CNN

The only reason this article exists is because the Republicans we're all upset that McCain wasn't getting any media attention because in all reality, few care about G W Bush's fill-in.

I'm not a Democrat. I'm not a Republican.

Obama will win this election, because he's the right one for the next 4-8 years.

obama will win no matter what

john king and cnn you could only hope obama falls BUT THIS IS AUGUST wait till after convension then maybe cnn will start reporting truth about bush mcain rather be up by 2 to 6 than mcain caint even rember how many houses he owns give me a break cnn you probabll want four more years of bush but let me tell you THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL WAKE UP august poll dont mean dam thing vov fourth will tell the tell CAINT WAIT TO ESCORT BUSH OUT OF OUR HOUSE

Why don't you people get a life

"Bob in LA" said it best, and I agree. When all this reaches a boiling point on election Tuesday, there will be people out there who go into the booth and vote AGAINST Obama and not necessarily FOR McCain, for the main reason that they feel in their heads and their hearts, posing the question: Is America ready for a black president? That is what it will really come down to......a "not in my house" choice. Sad but true.

Actually I can't decide which nutjobs I find funniest, McCain's, Clinton's, or Obama's. They're all pretty sad in their own way.

It's all part of the media political game. Obama is doing fine and he will win in november. We elect president based on electoral votes not by popular vote. Obama is ahead in most battlegroud states and running strongly in some republican stronghold.
By the way, i am very disappointed of CNN biased coverage against Obama. CNN is loosing credibility cause of journalist like Brown Campbell.

Yes, the curse is pundits saying there's a curse.

Obama 08

IF the Hillary Clinton supporters vote for John McCain JUST because Barack Obama beat her in the primararies, they will get what they deserve, and will deepen the hard feelings that most men have about women.
Grow up. She lost. Join her to defeat McHouse, don't help defeat Obama because you want her to run in 2012.
Bill Clinton is the main reason she isn't the nominee. He did her in in more ways than one.

Vote for Obama. He can't allow McCain to get another house...the White House.

This is totally different then when Dukakis ran. The polls are incorrect as they can only do landline. The race will end with Obama as the winner by a larger margin than predicted. People are finally seeing what a despicable man McCain truly is

"mccain who is too anxious to get us into another war"

But what about Obama? 3 of 4 caes he is war president too!
Iraq – bring most troops home.
Afganistan – send more troups – like McCain
Israel/Palestine – support Israel – like McCain
Iran – "no options off the table" – like McCain

Do Obama supoporters just close their eyes to this?

Rock on Obama! You are the cult of personality and your supporters hate everyone who does not fit your mold of a perfect society.

Obama hides from every one on one debate and refuses to do town hall meetings because when you take the prepared speech and teleprompter away Obama is lost. Does he really think the American people are going to elect him reading everything? How dumb does he think we are?

McCain 08

Obama favors Islam/Muslim the proof is in his books...read it folks.
Jack J
New York

It is just simple we not going to vote for someone who vote for war,or some one who doesn't know how many house he has truely maccain is out of touch

This race has not changed that much. Your own polll of polls has been in the one to seven point Obama lead range since the nominees were known. For a race without an incumbent there should be no expectation of a huge Senator Obama lead. The underlying theme that Obama is underperforming is greatly exagerated.

Check out this new VP Candidate..he is perfect for the job:

Chet Edwards – (D) Texas

I think the republican party has figured that a certain percentage of the American voting public are so emotional and lets face it – lacking the ability to reason that it has been concluded if you say something enough they will believe it.

Say your opponent is rich, elite, unpatriotic and unfeeling. Yet, he is only worth 1/3 what you are worth some 167 million combined with 7 houses. If you say it enough people will believe it even if its not true; the republicans have repeated there baseless attacks over and over and after the fact the American public becomes aware that they were deceived or lied to about that person character but the American public have a terribly short memory.

We want to be first in the world and this is how we pick our President.

Obama is TOAST folks.....too much baggage...... read his book Audacity of hope carefully. Some paragraphs will curl your hair.
James J
Salt Lake City

If you believe in curses, then you probably believe John McCain does not lie in his TV ads.

no they are just haunted by all the mccain lies.

Andrew and the rest of you butt-soar hill fans.

Get over yourselves...give her money to pay her debt if you really like her. From her it's clear that she's not worth your money as she is so in debt from mismanaging a poorly won campaign.

Change..Finally...08

With McSames AGE has anyone stop to think that McSames pick for vp will become the next president if he wins, pretty scarey eh. I think his memory is going ,he has to have a telepromper every time he makes a speach with lots of people and w/ town hall he has to read from a paper in front of him. Just imagine him going to Georgia or any country dragging his teleprompter and booklets with him and standing there talking w/ telep. in front of him. What a joke and you guys vote for this liar,confused, and if you vote him in you deserve everythig you get from him,and CNN is helping they are right in his hip pocket I think CNN are mostly republican.

