Lisa,

Obama will lead us to WW3 with his incompetence!

I expect NO bounce but rather a decrease after the Convention.

Many hoping for Unity are waiting for HRC to be VP.

When THAT does NOT happen, many more HRC supporters will feel the insulting slap in the face and even MORE will defect.

The convention is not even going to succeed as a SHOW of unity.

The Obama supporters remain the ugliest, nastiest, most insulting, bigoted undemocratic haters I have ever seen support ANY candidate.

Not hopeful uniting nor inspiring but quite concerning regarding the future of the party.

Obama was on vacation while McCain remained NEGATIVE = the polls don't surprise me…

But again, you're talking about people with land lines… So many Obama supporters are wireless…

Wait for Nov. 4th…

America will vote its consciece and put the country back on track for our kids sake and their kids sake.

This is a Democratic year and if Obama wins by 1 percentage point or by 10 percentage points it doesn't really matter. As long as we put our faith in our vote and we take back our country.

It comes down to what America wants a critical thinker or Mr. Magoo.

Saying "Hillary would have been (insert made-up number here)% ahead of McCain by now" is committing one HUGE fallacy. What: are you an Oracle now?

No one can see an alternate timeline. Theorize all you want. But it would be more helpful to take that time and energy and be a bit more useful with it. Maybe you could support the candidate closest to Hillary in ideals. Maybe you could donate and help her lower her debt. Actions speak MUCH louder than words, and a million times louder than theories that can never be proven.

Republicans are the best at starting wars and keeping wars going. That's what the American people want.

I KNOW IT WILL BE VERY PAINFUL TO MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR ELECTORAL COLLEGE MAP CNN…..BUT U NEED TO GET OUT A RED CRAYON AND START FILLING IN FLORIDA,OHIO,AND COLORODO……

AND ON TUES NOV 4….ONLY A FEW STATES WILL BE BLUE….

AND ON NOV 5…6….7…..THE USA WILL HEAR LESS AND LESS OF MESSIAH OBAMA…..

AND JUST TO THINK THAT OBAMA IS ON THE SAME PAYGRADE AS MCCAIN…..AND YOU THINK YOU HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE AND BRAINS THAN CLARENCE THOMAS……..

YOU WILL BE SHOCKED OBAMA TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH THE USA WILL SEND YOU A STRONG MESSAGE….GO HOME!!!!!!!!!

One more thing: As a young person, I agree with the comment from 'Hillary and Barack- fighting for Change,' about the unexpected surge from the youth. HOWEVER, John Zogby, the most accurate pollster uses email to contact people. I would know, Im registered to receive those emails and just filled out his survery last week.

Thanks to the LIAR PASTOR… He helped McWar.. he was telling in CNN that he saw tears in McWar's eye when he told about his dumped former wife and Georgia. This LIAR Pastor wants to get away from his nasty Cone of Silence..

For Obama that is!

It's like this when the Georgia crisis came up well Mc Cain looks Better.
When the Oil prices are 4$ a gallon and Mc Cain is talking about let's stop sending 700 billion a year to countries that don't like us, and be energy dependant even if it means off shore drilling along with other energy solutions well Mc Cain looks better
The only time Obama looks better is if theres no crisis and no problems then he's your man!

Where do these polls originate and which people do they poll? Has anyone written here ever been polled?

McCain has gotten a bump by speaking falsehoods in his messages, and one poll that I saw McCain was ahead because of the economy. This guy has even said he doesn't know anything about the economy so who is being polled, all Republicans?

I really think Obama is not hitting hard enough. McCain never makes a speech without a big dig at Obama.

Its funny how the polls are either not important or they are not polling the right people unless he has a 10 point lead, then they are ok. Obama had a rough week, with the abortion thing and the interview I am not surprised that he has lost some ground.

This is called the Backtrack Obama Slide.

Yep, dance to than tune.

Hillary as the nominee,
Or McCain it will be.

What exactly are the polls asking people? I'll concede that McCain has more experience than he does when it comes to dealing with Russia, and I would honestly say so if asked in a poll. However, that shouldn't automatically be interpreted as people swinging towards McCain in the general election. There are a whole range of other factors in determining who we want as the President.

Folks, please check out the state by state polls! You can see that Obama still has the lead where it counts: THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

USA !!!! IS WAKING UP EVERY DAY !!! WAKE UP YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY NOW !!!

positive campaigning does not work with the shallow american voting electorate. they don't care about history, about intelligence, about facts or trends…what they care about is who is attacking who and they take it to be the truth whatever is said

Do you need help, DNC? I can help run your campaign for you. I'll pick you up 5 points in a week. I just can't believe they are standing by again watching their candidate be bludgeoned by a puke like McCain.

I'm beginning to wonder if the DNC is merging with the GOP the way they have let, and I say LET, the Republicans win elections they shouldn't be close in.

Again, do you need my help? GET TO WORK OR MY MONEY AIN'T COMING ANYMORE

The simple problem Obama is facing is that he's peaked (he actually peaked during the Dem Primaries)….and the peak isn't enough to win in November. He has been stuck with the same approval rating for months, with variations of only a few points.

Has anyone else realized that the majority of Obama's supporters, the younger crowd under 30, can't be polled properly. Most of them do not have land lines and thus their numbers are not listed, so there's an entire section of America that's not being counted in these polls. And let's face it, these random polls in August have nothing to do with what happens in November.

