I think there will continue to be an increase in support for Barack as people get to know him and his ideas better. Right now the "pseudo" Hillary are supporting McCain under disguise of being Hillary supporters. The true Hillary supporters are following in her foot steps and supporting Barack. People will, in time, be able to identify the propaganda from the facts and will find that Barack is the person he says he is. No conspiracy with the radical Muslim world, or Africa. A man of dark skin and big ears, who believes in family, religion, and country.

This poll actually reflects the percentage if idiots in America. Kind of makes me happy because I thought for sure there were more stupid people living here. It feels good to be wrong every once in a while.

OBAMA 2008!!!

Like we Believe these comments from people saying they were Hillary supporters and are now supporting Obama…Nice try Obama Cult!

As more people realize that Republican rule has made their lives and America much worse off, Obama's lead will grow. The old addage holds true for Republican masters of spin: You can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time.

Reading the comments of Bush followers are unbelievable.
THIS is the argument I hear them present every day:

Anyone other than a republican(like, say, a democrat) as president will result in
-record oil and gas prices
-a major loss of jobs in the country
-skyrocketing health care costs
-skyrocketing food prices
-appeasement to dictatorships in the middle east

and this is the best one……
-there will be a major terrorist strike on our nation's soil, claiming thousands of lives.

Tell me, is there anything else listed above that hasn't already occured under a repiglican president that you would like to scare people away from voting for Obama with?
Anything at all?

I believe in November Obama's lead will be well in the double digits.

Denies P Quinton, you are a liar and a rumor-monger, and CNN, you ought to be ashamed to post lies. I'm fine with dissent; most of my friends are Republicans, in fact. I can't help it; I'm a debate junkie. But this is vile slime of the worst kind, and your news organization should NOT be giving out-and-out liars this kind of platform. Screw you, CNN — I'll never come back to this site.

I voted for Hillary, but now I will vote for McCain. If I had to go with the lesser of two evils, my choice would be McCain by far. Obama is not going to be good for this country, simply for the fact that he wants to "negotiate" with people who WANT TO KILL US. There is no negotiation with these kind of people. Obama, were you asleep during 9/11? I rather have a crappy economy than having to worry about some nut job blowing up my kids on their way to school. This can be a reality more so since Obama want's to ease the immigration laws. This NOT the change to believe in.

GO MCCAIN!!!!!

How did it get to the point that these are our choices? Daggone it why don't we have better options.

Come on people John McCain is a real good guy but do we really need another four years of republican rule - they've taken us back almost to the middle ages (NOT GOOD) Barack at least give us a chance to hope for better - give him a chance there is nothing to say that he's not real -he's worked hard to get where he is and somebody out there must think he's worth it (I KNOW I DO) so let's not give into the republican baloney and help our country get back on it's feet!!!!
please vote smart and vote for the person and remember another republican means another four years of George W's BALONEY and that's saying it lightly

For those Obama haters trying to make something negative out of the poll results:

It's actually a good thing that Obama HASN'T jumped as significantly in the polls as others have in the past. Yes, Kerry jumped 19 points, but he LOST the general election. It's more significant and important that he continues to slowly, but steadily improve in the polls, than to see a big increase (temporary) followed by a significant decrease. It's only June.

I bet these Obama haters are gonna be sick in August or September he has a double digit lead over McCain. So don't be discouraged Obamabots.

Things are going well.

HEAVEN HELP THE UNITED STATES, IF PEOPLE ACTUALLY VOTE FOR THIS INEXPERIENCED, UNQUALIFIED, CLOSET RADICAL IN NOVEMBER! OBAMA IS A SIMPLE MAVERICK POLITICIAN. HE DOESN'T BELONG IN THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT. HE'S NEVER EVEN ACCOMPLISHED ONE ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SENATE.
HE IS A FRAUD AND SHOULD NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN IN THE CAMPAIGN AS THE NOMINEE. THAT BHO COULD ACTUALLY WIN IN NOVEMBER WOULD BE A BLANTANT INSULT TO THE WISDOM, INTELLECT, AND PROVEN LEADERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN CITIZENS. OBAMA IS NOT THE MAN VOTERS THINK HE IS, FOR HE HAS NOTHING TO SHOW OR PROOF OF ACTION FOR WHAT HE BELIEVES. OBAMA HAS NEVER PARTICIPATED OR TAKEN A STAND IN THE SENATE, NOR DID HE TAKE A STAND IN ILLINOIS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OBAMA THINKS OR WOULD SUPPORT. HE IS STILL AN UNKNOWN. THE ONLY FACTS WE KNOW ARE HIS RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS WITH RACIST MINISTERS AND PRIEST AND WITH CROOKS, LIKE REZCO.

This Obama is a clown in every sense of the word. If people actually paid attention they would see what a loser the guy really is……

I've said it before, I'll say it again:

YOU CAN'T POLL A POLL, CNN!!! IT IS AN INANIMATE OBJECT THAT CANNOT RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS CONTAINED IN A POLL!!!

Thank you.

Republicans believe in the same old politics. Don't believe in their tyrannical beliefs and self-promoting hypocrisy. George Bush is the last in line for your fine dynasty. I can't wait for universal health care, a sustaining infrastructure, alternative fuel resources, and a surplus in work. That is what the American Dream is, our country is currently in an American Deficit.

Vote for Hope, Vote for Change!

Obama '08

Caryn, WDC:

Given the current climate, I am also amazed where this 43% support for McCain comes from.

Yes, push hem away such unneeded campain!

I heard an interview on the radio with McCain and Lieberman, and just after Lieberman praised McCain for being a man of principle whose policies reflect his convictions and not his political aspirations, McCain started mocking economists for their disapproval of his gas tax relief proposal. "Ask low-income Americans if they would like to see a little relief," he said. Uh, that misses the point. Ask anyone if they would like a million dollars — what are you going to do about it? The gas tax relief plan is not feasible unless Congress can find a way to control the prices the oil company sets, and no one has even suggested that is possible. If you remove the tax (which, by the way, is not even legal in every state), the oil companies can just keep the prices where they are and keep the 18.5 cents/gallon for themselves.