"OBAMA GO GET THEM YOU CAN DO IT, I KNOW YOU WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT"

Sorry, I was responding to Kris. No there is not an August curse. Just normal ups and downs. I hate that fact that the debates will turn ugly but I was not around prior to any election that this was not the case. I hope the canidates will try to focus on the issues, such as economy, healthcare and getting us out of Iraq.

Most people are on vacation during the month of August. The polls will change soon.

Democrats won't dare veto Pork Barrel as if McCain becomes President as "all" will be revealed to the American Taxpayer prior to final vote.....Taxpayers have been ripped off to the point we could become bankrupt...that's enough before we become a third world country.
Democrats have had the power for two years so I say "they are worse than the republicans".....since they have been in barrel of oil was 50.00 a barrel and now more than doubled....they were for CHANGE, just like Obama. Fluff and Farce again.
It's time for a moral third party....we actually need a Teddy Roosevelt to get rid of the junk in Congress.
Jack C
Portland OR

the whole country has a curse with CNN reporting trashy events

CNN what a joke
from their ridiculous polls to their love for the clintons, to their ridiculous titles as if this was a walt disney movie

the situation room
planet in peril
ohh what else

run john run

Forget about the VP choices, the three upcoming debates are going to decide this thing. Whoever is the lesser a–; less uh's and um's out of Barack and less gaffe's out of John, will win the Presidency.

No, Barry is a "victim" of being an inexperienced and unqualified yet immensely egotististal and elitist candidate.

No matter who wins, we only have ourselves to blame. Neither "The Gift from God", as Pelosi referred to Obama, nor McBush will fix the fundamental problems in our country. August does not just curse the Democrats, rather we're all cursed in overly leveraged country. How come neither of these guys will seriously address the trillion dollar debt we have?

I think Obama is good person but I do not believe he is ready to lead the United States. When McCain wins and I guarantee you he will, it will unfortunately rip the country further apart because the far left, most media and Hollywood are going to think that it was stolen. McCain is simply the better choice.

The more things change, the more they stay the same–as they saying goes, and much of that has to do with looking to the past to define and shape the future.

I hope there are enough of us out there to make the shift.

We simply cannot afford to put McCain in the White House and I have to trust that a significant percentage of the US is in agreement on that.

Obama 08

Let's not be suspicious.
I hope both candidates show us their right stuff so we can decide.

Obama is completely unelectable!!!

If you don't realize this, it's only a matter of time.

Games are being played and time wasted but if Obama is even hanging in there come November, the kid gloves will come off.

There are things on his record regarding criminals and terrorists that a few ads will highlight and he's toast.

It doesn't matter what you think of McCain!!!! doesn't matter... he wins – hands down. What planet are you on if you don't realize this- save face now!

If Obama picks Biden how will he be able to explain picking a running mate who voted in favor of invading Iraq?

No surprise here : the more people learn about Obama, the less they like him.

I'm not crazy about Bush or the Republicans, but I'm also not crazy enough to vote for Obama.

Obama does not have enough experience. I suggest you look into how many days he served in office before he put together a group of individuals to explore running for President. He has had his sights set on being President since almost day one and has not put enough focus on the in's and out's of our democratic body.

We just can not afford another four years of what we have had. I do not care who is on the ticket it just cannot be a Republican. I just can't understand the people who vote out of spite, rather than common sense. It is childish and insane.

Got to love CNN....Obama's terrible decision making over the past 2 weeks have nothing to do with him...it is a "curse".

Since the radical left has taken over the Democratic party they have lost touch with average American. They always pick too liberal of a candidate for the president and that's why Republicans usually win. And once again the Dems have picked the most liberal Senator they can and of course they will lose again because most American's aren't leftist socialists.

Yep, they have curse... It's Obama's smug ego, JERKING US AROUND with the WHO and WHEN of his VP.

Everyone, turn off your TVs. We'll see HER over the weekend......
Or-- we'll put McCain in the White House.

He's an inexperienced "empty suit" without Hillary.

Obama can end this curse with one simple, absolutely necessary act: Name Hillary Clinton as the next Vice President of the United States of America.

and my first post was such a fair and honest respectful post but you fail to post it, much like this one wont get posted either.
simply put, obama will lose because of his blogers can't say anything nice about any of us who have doughts about his qualifications.
we the base democrats will stop mr. obama from his onointment.
and to all who will bash this post ( if it gets posted), i ask a simple question? why can't we disagree respectfully, why so much anamosity
towards we who feel differently than each of you obama supporters?
i respect your energy toward your canidate, just respectfully disagree
with your thinking.
base democrat for mccain.
bowling green, mo.