Who cares about polls, they ALL can be manipulated in one way or the other. Bottom line…Americans are sick of the path they have been on and are ready for change! Barack Obama will be the next POTUS! We don't want someone who has voted with Bush 95% of the time. We don't want fear/war mongers any more. We want hope! We want a candidate that really cares about its Veterans, not only 20% of the time when corporate America is in his pockets.

I'm white
I'm a woman
I'm middle-aged
I'm a Veteran
I'm an ex-republican

I'm voting for Barack Obama!

For Obama that is!

It's like this when the Georgia crisis came up well Mc Cain looks Better.
When the Oil prices are 4$ a gallon and Mc Cain is talking about let's stop sending 700 billion a year to countries that don't like us, and be energy dependant even if it means off shore drilling along with otherenergy solutions well Mc Cain looks better>
The only time Obama looks better is if theres no crisis and no problems then he's your man!

Does CNN really expect us to believe in these rather silly, repetitive and moronic polls? Every day it's something new. For example, Obama up by 2, next day, Obama lead gone, two days later, McCain up by 6, next day, Obama and McCain tied. Sorry, don't believe these polls, never will.

Who cares what the wolves,Lous, coopers,crowleys and the campbells says, They are all losers .

CNN's Poll of Polls, and other national and state polls, are simply not reaching the 2008 electorate. In the past, surveys of likely voters have managed to predict election outcomes. However, the newly-registered and irregular voters of 2008 are not factored in to these polls. In a season when THE UNLIKELY VOTER may decide the outome in November, traditional polls of likely, repeat voters are of limited use. WHY NOT A POLL OF NEWLY REGISTERED VOTERS?

McCain will be out on vacation next week during the democratic convention and polls will likely shift in Obama's favor. The GOP convention will likely give McCain a boost.

I think McShame is going to try in go negative during the democratic convention becasue he won't be getting any attention. Sad, but watch and see. The media better not cover McShame if he go negative durint the democractic convention. I am tried of all McShame negative ads. Obama have to start hitting back and be presite on his message.

Do you know what will be the most unfortunate thing?? If another war wouldv'e broken out, I would guarantee you the Dems have no chance. Is not because of my boy or because he ain't ready but because I know how the this works. People will sacrifice themselves for something they feel they can't protect. I'm sorry to say but if this were to happen, say to the Dems chances goodbye…

If our country can get any lower, what makes you think we can can get any higher??

Don't you love fate?? I do…

like people really care what jimmy carter did that was 30 years ago for goodness sakes obama dont worry thats just 15 minutes of fame for mcain obama will have they lead again before we know it

No obama. No obama. No HRC — NO OBAMA.

Well, if you want the situation in Georgia and Russia to turn into WW111, Vote for McCain. CNN, i live in a largely populated area and 95% of the lawn signs read " Barack Obama". so who the heck are you polling? You will not change the minds of the intelligent voters who can see through your "fair reporting" for what it is. Nice try though. What's next.?

I haven't had a landline telephone in seven years. Just saying.

Every real Democrat knew that Republicans were voting for Obama in the primary. Know that Mrs. Clinton is out they are showing their true colors. In the last two days I have spoken to 6 Democrats who say that if Clinton is not in they will vote for McCain.

Does anyone realize the nationwide poling means they called just about 1000 (usually less) people in 50 states (sometimes not all states). Its funny when polls go against people they hate it, but when it goes for them they love it. The FACT is that poll are not and never will be true. When polls said Obama would beat Hillary, he lost, when they said Hillary would beat him, he won. Don't trust polls. Who came up with his concept anyway? I mean they only poll so many people (max 1000) then on top of that they always have a plus and minus margin of error. Completely dumb. Anyhow I'm a registered Republican voting for Obama

Obama '08

THESE POLLS ARE NOT TRUE. THIS IS THE MOMENTUM THEY WANT JOHN MCCAIN TO HAVE DOING THE DNC SO THAT OBAMA DOESN'T STEAL ALL OF THE ATTENTION NEXT WEEK…..

HE WILL WIN, YOU CAN BEST BELIEVE………

OBAMA 08-12

Our country will become obsolete if the Republicans keep running it
and our jobs into the ground. They are rich enough to live in Dubai.
like the Clinton's. Hillary and Bill have probably already received hillary's losses from her campaign from Dubai and Columbia

I don't know, um, maybe, er, it's the way, uh, he um, speaks when it's ah, not um, orchestrated. So much for the great orator!

As a lifelong Democrat I am not excited about Obama either… he is just too inexperienced. At least if McCain wins we can have Hillary in 2012; the Dems missed their chance this year by not nominating her in the first place.

That big air bubble and a yet to be scrutinized money machine which has been keeping Obama and his campaign afloat is finally going to burst.
Obama has been exposed as lacking core values and principles , hence his constant change of stand on issues.
He has not been vetted enough and America can't afford a leader who needs training wheels .

how can they poll people in the hood, they dont have phones! But they do have ipods, gold chains and fridge full of food, courtesy of Uncle Sam welfare!

HEY Obama, Mr brilliance, Mr Smooth, Yeah YOU!!! stop listening to your bloggers, Hear the PUMA's Its Hillary or write another book on "How I lost the White House to a Slug name McCain"

We are the mainstream Mr O. and there are tens of millions of common sence voters that don't care about all the CRAP they are feeding you, unless you infact feel that way to cause I remember the brush off the Hillary speech but I'm willing to getover it if you can. ERGO, for the Dem. win HILLARY or we wait till 2012 !!!!