I know most of you know this, but it is an example of McCain wandering off the reservation of "principle" to make populist points that will never be realized in policy. He knows better than this, but he hopes the American public doesn't.

Obama will be president and Hillary will continue her fight against McCain and the failed Republican policies that have devistated the US economy, castrated the Military and destroyed OUR image around the world. Change is we the people taking back our country.

Well thats great its about time "kids" got to decide this election because the so call grown ups have done a terrible job of deciding as evident by the last 7yrs!

I dont know where you are getting your polling data from. I am a Democrat of 40 years and I can honestly say that I dont know anyone who is planning on voting Obama in November.

Also: Welcome to all of you Obama Republicans. There are alot of you out there. Thanks.

Addendum to my previous post: Your beloved Clinton has even stated that Obama is the better choice over McCain and put her full support behind him, so how supportive of Hillary can you be if you now go against what she stands for and says.

That's good news. And for those of you who think young people will not show up to vote this year, you are dead wrong. I have two daughters who have never had much interest in going to the polls on election day. This year they asked to go WITH me. This isn't some computer game to them.

Remember, these are the people who are being sent to Iraq. Not folks like you and me. 90% of them don't want to serve in the Armed Forces (and don't). Even more of them don't agree with the war at all.

They want to stay home and go to college, get married, have families, have decent careers. You know, EGGHEAD kind of stuff.

They will turn out and lots of them will be voting for Senator Obama.

I also wonder who are who polling, out of all my lifelong family members one of whom has PHD in National Secucrity and Public Policy (so education is not a factor), none of us have been polled and we will all be casting our vote for a capable President, MCCAIN 08.
Obama will never stop the rumor poll because in fact a lot of it is truth, his wife Michelle said many times, "we will get rid of the whities."

It is offensive to me that, after what has happened to this country for the last 8 years under Republican rule, McCain even has a chance!

Sorry to see the anti-Obama drones are still at it-I thought we asked you to just go away and use your ample free time constructively.

"Dewey Defeats Truman," a headline once read….

The needs of the many, outweigh, the needs of the few.

Wow CNN, you really are biased. Do you know that other media sources are reporting at how "slim" Obama's lead is? 5 points is nothing when accounting for Clintons speech and Republican unpopularity. Why are you so one-sided? Are Cafferty and Brazile aiming for VP?

So he wins the popular vote, it is irrelevant in the argument that he would win the EC vote

WOMEN:

Google McCain on womens rights and issues. Do you really want a man like this in the White House?

Obama consistantly votes in favor of women and their rights, McCain does not.

that's what you all think…
Hillary supporters, for the most part, will NOT vote for the creep

We won't forget, we know what really happened, I was at two caucuses and what a JOKE. If it wasn't for the crooked caucuses Obama would have lost.

Clinton supporters UNITE to teach the rabid Obama supporters and the DNC a lesson.

McCain '08 for Clinton '12

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Sorry, James - we've all wised up the Republican hacks on the Ticker. You guys haven't made any difference - the Obama Express is headed to the White House.

Nice try guys!

I think that is great I am tired of the republicans bringing down our country, we need Obama to fix the mess they have made!!!! How ridiculous that we are all as citizens struggling because of a mentally ill president who is trying to bury us alive. I say bring Obama on!!!!

As a Hillary supporter, it is now time for me to throw my vote behind the next President of the US……….. OBAMA. We can not afford to have another 4 years of the Republican party in the big house, the stakes are much to high! Besides Mccain scares the hell out of me. I realize sometimes change is not necessarily for the better but I am willing to take that gamble in this case. Again the stakes are much to high.

OBAMA 08

And it should keep widening & growing… or so I hope.

Has anyone noticed that since the democrats took control of the legislature that the economy has gone south and gas prices have gone north. Just an example if obama gets into the white house. The tax and spend democrats will ruin our economy with their pork barrel spending and free give aways to the illegals and the lazy.

I respect people choosing their candidate on principle and platform, but can someone explain to me how a supporter of Hillary (whose platform diverged from Obama's, say, by "20 degrees") could switch to McCain (whose platform was almost "180 degrees" different)? What did/do Hillary and McCain have in common beside authorizing/funding the Iraq war…and being white? Hillary herself has stated she will put her full support behind Obama and noted that if you share her hopes for America (especially for the majority looking for decent wages, adequate health care and education, and reduced gas prices) Obama would work more effectively than McCain to achieve them.

TO: James from New York

LOL!!! That was a good one GOP member! You guys really are quite clever with all of your appeaser comments when you don't even know what the word means like your hero georgy boy. Listen up, if you would just spend all that energy, that you spend pretending to be a concerned citizen on the internet fighting for justice, instead on volunteering and spreading joy and truth then you would be much happier and the world would be a much happier place. The republican party is a cancer on the face of democracy, but don't worry, Obama is the cure!

OBAMA - VP of choice 2008!!!

The poll numbers you show on the supplementary site are 47% and 43%. If I do the math, that's FOUR points.

Bill Clinton had no national experience when he entered the White House, and he's my favorite President. If these “experienced” politicians were so on the ball, then why is this country in the mess it is today? Everybody doesn’t vote in the primaries….like me. I’ll be voting for Obama in November.

Kids are going to win this time. Do you have a problem?.

Oh, that's too bad. If the republicans don't win, we won't get to allow the market to correct the healthcare crisis…and after all that success the market had correcting gas prices, the mortgage crisis, and the success it had with companies like Enron, Tyco, Worldcom, and Countrywide…pity.

To James, NY:

Please put down the neocon trash that you are reading and check out American history. Here are a few suggested historical topics to see if "appeasement" worked or not:

- Nixon and China
- JFK and USSR
- Reagan and Lebanon, Iran
- Bush and USSR

Stop reading NY Post and pick up a history book.

