
I am voting for change...........

I'm shocked to see so many Hillary supporters going to McCain instead of sticking with their principles.

Hillary and Obama, really and truly don't have that much of a difference in their core values.

It's a shame that you would rather see the country crumble under the weight of Republican ego and ignorance, than to see Obama succeed.

My support goes to the candidate who when taken prisoner of war, refused his chance for freedom out of loyalty to his fellow Americans, who has been willing to stand up for what is right in the face of ongoing criticism from within his own political party, and who risks his presidential future in support of a strategy that he believes will not only bring stablity to Iraq, but will ultimately serve to bring victory over global terrorism. By his own admission, Senator John McCain has his flaws, but he has repeatedly shown great courage and self-sacrifice for our country.

One thing I know for sure: if Obama gets the nomination I WILL be voting for John McCain.

Hillary is the most centrist and moderate of ALL the canidates and has a higher common sense than the other two. I just hope people realize this sooner than later.

As a republican, i feel that obama can be a strong opponent against McCain. No one seems to realize that Obama has one ally that no other candidate has and that is the over growing population he recieves from the young voter. Granted young voters have had an awful turnout for god knows how long, but Obama seems to have deterred that trend and continues to attract these kids to not only vote but to vote for him. . .

Although i do not think Obama will win the presidential election (once he gets the party nomination), he will provide a candidate that is attractive to young voters and therefore increase the voter turnout of a generation that has unfortunately not played a vital role in the election process. . . i think it might be a good time for McCain to start paying attention to this trend, and do something about it.

How funny it is that in all the exit polls, so many Clinton's supporters would be just as happy if Obama is selected, but the blogs seem to be filled with Hillary or nothing (or even worse, McCain) supporters.

Can't wait to see the old man, who fortunately for him had an easy run as a nominee so he can rest 5 days out of 7, having to debate and really run a 24/7 campaign against Obama. Poor debater, self-revealed ignorant in economy, softly senile (listen to three of his speeches and you can expect his next lines) loosing all credibility after his flip-flop on Bush tax cuts for the wealthy (you may add immigration), old daddy just doesn't have it anymore.

As for Hillary, once she looses, check out for her divorce, since her "30 years in the making" road to presidency won't need Bill anymore. Oh no, the woman is not calculating, she wakes up every morning thinking how she can help the poorest among us.

I am NOT a fan of Obama and think he is arrogant and naive. If he's elected we will be the laughing stock of the world, again, for electing someone with no experience.

HAVING SAID THAT I think the only way the Dems can win in Nov. is to run on a Clinton-Obama ticket. That is the only way to unite the Democratic party right now. If Clinton does win Texas and Ohio, with Obama being so close, at a brokered convention Clinton could be forced to pick him and I think she would. She'll do what it takes at the end of the day because she doesn't hold grudges. I just hope Obama and his supporters would not be too arrogant to accept this.

Please just think of it for a moment. Then we could really win. Not just think we were going to win like in 2004.

Please Texas and Ohio – Vote for Hillary so we can have this one possiblity of having a united party and a Dem in the White House.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Don't make me and the others vote for McCain.

I respect both Clinton & Obama as our Democratic candidates. Their positions on the issues are almost identical; therefore, it is hard to understand why any of their supporters could vote Republican, considering the conservative platform is more of the same Bush policies. Please use better judgment at a time when it is critical to correct the mistakes of the past 8 years, not continue them. Either Democrat is better than the alternative in the general election.

To all the Democrats who say they will vote for McCain over Obama: You must think the last 8 years have been great since a vote for McCain will be more of the same.

Charlotte, and I say this with all respect, do the country a favor and stay home on November 4, OK?

Hillary Clinton winning New York and California in the primary does not mean that Obama will not carry them in the general.

Hillary Clinton winning the primary in Florida (or Texas and Ohio, for that matter) does not mean she'll carry them in November.

You and Mark Penn should get a bus and travel across the country telling the primary voters who turned out for Obama that their states don't matter. I'm sure that would really help Clinton's chances in the general.

Come ON people don't just vote for McCain out of spite just cuz ur candidate didn't win! If you vote for McCain then all the values that Clinton or Obama wanted to bring to this country would be lost. It's not about the primary election...what really matters is the general election and we need to be loyal to our party regardless of if we win or lose!

CNN seems to be supporting the system by supporting obama. Obama is a weak candidate, to far to the left. Independents do not vote for leftist candidates.

On the other hand, McCain would be the second choice if Hillary does not get our party's nomination. And the DNC will regret having ignored the Latino Voice in FLA. Texas is supporting Hillary, but CNN does poll only English speaking voters, and ignores thousands who are only Spanish speaking people.

There is not such lead, the lead is in the biased media and
Hillary is our chance to succeed

Hillary for President!
Hillary Presidente!

The "Theory of Change" Primary by Mark Schmitt

... What I find most interesting about Obama's approach to bipartisanship is how seriously he takes conservatism. As Michael Tomasky describes it in his review of The Audacity of Hope, "The chapters boil down to a pattern: here's what the right believes about subject X, and here's what the left believes; and while I basically side with the left, I think the right has a point or two that we should consider, and the left can sometimes get a little carried away." What I find fascinating about his language about unity and cross-partisanship is that it is not premised on finding Republicans who agree with him, but on taking in good faith the language and positions of actual conservatism - people who don't agree with him. That's very different from the longed-for consensus of the Washington Post editorial page.

The reason the conservative power structure has been so dangerous, and is especially dangerous in opposition, is that it can operate almost entirely on bad faith. It thrives on protest, complaint, fear: higher taxes, you won't be able to choose your doctor, liberals coddle terrorists, etc. One way to deal with that kind of bad-faith opposition is to draw the person in, treat them as if they were operating in good faith, and draw them into a conversation about how they actually would solve the problem. If they have nothing, it shows. And that's not a tactic of bipartisan Washington idealists - it's a hard-nosed tactic of community organizers, who are acutely aware of power and conflict. It's how you deal with people with intractable demands - put ‘em on a committee. Then define the committee's mission your way.

Wow, im sickened by the hillary supporters who say they are going 2 vote for McCain just because she doesnt win the nomination, people dont realize hillary and obama are so similar and they basically only have ideological differences....redic

If Mr. Xerox were the nominee, I'd vote for McCain. Go Hillary!!

News flash Jeb's planing a run in 2012 or 2016. Look for Portman, Powell, DeMint or Jindal as possible veeps

Barack obama will beat jon mccain by a landslide victory in november.

I wonder where some of these polls get their data, I don't know of a single Republican who is going to vote for McCain, most are looking at Ron Paul or crossing over.

It is ridiculous that this country would even consider voting republican again after the current debacle.

Go Hillary!!!

I see the Freeper Trolls have hit this site hard. Go ahead a vote for McCain and watch this country go bankrupt with his 100 years war. A 100 year war will kill our Democracy and guess who wins? Here is a hint, not "We the People".

I'm a Democrat and will vote for McCain if Obama wins the nomination. Come on people Obama has you all fooled. I told people the same thing about Bush a long time ago; when he ran against Ann Richards. I just have a gut feeling about things and am usually right...wait and see.

To all Hillary lovers...SHE's DONE.

Get over it.

Now that Obama has beat the infamous Clinton political machine it's time to put the smack down on McCain.

Yes we can.

If Barack Hussein gets the Nomination, MCain will win the WH with 60% votes. It is suicidal for the Democrats, because BHO is a lightweight – an inexperienced Manchurain Candidate , a Trojan Horse tsent by a rich media tycoon to divide and kill the Democratic Party. Cheers.

I find this new poll interesting. Romney dropped out saying that he wanted the Repulican Party to come together and focus on the general election. At that time polls showed that McCain would likely beat Clinton, but lose to Obama. Now McCain's position is gaining strength while Obama and Clinton weaken each other.

Clinton is VERY polarizing. Most people love her or hate her with no middle ground. Republicans can't stand her and many Obama supporters feel the same way about her. As she cranks up the attacks to feed her hunger for power, she only weakens further the chances for a Democrat to be elected in the general election.

Hillary, we already know what you are about. We are tired of the power hungry, divisive politics. It's time for you and Bill to stop the power grab. Let us move on and examine the records of McCain and Obama.

Dukakis and Kerry both had HUGE leads at this point in the game and we all know how that ended.

McCain will lose to either Democrat - he's running on the Bush agenda.

Is anyone else amused by all the Clinton supporters who say they'll vote for McCain over Obama? And they say Obama followers are the cult members! It looks to me like there's one for Hillary as well: The Temper Tantrum Cult.

In your logic, none of Senator Clinton's policies mean anything to you. Do you think McCain will go for universal healthcare, a very democratic policy –something Clinton, herself, said. Or perhaps you'd like to see a war in Iraq last for another hundred years. Or maybe you'd rather see someone who has no idea how to help our nation's economy. She has also used the banner of change during her campaign, so I suppose another old white guy in the White House is something unprecedented.

The Republicans don't have anyone to vote for, Johh McClain is not a true Repuplican, he is just the best Democrat.

Your oppoenent's oppenent is not your friend...

Voting for McCain becuase Hillary loses the nomination shows your stupidity why you were supporting her in the first place.

McCain is a fine candidate, and has a strong record. But what this nation needs a new direction- old politics and politicians will not cut it anymore..

I think the biggest concern for democrats with these new poll numbers should be that Obama's negatives are unknown at this point. His negatives are still very low, during a general election this is bound to change. How much this number changes will be key to his ability to win the November election. The republicans will be much tougher on him in the general, compared to the primary election. While it is trure that Hillary has high negative in comparison, they do not change. I think that this is something to think about in these last few days of the primary election.

This is sad!
This poll result shows that America has not learned her lesson and therefore deserves the government that she gets. After almost eight years of failure and failed policies under a republican administration, having another republican lead in the polls is indicative of the lack of political maturirty and blind party loyalty of the american voter.
We need to seriously look at the country's problems and decide who is best suited to bring about meaningful change, provide solutions and turn this country around.

It will be a good race between Obama and McCain. I will probably be voting for Obama. Of course I am in one of those red states that don't matter to the Clintons.

Now is the time to close your eyes and picture the economy and the wars effect on this country after four more years of Republican rule (Not a pretty picture!).
Now take a deep breath and try again to form the same picture after four years of change and work to unite this country and improve this countries image and economy with the war over and our country prospering once again. There...you've just pictured what a Democratic President like Obama could do for the US of A.

Even Barack Obama is going to vote for McCain in the general elections if Obama gets nominated. It's the hip thing to do now.

Noted Republican Joe Scarborough seems to think that a big democratic victory is inevitable regardless of who the Democrats nominate. Wonder why?

Perhaps it's because all of the head to head polls show McCain topping out at about 46%. When you add to that the fact that likely voter models have been wrong (under estimating Democratic turnout) virtually all year, you have the makings for a Democratic landslide.

It's Scarborough's view that the Republican hierarchy know this, and they are just fine with McCain (whom they dislike) as the blood sacrifice.

And maybe that's why Romney gave up so gracefully. He must have decided that the Republican nomination in 2008 wasn't going to be worth much.

Hillary backers are saying that they will vote for McCain over Obama.... just goes to show that they are as divisive as she is!

Hopefully they will actually be loyal to the Democratic party and help Obama defeat McCain when it matters

I can't believe all you Clinton supporters that are saying you will vote for McCain if Obama gets the Nomination. Clinton and Obama pretty much agree on every issue. And the few things they don't agree on really aren't that improtant. So if you really support Clinton and then vote for McCain in the general election, then you are just a sore loser. This isn't a personality contest, it's about issues.

Very encouraging to see some reasonable people that actually look at the issues and see that Obama is nothing but an empty suit reading from a teleprompter.

Unfortunately for conservatives, McCain really is a moderate, even more so than G.W. Bush.

In the general election this will be good.

I say McCain takes it.

"As a democrat I rather vote for McCain than for Mr. Xerox."

Clearly you meant as a Republican.

I support Hillary, but if she doesn't get the nominee, I'll definitely vote for Obama. I am a Democrat.

McCain is friends with the Bushes and they are pulling for him to win so that he can continue their war and oil riches! Shame on any democrat who will vote for mccain, you are destroying the future of this country. mccain is on his last leg, what does he care, he has lived a full life. Get back to your senses and vote democratic. Enough is enough with this stupidity, keep your egos in check Hill supporters.

I am a Democrat and I have never, ever voted Repulican in my life. However, if Obama is the nominee, McCain has got my vote.

Give war a chance, Vote McCain.

Joe: ZOMG!!!! A bossy and arrogant First Lady? We could NEVER survive such a thing as a nation!

Brian in Tampa: You're four years too early for Dukakis (he was the nominee in '88). And you know what happened in the '84 election? The party nominated the safe establishment candidate, Mondale, and he probably should have been the first major party candidate to win zero electoral votes in history. If Nancy Reagan hadn't been so irrationally concerned about losing California that she forced the campaign to pull resources out of Minnesota, Reagan may very well have had a 50 state sweep that year.

So yes, by all means, let's nominate the safe establishment candidate yet again. Worked really well four years ago too, right?

Clinton supporters are about as absurd and irrational as her campaign has been recently. If your candidate loses you will go sulk and vote for Mccain? What kind of non-sense is that?

A Firm Message to Obama followers:
You had better watch your tone and slanderous statements towards Senator Clinton, they are very disrespectful, hate filled and divisive and it has already turned off a lot of Hillary Supporters, should he win the nomination we will vote for McCain, Vote for Nader, Stay Home, or start a write in campaign for Hillary, we will make a statement to the media and to those Republicans that have hijacked our Democratic primaries and caucuses by voting for Obama in order to take down Hillary, that we will not allow you to shove someone down our throats that we do not feel will have the wear with all to fight and stand up for us. Obama is supposed to be a uniter, but the individuals that follow him, are so hate filled and divisive, they will be the cause of him losing the white house if he is the nominee. Remember there is no way that Obama can win the General Elections without Hillary Clinton's supporters, let's be clear on that, then you add the disenfranchised voters in Florida and Michigan and the independents that will go back to the Republican party and the Republicans that voted just to get Hillary out of the race and he will be left with nothing, the hate that comes from his followers is unbelievable and they have managed to turn us off. Be careful what type of venom you spew, it will come back to bite you.

Obama claims that his mailings and emails and press releases that his camp releases are no different than those of Hillary's campaign...

HMMM...at least the stuff HILLARY'S camp releases is ACCURATE!

He says he's for "change" and "a new kind of politics" and Hillary's tactics are "politics of old" – he's saying the total opposite by saying HIS tactics are the same as hers.

YOU CAN'T TRUST HIM.

HILLARY WILL FIGHT FOR US EVERY DAY!!!