The public has finally seen through Obama's smoke and mirrors.It usually takes at least until October but his careening from one position to another has been so amatuerish that it came faster in his case.The fact that Putin is now acting up hasn't helped him either.We saw last week in Georgia how the Russians deal with talkers.Sorry CNN but its over

I took a poll with other people in the inner cities around the United States and according to our polls Obama is ahead 63% to 31% for McCain. We talked to 2453 people across America! how come CNN's poll do not show this? I tell you why, they call people is swing states where the majority of the people are white. There is nothing wrong with asking white poeple who they are voting for, my problem with CNN polls is it is not based on equally amount of people from suburbs, inner cities, whites, blacks, hispanics, jews, etc….

CNN the americans are not stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111

It was those effective ads during the Olympics with the Orwelian lines "Not ready to lead" and "economic disaster." And looks like the offshore drilling scheme worked. (Where's the debate this week as Hurricane Fay slams into Florida?)

In the long run, this comes down to which party base is fired up. Only time will tell come November

No… it is due to his arrogance, going on his excellent European adventure that reminds one of Hitler and his crowds, the continued vitriol coming from his so-called supporters against EVERY American who prefers a different candidate.

Hate does not unite.

Boastful strutting and self-promotion does not inspire.

Insults do not convince and persuade voters to your side.

Ignorance is not bliss.

Cheating and stealing a nomination does not succeed.

Thius is funny. Not once in the past 3 months has CNN or any other MSM news media outlet refferred to an Obama lead int he polls as "comfortable" Now, they are trying to telll us it was comfortabele to try and make a compelling story that he has dropped drastically. WWE ARE BEING MANIPULATED!

The poll is Nov 4. Let's talk on Nov. 5.

When examing the qualities of a Presidential candidate I will take EXPERIENCE+STRAIGHT TALK+COURAGE vs. HOPE+CHANGE+CHARISMA any day of the week. Anyway, doesn't REAL CHANGE come from within?

John B… not quite true. Obama was ahead in several polls like in Texas and didn't quite pull it off they way they expected. Ohio? PA? Polls are generally accurate, but only as accurate as the person polled wants it to be. Ever hear of lying to a pollster? It's been done to skew the numbers. We're not all "cattle" that can't think on their own!

Again half the people believe that doing nothing is the best way towards future. Meanwhile the world evolves.

He is going down to hill….

Obama will never be president. If he does not choose Hillary Clinton as a running mate. A lot of women will vote McCain period…..

John McCain will be the next president!!!!!

Clinton VP or McCain!!!!!!!

we told you that nominating barack HUSSEIN obama was a bad idea.
he is already starting to self destruct and it's only August

GO HILLARY IN 2012

August 20th, 2008 4:12 pm ET

???? WHO ARE YOU POLLING????
_______________________________________
This is a poll of likely voter (i.e. those who are over 50 with landline phones);These polls do not reflect the millions of newly registered voters or those who have changed their phone providers.

When Obama is up in the polls Obama supporters rally around the numbers as a sign of their victory.

When Obama is down in the polls it's CNN's fault or Sen. Clinton's fault or even the American people's fault (for being "stupid").

Flip flopping supporters who won't have enough power left on election day to matter. America is now seeing the real Obama and they don't like him.

The Democrats should have elected the person who could have won this election the way it was suppose to be won.

The media wants SO badly to keep this interesting that they never fess up who they are really polling. It is just the same old tired polling system they have always used, and, as we have learned, is not an accurate reflection of what is really going on with Americans. All this wasted time, when the media could have been focused on one of the most historical moments in US political history. You all sound so old.

If you use your cell phone as your main number…and give that number you can be polled. So yes..cell phones do get polled, as I have been polled on my cell. If Obama and the democrats really want to win its all about Hillary Clinton. Its my ultimate belief that she is the stronger democrat, but she and Obama would make a phenominal team and create real history as the first African American President and the first female Vice President. Obama will fall further in the polls if he ignores the base and the base wants Clinton on the ticket.

This is it for Obama. Obama has no chance on winning the general Election even if he goes negative.

Keep the story going, CNN.

You have to convince everyone that this race is "close" and polls "matter."

Otherwise, we might all turn off the TV / PC and go outside…

Hillary in a heartbeat.
Nobama in a million years.

It just keeps getting worse for Barack Hussein Obama, should be a blow out, and it will be to the other side, as the Kool Aid starts to wear off!

It is easy to understand that we have 30-40% ignorant people in the US, question is will the kids, unemployed, welfare recipients, lazy, uneducated, really come out to vote this year??? NO

McCain wins with no less than 50% of the popular vote!

Hotdog- Your notion that McCain should have been leading in the polls is crazy. Obama should be blowing McCain away given the political landscape.
mollygonz-You may want to crunch your numbers again considering the 2004 turnout was 121mil and Obama only got about 18 mil in the primaries.
cherrystrawberry-The only (non caucus) primary whos results weren't reflected in the polls prior to it was New Hampshire where Hillary upset Obama. Again check your facts.

Enter Hillary Clinton please
Obama exit stage left

How stupid voters can be after 8 years they still don't get it. Maybe majority of them are doing better than before but again people who have not even travelled to another state what do they know what's going around. There is saying you get what you deserve. On the other hand if Sen Obama thinks he can win by just being good guy it will not fly with these voters.

Maybe it was his um and errr interview with Rick Warren that messed up his lead. Obama is such a joke when he is off script.