People like polls when they go along with their view and despise them whem when they do not. I think thats hypocrisy!!! Those who vote on issues see Hillary and Obama in the same light than with McCain.

IS THIS A NEWS ?!

Isn't it normal that Obama should lead, especially now that even Hillary is backing her?

No more same 4 years.

I can't wait until November. The American public has continued to elect these idiots into office. This race is pretty clear cut and Obama is obviously the intelligent choice. If by some miracle that senile old guy gets elected I'm moving to Canada. At some point I believe Americans will smarten up, now is the time.

And by the way if you are one of the "if not Clinton then McCain" people, you are clearly a racist and not voting on the issues. You need to take a good look in the mirror and ask yourself am I voting the issues or do I have issues I need to work out.

I think it's so funny how McCain supporters celebrate the fact that their further back. The lucky thing is we still have this broken system of the electoral college. McCain actually has a 40% shot at winning that but you can absolutely forget about the popular vote.

Unfortunately I have to agree that it is too soon to get excited about Barack's numbers in the polls. At this point they mean nothing - we need to wait until after the conventions.

In the mean time - how about all of you Clinton and McCain folks doing some research. Turn off CNN, ABC, CBS and Univision and go to the Obama web site. Read the detail on his positions regarding health care, energy, education and US infrastructure. Read a book or two. Find out for yourselves what the differences are between these candidates.

This election is far to important to let the new networks make decisions for us.

Obama 08

I'm surprised the lead is not more, but it is only June. I think once Americans reallize that McCain doesn't support affordable insurance for all Americans, and supports the same old Bush policies of helping the weathly over the interests of most Americans, his deficit will grow quite large and he will lose in a landslide in November.

The only wild card is Americans' unspoken racism, which looms large. They tell pollsters one thing, but in the voting booth, their bigotry comes out.

I read that in a poll of Kentucky voters, 20% said they would never vote for a black candidate. I guess we can at least give those voters credit for being honest in their bigotry.

There are millions of concerned Americans, and their numbers are growing, who see through the media hype and Sen. Obama's empty promises. We will not be fooled.

Not yet Obama has to lead MacCain by double digits.

Everyone saying that CNN is for Obama because he is leading in the poll is stupid. They didn't give the poll; It is a poll of poll from ALL Recent Polls.

Also, they were not internet polls, so it is not the crazy young people with their computers. They were telephone surveys. If anything, young people are less likely to answer the phone, or have land lines.

Obama is in the lead; more people want him than McCain. Deal with it. There is no conspiracy, people are sick of what is going on in the country and want something new, just not in Kentucky.

i think the only good news is that the people who post on here are not representative of the nation. i can't understand a lot of the posters. if the women are truly clinton supporters and are bitter because she lost — and not republicans in disguise as some say– then they really are doing a disservice to young girls. they're telling them it's okay to whine and do spiteful things even if you lose fairly. it's okay to be a sore loser. just exactly what we need to be teaching the youth. get over it and look at the issues and if you feel you could live with McCain's policies then vote for him for that reason–not because you're trying to make some insane moronic point.

I wanted a women to be president, now will be for the youngster, Mr. Obama, have not voted in the past 2 elections, I am 75, was in 2 wars, had to re-register, my young wife will be getting her citizenship next month, and she keeps saying "I'm voting for Obama, she talks to everyone she see's, "OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT" and I say, "Let's get our troops home from a war that was not (war)ranted, we got snookered into this war and Mc Insane wants more of this, didn't he learn anything in the VietNam war, or did his stay at the "Hilton" mess up his mind. NO MORE WARS Mc Insane"

TO……andrew June 12th, 2008 10:05 am ET
Obama will more than likely be the next president. It's the way politics run in this country. However in 4 - 8 years Obama will be next to hated and the following political candidate will come in promising all this change and promise to fix everything! Have you all forgotten politics for the last 200 years? Sheep. Your all sheep. If I have to choose it wont be someone who has less than 3 years of real political experience. Wake up and realize just because someone can talk a good game can and have they walked in the past? You will all discount this as rhetoric. Your loss, no wait, America's loss.
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Reading your comment sheep. Your comment state 3 yrs. of real political experience…Wake up and realize we already voted for Bush, I guess he had the experience you as a sheep voted for. Yep, McSham talks a good game……he's about the same Rhetoric, we've had in the past. You say your loss, no wait, America's loss…….Yes, with Bush as president you are right………we have loss, America has loss.

OBAMA 08

If not Hillary then McCain!

NoBama.

If Hillary isn't chosen for VP then I will vote McCain. He has experience!

I am a Republican pretending to be a Clinton supporter! I am an AGENT of OPERATION CHAOS.

Go Barack…..I am behind you 100%. You are the one to make the future better for my grandsons.

OBAMA '08 ………………….16 YES ,WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know more than a few Republicans who are planning to vote for Bob Barr. This can't be good for ole McCain't. LOL

I read an analysis on polls and I'd cite my source but that will be blocked by CNN moderators. Actually, all in all… polls are generally accurate and methods being used in the past decade have better improved the accuracy of the results. Usually, when the poll is WAY different than the results.. it's because the poll was taken BEFORE some major event. Like, if this week we said John McCain is 5 points behind and Obama does something real bad.. than suddenly McCain is up by 10 points. The polls are definitely a MOMENT in time.

Good, 4 years of McCain will be scarier than the past 8 we've just been through. You think the Iraq war has drained us, wait until we try to Invade Iran, That will make Iraq look like a walk in the park.

Don't depend on the poll numbers. Things might change drastically between now and November. Obama has got to do a lot to measure up to McCain's records.

These polls are like meterologist in the town where I work. They had tornado hit the south end of the town, meterologist or weather man in TV was saying "I do not know why these tornado sirens are going off, I dont have anything on my computer."
Didnt these polls predict Karry and Algore to win. You can go as far back as Carter against Regan he was leading too, until people started voting.
I am going to open a website to do polls from my office, and I want CNN to use me as a source as well, why not.