Hey Right On -

Who are you calling racist? From what I've heard, African Americans who won't vote for Obama are being ostracized and threatened by people of their own skin color! Apparently the plan is to get all African American voters to vote for Obama, regardless of his total lack of experience and substance. NOW THAT'S RACIST!

Once we have a CLEAR nomination from the DEMs, the polls will change in favor of the DEMs, no matter who it is.

McCain, like Bush prefers to continue to spend money on a war that shouldn't have happened. Plus McCain has mentioned on several occasions that he is weak on economy.

People want CHANGE from anything related to the last 7+ years. McCain supported Bush. Look at Bush’s approval rating!!!

"Democrats" voting for McCain if Hillary wins: There will be enough
republicans voting for Obama to make up for the weeding out.

If the choice comes to between McCain or Clinton, I would vote for Clinton. But should it be between McCain or Obama, then I would definitely vote McCain.

If experience, integrity and character dictate the result, the next President will be McCain.........provided voters don't witness a real 'miracle for Huck.'

Judging by these comments, I got to say Hillary's done a great job dividing the party. How else can you explain the polls being this close despite the abslymal performance by republicans?

My choice Clinton first.
I don’t want to vote for Obama, all his achievement are doing some community work at Chicago and playing poker in the name of working extra hours at Illinois capitol.

Senator McCain may very well be the next President!

Do you guys really think we can afford to stay in Iraq. Barack will change his poll numbers over time. The surge didn't really work, things are getting better in Iraq because Moktada al-Sadr called for a cease fire months ago. You really think these Iraqi's are stupid. They know more troops were coming so they are laying low until the surge ends. The only think that can make Iraqi better is building up there infrastructure and having a fair political system. The same policy that is working in Indonesia against extremist needs to be applied in Iraqi. I think McCain is going to try to make this election about Iraqi. I'm not willing to lose another troop over Iraqi, that's someone's kid fighting. It just kills me that people want to stay there. We basically waged an illegal war without UN backing. No troops life is worth osing over there. I think Barack is an intelligent guy that will make sound decisions and surround himself with the most qualified individuals.

Barack Hussein Obama – Since when is using someone's full name considered offensive????

Give me a break John McCain – I'm not sure I'm going to vote for you, especially if you can't defend the 1st Amendment.

We better remember our soldiers died for our rights – and how quickly we throw those rights away????

The whole world is watching. The U.S. people get a chance to get it right this time. Don't leave any gaps. Put Obama in and you will have the respect of the world and the world will become a better place. It is time for a real change. Hillary is a great person but she needs to move over and not make the same mistake the Democrats made years ago, when Regan got it.

Not sure I agree. Depends on who the Dem candidate is. Clinton has NO prayer. Obama may. McCain has stepped on his own foot quite a bit lately, and canbe tied to Bush on many issues.

I disagree with the man from next Tuesday... He is obviously from next Tuesday morning and doesn't know what he's talking about. He hasn't seen so far ahead of you all that he witnessed John McCain pushing Hillary down at the last minute and stealing the Presidency.

The responses on this site confirms for me what we all know to be true. America as a whole is not ready and will not vote for a black man even if he is suitably qualified. Obama is NOT perfect, he is brilliant, a strong leader, eloquent, loves this country and has worked hard to achieve what he has to this point. He would represent America well.

But America is more concerned about their fears of folks like Farrakhan, Obama's middle name, what clothes he wears, what church he attends and other nonsense we would not dare confront another politician with. So if we continue in war and economic chaos, plunge ourselves into ignorance, remain arrogant and repulsive to the rest of the world so what! We're America right Land of the FREE, Home of the BRAVE. My hats off to America.

I know that it is not good to make generalizations about groups of people, but I must say that those who support Hillary and hate Obama the strongest seem to offer the least amout of specifics as to why?

This board is filled with statements like "she has done everything, he has done nothing" or "she has experience and he has words." It's almost as if Hillary has the most support from "simple" people.

Anyone who takes the time to examine the issues closely should be able to give more specific reasons why they support Hillary so strongly over Obama.

I must admit that I am prejudiced. I discriminate against uninformed people. I don't feel they should have the right to criticize any candidate.

For those who state, they will cross the Democratic Party lines, I hope your sons, grandsons and male friends are shipped off to fight a war for one hundred years. No better for you and hopefully in the process you will lose your house, healthcare and job. Best of Luck.

If you people vote in McCain this time, I am seriously going to research moving my family to Canada. Ignorance can not win the election AGAIN!!!!

I would vote for McCain before I would Obama. He is nothing more than a puppet for the rich Democrats. I am disgusted by the way CNN worships him like he is a god.

Another piece of the propaganda puzzle to help create the illusion that enough Americans believe it might actually be possible when they install Mccain as the next war monger in chief. revolts. police state. democrat internment camps to follow. the caged "free speech zones" are simply to help them round up the rabble rousers, a sort of holding cell if you will.

Mainstream media is complicit in all this along with paid hacks to plug in the mindless blog responses like those above to make us think that it's possible beyond what our most basic common sense tells us that it should rightly be a landslide for the dems. if the votes are accurately counted. Don't believe everything you read on the internets people.

A sad day in America indeed!

It makes no sense to put stock into this poll before two candidates actually campaign and debate against each other. Three is a crowd....especially in polls. This will all change when its one on one

Hear this Hillary Supporters: Hillary Clinton would 100% rather you vote Obama than McCain. If she knew that such division would be created in the Democratic Party she would have dropped out and endorsed Obama by now. She, like many, recognize that a Republican cannot take Washington again.

I am wondering how many of you who left comments above are racists?
So far, all the polls were underestimating Obama, and if it is showing that he is already winning, he will win big...

Hillary won the debate and as far as her health care plan goes it is great for everyone.
Hillary is saying her plan is not to MAKE everyone get her health care .
She made mention of this once before . She is just trying to make sure that everyone will be covered, regardless of how much money they make.
If you want to be on this health care program you can...and you will pay what you can afford according to ones income . How fair is this?
I think it is very fair.
If these people claim to be so religious they would know that a very poor woman gave all she had which was just a penny or two....whereas the very rich just gave some of their money. Who then gave the most? It was the poor woman.
Why? She gave her all.
Well Hillary is not even asking her to give her all...only what she can afford after she pays her bills and groceries and a few other simple things in life that might make living a little more bareable.
This can be applied to everyone who is in need of health care. Is one person valued over another ? Are we not all alike? Should not then the rich give more ? Actually they will be giving the same when you stop and think about this .

Free ride for Obama by the news media means boohoo for the Dems. McCain will be the next president because the republicans have already set their strategy and the Dems fell for it.

I denounce and reject the author's title to this article. When the New England Patriots play the Miami Dolphins, they are "hard to beat". The title suggests that McCain is leading in the polls by a significant margin and not tied with a candidate who is currently in a battle for his own nomination. This poll right now gives an indication of what might be the outcome if Hillary ran as an independent. However, once the democrats have their presumptive nominee, the support for that candidate in imbecilic polls like this one will go way up. In reality, nobody can foresee what will be the situation in Iraq or our economy come November. Clearly these situations will impact the outcome of the election. I do agree that if the American public votes for a continuation of the worst administration in our history, then we get what we deserve. What we need is an electorate that is better informed and a media that is more unbiased.

I'm sick...sick that I might have to choose between more of the same, Republicans with no credibility whatsoever after the past 7 years have brought us to this horrible economic/war situation, or a guy who can't think for himself, and repeats talking points and the same stuff time after time.

Hillary is 1)Change, 2)Intelligence, 3)Strength coming from the Clinton economy, anyone who wants to vote for anyone else is NOT PUTTING THEIR COUNTRY FIRST.

dbacchus February 27th, 2008 12:15 pm ET said:
Those posts that are "threatening" to vote for McCain "if Obama gets nominated" are so obviously fake!! If you read carefully, you can even see that a lot of them were written by the same – *sigh* not very well educated – person. Of course such lame attempts will have zero effect on the nomination results (Clinton is so done!), but it surely tells us something about "hard-core Hillary fans"… Sad and pathetic…

It is comments like yours that makes a Hillary supporter like me to not want to vote for Obama. Look at how divisive Obama has made his supporters.

What makes you think that our posts are fake? It's just that our comments are always censored for some reason. We're real people too who lives in America and care about America's well-being.

What makes you think that we're all uneducated and you're better than the rest of us? I for one am college educated and have been following politics for many years. Just because the exit poll says that Obama supporters tends to be college educated, doesn't mean that Clinton supporters are stupid and not college educated.

Why do you think we complain about the bias on the media outlets? Your comment clearly violates the CNN Comment Policy, but it always gets posted. Moderators, please post this comment. I'm sick and tired of the "Your comment is awaiting moderation" message.

>>Those who are so mad that will vote for McCain are really putting there vendetta against Obama hgher then there values and goals in life. Name one thing that will benifit you from the McCain?

McCain is a competent leader. For those of us Hillary supporters that value experience and competence, and think the worst thing about George W. Bush is that he is beholden to the religious right and he is completely incompetent, McCain is not so bad. McCain is a known, proven quantity. He is going to win independents and McCain Democrats – sorry if you don't like it, but it's true. I value true universal health care – maybe if Obama really supported this I would change my mind.

this thread has clearly been hijacked by uninformed illiterates. never have I seen such a collection of poor grammar, spelling and thinking.

first of all, the policy differences between Hillary and Obama are negligible. not voting for Obama if Hillary fails to get the nomination in favor or McCain whose campaign is imploding before our eyes in the face of critical medial coverage, is simply stupid.

there is no point on which McCain and Hillary agree from taxes, Iraq, to healthcare.

recall that the title of the article is McCain will be difficult to beat, but in fact shows him losing. He may be difficult to beat, but he is beaten, by Obama.

Poll after poll is predicting Obama's victory over McCain.

the ignorance displayed on this thread is astonishing.

Also, if Obama gets the nominee. I will definetely vote for McCain. I think Obama floundered on his Farrakhan question last night. I don't trust this man and most military will not! He should Reject his minister also it isn't a hard question to answer for most.. I think Hillary brings leadership and ideas along with McCain so a little torn if it comes down to those two..

i wil never ever vote for obama. i would vote for mccain if clinton is not our democratic nominee!

Bush made US weaker. McCain will do same things!

there is absolutely no way i would EVER vote for barry obama. NEVER. EVER.

he has shown time and time again that he is nothing but rhetoric. he hides behind his speeches and is nothing more than words... most arent even his own. that my friends is disturbing.

i am a democrat to the core and will be very upset that once again ou party will fail to deliver universal healthcare to this country. this is the most important issue to me in this election. if senator clinton is not the nominee, i will vote for john mccain. he will do as much for universal healthcare as barack obama. so, in voting for mccain, we will at least have a leader that has served our country, will keep us protected, knows foreign leaders and is a tried and true patriot... much unlike barry and michelle.

To: TheLeftNut

Yep...there are democrats who've chosen to leave the party during the primaries this year.

Our (erh now I'm an independant) your party–has swayed so far left it now resembles the Democratic Socialist Parties agenda for change.

I'm not a fan of Bush. And until the DNC set a socialist agenda–I was a life long Democrat.

As an American–I don't believe in voting along party lines–just what I believe is best for our nation.

Once the emotions are cleared–and ObamaMessiah faces off with McCain on the life and death issues affecting Americans, their children, and their grandchildren...I think you will see a lot of conservative thinking Democrats doing just what I've done. Leave the party completely–or vote in favor of a more conservative candidate.

While Obama's speeches are both inspiring, motivational, and enlightening–they don't reflect the reality on the ground–and certainly do not reflect the desire for a balanced budget and a responsible government.

Yes...there are many Democrats who see through Obama and do not buy into the bunk he's selling. And yes, they will probably vote for the best alternative–John McCain.

The stupidity of the American people can never be underestimated.

The war in Iraq has been an unmitigated disaster and McCain is one of its biggest advocates, but Americans believe he is well equipped to deal with the situation. In a rational world, anyone who supported the war would not be considered Presidential material.

If this country elects John McCain I would have to consider a move to Canada!

people,people,people. sure there is overwhelming numbers of democrats voteing in the primary,
thing is half of them will vote exsperence over anything else in the
general election.
just the way it is.

Sincerely that s bad news for every body. US or not, another republican in the Oval Office will devastate the economy of the world. Sen Cain doesn t know anything about econmy. He only knows about war, so probably he will do what he knows better: Attack militarily another country in the mid east!!!
That s 2 bad!!!!!!!!!

Yes he can get it close when he is the nominee. As a comments I read, Obama has always come back and win.
So, lot of people have not actually compare them to be the presidentail candidate from both Democratic and Republican parties
. When it is clear that Obama is the nominee and people get to choose between these 2 gentle men, the poll will be much more different.

Thank you CNN. Who won the debate?

We are eager to see what happens. An evolutionary society responds to changes to avoid stagnation!!! Wither are we going? Why are we losing our leadership globally? Be the judge and vote wisely.

I support Hillary, but if she doesn't get the nominee, I'll definitely vote for McCain.

I cannot trust Obama to lead our nation. Just to name one example. In last night Debate, Obama's statement that he had not held a substantive meeting of his Foreign Relations Sub Committee on European Affairs since his chairmanship January 2006 'because he's been campaigning', was unacceptable! For two years, not even a meeting? He said he would change the strateges on Afgfuhan once he'd become the president. Hw even cannot look into to find a solution with our european allies at his current capacity as the cmmittee chairman. He cannot do it now (he's the chairman), How could we expect he can do later (as the president)? The next President will have to juggle many tasks, difficult or more difficult than campaigning! Can you trust that he could bring in the changes that he'd promises. They are only words to bring voters to vote for him. THat's all. I don't trust him can bring the hopes and dreams we expect.

Look for a McCain/Jeb Bush ticket if McCain wins. Wakeup people.

If John McCain had the judgment he purports to have, he would not have allowed Cunningham to speak at his rally.

Just a quick observation....

I have noticed with disgust that most of the people supporting Hilary are threatening to vote for a republican if Obama wins the nominee. I think this goes a long way to show how much these folks believe in the cause the democrats are fighting for in the general election.

Agreed, the media might have further contributed to the rifts between the candidates as percieved by some but both candiates vritually agree on almost everything.

Republicans will always be republicans and democrats will always be democrats. I think it is unreasonable to switch parties because a preferred candidate wins.

Please sharpen your focus!!!

I can't understand why anyone would want to vote for someone who believes that we should be prepared to be in this ridiculous war for 100 yearsand admittedly knows little about the economy.