Obama's comments "more measured"……LOL….He was at a total loss at what to say or how to respond. His inexperience and world view have finally been exposed and voters are seeing him for who he really is. Nothing more complex than that.

GF…yes I have been phoned by a pollster and yes they do exist.

EVERYONE HAS IT BACKWARDS: The point ISN'T that Obama is failing because he should be clearly ahead of McCain. The point IS that a brilliant but relatively inexperieced African-American with the name Barack Hussien has beaten the Clinton machine and is even in the polls with a U.S. war hero who has 26 years experience. The American voter is speaking loud and clear that the past 7 years of the Bush administration are a disaster and we want a new direction for our country.

OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!!

This comment earlier today:
"Go Obama! We are not worried! It's still early and we have so much time. You can pull this off. Polls mean nothing. What matters is who turns out to vote and seeing the number of people who voted in the primaries, you will be fine."

Let me translate: I'm scared stiff and can't belief he is going to lose.
Well, believe it. I predict McCain's lead will only grow. Obama has no cards left to play.

Finally the American people is focusing…
Experience cannot be improvised, Hillary did show the truth, can she sweetcoat that??
Obama is or was a sign of frustration,but slowly but for sure people will go for somebody who can protect and defend America and that person ( a maverick) is Mc Cain
CNN start picking up something that the independent people realized a while ago…
Change is good when we now what change,how much will cost and how will be paid

Obama now leads McCain 45 percent to 44 percent, down from a 3-point margin…McAttack with all the ATTACKS is still behind..
Senator Obama is being Atatcked by McAttack Rush Limbaugh Sean Hannity CNN and Puma …Mcattack should be ahead !!!

Everyone has to know that Mr. Mccaine cheated at the Rick Warren presentation, he got a chance to prepare his answers before coming out. Eventhough Mr. Warren said mccain was in a closed seeled room, it has been confirmed that Cheater Mcsame whent to his motorcar and had a chance to listen to all the questions.

Disgusting old Creep

"I will take a Bush over a Carter any day." ??

Nobel Peace Prize winner vs. Worst President Ever.

Just shows the GOP only votes GOP. The other parties at least think about the consequences of what they vote for.

Why can't no one answer WHO ARE YOU POLLING?

I cannot for a minute believe that McCain will win this election. Who is polling people with cell phones? Not anyone that I have heard about.
A lot of the young voters only have cells and an increasing number of older people as well. Why? Because who wants to pay 2 different phone companies for the same service…We all have other bills. So my family has gone to all cells and we are mid forties. Don't think we are alone McCain fans.

To all of the Obama supporters (which I may end up being), would you please stop all the "rah rah rah" and give me some facts, something to sink my teeth into? I don't seem to be getting it from the candidate and I WANT to like this guy. I can't get behind hype without some facts, and I don't seem to be reading or hearing anything other than a very very well spoken man who can motivate and inpsire people. That's good..don't get me wrong, but I really need to see some facts/platform that haven't gone to the middle since he became the prsesumptive nominee. I am really afraid that this election is going to end up in a mess and Sen. McCain will slip in through the cracks.

I don't know anyone who will vote for Obama…. unless he chooses Hillary as a running mate. Then, I would at least be tempted to vote for her!

The Democrats picked the wrong candidate. The Clintons had experience with government and national security. Obama hasn't a clue. And this game is for real - not just some fantasy league presidency.

It is so funny to see now that the polls are not going for Obama all his backers say they do not count. LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!

In my entire life, I've never been called for my opinion on anything…and something tells me no one else has been called either. I honestly think media outlets just make it up as they go along to sell a story. It's like watching a blow-out in the Super Bowl. Everyone changes the channel when the games not close. CNN loses ad revenue when people aren't watching so they make up bogus claims of a tight race when the truth is they haven't called anyone.

If the poll of polls said that Obama was leading by say 12 points, I'd be worried not because I do not want Obama to win, I do, but because the distrust of Americans to anything new is well grounded. I do not know what the electorate is feeling right now. Neither does CNN nor any of the pollsters. Racism is still very strong in the country and there is no way that any pollster can track its effects on this presidential race. Clearly McCain is a very weak candidate so something must be propping him up. It has to be racism since he has nothing of substance to offer the population. Nothing. He is a phony.

No bounce for Barack!

McCain crushed Obama at the Rick Warren Forum, and the world situation is much too tenuous for an equivocating novice with poor judgment!

No VP choice but Hillary could be of any substantial help. And, it would be much better to have the Clintons on the inside than the outside! But, I doubt if she would go with the loser!

McCain is the only choice for Commander in Chief 08!

Nooooooooooooooo Obama, McCain this time and then Hillary

By the way for those who don't know what "above his paygrade" meant, he was referring to God. When it comes to abortion and pro-choice, God will be the final decider on who's right about when life starts, when we stand before the gates awaiting judgement.
Besides if you are really Pro-life you would not serve or the Military or Department of Defense and you wouldn't vote to go to War..Mr. McCain..Pro-Life Presidency

Once you go Barack….. you will want to go back!!

Without Hillary , Obama can't win

How in the world could that hideous gargoyle be anywhere near Obama in the polls? We're f'ed.

One more time - the only numbers that matter are the ones after the election is over. Polls and newspapers (remember Dewey Wins (1948 Presidential election) headlines?) are not the be all, end all of Presidential elections.

I have not been polled, or asked to, or want to.

Let me vote already and count that!