I am completely flabbergasted at the people who claim to be lifelong democrats/diehard Clinton supporters who are choosing to vote for a candidate (McCain) who's views on policies and stances on the issues are complete polar opposites of the person they so soundly defend. A person's vote shouldn't be based on emotion or resentment that your choice lost (fair and square) but on the issues. I just don't understand how someone would voluntarily choose to vote against their own interests out of spite.

LOL… I love the Repubs on here. They crack me up. Every day that we watch McCain be confused up on stage is another day the polls will tick higher for Obama.

Keep spreading your propaganda… Some of the things are so outlandish I don't know where you come up with them.

Us Dems should start playing "dirty" like you all.

Hey, did you know that McCain is actually a North Vietnamese sleeper-cell from when he was brainwashed in captivity! Now, the North Vietnamese are helping the North Koreans by giving them control over him! It's true!

pls poeple lisen this must be all ab change ..maccain doit desreve to be the next american president……vote for obama..

Kyu Reisch, Radcliff, Kentucky wrote:
June 12th, 2008 9:28 am ET

"Obama didn't lead McCain, crazy youngsters play computer but elder people don't, that's why polls may show Obama's lead. Wait and see in November, votes will be totally different with polls. I will vote McCain and most of Hillary supporters will vote McCain too."
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Hate to inform you, but these polls are conducted over the phone. Since many 20-somethings don't have land lines and cell phones are basically off-limits to the pollsters, the younger crowd would tend to be underrepresented. I suspect that the pollsters at least attempt to compensate for that fact.

You should probably listen to Balthus (10:13 am above). He's got the real facts. Vote your true interests, not based upon the smears, myths, and outright lies that lead to the mess we're in right now!

Start practicing now Kyu: MR. PRESIDENT Barack Obama.

I hope obama adds owl gore the snake oil salesman. That will bring out the independents to McCain.

Julio, I am with you man!
I was going to blog just about what you did today……isn´t great to feel relieved that now we´ll be voting for the Man and not the flip floper and warmonger…..

sorry to say he keeps sounding more and more like a nagging wife or mother: why didn´t you take the garbage out?, eat your carrots, I have a headeache………why don´t you do a town hall meeting?, why don´t you go to iraq ? why don´t you, why don´t you is getting very tiresome or better yet mc c SHUT UP!

DEMOCRATS and LATINOS RISE UP and WISE UP we need you more than ever for the WHITE HOUSE, FOR CONGRESS, FOR GOVERNOR, FOR MAYOR, FOR COUNCIL(MAN, WOMAN).

FOR OUR CHILDREN`S FUTURE!

POLLS DON'T MEAN A THING ESPECIALLY COMING FROM THE BIAS MEDIA. YOU WERE SO BIAS AGAINST HILLARY THAT YOU WERE SO DETERMINED TO DESTROY HER AND HELP OBAMA. NOW YOU HAVE OBAMA AND WILL PROBABLY DO THE SAME TO MCCAIN. WHY NOT DO YUR JOB AND PRINT THE TRUTH NOT HATE AND LIES.

AMEN

Polls don't mean much. Wake up. Wait till november.

AMERICA will get what they deserve. Those who vote McCain.. let me ask: are you willing to let your babies go fight for this man? How will you feel when your babies die for lies? You better think about it

i am not surprise,if mccain does win this election,so americans should stop complaining about economy,iraq and so on

Kyu Reisch,

Polls are not done on the computer. They are done over the telephone and since most young people don't have land lines and change their cell phone numbers frequently, it is the older, more established members of our populace who are being polled more frequently.

And why would the overwhelmingly pro-choice HRC voters support McCain in November. I do not think that you use your brain much.

There are so many people who say he can't win. I bet at the beginning of the primaries the same people said he would NEVER win the nomination. Do not underestimate this man. I am a younger voter and the excitement of my peers is something that I have never EVER seen before. Don't count us out of think that our votes will not make a difference because we will be voting to make the right decision for the country that our generation will be forced to repair.

I was a hillary supporter and now my friends and I are supporting Obama,
It's really sad that women will go vote for McCain, who has always voted against issues that Women really care about.!!

dems for McCain 08

This is not just CNN. Go to Real Clear Politics:
Oba McC
Average: 06/02 - 06/10 47.2 42.6 Obama +4.6
NBC/WSJ 06/06 - 06/09 47 41 Obama +6.0
Gallup Tracking 06/08 - 06/10 48 42 Obama +6.0
Rasmussen Tracking 06/08 - 06/10 49 44 Obama +5.0
IBD/TIPP 06/02 - 06/08 43 40 Obama +3.0
CNN 06/04 - 06/05 49 46 Obama +3.0

You've got to be kidding! Obama's post-primary bump should have been at least the average of what occurred in the last 5 primaries…and that's 17 points. At the time that our Republican President has the lowest approval rating (excluding only Nixon), ANY Republican candidate should be so low in the polls that ANY Dem would surge way out there in the polls.

Obviously, the people don't like Obama as much as they liked Clinton when compared to McCain; and also obviously, the people don't dislike McCain as much as other Republicans. This does not bode well for America at a time when so much needs to be done.

It must be the blue background (jk).

Well, no matter how hard McCane tries to distance himself from Bush, his sordid policies speak for themselves.

It also didn't help that he USED Bush to raise money, only to criticize his handling of the war and Katerina. That shows how "old Washington" McCane really is.

Who are you polling? I work in a small business with 22 co-workers. Not one is voting for OBama.

The is shaping up to 1996. McCain is stuck in the low 40s while Obama gets as high as 50 percent. Expect to see Obama win this year by 10 million votes plus.

Russell Hammond, I hope you were looking in the mirror when you said, "Some people should not be allowed to vote."