It saddens me that people keep saying that Senator Obama offers empty hope. There is nothing empty about hope. Without hope we have nothing. Still, I understand that there must be substance and a plan. And, Senator Obama offers all three – HOPE, SUBSTANCE and A PLAN.

We are not worried about the few Democrats that will vote for McCain. There are a great number of Independents that have already voted for Senator Obama and a great number of Republicans will do the same. However, it is disappointing that the Democratic party and members of the party are unable to become unified in the effort to ensure that we win in November.

I have to agree if Obama beats Clinton then I will vote republican too!

If the Democratic Primary turnout continues to be a ratio fo 2:1 there is no way Republicans win. Especially if the economy continues to spiral downward and no troops have left Iraq.

I am so sick of hearing...Experience from McCain and Clinton. Obama is inexperienced in the ways of American Politics. It is the McCain and Clinton experience that has even our current president the ability to do what he was done. I am looking forward to having a president that will be both a straight talker and a fighter... and that person is Barack Obama.

Polls don't mean much before all the scrutinizing takes place during the general election. Clinton was ahead a month ago by a wide margin, and then shot herself in the foot with an inept campaign against a novice, in what should have been a cakewalk to the nomination. McCain may very well shoot himself down too, by embracing the rabid right, but if he courts independents and acts more presidential and less like a loose cannon, he may in fact win, and better he than the cult of Obama.

Once we have a CLEAR nomination from the DEMs, the polls will change in favor of the DEMs, no matter who it is.

McCain, like Bush prefers to continue to spend money on a war that shouldn't have happened. Plus McCain has mentioned on several occasions that he is weak on economy.

People want CHANGE from anything related to the last 7+ years.

I agree that these polls are meaningless at this point. Right now the only competition is between Clinton and Obama on one side (which seems to be bringing out the sexist and racist in a lot of people) and on the other it's grandpa (a decorated grandpa but grandpa nonetheless) vs. Ned Flanders. The real test will be that whoever wins the Democratic nomination will wipe the floor with McCain once the real campaigning begins. People whine and moan "I'll vote for McCain if the Democratic candidate I like doesn't get nominated" but at the end of the day one has to ask if the US is ready for another 4 years of Republican rule after the shambles left behind by Bush. I will agree that McCain couldn't possibly do worse than Bush – so even if he wins in Nov. it'll be an improvement – but the US has to switch sides periodically otherwise you end up with a country with one-party rule (which seems to be what those in favor of perpetual Republicanism seem to promote). And gee, last I liked the US wasn't too fond of those types of places.

CNN, you talk about Hillery Clinton only having half the American vote,
well it looks like that your candidate of choice is divisive, he cant hold her half of the vote because of concerns of experience, if they sweep to McCain like it seems there stating there gonna do, obama cant win regardless how many youth votes he musters.
there called Regan democrats, and if you think they wont become McCain democrats then you are over looking a vital voting block.

it takes real experience to make change. and words of yes we can just isn't experience enough. there needs to be meat on the bone
to make a good stew.

McCain is a one issue candidate! Yes the "Surge" has helped in the Bush "Holy War" in Iraq, but McCain cannot rectify a tragic strategic blunder by the Bush neocons with a tactical success. McCain refuses to acknowledge the insanity and tragedy of Bush-Cheney invading Iraq in the first place, a war crime by any definition. It is past time to end the war in Iraq and withdraw, but McCain intends to be in Iraq another 100 years or so, but not with my vote. I am a Republican, have always voted Republican, but no more, not after the Bush-Cheney show! I am afraid that a McCain presidency will be a Bush-3! If we had a working democracy, Bush and Cheney would have been impeached!

I got into politics to support Bill Clinton. That said; Obama and his manical following is enough to send me screaming off into the night to vote for McCain.

I'd like to see how many of you Obama maniacs would have done in the Hanoi Hilton. McCain was the epitomy of hope and courage for staying alive there and refusing an offer to be released ahead of others because of his father's military rank.

Many, many of Obama's followers have never known true hardship and especially not his wife.

I agree that it comes down to the economy. Neither Hillary nor Obama is truly strong against war hero McCain on defense/foreign affairs (despite so many people being against the Iraq war, the GOP will strongly sell McCain's expertise in dealing with the complexities of defense,etc). If Obama were to be our nominee, he would be lacking in both foreign affairs AND economy- it would be "Straight Talk" fiscally responsible McCain vs."Wishful Thinking" tax and spend liberal Obama.

Our only chance is with Hillary and the edge on economy. Two kinds of experience against each other. And we'd have the change also- first female president!! We would have change + experience vs just old experience McCain.

I gotta hand it to ya' you Republicans are SLICK! You're playin' Obama like a cheap guitar! He touts how he has the support of thousands of "Obamicans" (Repentant republicans). They are helping him rob Hillary of the nomination just like they did with Nader in 2000. They are so afraid of running against Hillary that they are supporting Obama to get the nomination but once the general elections come around, McCain will whistle for them and they'll all go running back. Obama is so naive that he actually believes that he can just "hug" Republicans into changing their core beliefs. One thing about Republicans is that they are not some sort of "crazies" who just need someone to read them some poetry and they'll give up on Abortion rights, Capitol punishment, Immigration, Gun control, etc.

Even in a blurb about McCain, you can't pull yourselves away from Obama and Hillary and you put up a prominent picture of Obama.

Nice. I'm sure there aren't a million photos of McCain accessible through a quick Google search.

CONSPIRICY UNCOVERED!
Democrats be WARNED!
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It has just been discovered that conservatives are trying to "con" their way back into the White House (once again) using insidious tactics of deception and misinformation.
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Conservative bloggers are told to flock to pro-McCain stories and post comments claiming that they are a Democrat and if "their" Democratic candidate does not get the nomination, then they will vote for McCain.

Why don't the hillary sympathizers just vote for McCain now since they are just trying to excuse their behavior on others, like hillary attempts to blame anybody but herself for all of her own personal inadequacies and failure, and nobody else is to blame, not even the "activists" who can see through her charade...I don't want any poster later saying it is not their fault who they voted for or they were forced, just go back to your cave.......

the reason people are saying that if obama gets the nomination they will vote for mccain(and i agree) is because unlike the media is portraying people arent voting for hillary because she is democrate, no they are voting for her because she is the best solution for america, republican or democrate.

and i am not dicrediting obama, i do think he has the potential to be a great uniter and leader but this is the future of not only our country but also of out children the families.

it seems completly idiotic to me that people are following this hype train straight to obama, someone who is moost certainly ignorant to nearly every major issue and has no idea how the system works.

he may be looking to change the system but as much as he is leading you to believe.. they ARE some good things in the government. that dont need to be changed.

I'm not buying into any poll with /Bloomberg in it. C'mon the freaking election is in Nov. I'm going into burnout mode, I'll come out Nov 8 to vote Democratic.

Obama makes me sick, but dems should remember that voting for Mccain could mean an almost entirely republican supreme court. given that could mean overturning roe v wade, expanding gun rights, or not promoting carbon control measures, you may be better off holding your nose and voting for Barack Windbag Obama

OK, THIS HAS TO BE A POLL BY REPUBLICANS, it can't include real Democrats, WHO WANTS A CLONE OF BUSH???? That's what McCain is. It really breaks my heart to see in print that some so- called dems are so afraid of change! I don't understand the concept of any democrat votin for a republican. I can't stomach it, really people let's get a grip. I'm all for Obama, however if Hillary is the nominee, I will vote for her, because, anything is better than those Republicans.

Obama 2008!!!

I find this poll hard to believe, when dems are turning out double what republicans are in the primary season. Secondly, I would guess that four out the first 6 comments on this thread are Hillbots. Also, when you look at the several other polls out there, Obama leads McCain in almost all of them, whereas Clinton loses to McCain in most of them. I find it very, very hard to believe that McCain will beat Obama. They havn't seen his army yet, I would venture to say. I have. At my precinct caucus here in Minneapolis, it tied up traffic! The Hillary people had no idea how to even deal with it as the Obama throngs flooded our caucuses. They actually looked a little relieved.....they saw the army they have been coveting all these years. No, I predict a LANDSLIDE for Barack Obama in the general election in November, and you can stick a fork in Hillary, she's done.

If you people vote in McCain this time, I am seriously going to research moving my family to Canada. Ignorance can not win the election AGAIN!!!!

How exactly is it that a "statistical tie" makes McCain "hard to beat"? Seriously, do the headline writers even read the articles beforehand?

Indie in Iowa, I agree with what you wrote.

Boy, who do I sound like?

Go Hillary

or

Go McCain

McCain didnt state, we will be in Iraq for 100 years fighting the war, he merely stated we could end up having a permanant base there like we do all over this unstable world. I will vote for him as it stands now.
I dont have anything against either democrat nominee, I just dont feel like they can get all these promises and issues done without it not taxing us even more, I just cant handle any more taxes period.
If our country is not secure, it wont matter anyway, so i dont know, it's like we are all between "Iraq and hard place" no pun intended.

So, we will ride with the tide and see what happens in november.
That said, i do think cnn is trying to get Obama elected all by itself, and to be honest, I dont know why

All these people in here stating they are Democrats who will vote for McCain should Obama win are actually Republicans trying to sway readers.

CNN should start deleting this spam.

Obama will crush McCain in the fall. Even a nation full of idiots aren't going to back 4 more years of Bush-lite.

I can't believe that anyone would be that upset if Hillary isn't the nominee and vote McCain. Obama and Hillary are so similar on the issues that it really doesn't matter which one of them wins this.

But, just for good measure, if Obama doesn't win then me, my family, my high school football team, everyone at my office, my doctor AND my pets will vote McCain! So there!

The media and the republicans know that if Hillary wins the nomination, she will easily beat McCain. That is why they have american voters in this frenzy over Obama so that he will win the nomination and then the McCain will win the presidency. Don't get caught up in this frenzy and vote for Hillary so that democrats can get back into the White House. You voters are playing right into the republicans hands and if this continues and Obama wins the nomination, they will definitely win.

VOTE FOR HILLARY AND THE DEMOCRATS WILL WIN IN NOVEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All of you out there who claim to vote for McCain over Obama must really not care about the country or the Democratic party. This type of division is exaclty what they are hoping for. And get over yourself using his middle name. it is that kind of ignorance that "elected" Bush and has our country in the mess its in.

I believe it. if Hillary loses the nomination Ive heard a lot of her supporters including 2 in my family that will vote for McCain. Obama's way to left and they dont like the minute amount of experience he has. I welcome them to the McCain side.

Would you all post this already and stop picking your noses... Ive had to submit it 4 times... jeez I feel like your treating me like you treat Hillary...

I'm voting McCain. Obama is not qualified. Absolutely no foreign policy experience. Hillary was the only one who could win and the democratic party is throwing an election away again.

It is unlikely that McCain will win if he is challenged by Obama.

I suspect the poll was published to scare off Obama supporters and make them go over to Clinton.

Don't let this happen. Obama is the clear choice of the majority of Democrats, and he will be a strong candidate against the establishment Washington that McCain represents.

Go Obama!!

Who does these polls? I've never been asked my opinion on who I'm voting for and it just irks me that pollsters try to sway the vote with these "poll results".

If Hillary doesn't win, doesn't mean you should vote the other way. That doesn't make any sense at all. They have totally different issues. If McCain wins, this will be a disaster for the American people. The only thing he has any experience on is the War, period!!

Are these the same polls that had Rudy killing the republican field nationaly?

This poll comes from where?????????????? Every single individual did not get to vote in this Poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who wants WAR!!!!!!!!!! McCain. Who is too old????????????McCain. Who is dirty???? McCain. Who is a lobbist-lover?McCain. And who will lose in November?McCain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Voting for McCain is liking giving Bush/Cheney a third term. While the American people are dealing with home foreclosures and job losses, McCain is using the same scare tactics to keep us engaged in a useless war.

Don't speak too soon. He is just another undesirable choice. Not much different from last election.

This story omitted one tiny detail. The Presidential election is not decided on the basis of the popular vote. It is decided on the basis of the electoral vote, and the Democrats have a big edge in the probable electoral vote – they have the big states of California, New York, and Illinois sewed up. In fact, the election is a done deal.

The Democrats seem prone to coughing up a hairball and calling it a candidate. This year proves the rule.

For what ever reason, John McCain is not reaching Republicans like Obama is with democrats. Go look at the turnout for the primaries. even though McCain is winning his nomination, Obama is bringing out more people to vote. In truth I think McCain is one of those old time Republicans that actually still believes in cooperation amd compromise with the Dems. Unfortunately, Republicans of today are never willing to bend and regard it has weakness if someone does. They feel you are negotiating with the enemy!! Republicans really are to blame for dividing our country. McCain has no chance of success if he is fighting his own party too!!!

The news reporting on the campaign has gotten so thin that I had to watch TV news for two hours to get a few minutes of relevant comments. One commentator on Fox pointed out that Baraka Obama doesn't have a Senate record of bringing anyone together. He's voted along party lines. He suggested that the reason people believe his message is that if a minority man becomes president that proves Americans can come together. I thought that was a reasonable analysis, but discussing Hillary's personality seems to be a better story judging by the coverage last night.

The other relevant comment was a politician from Ohio who said that neither Democratic candidate had a plan for creating jobs in Ohio.

The TV commentators who are in such a rush to see Hillary get out of the campaign may want to consider that if she drops out of the race their ratings are going to drop out too. No one is going to care how Obama is doing against McCain on a day to day basis. Did the viewers tune in every night to watch John Kerry from March to November? Be careful what you wish for.

One, Hillary won't lose the nomination; two, if she has a difficult time getting the nomination, it will be because his supporters are forgetting what happened in 2000. So many people went with their feelings and not with their head; look where we are now. If it came time to have surgery or get legal advise, one would get the best qualified. Yet, people are blindly choosing inexperience and uncertainty over logic. Today you'd be hard pressed to find someone who is willing to admit they supported Bush (he didn't get elected by osmosis). I think that just like we're asking politicians to be held accountable, we should have a national register showing who you voted for so that, in the future, people can't say "hey! I didn't vote for him".

I have had three intelligent posts decrying McCain's inadequacies on the environment and our economy, which are both more important than an eternal right-wing crusade, my post get deleted by CNN so I will just keep cutting and pasting until the "moderator" lets them through......

Ex: What would McCain do about the environment?? Bush just cut EVERY protection for our environment to send MORE $$ to Iraq...

water infrastructure programs — which would drop from about $177 million in fiscal 2008 to $26 million in fiscal 2009

EPA cut again, but they are bureacratic paid-off org anyway...

State and Local Water grants for clean water: down 20%%%

Watershed Grants 17 mill to ZERO!!!!