People who vote for McCain are not very bright. Do you all not see what has happened to our country?

What is the top priority for Obama supporters? I'm really starting to wonder.

I think he's a fine man. I really do. But if he doesn't pick Hillary as his running mate, I'm so worried he'll lose.

The most important goal is to get that White House back. So why do so many Obama supporters hate Hillary? She can help make that happen.

Let Hillary attack McCain. Let her do the dirty work. We all know she's tough enough. Let Obama be the nice man we all want him to be.

But it's time for all of us to come together for that one goal. And we need both of them to make that happen.

Not to worry. this is mostly the result of McCain's negative attack ads. McCain is currently ooutspending Obama in ads, but that won't last much longer/

After the conventions, McCain is limited to the @ $80 million he'll get from public funding. Obama can spend as much as he can raise, which is potentially hundreds of millions.

This drop in poll numbers lead for Obama coincide with the Russian invasion of the independent Georgia. McCain was very quick to criticized Russia and sent his allies to Georgia to monitor the situation. Obama was very slow to react and took a softline at first. This just to show that Obama really lacks the experience to lead a nation in the time of crisis. People suddenly realize that he is naive and inexperience so the poll numbers drop from a big lead. This a legitimate concern to people and we should debate about this. Don't get me wrong, I think Obama is a good man, but can we trust him to lead our country in this dangerous world?

We will see how the post convention bounce propells Obama (and possibly McCain). If there is little in the way of bounce for either one, it will be a close race. Obama really needs to get it going in Denver.

This is kinda pathetic. You could not have asked for a better year for the Democrats.

Obama has been spending money on ads like crazy and instead of going up, his support is going down. You have every group and celebrity running pro-Obama ads, the media making excuses for him, and still nothing. That oughta tell you something.

Seems like the American people have woken up and they see the emperor has no clothes.

Well, after his vacation and the "unfortunate incident" in Russia, people will give up on anything that seems unfortunate. Am I worried?? No I'm not!! Let the GOP do what they gotta do…

The Devil may have plans on his mind and that's right I'm here since the beginning…

And Senator McCain is the underdog…please!!! Make sure you know what you're talking about…

Frankly Moon Beam its Mc Con that should be well ahead and he's not even adhead.

He's the white guy, the lifer and the righty.

He's the hero Top Gun and the Vietnam war vet.

He's got big big religous fan club icon and big business friend.

He's the natural follow up to GW.

But has not been winning at all. Nor has he been ahead. Stop the BS about polically motivated polls data…it's not working for the voters withstanding your con games.

Stop with the nonesense talk !

BO is squarly where he should be in the bogus polls pulled together from in a timely manner to benift " you know what."..stop lying with faulty data.

Obama is the next President of the USA

God forbid McCain is President and a 3:00 am call comes in on the weekend - He takes off every weekend.

I would vote for Bush again before I would vote for McCain.

The time for change is now - we can't wait. The country can't afford it.

McCain talks about the past all of the time. He lives in the past. We have got to move into the future.

The closer one examines Mr. Obama, the less appealing he becomes. We do not need a trainee in the White House, we need an experienced leader who can step in and take charge and Mr. Obama is simply not ready.

The right leaning media says that Obama is winning, the left-leaners are saying McCain is ahead…
Funny.

Does anybody remember 2 or 3 months ago what one of McCain's advisers said on national t.v.? I believe it was Mr. Blac, right? That McCain would need a conflict of some sort to occur in order to become president. Not necessarily one against the U.S., but somewhere, so he could "demonstrate" that he has more experience on defense issues. HMMMMMMMM how convenient.

SAYS WHO??? MARK PENN???? we don't care. Obama will win

Obama will win.

CNN or any other news outlet do an Internet poll.
would be nice to have a cell phone poll also.

Once again weak minded don't think for yourself people are running from change to the comfort of fear. These are the same people who voted for Bush twice so no change there and they were never going to vote for Obama anyway or for any change unless they are told to by their masters. Sheep only sheep that is what the republicans have now.

So People of the US don't fear the polls. Obama is going to win because there are more nonfeared voters then feared ones.

Funny when Obama leads the supporters say shut up hillbots and whatever childish name they can come up with but when he is down polls dont matter hun?

Obama revealed himself as an ultra-racist in his books. Maybe more people have read them and that is why his poll numbers have dropped.

Once again after the dust settles and the average voter really looks at how far left the Dems candidate is it makes it hard to vote for him no matter how unhappy you are with the Repubs.

i dont believe your polls.the one who raises the most money always wins.

Rush was right! Again!!

Funny how a little dose of reality in the real world pops the Hope and Change and Unicorn bubble. Maybe we need someone who knows what they're doing rather than a freshman senator who is only good when he's reading from a script. And who is apparently terrified of Hillary Clinton and John McCain (Obama: "Debate? No we won't").

If he's so afraid of John McCain, how's he going to deal with Ahmedinejad or Medvedev/Putin? They'll eat him for lunch and his script with him.

Hang your polls on a pole.

Let's vote and find out. I'm not going to let a poll of polls sway me, let alone any single poll.

Hang up the polls, PLEASE!!!!

UNLIKE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, SENATOR OBAMA IS NOT A DESTRUCTIVE INDIVIDUAL, IT'S NOT WITHIN HIS CHARACTER. BUT, I FEEL THIS MAY CHANGE!

MAYBE THIS IS THE REASON THAT WE HAVE A DYSFUNCTIONAL SOCIETY. . .DESTRUCTION SEEMS TO WORK IN AMERICA!