A lot of people won't vote for Sen. Obama but millions will as the have already. This election is really making people crazy. Have any one been seen helping Obama speak? I stood in front of him and he didn't skip a beat with his speech. It's only when they are asking him some thing stupid like the Johnson case that he really does not care to comment on. Questions like that will make anybody speechless because you really want to tell the person asking the question where to go.

Obviously, the man got the good rate on his loans because he is credit worthy. If a loan officer offer you a good rate, who in their sane mind would refuse it for a higher rate. I don't think Obama should have to worry about what interest rate his supporters are paying on their loans.

Afte all, when you don't have any real dirt to put out on a good candidate, you have to create things.

We are supporting Obama because we want CHANGE that works for all of us!

God bless and revive the United States of America!

GO Bama GO!

:David

NOBAMA!

why don't you report on the pact he has made with Hamas to to give away 95% of Isreal! Thats the real story but no one reports on it!!

Vote for McCain or write in Hillary or you are not really American you are a terrorist!

I love all the losers who think Obama is actually going to effect their pocketbook. Yes, that's right…when Obama gets elected, he is going to take from the rich and give it to you, so you are rich! Keep dreaming.

Can someone please explain (with specifics) why these Hillary supporters are saying they'll support McCain? They are polar opposites. She threw her support behind Obama for that very reason.

As far as I can tell, it screams of extreme stubbornness or racism.

It is quite cheering! With out sentiment Obama seems more calculative and will restore to America that her leadership role in the world that has been been so much eroded over the years by agression, though provoked by 9/11 incidence.
The best way to lead is not by reactionary or beating every desenting voice to shape.
Leadership by pragmatism and articulation is always the best. Finally if God is in this, no man can change it.

God bless America.

Barack Obama is looking more presidential as the days go on. If John Mccain wins this election, this country is more wacko than I ever imagined.

Wow, look at all the haters who are posting to this blog.

Obama '08 and '12!!!

McCain will win in the end, wait and see. All the garbage has not come out yet on Obama and when it does McCain will win BIG. What is wrong with all you people? Can't you see what kind of person Obama is? He will and has already divided this country. All the terrorist countries would love for him to win, if he win's they win and they know that……………….

Obviously, a poll conducted by CNN–I do not think for a minute, that people will be so ignorant as to vote for your candidate–If they do, I feel sorry for all working people who will be stuck with paying higher taxes and looking after everyone who does not wish to work. And that includes paid Obama bloggers. Politics as usual by the far left radicals pretending to be "above it all".

I hate to break up the celebration…but most candidates that just clinched??? the nomination, usually have a 10-13 point bounce…..Obama had a 3 point bounce….does that tell us something?????

Do these polls include the exact amount of race and gender and age?
I doubt it very much. Remember the polls in the primary that suggested Obama was ahead of Hillary, but she won them.
I do not trust these polls at all.

There is too much pressure on John McCain to march in-sync with the Republican party. Trickle down econmics is a rich mans fairy tale, Mr. McCain!

Russell Hammond is so hypocritical. McBush is the person who gets prompted and corrected by aids like Libermann on facts all the time.
McCain just said he is not comfortable talking to crowds not Obama. how on earth shall he address the American people let alone discuss with world leaders in front of world press?
Wake up guys. We need a President who can deliver facts intelligently and make good decisions without thinking about military might as the first option.

McCain is destroying his own chances….Obama doesnt have to do much more than watch…..He hasnt got a clue about the situation in Iraq, he doesnt understand the history, the culture or even who is training who over there. He talks about supplementing our energy needs with Nuclear energy, and says that the navy has been using nuclear powerplants in their ships for fifty years without incident….so I guess he doesnt remember the Thresher or the Scorpion incidents, which by the way is US history. He self admits that he is not too sharp at economic issues, and then he says something really stupid like "It isnt really important when the troops come home from Iraq." On that note, I am a vet, and I cannot think of a more demoralizing and dishearting thing to hear when you are out on the battlefield hoping to God that you just live long enough to get home again…living for the day that you can leave it behind. I am appalled that a veteran would say such a stupid thing. McCain for president? Cant the Repubilcan party do better than that? Crap, the man cant sort socks.

This year is different because of Iraq, gas and a black candidate on a major party ticket lets not pretend otherwise.

If Barack were John Edwards I doubt Hillary's supporters would be thinking of voting for McCain. One thing you disaffected democrats ought to think about: anything you can do, can be done to you. So if you want to see the Republicans own the Presidency from here on end,go ahead and vote for McCain or write in Hillary. We will not forget.

This year the contrast could not be more clear. If McCain wins this election it will mean either mean we have not learned anything in 8 years or we are so racist we would are willing to cut off our collective noses.

McCain is a war hero but his point of view on the Iraq War is seriously flawed. For him it is the War that is key in the term Iraq War. He wants to continue fight the war he was in and will see ANY foriegn affair issue we are in in that light only!! Now he MAY be able to successfully prosecute another war but the problem is will he be able to resist another war…I think not!

So its clear. A vote for McCain will guarantee another decade of WAR and mismagement at home…he said it himself he 'did not know anything about the economy'. The choice is clear

Anyone voting for republicans must be an idiot.

And Liz, you got it all reversed. All those things apply for McSame,
don't pose as Hillary support you are repuclican.

Go down with that freak.

Do u guys not understand where obama's roots are that is like putting osama in office. He has only had not even 2 years in the senant and u want him as our president who are u kiddin. Mc cain is the best person for president and I am a demorcrat so i hope more voters out there feel the same way as I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If Mcain is the shoe-in people are touting him as here??? Why don't they just strap on their vests and head of to Iraq right now??? Stop wasting your breath and go show support for your candidate and his war. Put the pride back in politics and end the hypocrisy of your pro-war yet refuse to serve mentalities.