You can't advocate fighting in Iraq or keep denying global warming if you don't have any water.....unless god will beam you up since you are one of the chosen few....after you destroy our planet....yeah, I don't think that is likely, go back and read your bible again instead of just thumping people with it....

This comes as no surprise. The democrats are busy self-destructing. This primary is not going to end well for the democrats. They have no way of making up for the Florida and Michigan fiasco. They can KISS Florida good-bye already. Too many people feel disfranchised. If Obama wins the nomination, many faithful democrats, me included, will not be able to vote in good conscious for someone we feel lacks experience all around. This was demonstrated once again in yesterday’s debate. He is an eloquent speaker, but when it comes to policy details and such, that is just not his thing. We will most likely vot4e for MacCain, as a vote for Nader would be a waste. Should, on the other hand, Hillary be the nominee, many of the young people will not vote, since their “Leader” is not on the ballot? The Dems are in a real pickle. The only way out would be a Clinton/Obama ticket (in that order). But that seems more and more unlikely. I predict Obama will be the Democratic nominee. The Republicans will attack him to no end on his inexperience. The Republicans will be in the White House for another 4 years. The Democrats will have major regrets, as they have not only past up on a very capable, intelligent women, but also, quite possibly, managed to destroy the career of a promising young politician.

Any Democrat who votes for John McCain over Obama in November should be shipped to Iraq to partake of the 10,000 year occupation they will have brought us.

Really, the fundamental feature of democracies is that they elect the leaders they deserve. If this country is idiotic enough to elect John McCain, then I'm officially finished with the political process here. You folks can dig your own graves without me trying to stop you.

in the end they both will have something in common .... that is they both got beat by the new comer.... mark my words

American, please vote the person, not the party.. MCCain has paid his dues to our country as a POW for over six years.. He has proven his loyalty and love of the USA. His heart is there for our son, daughters, husbands, wifes, moms and dads who are fighting to keep our country free.
Don't be misled, looks at all the fact at hand, not at what has been caused by all parties in the past. They are all responsible for what has taken place...

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Did anybody read the article before they gave it a headline? Look at the voter numbers from Wisconsin OBAMA wiped out everyone including McCaine by a 2-1 margin!

Of course, within the margin of error of this poll we could also see results of Obama at 47 and McCain at 39. "Hard to Beat" is a pretty misleading headline– perhaps "not easy to beat" or "a reasonably even match" would make more sense. But that wouldn't be sensationalistic enough for prime time, would it?

Clinton's high negatives are the threat to a Democratic victory. It's time for her to step down, for the good of the country, and unite the party behind the candidate that has a chance of winning over independents and perhaps even some younger Republicans. "McCain Hard for Clinton to Beat" would have been a better headline for this piece.

in this whole love-hate relationship, like in every other, the guy is let off and the girl gets all the blames ...

John McCain will get my vote if Obama is nominated by the Democratic Party.

I am a lifelong Democrat but that will end if Obama is nominated. And I believe that there will be a lot of voters just like me.

We have had 8 years of a disastrous presidency where the man had no political experience -– why would we want to go there again?

I was first an Edwards supporter, then backed Clinton as a second-choice. But I will certainly vote for Obama if he is the eventual nominee.

Anyone who supports Clinton but would vote for McCain over Obama ought to have his head examined, if it can be extracted from his butt long enough to perform the examination.

As a Hillary supporter, I am willing to vote for McCain for three reasons:

1. I'm a moderate centrist Democrat who joined the Dems when it moved to the middle under Bill Clinton. I'm not interested in a left-wing liberal candidate as the Dems seem to want to put forward. McCain is a more moderate, centrist Republican that may pull his party more to the middle.
2. While I'm a Dem, I'm an American first and I want to put forward the most qualified and experienced candidate. In choosing Obama over Clinton, Dems are not doing so. At least, he is not at this juncture in his political career.
3. Finally, it is just personal. Obama supporters that are on these blogs spew too much sexism, ageism, and feigned racism. I have too much respect for the people who are older and have made contributions to our country. I also have too much respect for women to watch the double-standard that has played out as well as overt sexism. Finally, I have too much respect for real racisim, to sign on with those who wanted to depict the Clintons as racist. I also have a deep sense of loyalty for two people who worked very hard in the 1990s to make our country and our world much better!

I may not be supporting Hillary in the primaries BUT if she steals the nomination, I'll be voting for her. McCain is a decent man but he is also more of the same when it comes to Bush.

But of course......he's the strongest Democrat of the three

Hope does not feed my family and doesn't make my house payment!!
If Obama gets the nod from the Dems then I will vote for McCain.Better the devil we know than the one we don't.

Hillary is the only one who has the strength, record, experience, wit, and overall knowledge on issues to beat McCain. McCain will mop the floor with Obama if he is the nominee. Its Hillary all the way. Open your eyes folks and see just how STRONG this woman is. The alternative to Hillary is.....we end up with another Republican President that will keep us in a war we can't win for the "next 100 years".

Everybody knows McCain is a War-lover. He wants to fight for no apparent reason. When a President back in the old days declared war, they had to fight themselves. That's what needs to happen here.
Bush and McCain needs to get their gear together and go over there in Iraq and fightsince they think this is a cause they believe in. Bush is so dum he would get lost and McCain is so old he would just croak from a heart attack. Obama is the only choice for President!! I don't care what the polls state. Obama 08.

The Democrats have better intentions than the GOP, in my opinion. Unfortunately, they are complete idiots, and we know the old saying about good intentions.

How do polls showing a tight race mean "McCain will be hard to beat"? Couldn't that just as easily run the other way - Obama will be hard to beat?

McBush will offer us a 3rd Bush term. All you Dems who would support McBush over Obama: you will regret the Supreme Court for the next 30 years !!!

If Sen.Clinton is not the democratic Nominee,then I am voting for Sen.McCain.He is the only hope left for America.

If National polling mattered President Al Gore would be wrapping up a great presidency. Instead we got the monkey.

While McCain may have an advantage in national polls, several estimates put the democrats at about 290 electoral votes right now based on state by state polling.

McCain wont be hard to beat....it's gonna be rather easy.

What cracks me up are the yo-yo's that pay attention to these polls. Is the media that bored? How can you have head to head polls when the candidates have not even debated the true issues. According to polls, weren't Al Gore and John Kerry supposed to be our presidents?
For a country that prefers to elect candidates closer to center, I would expect these results. The "invisible" man is ranked as the #1 liberal, while John McCain pulls independent and conservative democrat support. Softball questions and debates are over. Now everyone will be asked the same question and we'll find out about taxes, abortion, Iraq strategies, and all the other fun stuff.

Paul – if you are still reading, you choose McCain, then say he will probably die in the next 8 years, and then say you are choosing a candidate that can withstand the vigorous riggors of being president.

a guy that dies is clearly not "withstanding" the vigorous riggor, now are they?

what rocks do you people crawl out from under? smack the dirt out of your ears dude...might help you think more clearly.

As a democrat, I will rather vote for McCain if Obama gets the nomination.

No way a republican wins in November, Obama has more votes in the primaries than ALL of the republican candidates combined. Simply will NOT happen people..

If McCain is our next President, I'm moving out of this country! And I'm dead serious! I do not want another Bush-like administration!

This makes me laugh.

Take a look at how many Democrats are voting in this election, compared to Republicans.

Yeah.

Oh, and for any "Hillary supporters" that say they'll vote REPUBLICAN if Barack Obama is the nominee?

You should be ashamed of yourselves.

I suppose you just want more war and more poverty.

Seriously – what is WRONG with you?

To whomever signed as Answer to SPQR753:

I did my home work and I had already gone to Obama's website.

All his projects are a wishful serie of "I will do this..", "I will do that...".

Barack's problem is that all his WISH LIST is not backed up by a shred of a plan/action/policy.

If he thinks that "I will do this...." I will do that...." represents the magic wand for changing all our problems and setting up the foundations for a serios agenda he better WAKE UP, including his supporters !!!!!

Why doesn't Obama just drop out before he destroys the democratic party. He is a quiter not a fighter. We need a fighter like Hillary. He has not won a major state yet. With out a few major states you can't take the White House back from the GOP. Now that is the facts folks.

The longer the Democratic primary election last, the higher McCain's approval rating will be. Though voters are deseparate for change, they also do not enjoy protracted election battles. As an Obama supporter, I hope that he comes away with decisive victories in Texas and Ohio to put this contest to bed and he can focus on running against McCain to become the next President of the United States.

Switching HRC to McCain makes no sense. One is anti-war, the other pro-war. People should not vote frivolously but should commit themselves to whether they like war or don't like war. It's that simple. I will not vote for anyone who wants to send my sons to foreign wars.

Finally, some Hillary supporters speak out! Hillary has a PLAN FOR CHANGE - she is not "just words." I truly believe she can change this country for the better. Obama does not have the experience, plain and simple. Someday. But for now, we need someone in the White House who has experience working with Dems and Reps, who has foreign policy experience, who has a plan so that ALL Americans will have health insurance. You HAVE to be a negotiator if you are the President because change will take COMPROMISE. You cannot get into the White House and "hope" Congress will just kneel down before you and do everything your way. Obama's plan: "Yeah, what she said." Ignorance.

I support either Democratic candidate should they get the nomination. There is no way I am going to let McCain or any other right wing extremist take over this country ever again. If McCain wins, this country will be in even more chaos as well as the rest of the world. John McCain is nothing more than a George W. Bush wannabe and he deserves to lose. Let's support Hillary or Obama, unite and keep the Republicans out of office for good.

Mr. Mccain will most certainly defeat Mr. Obama...
I am Democrat and if Obama wins the Nod, I leave. I think this is how half the Democrats feel. It is unfortunate that Obama preaches what he does, yet he divided his own party.

CLINTON 2008

I can't believe Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) actually admitted that Obama has less experience than Hillary Clinton. The attitude was like... "So, What?" This is pathetic because I know as Democrats we made fun of George W. Bush for being an idiot and inexperienced, and now we're on the verge of nominating our own version.

Hey retard Dems who claim they'll vote for McCain if Obama is the nominee: Wait till McCain "bomb-bomb-bombs Iran" or John Paul Stevens keels over–he's 87–and we get another 50-something "contructivist" on the Supreme Court . Presumably all you chicks-for-Hillary will come back into the fold four years from now. By then, it'll be too late. "It's the Supreme Court, stupid."

Actually, it is unlikely that McCain will be hard to beat as he will be forever linked with failed Bush legacy and he is too old.

Barack Obama will win in November. He has run a near complete flawless campaign and the pundits, haters, Clintons, MSM do not know what to do with him. He resonates with the people. Period.

Barack will win against McCain handily in November! Republicans and Obama haters are in denial.

Obama 08'

Has any analysis been done on a state-by-state basis, weighting the projected result with the votes in the electoral college?

We found out the hard way the winning the populat vote does not mean you won the election.

The election will be won or lost in the swing states. Which Dem is strongest against McCain in those?

At least you let people with different opinions talk here.

Good start!!!!

Do not gather 3 Obama together to criticize Hilary any more.

It really is NOT what a media should do. Especially a media like CNN,.
my favorite. I canot believe it for several days!!!!!

i am a democrat if obama is the democratic choice i will be voting for john mccain and for me that will be the first time i vote republican. the reason i am voting that way is the expiereince. i can not vote for obama because of that reason. look at what happened to this country the last time the country voted for someone like that we got bush. how did that turnout? so if it is not hillary clinton i will vote for john mccain

Anyone remember when John McCain's campaign was almost out of money and it looked like he was going to drop out? Only reason he's the front runner is because of the weak competition he had. Had the previous Governor of Virgnina not make his verbal mistake, he would have been the nominee most certainly. The conservatives would have rallied around him. Too bad it didn't turn out that way. We now have to see Joe Lieberman around McCain all the time. Truth is, the the Democratic party has doubled the votes of the Republican's in the primaries. The Republican's have no fire. Especially, after eight years of this disaster of a president and his crew. Maybe Michael Bloomberg will switch back to being a Democrat again.

THIS IS THE BAD SIGN!!!!! AS I MENTIONED HERE EARLIER !!!!!

Both Obama and Hillary supporters are divided now. that is the reason why McCain got so much votes. only way to fix this is Obama/Clinton-Clinton/Obama Ticket!!!!

Just what we need, and no wonder this country is the disgrace it has become....it's not enough we've got uber-right wingnuts running the Republican party, now we're going to have Democrats voting for another 4 years of Republican rule...which should be just about enough time to completely destroy what's left of the greatness of the USA.

To all the democrats that say they will vote for McCain if he faces Obama makes me want to throw up. Do you Clinton people realize that Obama's staff is full of supporters from President Bill Clinton when he was in office? The reason they are backing Obama is because they believe in his ability to lead more than Hillary's because they were around her for 8 years! Now don't get me wrong...If Hillary gets the nomination I will vote for her, but what I will not do is vote for John McCain and put more American lives at risk in Iraq. It's time to move forward and not backwards. Support the Democratic Party whoever the nominee is!

I'm not a "Plant"; I'm a 55 year old democrat who has been registered and active for over 30 years.

Last night watching the debate, listening to Obama, I said to my Husband,

“Oh my god, I'm listening to a school boy recite the report he just wrote on "What would you do if you where President". He doesn't have a clue when it comes to Foreign Affairs.

For the sake of my Grandchildren I will be voting for McCain if I can't vote for Hillary.

The current condition of the world requires a Leader with experience, not an idealistic School Boy who will end up getting us all killed, in our own beds!

Wake up before it is tooooooo late!

democrats who claim they would vote for McCain over HIllary or Obama (depending on whoever is running against their favorite in the primary) do not deserve to call themselves democrats. Obama and Hillary have been fighting a bit lately, but their actual policy proposals differ little from each other. If you really, actually believe in what your candidate of choice stands for (instead of just their "experience", "change" or gender), you will vote democratic.

It's amazing to me how many American want to continue paying $4 a gallon for gas, receive wages which are below their cost of living and help further destabilize the middle east; This is what you'll get if you support McCain.

Also, how can McCain's approval rating be in the 60 percentile when the Country's overall disapproval of the "war" in Iraq is somewhere in the 70 percentile, seeing as how this is his primary schtick.

Amazing...

Keep in mind that the poll was conducted by calling 1246 registered voters at home and asking them their preference. The poll may be accurate, but the real issue, in my opinion, is turnout. Thus far in the primaries Democratic turnout has been 1.7 times higher overall than Republican turnout. Unless McCain can make up that difference come November by actually getting Republicans excited, he could be in trouble.

I am amazed how so many have stated that if Hillary does not get the Democratic nomination then they will vote for McCain. I also feel the same. I know many people who have said the same thing. I am a democrat, but feel that Hillary is more capable of running this country than Obama. I also feel McCain is better for this country than Obama if Hillary doesn't get the nomination. I truly believe that if Obama gets the Democratic nomination, McCain is as good as our next President. Although, that;s not as good as having Hillary, it is better than having Obama.