****TRULY SAD****

Again, who are they polling.???? I don't believe a word of this.

When did he have a comfortable lead? I must have missed that.

The headline should be McCain had the whole field to himself for several days and still couldn't get a head of Obama.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

In spite of all the negative and dishonest attacks, courtesy of McCain, Rove and Clinton, I am confident that Obama will emerge the winner. It is impressive how he has not stooped to the level of these three and their like.

And - I wish they added spell check in here.

Corrections for the record

One = Won
Transes = Trances
500,000 most = 500,000 more votes

Thank you!

This is why I voted against Hillary in the dem primaries..

Ha Ha!!

???? WHO ARE YOU POLLING????

What did he expect with that high pay grade comment on abortion and Caroline Kennedy as VP?????

Perhaps the progressive media should try muzzling both Obamas until after November…

Love how you wait to publish poll results when the flucuation get's close. Notice 5 day gaps before..why..They showed Obama with huge leads. Each day the polls will change, so you show what's most controversial. Plus poller's don't poll people by Cell phone and only the old ways of hardline phones. It's a new age. I know you want post this one just like the rest of mine you haven't posted.

No worries. Both McCain and Obama will see bumps after their respective conventions. I think the upcoming VP announcements and debates between the two will provide better definition in the polls than currently exists.

Well, that's ok. There is always ups and downs before the election. Obama will pull away from McCain again and win the election

McSame is about as real as the lie that his Barbie heiress is an "only child." His "gaffes" largely unreported by groveling mainstream media are signs of larger mental impairment. He doesn't work on weekneds and limits his appearances to one a day…Do you really think this guy is up to the job of being president? I realize that Dumbya has set the bar pretty low, but America, don't we deserve a full-time, healthy, mentally capable president?

i'm not surprised. america keeps heading towards a downward spiral because the public keeps letting it. i guess we're on our way to the 3rd bush term

Polls don't mean anything especially if you haven't been the one polled.

So when they poll me I will agree with the polls.

“This ought to be a landslide Democratic year, but right now the Obama campaign is at risk of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," Silverleib said.

ROFLMAO…. oh how true… the DNC should be ashamed

Obama will loose if he doesnt pick Clinton as VP. I will vote McCain.

Clinton VP or McCain

Also, I would think these polls are not any sort of accurate predicting method because they are not polling all voters, and if they are polling the same people every day as it seems because the poll numbers change daily, they are probably irritated and giving inconsistent answers by now. I wish my phone would ring with a poller on the line…then a new voice could be heard.

All I have to say is if McCain wins, America is going to get what they paid for…
More war
Higher gas prices
Roe vs Wade overturned
No equal rights for women
Affirmative Action will be eliminated
No respect among foreign leaders

When all these things happen: America better not whine and cry.

As a local campaign volunteer for Obama, I can tell you that no one is worried on our side. Now if McCain ever breaks 45% (which he has never done) there may be a problem. But until then, this is all hype.

It would be interesting if someone did a national or battle ground states poll matching Hillary Clinton to John McCain and released it right before the convention. If Hillary beats McCain what would be convention fall out be?

Mr. O, grab a hankerchief! You should start sweating now. It would really suck if you had to go back to being a Jr. Senator.

Cherrstrawberry: Hillary didn't lose, she suspended her campaign. Neither of them one.

Here's a fact for you: Hillary earned 500,000 most than Obama after his winning streak. If we all knew then what we knew now, he'd lose for sure. I actually supported Obama's bid until I heard about his friends, and his stunt to become a senator in the first place.

This is not a man of ethics or change. He's played very dirty while hiding behind that smile. Many people are finally waking up from the transes of his speeches.

Some advice for Mr. O:

Don't play the "Same old Washington Politics" card you played on Hillary. Nobody is buying it anymore.

Don't play "change we can believe in", anyone who does fact-finding will see you are no different.

Leave the party if you want any chance of the dems taking the White House. If not, you are putting your ego above the will of the people.

Obama 08! This poll will only energize Obama fans across the country to really show their support in the following months. Nothing to worry about…

CNN likes to exagerate polls, they did the same in the primaries. I hope this country is smart enough, to not vote for republicans again. Or we will see World War 3 soon. Mccain has a sick mind, he suffered alot of trauma in vietnam, and he has alot of hate inside of him, God help us and our children if that crazy man is our presiden!

1 debate with these two side by side and it will be over!
McCain and honrable guy, well at least till he ran for POTUS…

Actually I think Senator Obama is supplying his own nails.

He flatly accuses the Pro Life group of being Liars…and states he was always against Partial Birth Abortion. Then says he voted against it because it was not like the Federal bill. So what do they do? They pull out the IL Bill and the Federal Bill and point out the language is EXACTLY the same. Obama's campaign comes out and says he was mistaken in legislative history. Obama had to aplogize on Sunday.

The New York Post today said "Obama either didn't know his own record, or was so accustomed to shrouding it in dishonesty that it had become second nature."

THAT is why Obama is losing ground in the Polls.

No time to panic, McCain answered a couple questions coherently and now people realize he is awake.

Problem with Americans is the want a President you can drink a beer with, George W I'm looking at you. When you think simply you end up with a simple leader, when your willing to take a little risk you can end up with a great leader. I believe Obama has the upside to be a GREAT leader.

The fact that McCain has used Britney, Paris and Messiah to appeal to people really says it all. Pander to people who couldn't think their way out of a paper bag.