I hope that his numbers continue to grow. The Clinton supporters who are against him because he won the nomination should really think about what is in their own best interest as opposed to voting for Senator McCain just because they are hurt and angry. If McCain wins- we all suffer - not just the Senator Obama supporters - think about it.

Your polls are full of it, get svhneider to do do some polls he pulls them out of his @$$. Now you are trying to give Hillary credit for Obama's strong polling NO! She lost , the Clintons lost, she's accepted it why can't CNN.

Yes we can!

I'm so glad he put together the website to dispel all the falsities people are spreading.

Great! Obama deserves it! I am so tired of HAWK McCain's sarcasm, hideous smile, etc., etc.

That's just about the spread I expect we'll see in November. The polls will go up and down before then, but the surge in Democratic registration, both from new voters and from ex-Republicans, will carry him through. Go Obama.

Obama in the lead??

I'm a former Hillary supporter until she was robbed of the nomination by my on party the DNC.

I'm also upset with Hillary Clinton for not having the nerve to continue the fight she believes in. I will not vote for Hillary for her Senate seat!!

The "Polls" for Obamas lead are ficticious. Come next November Obama will not get many white votes. Certainly not to win electorally. And this is what Obama deserves.

Polls at this stage are not serious - it's only June. The public is fickle, candidates make real goofs, attitudes change and in 1988 GHWBush won after Dukakis started with a big lead proclaiming the election was about competence.

Right now, the polls notwithstanding, I predict a landslide for McCain.

TO….James, Michael and the others republicans ACTING as democratic on here………. A CHANGE IS GONNA COME IN NOVEMBER, OBAMA, OBAMA, OBAMA!!!!!!……..Republicans I have included the information you fail to inform Hillary angry supporters explaining how you really feel about them ………..(If Hillary would had won as our nominee, the republicans would have used the wording inside the PARENTHESES)
“We’re going to have to fight the ideal that this is a historic opportunity to elect Barack Obama (changed to HILLARY’S NAME)” said Huckabee. “I salute how far he’s (changed to SHE) gone, but as far as I’m concerned, because of his (changed to HER) views and what he (changed to SHE) would do —-he’s (changed to SHE‘S) gone far enough for me this year”. Then Michael Goldfarb wrote on the campaign's official blog that "there is a genuine affection for her (changed to HIM) here at McCain HQ“ "Sen. Clinton (SEN. OBAMA NAME) has really grown on us over here in Crystal City over the past few months," wrote Goldfarb, calling her (changed to HIM) an "impressive candidate" who "inspired a generation of women (BLACKS, YOUNG WELL EDUCATED VOTERS)“ but "fell victim to a vast left-wing conspiracy that resented her (changed to HIM ) generally centrist foreign policy views." REPUBLICAN Senator Dole said this “Democrats had to choose between one candidate who said she’d obliterate Iran and another candidate who said he wants to invite Iranian leaders over for dinner and then maybe a chat after dinner with a good cigar—Cuban. I’d imagine. I DON’T want EITHER of those TWO answering the White House telephone AT 3 o’clock in the morning”.

PLEASE THINK BEFORE NOVEMBER ELECTION…..

Protesting the Election of 2008.

The 3 reasons to protest are:

1. The blatant unfairness and bias by the DNC in stacking the deck for Obama over Hillary;

2. The unrelenting sexism and hatred from the media against a distinguished US Senator running for office;

3. The failure of the DNC and public officials to take a firm stand against the despicable treatment of one of their own best candidates and leaders.

puma democrat

i was a hillary supporter. will be voting mccain. and polls dont mean much. both gore and kerry lost.

Can anyone supporting Obama please tell me what his positions are that are DIFFERENT from the positions taken by democrats in the 1960's. As I recall, their "change" didn't work out so well.

And please, stop simply saying that the US needs to get out of Iraq. All politician agree (even McCain and Bush). The question is a matter of timing.

Aside from this, does Obama stand for anything? I've checked his website and there is nothing "new" there.

you call this a big lead wait till the First debate!!!
Mccain will be exposed
Obama 08!

Hillary Clinton should have been the nominee but now that Obama has won through politics as usual the Democratic party does not get my vote this November. Obama supporters feel superior to the rest of us but fortunately we live in a democratic country that is not governed by Democratic primaries.

…Because McCain became the Republican candidate by default. He just happened to be the last man standing from a weak field of potential Republican nominees for the office. Most Conservatives aren't too fond of him and independents and moderates have become more cautious.

He's out of touch (ala his comment that "the date when soldiers leave Iraq is not important"). And he won't win, not if he is campaigning on the failed policies of the Bush Administration even slightly.

Democrats 08′

"you all sound like a bunch of old bitter hags… your girl didnt win… get over it. between barack obama and john mccain, u'd choose mccain just out of spite? or not vote at all??? wow!!! mature, educated women… lets unite the country instead of grabbing our marbles and running home. what if african american's did that every time they felt disinfranchised in America, or Latino's? this country would fall apart. come on ladies, its time to move on and grow up"

Big Girl

Polls at this stage are not serious - it's lonly June. Thepublic is ficle,candidates make realgoofs, attitudes change and in 1988 GHWBush won after Dukakis started with a big lead proclaiming the elsection was about competence.

Right now, the polls notwithstanding, I predict a landslide for McCain.

Let see 47 to 43 4 points ahead, is that not in the margin of error? Where is is 15 to 20 point bounce, after he was selected by the DNC and the media????? Not for Ocarter, my vote is for McClinton!!!!!!!!

Also re: Liz– Actually, it is proven that he wrote the race speech he gave entirely on his own–something very few politicians, much less speakers, do in this day and age. I won't dignify your ridiculous and gullible reference to terriorist links with a response.

If you want to be taken seriously, at least pretend that you are even the tiniest bit informed.

That's not a very big lead considering how many people go to hear his speeches

This will be a close election and it won't be because of the issues. Bottom line racisim will play a huge role in this election. There is a still a huge amount of the American public who are terrified to see a black man as a president. I believe in the end Obama will win but make no mistake it will be a close hard fought election.