If the amateur wins the Democratic party, we will see Mc Cain in the White House, 100 yrs of Iraq war & continuous economic mess.

If HILLARY wins, we have a strong fight!!!!

Why are all the Dems saying they'll vote for McCain over Obama? Hillary/Obama are 95% the same thing (Iraq, econ), except his healthcare plan rips off less people, and he's actually electable and has a personality.

Hillary is disliked by half the country, literally - that's not going to change in four years, either. And McCain is the POLAR OPPOSITE of Clinton policy-wise. What are you people talking about?

One thing I really don't understand is that
A: 2/3 of Americans want to end the war.
B: McCain has "huge advantage" over Obama on the Iraq issue.

Those two cannot coincide. If you WANT OUT, then Obama is your man. If you think we SHOULD STILL be there, McCain is your pick.

To all you Obama bashers.

Hillary even admits that Obama would be a better president than McCain... or are ya'll part of the "uneducated" constituency that loves her so much.

Flip flopping parties just because your candidate didn't win? Doesn't sound very well thought out.

Voting for McCain would be just like voting for Bush.

Do people really have that much problem with a non-caucasian in the white house?

My question is who will we blame for all the wrongs of the world if McCain is President, Bush or McCain? I have spent the last 8 years blaming Bush and I don't know if I can handle the change. If my main man Obama wins then I can go on blaming Bush for any problems that happen as well as shoot down any Obama detractors by calling them racists.

Please vote for Obama!

I'm a Republican that will support Obama. McCain is a lifelong polticican and never held a job in the private sector. John was involved in the 1980's S@L bailout that cost billions. McCain is a warmounger and has no issue with borrowing 100 million per week from communist China to nationbuild throught the world. If you want contniued DEBT for your children and WAR WAR WAR. Vote John

I'm a Republican. I have voted Republican for 20 years. But this election, I will vote for Obama. But if Hillary is the candidate, I will vote for whatever schmuck the Republicans come up with.

I WILL NOT SUPPORT ANOTHER CLINTON WHITE HOUSE.

And there are many like me. The biggest thing Obama has going for him is that he is not a Clinton.

If she's the nominee, Republicans, Independents and yes, even some Democrats, will come out of the woodwork to vote against her.

Obama is the uniter. Hillary is the divider. The best shot Democrats have at winning the White House is Obama.

McCain–they will eat him alive...he's too much like them...and I am not talking conservative.

I vote Huckabee the ONLY true conservative.

If Clinton does not get the nomination for my party, I will vote McCain. I don' t think that the democratic party has even asked that question yet.

Well McCain would be a good second choice after Obama. If Hillary would win (which she wont), for the first time I would vote for a Republican.

This poll must be off by a bunch of points. Pretty unbelievable that so many people are dumb and uneducated enough to vote for McCain. The old geezer doesn't stand a chance.

What is the poll result here in this forum? Hilary 90% lead ?

When CNN posts all the comments, we can see what is very different from the article itself.

Tell truth, let people talk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you really think anyone with a brain believes we would elect another 4 years of Bush-lite? Any REAL democrat that votes for McCain because there poor wittle egos are bruised beacuse their unqualified – strong (?) , experienced (?) – woman candidate did not win the nomination deserves to be enlisted to go fight all his battles in the Middle East and then be sure to sign up their children to fight all the endless wars. Cowards! Oh no! That's right! Your're the real patriots! Have a soul and realize what exactly you are promoting spolied sports. If you really loved your country, you'd wake up and realize how reviled we are across the world! Idiots!

Its funny to hear all the Clinton supporters saying they will never vote for Obama when all records indicate that the two share values, voting histories and differ on only about 5% of the issues. If you are so willing to jump to McCain, I suspect you weren't really voting for Hillary on the issues after all...ditto for Obama supporters who wouldn't vote for Hillary. Both sides should be ashamed for abandoning any chance of health care, NAFTA reform or ending the war in Iraq just out of spite.

I am amazed by the change of tide, and happy to see people posted with their minds nor their hype. Hillary is our only hope to overcome our country econmic problem. Hope she win the primary.
Or I will go with MCcain, just can't gamble my future with a 2-year-old rookie.

Bush / GOP have about ruined this country... only a moron would vote GOP in 2008

CNN will not post any pro-Hillary R. Clinton from Canada because I support Clinton, my comments are often deleted.

And yet I have read many, many comments favorable to Obama from Canada that get printed.

CNN, the world is watching your bias and manipulation of the news.

SHAME ON YOU CNN! You have lost credibility in the International viewers from Britian, Canada, China and most part of Europe that would like to deal with a President Hillary R. Clinton as oppose to Obama. SHAME ON YOU CNN. But this won't be posted so this will be between you and me.

CNN stop over moderating my entries, post them once in while

Darth Vadik,
I am a registered Democrat who because of people like you and your inflammatory comments have decided to vote for McCain if Obama is the candidate.

Since my constitutional rights were breached when Florida moved the primary I will make sure that my vote is counted in November. Again, since the party was not mature and wise enough to agree to disagree without being cruel and vindictive I think it is time to change my affiliation.

I left High School a long time ago.

What a bunch of non-sense. – "If Obama gets the nomination, I'm voting for McCain..." What a bunch of disillusioned and brainless mumbo jumbo. In one sentence these people are complaining about the Bush Administration and their lies, then they turn around and say they are going to vote for a man who's flip-flopped and adopted everything this Administration has stood for. Makes me sick to my stomach.

Considering the source of this poll I would give it next to no chance of being accurate. If McCain by some outlandish chance would end up as President this country is finished for sure and the people who vote for him will deserve it.

Obama = Political Suicide = Michael Dukakis

Obama's popularity is a total justification for raising the voting age to 21 and requiring an IQ test. Only the young and the ignorant are persuaded by such generalized rhetoric. As you grow older and wiser you understand the devil is always in the details. Hitler and Stalin made great speeches too!

This just says that the rest of the US voters don't believe in Senator Obama either! If Senator Obama gets the nod, McCain will for sure take the White House!

um is it just me or do the republicans actually think americans might want another disaster (i mean republican president) after bush???
its btwn obama and hilary and after next tues it will be obama and himself

When experience makes you underestimate opponents, makes you not"see" the overriding issues, makes you struggle in a campaign that was handed to you for which you prepared a whole year in advance, makes you choose a wrong advisory team, makes you resort to hit and miss tactics, and then makes you say that you are ready on day one to lead a nation, then I believe we are not talking about "learning experience". Poor planning, strategies and tactics . are the very attributes a commander in chief can ill afford. Please be a good neighbour and give us Obama. We will sleep easier.

Give me a break! John McCain is George Bush! and we all know what a mess he has made. if he is elected – it is the end of this country!

Why do you, CNN, rarely post my comments...for this article it was, "GOD HELP US ALL." And that didn't get to go up...4 words. Is it because GOD is one of them?? Do I need to say something a little wittier...how about, "RON PAUL IS THE ONLY HOPE." Will you censor that too, because I named a candidate that isn't a part of your money hype?

The only censoring you should be doing, CNN...or, the poor soul who has to read this all day...is censoring comments laced with profanities. This is a small proof that we truly are no longer a free society...it's trickled down to commenting on a news website. How sad. How sad it is...

I AM A CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE. An adulterer like McCain will never be president! Go bail another trophy wife out of drug charges Mr. McCain.

Go HUCKABEE!!!

For all of these so called "Democrats" that are writing that they would rather vote for McCain than Obama, I say Bull. You're not Democrats – no real democrat would EVER vote for McCain over ANY other candidate. Who in their right mind wants 4 more years of the same thing? I think these comments are plants – republicons writing in as democrats. Typical liars of their party!

Just in...John Lewis endorses Barack Obama!!!!!!!!!

(reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution)

I will not vote for Obama under any circumstances! A man who has NO experience, refuses to recognize the American Flag, say's one thing and does another, bought his house for 300,000 less then market value, had slum lord Rezko buy the parcell of land next door so he could buy the house, attends a church where the founder and leader say's horrible things about jews and white people, "whites are the skunks of the earth," when confronted about changing his vote he say's, "I must have pushed the wrong button," admitted in 2004 he didn't know how he would have voted for Iraq war had he been in the senate but nails Hillary every time for her vote, and thinks my soul needs to be fixed.

McCain looks great compared to Obama! I can live through 4 more years of a republican if my only other option is Obama.

Under no circumstance will I vote for Obama!!!

Hillary supporters have made it very clear that they care about themselves more than they care about the country. How on earth ANYONE who supports Hillary would make a complete right turn and vote for McCain is beyond me. It tells me that they are not true Democrats. As a Democrat, I'll vote for whoever is the party's nominee, period! It is not up for debate – but I guess true Hillary supporters are not true Democrats, or they're Repugs in disgused as Dems which means you're all full of you know what.

I remember a Clinton that wasn't supposed to win against a very conservative Bush in 1992

this poll is hard to believe. people who think McCain will beat Obama are delusional. No republican could win in November after 8 years of Bushs' policies and war. it will be like in1976 all over again after the watergate burglery.
Obama is the future, and the future is now!

We will see come november. Hillary supporters seem to be quitting.

For me very simple:

1) Obama vs. McCain - I vote for Obama

2) Clinton vs. McCain - I vote for McCain

Please, NO MORE CLINTONS.

Hey Ed, ya' wanna bet?

Kathryn Irby
Metairie, LA

If Obama is the Democratic nominee, then McCain has my vote!!!!

I do not like, nor trust Obama

Sorry leftists, McCain will be our next president. You'll have to wait till the 2012 election to ruin the country that gave you your freedom. Obama has already surrender Florida to McCain with his remarks about Cuba.

americans can't stand another republican. we're tired of em.

Back when John Edwards was still running (who I still wish was still in the running for the nominee), I swore up and down that I wouldn't vote for any other Dem.

After he left the race, I eventually cooled down and realized either of the other two Dems were a far more supportable than somebody who is clearly getting set up to be a puppet for a third Bush/Cheney term.

That said, I'll really have to hold my nose and take anti-vomit pills to vote for Clinton. But I will. If it shuts out McCain.

I bet a lot of people who swear they will swing their vote over to McCain over Obama/Clinton should that person win, will also come back to reality.

I am looking for the RealClearPolitics pool avarage and Obama is still leading Mccain in general election. This average include pools that have been release today. So I don't really understand why this specific pool is more accurate then the others (can CNN explain us ?)
another pool have been published today (reasearch2000) showing obama with a lead of 6 points over mccain
Why do you think LA time/Bloomberg pool is more accurate then Research2000 one ?

Only job McCain is qualified for is driving one of his wife's beer trucks.

Can't anyone here see what is going on? They are all the same! Any one of them will take us down the same path and put this country further behind. Wake up! Look beyond the bs. It just shows that the educational system in America is getting worse.

To "hsl":

I know that Barack Obama is crying in his beer because you "won't vote" for him!!! LOL!!! He doesn't need your ignorant vote!

Kathryn Irby
Metairie, LA

People should realize that regardless of how much Obama and Clinton try to emphasize differences in their views, they are both Democrats at the end of the day and really there are not that many differences. Supporters of either Obama or Hilary that are so willing to suddenly back McCain if their candidate doesn't the nomination suggest to the world that they were not supporting their candidate for the right reasons in the first place.

To all democrats who would vote McCain should Obama be the nominee:

1) I still am of the opinion that Obama is nothing more than a bumper sticker.

2) To vote for McCain in order NOT to vote for OBAMA is like the man who evirated himself to spite his wife: NOT TOO SMART!!!!!!!!

3) Nobody needs another version of G.W Bush !!!

Indie in Iowa, you are exactly right...that is how Obama has won all those republican states. They are crossing over to keep Hillary out.

Obama will never beat McCain!!!

2 Ray – NJ – if you are threatening to vote for a Republican if your candidate doesn't get nominated, you deserve to be "degraded" as you put it. You don't really care about healthcare, you couldn't care less about Iraq, and you are wliing to give tax-cuts to the rich. Just curoius: didn't you vote for Bush in 2000 and 2004?

There is no way that I would ever vote for Obama! I don't trust him or his rhetoric - never have and never will - I really feel sorry for those who are being led down his path...
So, Hillary had my vote, but if Obama wins the Dem nomination, my family will be voting for MCCAIN!!!
I can only think what will happen to the America we all love if Obama is our next President...

of course I will vote for Obama. All my friends are supporting Hillary. If she loses in the primary, we will turn to MaCain. Anyone but Obama.

Go Hillary!

Im from Arizona let me inform you, if you make under 100,000 a year you need a reality check, do not vote for McCain, he cares nothing about your financial future and the future of your children, he has done nothing for Arizona but secure his future and that of his "friends." Don't judge the man for what happened to him 40 years ago but what he stands for today.

LOOK at you Hillary-ites.... spewed such hatred for so long now, that you would rather see a third bush term than put a tru progressive in office.... yeah... way to go.. Keep your petty biases above what's best for the country.

sad and pathetic.

I believe you will see more people from the democrats party going to the republican party if Obama gets the nomination for the democrats. I do not think it will be like that if Hillary wins. I believe the press made Obama the front runner in this race and only trashed Hillary on everything they could come up with weather it was true or not. The press for sure has been one sided right from the start.

I believe it. if Hillary loses the nomination Ive heard a lot of her supporters including 2 in my family that will vote for McCain. Obama's way to left and they dont like the minute amount of experience he has. I welcome them to the McCain side.

TO THOSE THAT CLAIM TO VOTE MCCAIN IF OBAMA IS THE NOMINEE:

Why? Seriously... think about that. Obama and Clinton are almost identical on every issue. They BOTH know what they're talking about. What does experience matter if McCain's experience will lead us in a completely OPPOSITE direction from Hillary?

If issues matter to you, you should vote for either Democrat that wins. If you don't mind having a third term for Bush politics... then sure... vote for McCain.

Your weak favoritism is disgusting.

For all of you Democrats who believe the high turnout in the Democratic primaries means your guy is looking good for the general, please keep in mind the same was true in '84 for Dukakas/Hart and we all know how that ended up.

Obama would be 4 more years of stupidity....same as George Bush!!!

Frankly, I am not thrilled by any of the three major contenders. However... after 8 years of watching my beloved America go down the toilet under bush/republican "leadership", I intend to vote Democratic NO MATTER WHO THE NOMINEE IS.

What a lying piece of trash this poll is? Let's see, 70% of the US is against the war and the warmonger is the top choice? Yeah right, tell us some more BS CNN.