Why is that surprising to anyone. I do not think that with a party in disarray we are going to win this one. The DNC made a fatal mistake by thinking that they will pick a candidate for us and then we will follow like cattle. WRONG… never take away the will of the people.

My vote was taken away then as a gesture of "goodwill" I got back 1/2 my vote but to the DNC please no favors we need to go by the "rules". Now I am an independent and will vote for McCain in November.

Obama if you really want party unity pick Hillary as your running mate and you will win in November; I guarantee it. If you are not having a serious run pick anyone else. She is the other strong candidate. This is so simple it baffles my mind.

As bill said on Larry King yesterday he is dissapointed of both McCain adn Obama. He stated that Obama has become a regular politician more intellectual but regular in the sense of not standing on positions or changing positions for political convenience.

A lot of us saw that long time ago that is why 18 millions voted for Hillary instead of Obama, His real colors are showing but still the worst is to come when the playbook from Chicago he played again and again while he campaigned there will show everybody will finally see that Barack attempt to picture himself as a different kind of politician is nothing more than a political move to confuse voters.

Hillary at least did not pretend to be someone she is not. Besides she is a more competent candidate and more experience to really lead the changes we need

Whatever, wait until after the convention, then look at the polls, beside you are you all calling, I work with about 500 employees and we all laugh because you must be calling or polling other international countries for your polls. I don't even see polls on the internet, the people you are polling live in back woods of Tennessee??

Hispanics–for Obama, Woman for Obama, GOOOOOO OBAMA!!!

Why is there a new poll everyday? I have yet to receive a call. In the event I receive a call, my response will not reflect the trend these fictious polls seem to suggest.

Ron Paul Republicans (Libertarians) will do more damage to McCain than Hilary supports to Obama…They are a stubborn bunch…McCain will lose Georgia, Montana and Nevada because of Libertarians.

time to call HILLARY

The Georgia - Russia incident has invoked a gut-check.
Instincts would have America flock to a true leader

About time the country caught on to the fact that WE DON'T KNOW THIS GUY — AT ALL!

polls are meaningless and neither side should get too comfortable. They've been wrong A LOT. We won't know until November but I sincerely hope people wake up and realize that obama is nothing but shallow rhetoric and if he does win, god help us . . . the democratic congress will call the shots.

McCain accuses Obama of going to Berlin and pretending to be POTUS. McCain rises in the polls.

McCain pretends to be POTUS by speaking out louder and more aggressively than Bush, which was totally out line BTW. McCain rises in the polls.

The President of Georgia called on McCain for help. McCain remained silent because he was powerless to actually help. Recall that McCain had called for NATO troops to halt the Russians. Then McCain tempered his words to be more like what Obama was saying. McCain rises in the polls.

Amazing. Polls are either meaningless, or the people being polled are not paying attention.

Reason:
The Georgia - Russia incident has invoked a gut-check.
Instincts would have America flock to a true leader

If the American people are gulled by the Republican propaganda machine, McCain's campaign tactics will work, and he will be president.

If the people see through the Goebbels-style tactics the McCain campaign has chosen to represent their candidate, McCain doesn't have any subsstantive ideas to fall back on, and he will lose.

Either way, Americans will get the government we deserve.

God help us.

Beware you libs. We are on a roll. George Bush and Dick Cheny are heroes who have protected their nation, and we need John Mccain to step up and continue their legacy. We won't sit around and let you start sharia law.

Looks like Americans are finally coming to terms with the simple truth that a junior hack senator who's flip-flopping on every issue of consequence and has adopted a purely react-to-the-polls approach to his campaign is not exactly Presidential material.

Let's face it: flowery oratory skills may win debate club accolades, but it sure doesn't make someone fit for the Office of the President. I'm glad to see people are finally waking up to this.

The Tide is Turning!

McCain will win because McCain will put America first..

Hey CNN, where did you get your statistic degree? The only way a poll can have no margin of error is if they poll every voter in the country. A poll can have a statistically insignificant margin of error, like 0.25% if 5000+ voters are polled, but when you take the average of a bunch of other polls, you need to add up the number of people polled in each individual poll to calculate your margin of error, not just blow that step off and say your poll in perfect.

Great news..it looks like they two knuckleheads will have a split decision–thereby creating an opportunity for the only qualified candidate to lead us out of the mess we are in…..

Bob Barr 2008
Realistic, common sense, traditional values–grounded in our constitution and bill of rights.

Libertarian Party–visit, donate, help us make "real change" in Washington.

Obama is just a more likeable and trustworthy guy with solid, sound, good judgment. Little baggage is also a huge PLUS! The choice is really a no-brainer.

It'll be a close one but it'll happen for Obama.

You don't become the first black presidential candidate in US history and waltz into the Oval Office no matter how fed up people are of the GOP. Before this race the question was asked if America was ready for a black president.

Some people aren't but the people who can put that aside are looking at the man best equipped to lead us out of the dark Republican ages.

This bad press will just serve to energize the ground movement which is aggresively campaigning for Obama.

ObamaBots are funny August 20th, 2008 3:55 pm ET

Obama is going down. People are now waking up to see this Obama is a Carter.

I will take a Bush over a Carter any day.
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Really? what a joke you people are. That goes for you too PUMAs.

I think people are starting to realize that Obama is all sizzle and no steak. As a Hillary supporter who believes the DNC and the media stole the nomination from her, disenfranchising me in the process, I look forward to Obama's defeat.