This coming from a 50 year old white woman.

Ladies and gentlemen…………………………………………………………………….. The next President of the United States, Barack Obama

Meanwhile, McCain wants your money to go to Iraq.

Repubicans continue to veto bills that will HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

KEEP OUR MONEY IN OUR COUNTRY!!!

VOTE DEM!

Polls in June..now they really matter don't they? haha same way Gore was beating Bush and Kerry…

NOBAMA '08 what change?

MCCAIN..a LEADER we can believe in

The richest 1% of Americans have 38% of the country's money - a privilege largely enjoyed because of the luck of birth. (i.e. contrary to Republican dogma, most American millionaires are born rich, very few people rise to that income level through their own efforts).

The rest of us - the 99% of us who weren't born into wealth - get to divvy up the remaining 62%.

McSame wants to extend tax breaks for the 1%, so they can enjoy an even larger slice of the pie.

Obama wants to lower taxes on those of us earning less than $250,000, so we can have a little more to spend on the ever increasing costs of gas, health care, groceries etc.

Which group do you fall into - the 1% or the 99%? Are you going to listen to the usual distortions, distractions and smears used by the Republicans to dissuade you into not voting in your own best interest?

It worked for Bush, and look where it left you.

Don't let McSame pull the same wool over our eyes.

Obama '08 Yes, We Can!

It is far, far too early to get reliable polling data. I would take all polls wtih a "bag" not a 'grain" of salt at this time. I would be more likely to trust the results of polls taken after the first Obama/McCainTown Hall Meeting or the first Obama/McCain Presidential Debate. Right now people are responding to raw emotions and personal biases. We must not become consumed by polls. Polls do not vote, people do.

I would like Senator Obama to consider Representative Robert Wexler of Florida as his VP. I admire Rep. Wexler's fire. The people of the 19th Congressional District of FL are blessed to have him. He would make an awesome Vice President . I checked out Rep. Wexler's record of public service and his educational background. He is well qualified. Obama/Wexler 2008.

From LIZ — "I will not vote for Obama who can't even speak on his own without someone helppig him. He has no plans or experience to run this country. There are even rumors of terrorist organizations supporting him~~~ I don't completely believe in it but a rumor is enough to change or draw my vote the other way!!"

Some people should not be allowed to vote.

I've been out of work for months,and there are mornings when Obama's rise in polls and popularity is the only thing that cheers me on.

That's nice and all, but at this point it meaningless. especially with no vp on either ticket. And I am an Obama supporter. Lets stick to the issues.

Judging by these blogs people we are coming together. Obama has inspired greatness in us and for that I thank him. It is a beautiful thing.

i don't get where they say "older white women" won't vote for Obama….i have been a registered republican all my life and as a 65 year old woman i changed partys this year so i could vote for obama in the california primaries…..he's the only one out of the whole bunch who gets it right………goooooooo obama ….we are with you…….

Michael said:

"Big deal. Anyone remember the lead Kerry had, the lead Gore had, the lead Dukakis had, the lead Carter had, the lead Mondale had? And remember which party won?"

You missed the case in 1992 when Perot and Bush both led Clinton

But the point is valid, even though the evidence is selective. Polls before the conventions are basically meaningless.

To: James, NY

Fear mongering doesn't work either! Put your big boy pants on and be diplomatic instead of shutting the door on everyone. If you close the door on people you disagree with you'd be alone for life!!!!

Gee, that's about one half the lead Dukakis had at this point. Maybe Obama will only lose the election 60-40% instead of 65-53%.

Another poll- 55% of all Americans think Gilligan is responsible for the wreck of the Minnow (14% blame the Skipper, 3% Ginger).

Any other meaningless polls?

It's going to be a bumpy road but it's one that we are ready to ride. If the right wing doesn't instigate attacks from America 's enemies Obama will win this election. My concern as well as many other Americans is that someone somewhere will like to bring back America's worst fear, which is an attack or threat of an attack on us. And that will drive many people to the right as if the left doesn't know how to fight terrorism.

Vote McCain and Die.
Vote Obama and Live.

Wait til the next several weeks !!! Wait til his return after his Overseas visit. This guy and the Democrats are going to be at their greatest high since the early Sixties. Truely a great time to be a Democrat !!!! Political history has been made this Election Year like "NEVER" before. Thanks Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton. we are SO proud of both of you !!!

If anybody would believe a cnn and msnbc poll after the shananigans and baises they showed then you idiots will believe anything. I don't think all these women and blue collar workers are going to fall for any of their B.S. I wonder who they selected for that poll. I personally know about 25 men and women who are not going to vote for Obama or any democrat that supports or endorses that man.

Do polls this far out really matter? At this point in the Democratic race Hillary had a commanding lead over Obama… As more and more Americans get to know Barack Obama they won't like what they see, a good talker, sure, but someone who has few specifics. My wallet and my civil liberties couldn't afford an Obama Presidency.

nObama - keep the change

Who Cares. He will not win. Look At Kerry.

Without Hillary we will never win.

The pool bounce for those previous candidates you mentioned happened after the convention, not when they had clinched the nomination. Compare apples to apples. Polls don't mean much now but they still are interesting as a means to see where things stand now. Also, I don't very many people decide on who to vote for based on polls. If they did, Hillary would be the nominee. And for those who think the nomination process was not fair, you need a lesson in civics. Nothing was stolen from anyone and the process was far more democratic than the Republican process. Instead of complaining get to work and do something and educate yourslef on the process and democracy.

Only the electoral college matters.

Does anyone really believe a liberal CNN poll???

Why do you Hillary supporters keep using the word "honesty" in the same sentence when you refer to her. She was not honest during the campaign and never will be honest. McCain doesn't even know about being honest cause he doesn't even remember what he has said.

drink the Kool Aid…. it's good to have some hope again….

yes we can !!!!!!

Just shows you that the American public like the sizzle and not the steak.