This guy is more warmongering filth that will drag us down the toilet as Bush as done.

I don't believe McCain will be hard to beat at all, if Obama is the Nominee, on the other hand, if Clinton is the nominee, Its very possible for her to be beat by McCain, since she comes with so much Baggage. My Vote has been and will remain with Obama.

OBAMA 08.

I agree with Gina's comments – many of Hillary's supporters understand that our country cannot afford an inexperienced candidate as commander in chief. While I am impressed with the way Obama touts bringing together all facets of the political divide, his record indicates he has not taken any difficult positions. Hillary and McCain both have worked very hard to bring the various and sometimes polar opposite positions of congress to work together to accomplish something. I for one could never vote for Obama not because I don't think he appears to have really great speaking skills and some good ideas but because I happen to be from the "Show Me State". Hillary and McCain have shown me what they can do.

Thanks Vicky!! More needs to get out about Michelle Obama...she's got a lot in her closet that needs to be checked into. I have a friend in Chicago who says she is bossy, loud and arrogant.

I will not vote for Obama either, he's arrogant to think Hillary supporters would support him if she doesn't win the nomination.

My vote will be for McCain

I am a Hillary supporter; if Obama wins the nominee I will be voting for McCain, this country has no time for a rookie to lead this great nation,
Do you really think Obama can win if Clinton supports vote for McCain
You do the math republican votes plus Clinton supports votes equal No more Obama. I will take experience over hope any day.

You better go ahead with that.

What a lying piece of trash this poll is? Let's see, 70% of the US is against the war and the warmonger is the top choice? Yeah right, tell us some more BS CNN.

This guy is more warmongering filth that will drag us down the toilet as Bush as done.

How Can you Preface

MCCAIN'S HARD TO BEAT..

and the "polls" show him being beat by Obama??

Clinton just galvenizes republicans and independats against her. And democrats don't like the way she gender divides them. Too much division in her.

Could it be that the network and poll 'reports' are to influence the advertising dollar of the campaign's ?

Nah, they wouldn't stoop that low. Wait, on the other hand ....

Why is it with Hillary it's always fight this fight that .. isn't there another way to do business??

This headline is crazy. I read it and thought McCain would be in the lead. It should say Obama-McCain in a dead heat.

I am sure that McCain supporters would not like it if a poll showing them tied said, "Poll: Obama Hard to Beat."

Yup. I prefer Hillary but if Obama wins, I'm voting for McCain.

I am a Deocrat that will not vote for Obama. He does not have any experience. Obama can not stand on his own 2 feet, all he does is copy everything off Hillary and said he didn't vote on the Iraq war, He wasn't there and then he says if he was there he don't know how he would have voted. Obama is full of BULL.

Obviously this is a poll for wimps, since CNN will not post anything that is of a derogatory nature against the current administration, therefore eliminating freedom of speech to those that have views are consistent with those of CNN. Obama does offer hope for our country, and if he is elected we will once again be in a position to truthfully, (without tongue in cheek) to say we are proud of our country. Democrats that would vote for McCain, just because Obama is the nominee are cutting off their noses to spite their faces, but that's okay, go for it, and you will certainly deserve the results if McCain, who is a Bush Buddy wanna be is elected.

I think this comment lists demonstrates exactly why this poll is misleading. Right now, there are lots of emotionally distraught democrats who are claiming "if my guy/gal doesn't win, I'll vote for McCain!" If you're voting on policy, that's absurd. If you're voting on experience, then you wouldn't be supporting either Barack or Hillary, you'd be supporting Richardson or Biden (by the way, Barack has spent more time in elected office than Hillary has). Once the dust settles, the angry democrats will come to their senses and support the better candidate and John McCain will lose to either Clinton or Obama.

I come from the future and Hillary won. There's no need to worry now that you know.

I am right there with you Jacob! It is a shame that fellow "whipocrats" will change their own party and vote for McCain if an Afro-American wins the democratice nomination. Seems this country is still beholden to it's racist roots!

For every bit Obama makes me hope about the possibility of an educated political base in this country, the CNN commenters strip it away, inch by inch.

Please stay home whiners! We don't need your senseless vote anyway.

How childish does the following quote sound?

"I'm a lifelong democrat who will vote republican for the first time in my life if Hillary is not the nominee."

I think some of the Hillary supporters are pouting like 5-year olds. They would rather vote for more wars, tax cuts for the rich, less freedom, no subsidized health care, and a continuiation of Bush's failed policies just to prove how angry they are that Hillary didn't win.

NO ONE CAN ARGUE THAT THIS WAY OF THINKING MAKES SENSE.

I commend the author of this article for his accurate portrayal of a poll, which is extremely rare in the media. A statistical tie is important, and it makes no sense for reporters to extol a candidate being one or two points ahead in a poll, when in reality that means absolutely nothing. It means they are tied. And I appreciate this author recognizing that and correctly portraying that in this article. I hope other writers take a page from his book and report similarly (aka accurately)

McCain is ahead because all those Republicans that supported Obama in the primaries are now voting for McCain. The turn out was not for the democratic party, but the ABC (anybody but Clinton) party. If they could make sure she didn't even make it to the general, well then more power to them.

Senator Hilllary Rodham Clinton first!
I will not vote for Barack Hussein Obama.

Senator McCain may very well be the next President!

There aren't enough women in the country to make her majesty the president. Republican women can't stand her cest le vie Hillary!!!!

Wait till the first debate...McCain will have to crawl under a rock when either Clinton or Obama gets finished with him.

Well OK...maybe he will just fall asleep!

Whomever wrote the headline obviously did not bother to read the article. According to the article, Obama and McCain are tied (within the margin of error) on both who would win and who people approved of more. There is NOTHING in the article that would lead a sane person to conclude that McCain would be "hard to beat".

Go Hillary Rodham Clinton!!! She has a stronger ability in her arsenal to beat McCain far better than Obama. We need President Clinton!

Ii'm an Independent, and have been supporting Hillary. However, if she doesn't win the democratic primary as nominee, THEN IT IS JOHN McCAIN all the way for me. My entire family feels this way and will vote for McCain in November. NO WAY we're going to vote to give the keys to the white house to Obama. So, all you Obama wannabee's, including the biased press, can get over it. McCain is so much more experienced and just right for the country vs. Obama, you could write a book about it.

The beef is on his website: stop regurgitating the same empty phrase ("Where's the beef?") and do your homework!

McCain should go into retirement.

This is the Clintons doing. They hope Obama loses to McCain so Hillary can come back in 2012 and get the nomination. They are dirtying him up so he loses to McCain. Simple. She can't win, it is mathematically impossible at this point. THAT is their goal. Watch.

I am registered democrat. My vote is going to be for Hillary.
If Hillary does not get nomination, then I will vote for Mccain.

It does not matter whether the Democratic nominee is Clinton or Obama. McCain would beat either one.

Obama gets nod its McCain's election to lose. Clinton gets nod, its a even race.

Just read these comments by Obama supporters. You think I want to be side by side with people who degrade Hillary or her supporters like you guys are doing? We are upset. You guys just don't get it. We are not blinded by Obama and his spell he has on you. I want someone with EXPERIENCE, Not a hope!

McCain will lose. No Country For Old men.

That's a joke! George W. Bush must have made that stupid comment! John McCain may as well "hang it up" as far as every becoming President of the United States!

Kathryn Irby

when McCain talks its 'straight talk express' and Hillary does the same, its 'rude, arrogant, egoistic' ... The media is fully of junk heads. Guys like Jack Cafferty and Gloria Borger really make no sense. and when they give their analysis, they voice their opinion rather than the analysis of the facts.

CNN if you dont do something about your political analysts, you shall no longer be the "best political team on telivision" period

McCain is the past, Democrats are the future.

Reject and denounce have two different definitions. Reject is not even a synonym for denounce. Obama was wrong.

In another poll, just out, Obama leads McCain 49 to 42%, while Clinton and McCain are tied at 46% each. Too early to be very informative, but in most recent polls, Obama beats McCain, Clinton doesn't.

Then the poll is saying the majority of citizens are for staying in Iraq and blowing our economy to hell.

Not what I hear and see in everyday life.

Joe go to New York Times article yesterday by William Kristol. She said these things at a rally in Wisconsin.

These national polls are meaningless. Our president is not elected by national popular vote. What are the match ups looking like in individual states, including the swing states of Ohio, FL, MO, CO and NM?

I'm an African American supporting Hillary Clinton 100! However, if she is not the nominee, I will stay home and not vote at all. I've always said if I had to vote for a republican it would be John McCain, but after his wanting to continue the war hype I've changed my mind about him also. It's Hillary or nobody!

With no disrespect to Senator McCain, this election is about America's past (for which Senator McCain is the poster boy) or America's future (which Senator Obama is getting so many Americans to believe in). I hate to say it, but it is a little bit like the Reagan promise in 1980 (are our best days behind us or ahead of us?). Despite his past service, I don't think anybody believes McCain has a vision of what this country will need to be 20 years in the future ... and that is what we need in our next President.

Those posts that are "threatening" to vote for McCain "if Obama gets nominated" are so obviously fake!! If you read carefully, you can even see that a lot of them were written by the same – *sigh* not very well educated – person. Of course such lame attempts will have zero effect on the nomination results (Clinton is so done!), but it surely tells us something about "hard-core Hillary fans"... Sad and pathetic…

To all OBAMA's supporters:

WHERE IS THE BEEF??????

and to you who say if Obama wins the nomination you will vote for McCain, how much is Hillary paying you to blog here.

Get out of here.

If the Republicans would have kept out of the Democratic primary, Hillary would have been the nominee against McCain. Because the Republicans screwed up our nominee we have the possibility of having Obama. I can't stand Obama so I would have to vote for McCain. Go Hillary! Save America! We need You!

Honestly anyone that would go from Hillary to McCain have to be a republican. He stands for everything Hillary does not. Its mind boggling. YOU WONT GET HEALTH CARE WITH MCCAIN...WE WILL BE IN IRAQ fro 100 years.....HE WANTS TAX BREAKS FOR COOPERATIONS permament. He is just Bush Jr, running. You think the country is messed up now?

Those who are so mad that will vote for McCain are really putting there vendetta against Obama hgher then there values and goals in life. Name one thing that will benifit you from the McCain?

Of course the 10 people that post here about Clinton are probably Republicans wanting to face her.

WOW look at all these Clinton supporters. Ya'll just a bunch of cry babies just like her. I'm a demo and I support Obama and if he lose the primary election to clinton, I would vote for clinton over mccain in the general. even though i don't like her but i want the demo 2 take back the white house.

Ha ha, most Americans are tolerant of views that differ from their own. For this reason the closed-minded, hateful, and dishonest left has no chance at winning the presidency.

Just read the comments from those on the left and those on the right. The libs are completely controlled by emotional hate and anger. You never see a lib making their case with facts, it is always foaming at the mouth emotional hate-based rhetoric. It is why you can disagree with a Republican and still have a friend, but disagree with a Democrat and they will hate you for life. Even Obama libs Vs. Clinton libs hate each other, just look at the story of those two brothers, this is the American lib in 2008.

This Democrat will vote for McCain if Obama is the party's nominee. I can sleep well casting this vote!

I do not understand the so-called advantage McCain has in discussing the war in Iraq. Just because years ago he was a soldier and prisoner of war??????? So what that does not make him an expert on war anymore than any other soldier or lay person. The war he fought is long over.
What about the economy, what about education, health and the needs of the American people he never discusses anything except the war, which he wants us to remain in for years to come. Not who I want for my President.
Go Obama

more proof that Hilliary is great as a divisive despot, her loyal subjects are running to the other side in order only to hurt her current opponent, a little telling of her "abilities" as a ruler. And you want her to represent our country?

Oh and to all you Obama supporters who say Dems are wacko for considering switching parties if Hillary's not the nominee... Didn't your beloved First Lady-wannabe make the comment she doesn't even know that she would support the Dem nominee if it's not Barack?? Ha.

JJ,

>>Mcain is speaking of "other wars" and 10,000 years in Iraq! How can any sane democrat support this?

I am a Democrat, but what McCain is saying is that his policy will be based on what progress he sees or does not see on the ground, as opposed to "immediate withdrawal". I really don't think that's such a winning argument for the Dems in the general election. McCain is going to say George Bush's execution of the war was a disaster but that his surge strategy was a success, and he should be allowed to finish out the war.

-Mike

Of course that's what the "polls" show. How else are you going to believe that the election is not rigged? Did you forget that not too long ago Guilliani was leading the polls?

I also see that the Federal Reserve is now concerned about inflation in addition to the recession. Way to not support the one person willing to actually tackle the issue.

It's never going to be easy to beat a war mongering Republican who will tell the uneducated that we are all going to be attacked relentlessly by terrorists if we don't put a "tough" ex-POW in office.

Let's not forget yesterday's poll, however, which has Obama beating McCain by 12 points.

Still, this is more a sign than ever that Hillary MUST GET OUT. She's busy tearing down Obama while McCain is sitting pretty and unscathed.

honestly, I do not want in the White House a person such as Obama , someone who we all be afraid to criticize him afraid to be called racists. I want some one who takes responsibility for his decision and I want to feel freee to question a President and not to be afraid to open my mouth. does by I care very much for Hillary Clinton and not for Obama.

I'm not voting for McCain. it's either Clinton or nobody

Its not about the polls, its about the turnout...

...and the way its going doesn't look like McCain will win more than 3 states...

...but a good try CNN.

To the NNB family. Thanks for nothing!

Clinton is the right candidate against McCain. There are somany issues with Obama. Farrakhan issue, Middle Name issue, Somalian Dress Issue, Universal healthcare issue, Experience issue, etc.. etc...

Clinton wins the democratic nomination, then McCain is the next President. Obama wins, then he is the next President. There are too many independents like me, as well as many republicans, who will not vote for Hillary, no matter what. I will vote for Obama, however.

Ya think? I have voted Democrat for many years and would never vote for Prince Ditto of Happy Hope-y Land.

It is appalling to me that Obama supporters think we need to be good little Democrats and fall in line behind some bore with no integrity.

No one has been paying attention to how well McCain has consistently done in the polls.

I'm a Democrat.... McCain is nothing like Bush. If you think so, you've been blinded by the 'light.'

Clinton did not land a knock out punch. Obama was more presidential. It's time to rally the throops and end this mess. While I believe their is definately racism and sexism in the back-drop it still remains Clinton was on all level out organized. Let's stop the fighting, unite and take the White House!

We need change our simple,

We need change our naiive,

We need change our unfaireness,

we need change our untruth

-- Yes , we need change

-- Yes, we can.