Cardsgal
Nashville, TN

oh yeah can CNN please post the electoral college polls… Obama leads there and is tied in some key states…

Enough NATIONAL polls… they're utter nonsense and CNN knows it.

I'll take this so called "fraud" anyday over the "richman" with twelve houses and the botox wife running this country. I want a real man that will get in there and roll up his shirt sleeves and work to fix the problems in this country. I don't want a Mickey Mouse President who says he knows how "real" Americans feel with the economy in crisis. None of my real American friends have twelve houses. Most of us are cutting back so we can continue to send our children to college, put food on the table, pay the house payment and continue to feed the dog.

It is time for Change and McCain is just more of the same!

Being that CNN reported on someones death which was NEVER confirmed by any credible sources, I NO LONGER TRUST your reporting because it's probably factless!

Obama WILL WIN! Thanks for raising doubts everyday, giving us our daily HRC update, and most important ALWAYS giving typical MSM information!

I hope McCain and his Jerry Springer Campaign will not get away so easily

It has been written that America is going down and it starts with the vote for McCain. This is the vote that will doom America forever because of fear and racism America will destroy herself having learned nothing yet from the last 8 years. It's a pity but it will be fun if American elects McCain and starts crying one month after that. Stupid I tell you, some Americans are so stupid.

Hey LT for Obama–be careful quoting autobiographies. Someone might actually start questioning your man Obama's autobiography and pointing out a lot of discrepencies.

CNN has run the "Obama's slipping in the Polls" story atleast a dozen times since the end of the primaries. Working EVERY single angle to a) take down the front runner, thus b) dragging out the competitive aspect of the race, thus c) making more people tune in to CNN and d) selling more expensive ad space because of higher ratings as a bi-product.

They've done it to every single frontunner since the primaries began. It's LAUGHABLE!

The American media is a joke. Don't listen to the bozos!

CNN has run the "Obama's slipping in the Polls" story atleast a dozen times since the end of the primaries. Working EVERY single angle to a) take down the front runner, thus b) dragging out the competitive aspect of the race, thus c) making more people tune in to CNN and d) selling more expensive ad space because of higher ratings as a bi-product.

They've done it to every single frontunner since the primaries began. It's LAUGHABLE!

The American media is a joke. Don't listen to the bozos!

Who really cares either way, this country is going down the crapper.

It's time for Obama to get off their high horse and go negative. If he doesn't he will join a long list of Dem candidates who lost an election

McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Obama and is viewed as a stronger manager of the economy, according to the most recent Reuters/Zogby poll.

If he gets a bump after the convention, he didn't after his trip, and polls also show he isn't gaining new supporters.

mCCAIN NEEDS AT LEAST ONE BLACK VOTE, AND HE AINT GOT IT

He's got my vote.

It's still very early in the process. Polls conducted have very questionable accuracy. Money talks. Which of the candidates has received the most donations (and no, you can't include McCain's allowance from the RNC). Which of the candidates is running their campaign solidly in black ink? Hillary is drowning in red ink.
McCain is a constipated, cranky old man of questionable mental faculties who has aligned himself with Bush, Cheney and that gang. The world pretty much views those boys as irrelevant. Hillary won't receive the call; she can't pay her phone bill. And no, Hillary supporters, she won't snatch the nomination from Obama; give it a rest. Obama will do just fine, thank you very much.

I think the polls are much ado about nothing at this point. McCain will be out on vacation next week during the democratic convention and polls will likely shift in Obama's favor. The GOP convention will likely give McCain a boost.

Let's see what things look like starting mid-September. Then maybe we'll have something to talk about.

Going negative won't help him. What he needs is to beat McCain in an unbiased, un-spun debate if there is such a thing. Town-hall meetings would have been a good option, but Mr. anytime, anywhere has shown up nowhere.

Think about it…has anyone here been called by a pollster? Does anyone here know anybody called by a pollster?

CNN count the blogs you have in the past week and thenpost your poll results that are your numbers and you get what you want numbers that give you ratings
you ar so onesided cnn

Hillary 2012!

Obama is in trouble.

Kerry was up on Bush by 24 points leading into the democratic convention 4 years ago and Gore led by a large margin as well.

Historically, the democratic candidate is ususally up 20 - 25 points over his republican rival at this time of year. So, to only be up by 3 points and within the margin of error does not bode well for Obama.

With the way the economy is, either one of those 2 candidates would have probably been up by 40 points or more over Bush.

Hillary would have been a LOT stonger cadidate.

So what is the CNN "poll of polls" please? Who gets called? We have had the same land line phone # for many years and haven't received a poll call. No poll calls to cell phones — so with millions of voters out working everyday and possibly not available evenings, just who is home answering all these poll calls. I think the polling organizations need to come up with a more modern way to poll the interested public. It's outdated.

Despite what the media and polls are saying about Obama at present time, there has not been one event that has happened in the last 4 years that he has made a prediction on that he has been off the mark about. How strange then that some are still questioning his judgement and ability to lead. How strange that some are still clinging to (he's an appeaser) guns and (he's a muslim) religion in order to conclude that he would not be one of the greatest leaders in US history, not to mention the clear choice for president this year.
The Saddleback forum really did remind me of a national gameshow. Unfortunately Sen Obama thought it was Jeopardy and Sen McCain thought it was Family Feud. Since the people of this country cannot process information greater than a slogan, headline or sound byte, and Family Feud is so much more FUN