Facts are stubborn things. Bush has wrecked the economy, our security, the environment, health care, and our position in the world, and has engaged in unconstitutional and contemptuous behavior worthy of a traitor. He's no patriot. McCain is a soldier still, incapable of any other thoughts. Get real people. Obama's the real deal! We need his leadership and intelligence, period. OBAMA!!

BTW mcwar said yesterday he agreed with the vote the repubs in the senate made yesterday AGAINST extending unemployment benefits even though over 350,000 people lost their jobs since january. Thanks mcwar for being true to the repub agenda of not caring about middle america. But go ahead and continue to agree with gwb to cut those corporate taxes. Does anybody else see something wrong here?

TO………………..Brian Knoxville, TN June 12th, 2008 9:53 am ET

Hillary is living her millionaire life style, while voters like you sit staled in time, concentrating on the and. buts and what if….Oh by the way, she has been working on “health care” since she be ginned as the first lady……The world is moving forward with or without You……

………..YOUR’ER ARE INVITED TO ENJOY THE OBAMA RIDE…..

Obama will more than likely be the next president. It's the way politics run in this country. However in 4 - 8 years Obama will be next to hated and the following political candidate will come in promising all this change and promise to fix everything! Have you all forgotten politics for the last 200 years? Sheep. Your all sheep. If I have to choose it wont be someone who has less than 3 years of real political experience. Wake up and realize just because someone can talk a good game can and have they walked in the past? You will all discount this as rhetoric. Your loss, no wait, America's loss.

Obama's lead won't last long …. it's way to early to take polls. Of course CNN is bias towards Obama.

This is about more than Roe vs. Wade. Obama has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood. While McCain has consistently voted against women's issues such as affordable health insurance for our children, equal pay for women, making birth control part of employee health care benefits and cancer screenings for low income women. Someone give me a reasonable explanation for why any woman in her right mind would vote for this man?

Not only does Mc cain support GB policy, he's talking just like him amazing!!, he's using the same words, same tone, same strategy. this time they won't fool us with their let's go to war policy

Well, if nothing else, this indicates that the PUMA PAC psychos are not the center of the universe.

As a social conservative who vowed to never vote for McCain, I also am confronted with the prospects of Obama. He seems like a good person with relatively good morals, but what would I be swallowing if I actually voted for him…? Can any of these guys just declare Federal nutrality on cluture war issues (abortion, gay right, marriage amendment) so that I can vote for just the economy and security of America…

Great! That number would change significantly if people would vote with their head instead of their heart.

To the Hillary supporters, can anyone tell me why they want to vote for McCain? Hillary and Obama’s policies are very, very similar. Both of their policies are like night and day compared to John McCain’s. Which leads me to draw conclusions to the fact that:

1. You wanted a woman to be president, which is really sexes and it has nothing to do with important issues, like the war in Iraq, foreclosures, unemployment, high gas prices and the list goes on and on.

2. You won't vote for Obama because he's an African American, which is really sad and if that is the case, you deserve McCain and I hope you continue to suffer under his fail George Bush’s policies.

Also, for those who cry, "Hillary had more experience". If Hillary had more experience, she would have run a better campaign and won. She had one of the worst campaigns and the biggest debt in U.S. campaign history. Also, Bill Clinton had very little experience when he won is 1992 and he did a great job as president. So basically, what is the real reason for not voting for Obama? . . . could it be # 2? Like I said, you deserve what you get and I hope you continue to suffer!

So many jumping on a band wagon without a clue how to read the music. C'mon people, every single representative should be held accountable for the state of the world today. Polls are meaningless. Votes are what matter. We need options that can be verified. Take away all of the polls, the money and the hype and maybe, just maybe, a true civil servant will surface.

McCain has proven to be the biggest flip-flopper of all times. He will do and say anything that the Republican machine dictates. You can tell at times that he has no real conviction in what he says because he has already contradicted himself often.

The electorate is already aware who the most honest and trustworthy candidate is…..and that is Barack Obama.

Way to go for the DNC-appointed soviet premiere of the party. Politics as usual.

President Obama sounds nice……………………………I am so excited about casting a vote for an AA who is intelligent, smart, down to earth, likeable, family man and most of all a thinking man!

I hope the lead grows ten fold.

I feel sorry for people like Janet and for those of us who have to suffer because of her vindictiveness. Voting for McCain because Hillary did not get nominated will only take away more women's rights long into the future once the Supreme Court Judges are appointed and she will likely be the first to complain when women have no rights left. So much anger in people who aren't even sure what they are so angry about.

Sorry for Hillary. but has all the critisism about Obama gone after 16 months and all the different issues treated differently all a sudden forgotten…A a Hillary supporter, I feel betrayed and concerned about her honesty vis à vis her contributors… I hate this political turnaround and letdown …My vote NOW goes to McCain…..

Really !!!!!!!!!!! he is leading in the poll by 5%
52 % un happy with Obama
Hillary please come back
Hillary 08 or Mc Cain 08

Sen. McSame, McBush, McSenile, said yesterday that he isn't concerned about "when" the troops would be coming home. That should be enough to make up anyone's mind about who should be elected president of this country.

I will not vote for Obama who can't even speak on his own without someone helppig him. He has no plans or experience to run this country. There are even rumors of terrorist organizations supporting him~~~ I don't completely believe in it but a rumor is enough to change or draw my vote the other way!!

Julio,
I understand what you mean. I said I wouldn't vote for Hillary if she won the nomination over Obama. I was a fool to say that and it was during a heated moment. I would happily vote for either candidate over McDementia. I cannot take another 4 yrs of Bush policy and yes, his policies are the same as Bush and opposite Obama and Hillary.

Thank you for your support for Obama. I know we had a "heated" primary and some negative things were said and for that I want to apologize. If Obama wants us to help her w/ her debt, I would gladly donate what little I can. We need her supporters and I have no problem helping her out.