Fed chief is right now saying he is extremely worried about inflation=bad economy........watch grandpa mc. come out and say the economy is excellent the same way he says that iraq has never been safer as it is now........well, vote for this man and you´ll see what you get.....being a prisoner of war makes him an expert ???
As for all of those low life democrats who WILL VOTE for mc century you are just trash and traitors.

How Can you Preface

MCCAIN'S HARD TO BEAT..

and the "polls" show him being beat by Obama??

McCain hard to beat??? How about McCain, hard to stay awake!

Vicky, I didn't hear Michelle Obama's comment. Where can I find that? That woman is a piece of work. I can't believe the media does not go after her as much as they go after any little thing Bill Clinton says.

Now this new poll shows that Clinton is the better candidate against McCain. So far CNN poll was shoing Obama was better candidate. I think this new poll is correct. Obama can't stand aginst a white republican moderate candidate like McCain. What Bill Schneider is going to say for this? He keeps supporting Obama and keep blogging about Obama.

Every divisive comment on these posts, beginning with the very first one, helps McCain in the general election. Both Clinton and Obama supporters who have become rude in their overzealous support of their candidate need to stop it now or they will be responsible for the 100 years war to come. Don't point fingers. Grow up and get together. For people whose candidates agree on every posistion (their plans are different-positions are not) you sure are disagreeable with eachother. Take responsibilty for your insulting remarks and put a stop to them.

Any democrat who is voting for Obama or Clinton, I dont see how you can say you would vote for Mcain if either one does not get the nomination. I am for Obama but it is a shame to hear people say that "if Clinton gets the nomination I am voting for Mcain" or the other way around. The main issue is Iraq! Mcain is speaking of "other wars" and 10,000 years in Iraq! How can any sane democrat support this? Do you realize what you are saying? We do not need another 4 or 8 years of this crap! Mcain is an older version of George Bush himself! Talk about Farrackhan supporting Obama.... I think Bush's endorsment of Mcain is even worse.

Ya ya! Some here will be sore losers because their candidate from the Democratic Party side does not get the nomination. You want to vote McCain? Go ahead that is your choice....

At this time Hillary and Barack are still fighting for the nomination while McCain is not fighting with anyone. It is only natural for McCain to seem better. It does not mean McCain is better. Just wait and see….

Considering the world today, we cannot have a "trainee" in the white house, its either hillary or McCain, Obama would be an excellent Vice President. Go hillary! if not Hillary then McCain.

hey you can say all ypu want to about McCAIN AND OBAMA being ahead of CLiNTON But she is ten times better for America than OBAMA OR McCAIN if you want for america four more years of the same then dont vote for ( HiLLERY CLiNTON ) 08

The only true American, the only one who has always supported the U.S. Constitution, is Ron Paul.

The only chance the Democrats have over McCain is on the economy. On that issue, Clinton wins.

Obama versus McCain on foreign policy is a losing argument for Dems. Maybe not in the primaries, but in the general election it surely is a loser.

to all the NUTS DEMOCRATS:
my friends and I care very much for this country if does mean we have to change Parties, so be It.. We prefer as a President some one like Hilary Clinton, a strong, experienced and capableperson, if she goes then our votes goes for John McCain. Period.

How about you side switchers just stay home on election day!!!

If Obama wins the nomination, my vote is McCain.
Lets see the debates for the general election. The word "change" is going to be translated as "empty promises".
By the way this goes on the account of bias media including CNN...

HELLO! Check your facts!
McCain will be 72 yrs old by Nov. 2008 -
and age 76 if he finishes out his first term!

Can somebody tell HRC, please quit before she drags everybody into a black hole? Stop negative campaign, for God's sake.

I'm yet another Hillary supporter who will switch and vote McCain if Obama is the Democratic nominee. Oh, and Sarah L., it's NOT because of the division in the party caused by the bickering between Hillary and Obama... it's because of the lack of experience Obama possesses, and the strut he seems to have acquired. The media is to blame for some of that, as well as making some of us sick to our stomachs of this cult-like following. Voters need to wake up and be responsible for their actions. The fate of our country is on the line. HILLARY '08

This is a bizarre poll. AP-Ipsos had it 51 Obama vs. 41 McCain. Even Fox had it 47 Obama vs. 42 McCain. Both as of this week. RCP Average of 6 National Polls has it 47 Obama vs 43 McCain. All were outside the margin of error. Why is the Times/Bloomberg so off the mark? Is Mike Bloomberg trying to paint things as a toss-up, so he can run? I sure wish CNN would vet these polls and put them in context before regurgitating the results.

"I LOVE IT!"

Every Republican POSER is posting on this story saying "I'm a Democrat and I'll vote for McCain if my Democratic candidate doesn't get the nomination."

POSERS!

I'm taking names. Meet me outside at lunch time

The Democrats are weak against terrorism.
They do not believe in the war in Iraq.
They want to cut and run.

America has been in Japan and Germany for over 60 years since WW2.
100 years in Iraq is realistic.

McCain 08.

It makes me sad that democrats are willing to give up their beliefs if Clinton is not the nominee. How could any dem vote for a mini-Bush? SERIOUSLY PEOPLE!?!?! I don't understand one bit. Luckily I don't have to worry about it too much... President Obama is what we will be calling him soon!

CHANGE 08!

Most likely the race is going to be McCain against Obama. I like Obama's personality, he is great at energizing crowds behind him. But I don't think a lot of Obama supporters are really looking at the issues. To think that someone could walk into the presidency and all of the sudden everything is magically fixed is ridiculous. I don't see how electing Obama is going to change anything. Actually I think his stances on the issues will make everything worse!

How in the world can anyone say McCain is a "continuation" of Bush? Give me a break. McCain has fought with Bush on a host of issues.

I thought McCain was the sort of Republican Democrats could like? I guess that was true - until he became the Republican nominee. Now he's, what, evil? That is laughable.

The fact is there's a lot of contrast between Bush and McCain, and everyone knows it.

PLEASE don't vote on the basis of an emotional response. Look at each candidate's record. Forget all of the hype and BS. It's politics! And as to news reports, the media needs conflict to keep their ratings up. This is too important to rely on what the pundits say.

This Democrat will be voting for McCain if, and ONLY IF, Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee... Obama is too far left, out of touch with reality, and simply an unsuitable candidate for our country at this time. Hillary is the more moderate choice, whose positions on key issues of education, health care, the war, and many others are more in line with the majority of Democrats. It baffles me that someone whose on the fringe, like Obama, has managed to shore up so much support.

Nice to hear the Poor losers......"If Hillary loses then I vote for McCain". Enjoy having your children and Grandkids in Iraq for the next 100 years. Dolts!

Barak is soft on national security he will surrender to our enemy I know John and Hillary will not we can't take this risk.

McCain IS NOT another Bush. He actually crosses party lines on a few things, and is not afraid to challenge Republicans. THAT'S what we need in office - someone semi-conservative who can and WILL challenge the far right conservatives. More will get done this way. Trust me.

And I'm glad he wants to go the distance in Iraq. He doesn't just want to cut and run. We broke it, we need to fix it.

If "Obama" was a 100% White (He is only 50 % Now ) , with his ablilities he would have already won the democratic race hands down by now , Mc Cain would not even have 80 – 20 chance to win the election as per the Polls

I Think Obama is the Best Candidate , Hillary Second and Mc Cain Third .

I Really feel bad seeing all this comments , How can people even think that way , They dont Love America , People still look at an Eye of skin, Race & Religion

I would like to point at that in the 2004 primary both Edwards and Kerry beat Bush in the POLLs. So all of those who Obama supporters who think he is sure thing better think again. I am a democrat who does not foresee voting for him and I vote in every election, so....

Its a bunch of Hillary supporters making comments with the hope of scaring people to vote her. Try again!!! If you truly support Hillary and her vision, you will not vote McCain in November if she does not win the nominee because when it comes down to it, Hillary and Obama are Xerox copies of each other.

It's definitely funny to see the people who say they are Democrats but will vote for McCain – they all talk about how they watch Fox News for their "objective" coverage.

Sorry, but that's like a wolf saying he's a sheep while chewing on some lamb chops.

If there are any REAL democrats on this blog that are saying they will vote for Mccain if Hilary doesn't win are being very childish. I want you to go back on the blog and list all the wonderful things that McCain stands for that makes you want to vote for him. Tell me, do you like being in a war, do you want the rich to keep getting a tax break, do you want your jobs to continue to go abroad, do you want your house taken away from you?

If the answer to all these questions i yes... then go ahead and vote for McCain. if the answer is no then stop acting so childish.

This is not a true account and essentially a meaningless statisitic. McCain does not have an opponent.

Suspicious sampling strategy they must have used. Just a week ago I read a few reputable polls showing Obama heads up with McCain 6-8 points ahead. What happened to cause a 8-10 point turn around?

These polls are incorrect. Don't trust them. If you're a Dem and your candidate doesn't win the primary, don't vote for McCain out of spite, that's perhaps the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. If you must protest your candidate not winning (Whinary supporters) then vote for Nader or write in the losing (Hillary) Dem nominee. If you vote for McCain you can no longer call yourself a Democrat.

If Obama gets nominated then I will vote for McCain.

Experience will bring change but without experience there is no change!

Talk is cheap!

For a true Democrat to say they would vote for McCain if Obama then a) your a Republican starting mess, b) enjoy the eight years of Bush, c) obviously are an out of touch with reality Clinton supporter. If Senator Clinton was any other qualified woman running for President then she would stand a far better chance than being herself. She is a divider of solutions vs. a unifier of solutions.

Democratic Voters will choose McCain if Obama win's? I would love to hear the
reasons(time to face ourselves) behind this non-intelligent thinking. Why
cut off your noses to spite your face?

OBAMA 08.

I guess I'm not understanding the world of politics – this country has come to be so against the Iraq war, our men and women being killed or coming home maimed physically and mentally, and our economy suffering terribly because of the stupendous amount of money being spent each month with no end in sight. How can it be that McCain has any supporters at all? How can we vote for someone who has no plans to end this insanity? I truly don't understand.

all the Hillary supporters on here who say they will abandon the party and vote for McCain if she is not the nominee: that is exactly why she isn't getting the nomination. Bush=McCain=Hillary, all the same politics as usual. If you would rather have an escalation in Iraq and tax cuts for the rich instead of some sensible Barack policies than please leave, you will only hurt our team as we try to get real work done anyhow...

Experience always trumps naive oratory! I have always voted Democrat but it seems this time I will be voting for John McCain. It is true, people in this country are so delusional that they are willing to forego true responsibility.

The country has gone through seven years of inexperience and stupidity. The people are willing to go through with this simply because they see an "inspirational" speaker, "GIVE ME A BREAK!!"

It looks funny even before knowing who are the nominees from each Party, people are making Polls who can beat who?

November is a century in Politics, a lot of twists and turns can not be ruled out at the moment.

I will not vote for an inexperienced 40-something-ish individual to run this country just because he's charismatic and wears nice suits.

Who cares about the polls anyway? DO I trust them? Are they always accurate? And who are those who are voting in these polls anyways?

I DO NOT want to vote for McCain either but Obama's will be worse for this country. If Obama wins the nomination I will not vote for him and neither is my family.

I don't trust this poll for a second, considering that all the other polls show Obama with a 6-7 point lead over McCain, well outside the polls' margin of errors. I also have heard a rumor that Republicans are saying they support Hillary when asked by pollsters as a way to try to get her to be the nominee, since she would be eminently more beatable than Barack.

Have to agree as a long time democrat and a middle aged women if Obama is the nominee I go with McCain. That seems to be the common theme among my peers yet one that seems to be ignored. Maybe because we are middle aged women we are invisiable to many of you in the media just like you have treated Sen Clinton

Once the bitter Hillary supporters get over their heartbreak it will once again be 60-40 Obama.

I will not change. If Hillary is not on the ballot I will vote for McCain as will all of my family members.

Can someone tell me why CNN is not reporting Obama is under investigation by the IRS for mixing church and state.
Or why there not discussing Michelle Obamas comments in Wisconsin about our souls being broken. "we need to fix our souls before Barack can start working on the problems in America."

My soul does not need fixing and her comments outrage me!!!

I've said this before, and I'll say it again. I'm so very tired of the HRC supporters who claim to be Democrats but only want it their way.

By the time of the convention (most likely before), you will have a clear winner and a clear loser. If it's not your candidate ... well, that's what the process is all about. HRC people professing that the Superdelegates should change the will of the popular vote are the same ones who were jumping up and down about the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore. Such hypocracy.

I have voted GOP in every national election since I was old enough to vote (that was Reagan in '80), and after the last 8 years I have been giving the Dems a serious look. I've made a deliberate effort to open my mind. I've read Obama's book, and I've read Berstein's book on HIllary, and tried to persuade my Republican friends to do the same..

Dems, losing rapidly losing the interest of one open minded Republican with this childish infighting.

"Democrats for McCain"

If you seriously think that voting for McCain is the "RIGHT" thing to do if your Democrat doesn't get nomination:

a. You've been living under a rock for the past seven years

b. You've been suckered into thinking McCain is a moderate

c. You are a Republican poser pretending to be a Democrat.

Democrats vote Democratic this November.

View these poles with great suspicion.

The democrats started off with a wonderful field of candidates – More experienced than McCain and all the other republican candidates combined. But the media and "blind followers" refused to consider them instead focusing on the "new" and "fun" ones even though they were the least likely to win against the experienced republicans. Dems have no one but their own party to thank for that. You think the DNC couldn't see this writing on the wall months ago? Almost like they wanted to lose because they certainly have handed the election over. It will be the republicans again next year and this dem is going to vote that way if Obama is the dem candidate. I started off looking for an experienced candidate last June and that is exaclty what I'm going to vote for.

Can I just say that it is ridiculous that some of you Democrats who support Obama or Clinton say you would rather vote for John McCain if your candidate does not get the nomination. Barack and Hillary have very similar agendas, and I think it's almost childish to say you would rather give the White House to someone who would keep us in Iraq another hundred years over a candidate who shares your political views. Let's not be stubborn and see this country falter for another 4 years.

Based on the grammar I am reading in these comments, I vote for the candidate most willing to support edjucation.

Let's see how Obama (AKA "Speeches") does in a debate against MCcain. He will no longer have Hillary to agree with.

the poll is suspect... who in hell would vote for another republican president? the demented christian right?

same me if Senator Clinton is not the Party nominee, my friends and I will vote for John McCain. Clinton is our first choice since she is a fighterr and has experience.

A Obama/Clinton Democratic would unite the party and "sweep" the Democrats into the White House and Congress. - Did anyone else get the feeling in last night`s debate that`s where this could be headed ???

Let's see how "Speeches" does in a debate against MCcain. Speeches will not have Hillary there to agree with.

I am a former Republican turned independent who wants desperately to vote for Obama in the general election. My husband registered to vote last week for the first time because he has been inspired by Senator Obama. To Hillary supporters: Please, guys, we don't want the republicans to steal this election again! Any Democrat who would vote for McCain over Obama. . . is not really a Democrat. So, you guys want 100 years of war in Iraq, the same stale economic policy, and a government by and for the corporations. Rediculous.

I'm a Republican and can tell you that after two terms of Bush as President, Obama seems like the best choice to lead the nation. If he wins the nomination for the Dems I will be casting my vote for him in Nov. If Hillary wins, well then I think that McCain may be the lesser of two evils.

Obama will only go down from here – he is currently living in a media bubble and his popularity is at a fevered pitch.

Once the motivational aspect of Obama wears off, can he compete?

February 27th, 2008 11:39 am ET

why isn't the media talking about how big of a lead John Mccain has over Obama on national security and not as big of a lead agaisnt Hillary. You the media have given Obama a free ride–if the Democrats end up with a nominee that hasn't been vetted properly-I WILL blame you !!!!!!!!!!!! I use to listen to CNN but you are so biased agaisnt Hillary that I have to watch FOX NEWS(YUCK) to get fair reporting. All that I ask–please be even with your coverage.

I AGREE! CNN is disgraceful and I for one will vote republican this year like hundreds of other thousands. This will definitely turn the election in McCain's favor so I hope.

"Obama has come from behind in EVERY state that he has won other than Illinois. For the general election he starts off with a 6 point lead. The more people get to know Obama, the more they seem to like him and gravitate towards him. I think he is going to be diving into McCains base of supporters as this thing goes on. But the fact that Obama is ahead in the polls already shows that people are leaning his way in the general election."

- AGREED! It is funny, this article could have (and should have) been titled: "Poll: Obama's hard to beat."

Hmmm, wonder why you didn't title it that way, CNN???? Where is this supposed bias now??

McCain is a presumptive nominee, while Obama (the likely nominee) is still fighting out. His national poll numbers will look better once he is the clear nominee. Also, futures markets are typically a better indicator than polls, and Obama has a firm lead over McCain in most of these.

Let's see how the Democrats slime a true military hero in their thirst for power!

The '3rd Bush Term' is such a juvenile response.

If Its Obama. Im voting for McCain!!!

I guess when Obama was so full of himself a while ago and said he was sure he could get all of Hillarys votes, He was wrong!!

If McCain = President, then:
Me = Canadian.
That's all I'm saying.

All the talk about Obama and experience. What experience did Bush have? How about the experience of Cheyne and Rumsfield. Were they good for the country?

I think hillary is heading back to the Senate. If she wants to make history, here's how she should do it:

Take the lead in the Senate to get a health care bill through the Senate to President Obama.

This is actualy the hard part. The president can only sign or veto, but it is Congress where these bills survive or die. And it will be very hard work, with the GOP fighting every step fo the way.

Imagine that, even not in the White House, she redeems her failure in 1993 and achieves what the Democrats have not achieved since Truman tried.

This would really be making history.

Good go support McCain because he will need all the support he can get since his own party is not behind him. The conservatives will go Nader or some other third party canidate, the silly Hillary supporters (30% of her supporters) will go McCain, the independents will go Obama, and Obama will keep all the supports he already have and get the other true democratic Hillary Supporters (the other 70% of her supporters). Yeah, Obama will win in November!!!

If Obama wins the democratic nomination, I too will vote for McCain. Obama has never been vetted, although Fox News is starting to discuss issues basically untouched by CNN.

Jeremy is a republican.

The so-called "I'm a democrate, BUT....I will vote for McCain if Obama is the nominee," To Quote Hillary, You need a reality check, you are nothing more than a bigot and a traitor to democracy. The Republican party has proved they are more interested in fascist policies than democracy. We need democracy restored, so we can once again be proud of our country. ELECT OBAMA 2008

McCain better able to handle Iraq? Mr. One Hundred Years of Occupation? What out-of-touch lunatics were these pollsters talking to?

I think a lot of people are feeling so strongly about Clinton and Obama right now that it's easy to say they'll vote for McCain if their choice does not win the nomination. Heck, I've thought about it myself. But I think those numbers stand to dwindle in the course of the general campaign. How many Democrats, when really faced head on with the possibility of four more years of Republic reign, are going to vote for that? Far fewer than are saying so now, I believe.

I have to agree if obama beats Clinton then I will vote republican to please dont make me do that!!!!

I'm usually stuck voting for the democrats, its clear to even me that McCain is going to be the next president. It wouldn't even be close except that CNN will always root for the underdog to make sure of a tight race for the sake of their own ratings at the expense of the public good.

Of course McCain will beat O'bama because the democrats are throwing away our only real threat to the republicans, Cliinton. Why are we so easily led by the hype of "hope" and a pretty package. After this, I will be proud to call myself an "Independent".

Don't let fear be so influential in your decision. Any democrat that votes for McCain has serious insecurity issues on a personal level. McCain is Bush III. Obama or Hillary is what America needs and will truly benefit from.

After eight years we now here that McCain is favored over the Democratic candidate. I was perplexed how people could have voted for George W not once but twice. And now, do people really think we need another Republican president? Who's putting out this poll? Karl Rove? Democrat's need to stop all the infighting and put your eyes on the "real" prize. If not, out days are numbered.

McCain IS 4 more years of Bush.

Thanks a lot, turncoat Democrats.

all of the people that keep saying that they would rather vote for the republican than for the dem. nominee (whoever it may be): are you sane?????

why would rather vote for another term of george w????

Di like to lie, she's a Republican.

McCain will most certainly NOT be hard to beat. No one in their right mind would vote another Republican in office at this point in time. It's Obama I'm worried about. He's not what you think, people! Wake up before it's too late!

I have been telling people for awhile now that McCain is going to be very hard to topple; especially when Obama has no international relations experience or Hillary's polarizing opinions...McCain, the maverick senator from Arizona may or may not have a tough race due to his overall party image, but he is clealy a popular figure in American politics.

Anonymous is a republican.

The main issue in this election is the economy.

...the poll finds voters favor Clinton by 10 points over McCain to handle the economy.

McCain has a 9 point advantage on economic issues over Obama.

Reality Bites!

I'll take McCain or Obama over Hillary, and so it sounds like my preference will come true.

My only issue with McCain is that he's 72. If you're voting for McCain for president, you're really voting for whoever his Vice-Presidential candidate will be, because the odds are good ol' John won't be around in 8 years.

I'd rather vote for the candidate I know can withstand the physical rigors of having the hardest job in America.

Ah yes – Obama leads McCain in multiple national polls by an average of 7 percentage points – but McCain will be tough to beat?

I'd laugh if the story weren;t so preposterous.

Time for a Third Party candidate so we can become a true democracy, not some kind of corporate zombi nation like we are becoming!!

This is great, another 4 or 8 years of an "older" Bush. I don't know what is wrong with the American people. Guess we are just gluttons for punishment. I will cast my vote for Obama and if McCain wins, I can at least not have to blame myself for our country going under. It's called "peace of mind". Americans better wake up, and fast.

The real story here is that no one has reached 50% of the vote.

I don't understand the headline. The poll shows Obama beating McCain, even if it is within the margin of error. How is this spun in McCain's favor?

McCain is the only one with near the qualifications to be President. The other two shouldn't even have made it this far.

Senator McCain has the ability to bring together democrats, republican, independents, liberals, conservaties, etc., to move this country in the right direction.

How unfortunate that those very groups will try to destroy him before election day so that they can "bring in one of their own".

YES!!!! Excellent! GO MCCAIN! The other two options just aren't gonna cut it. One is a windbag, the other too liberal.

There are many people from both sides of the Hillary & Barack cults who need to take a step back from their all-or-nothing stance that makes them say they will abstain or vote McCain in November if thier deity doesn't receive the nomination.
If they haven't been listening to McCain's latest positions then maybe they should keep an ear out. He is basically adopting the failed Bush policies that have created this urgency that many of you posses and that drives you to back your respective candidates in the first place. If this bickering doesn't end soon then we can look forward to another 4 to 8 years of the DeEvolution of American standards in all facets of our every day lives.

How can a man that supports the war and wants it to go on for 100 more years win???? Where is the money coming from the sky? No wonder why this country is in such decrepit condition. I think a majority of this country needs to wake up out of the trance they are in.

Why not do poll here in CNN? So we can see the number more clear.

Every primary state, he's gotten anywhere from half to a fifth of the votes of either Obama or Clinton.

This poll is meaningless. The general election is nine months away. Don't worry, he'll be beaten. Handily.

only made worse due to nader.

Of course, McCain appeals to alot of Democrats and Indepedents. This fall is going to be close.....no questioning that.

While McCain might be ahead now, his numbers will fall fast once the democractic party has their man or woman chosen and everyone is able to come together and fight for our candidate. We have waited for eight years to right the wrongs of 2000 when we were robbed of our President – Al Gore. We will come together and fight for our candidate. We have to for the sake of our future and our children!

This is nonsense, every poll that comes out says that Obama doesn't have a chance...then people start voting and prove these polls wrong.

I hate that these polls are given so much credit when they seem to be wrong so much.

The country is not voting Republican this next round, we all have had enough of these last 8 years and this horrible economy, war, and the disaster that is the Bush administration.

The people will prove the polls wrong in November, and MCAIN will not be president, Senator Barack Obama will.

You really can not go by these polls right now. After the Democratic and the Republican nominees are selected, the two final candidates(in the General Election) will end up receiving new votes from those that currently support another candidate. I believe there will be a lot of cross over votes that are not being taken into account.

All the various polls indicate the same. Only Barak will be able to beat McCain. This should encourage the voters in Ohio and Texas to vote for Barak, as with Clinton they risk losing the election in November and that would mean another X-years of Rebuplican rule.

I worry where the older Democratic voters will go after Hillary. We are a house divided, with my 78-year old mom supporting Hillary and me at 52 years old supporting Barack. I respect her choice which is grounded in the experience she perceives in Hillary. My vote is based on vision and the need to alter the direction of this country dramatically. My mom did like McCain some years ago even though we are Democrats. I wonder now with these findings if she will cross over for McCain because she thinks our country must get back on track. I think that our family's experience may be somewhere in this poll: changing direction versus getting back on track.

if americans permit mccain to become effectively a third term for bush, then this country will get exactly what it deserves.

It's the economy STUPID!! That's why it's important to vote for Clinton if the democrats want to win in November. She leads McCain by 10 points when it comes to the economy. People will be voting based on their finance situation. Wake up America! Vote Clinton.

You really can not go by these polls right now. After the Democratic nominee is selected, the two final candidates will end up receiving new votes from those that currently support another candidate. I believe there will be a lot of cross over votes that are not being taken into account.

So far in this race, Obama has come from behind in EVERY state that he has won other than Illinois. For the general election he starts off with a 6 point lead. The more people get to know Obama, the more they seem to like him and gravitate towards him. I think he is going to be diving into McCains base of supporters as this thing goes on. But the fact that Obama is ahead in the polls already shows that people are leaning his way in the general election.

The more u support, the worse the situation will be.

...and this was gathered from polling about 1000 people

And yet, we seem fascinated by Obama. We cannot win on the war issue with McCain. It has to be "it's the Economy Stupid" Part II, and Clinton is far superior on that. Clinton is our only hope to win in November.

The said Hillary was a 20-point leader when Obama entered the race...

Nah, these early polls are nice and all but essentially useless.

You really can not go by these polls right now. After the Democratic nominee is selected, the two final candidates will end up receiving new votes from those that currently support another candidate. I believe there will be a lot of cross over votes that are not being taken into account.

No way. 100yrs no way. Who did they ask or call? No one that I know.
Keep putting that crap out so that we will get even more people out to stop this man.
NBC Anyboby But Clinton
Obama08

We are a large family in Louisiana and have decided that we are now Republicans and will change our registration as such this week. We will vote for McCain, no matter what they say about him. I know we are just a small group, but is anyone else thinking this way? By the way, the pollsters have never called us to ask what we think. Who do they call?

McCain is Faux Hillary. Why elected the wannabe when we can have the real thing? The Dems could nominate Mickey Mouse and he'd beat McCentury.

Polls, schmolls. McCain is un-electable. This article dismissed as wishful thinking.

Believe or not, if obama win Dem nominee, he will no any chance to win president. Current poll just give you wrong information (from republic party ). Obama is an american idol. If he can be president, everyone can. Voting with your brain, not gambling

that poll is a little premature don't you think?
Lets see how McCain measures up when the actual candidate for the dems begins to campaign against him before releasing this kind of poll.

these polls are so dumb. one week you talk about how obama is going to run away with the thing in november and now you say mccain is going to be "hard to beat?" which is it? or is it just which ever story makes more internet traffic?

I find this hard to swallow. Hasn't anyone been paying attention to the actual number of votes cast in the primaries? Dems are voting in huge numbers, way outnumbering republicans.

why isn't the media talking about how big of a lead John Mccain has over Obama on national security and not as big of a lead agaisnt Hillary. You the media have given Obama a free ride–if the Democrats end up with a nominee that hasn't been vetted properly-I WILL blame you !!!!!!!!!!!! I use to listen to CNN but you are so biased agaisnt Hillary that I have to watch FOX NEWS(YUCK) to get fair reporting. All that I ask–please be even with your coverage.

I will definately vote for McCain should Obama win the nomination. I have never voted for a republican in 30 years but I guess there's a first time for everything. I urge all Clinton supporters to support McCain if Obama is the nominee. Obama is a con man and will lead the nation to disaster.

Clinton has my vote... and if she's not there, this democrat will be voting for McCain! Experience v. Empty Hope

McCain = Four more years of Bush. If so, America will be a shining light of stupidity to the world.

Unfortunately, this is indicative of the damage that the continued bickering between Clinton and Obama has done to the chances of getting a Democrat in the White House. McCain's approval has gone up since the Republicans began uniting, while Obama's has gone down since the increasing divisiveness of the campaign. It's time to stop this nonsense if the Democrats really care about having a Democratic president.

McCain will win over Obama, I will vote for him and I'm a
Democrate. Experience will win.

That is hard to believe especially with the disparity between Democrat and Republican primary voter turnout.

McCain or Obama in 2008... two solid characters that can do a lot for this country. Politically, Hillary should just go and ride into the sunset.

Only one person is qualified at day one to be Commander in Chief: John McCain.

If Obama gets the Nomination...I will vote for McCain...Never voted for a republican before for President....This will be the first!!!

Go Hillary!!!

As a democrat I rather vote for McCain than for Mr. Xerox.