Has Obama won yet

When am I getting your moneys

I want your moneys

I was promised your moneys

Obama08 because I don't have to work

"Did Obama call Hillary to endorse her as President in 2012?

Haven't heard anything yet, but have been expecting it.

McCain '08
Hillary '12"

What do McCain and Hillary have in common besides color? Explain this.

The only way Obama has a whisper of a chance is if he picks Hillary as VP. Even then, it won't be enough for me and millions like me. I don't want her to waste her brilliance in a vice-presidential role. She is much more valuable as a Senator and will have even more experience for a run in 2012. This time around, I'll vote for McCain and hope for the best. No matter what, it will be much better than having another idiot in the Oval Office.

There's no curse, people just wake up to the real candidate and not the public portrayal they try to make which is what is happening to Nobama now.

BO should have paid attention to the Hillary supporters. I have been saying for months that if BO was nominated he would not get my vote. My only indecision is whether to stay home or vote Republican. BTW...I refuse to watch any more CNN news programs where Jawwwwwwwww Malllllllllllllllllllllllllll Simmons is featured. I'm not so sure whether it's BO or His Supporters who will sink the Democrats this year.

The only curse is that's when the Republicans step up their negative, untrue ads and their "Rove" style campaign machine and the media and a large number of gullible people fall for it.

The real August curse is having to listen to the emply tripe the MSM puts out to create controversy to boost their ratings.

I think it's the people who are getting polled. They poll mostly democrats while the primaries are going on so of course the polls are going to be in the Democrats favor. After the primaries are over it's like what and what so the polls are more evened out. But forget what the polls say. Usually Repulicans go out and vote and most Democrats sit and home. But I guarantee come November there will be no Democrats sitting at home this year, believe that.

OBAMA '08

I don't believe in curses!! And why would CNN even print this mess!! I think many of Obama opponents, and hater's wish for a curse!!

Sure. The August curse is that people actually start PAYING ATTENTION to the politics and the socialist ideas that come from the Democrats – and know they can't afford it which means – oila! Taxes are going up!!

Did it ever dawn on you, CNN, that you are wasting money running all those polls from April to August that almost never reflect the final numbers?

What happens is that the Democrats have their Convention – and the whole nation sits back and watches the Keystone Kops campaign. Only twice in the last 44 years have the Dems managed to put on a great Convention that did them credit. (Clinton's 1996 convention was irrelevant since he'd already won – although Dick Morris' reisgnation was high comedy as well.

No curse... just shallow substance that has been way overplayed by the media and has worn thin.

Vegas, I like your comment! I moved to this nice area by working my bu** off days and nights paying tax like crazy, hoping my kids have a nice place to grow up. The liberals and democrats wanted 'inclusion clause' meaning that every spot in this country include subsidized housing, supported by homeowners and builders. After living here for two years, I started seeing police and helicopters surrounding the subsidized housing area to bust drug dealers and addicts. It has turned into a bad neighborhood again.

No more liberals, especially BO.

This reminds of Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMatta. LaMatta could do some damage, but always lost because Sugar Ray was tougher than he looked, was smarter and had more finesse. McCain will lose because he has no new ideas and sold his soul to the devil by getting in bed with Bush and Cheney.

We've had enough of the dumb party-boy from a privileged background as President. Let's elect the smart guy this time!

The Democrats likely wouldn't have faced any problems if the superdelegates had chosen wisely. That is, picked Hillary Clinton as the nominee. Oh well, perhaps they will learn from this and make the correct decision in 4 years.

MSM is the curse...

CNN, quit trying to make the news...just report the facts!

I don't feel that the polls are an accurate indication of who's voting for whom. I and most of the people that I know haven't been polled since the primaries, and we're for Barack all the way. What about the people who only have cell phones? Are they being polled?

I AM SO SICK OF HEARING FROM YOU BIGOTS...

DID GEORGE BUSH HAVE EXPERIENCE TO BE PRESIDENT....

JUST ADMIT YOU HATERS....YOU DON'T LIKE OBAMA BECAUSE YOU PEOPLE JUST CAN'T STAND TO HAVE A BLACK MAN AS OUR PRESIDENT...

GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY...REMEMBER THAT!!!!

CNN PLEASE POST THIS...THANK YOU.

Do you just love all of thes McCainobots. .....always with their mouths open and nothing coming out of them. Why hasnt your candidate held a consistent lead in this race yet? He is the "more experienced" "ready to lead" and all that other crap.

If you think Obama can handle this country you need your head examined. We do not need a president like him and we will not have a president like him there is no way that America is stupid enough to vote him in. And A Cunuck you need to shut up about mccain he is the best one by a long shot if the choice is between him and Obama. Obama needs to go back to where he came from back to covering up his head with a rag.

"August Curse" sounds like mumbo-jumbo to me. Americans are simply getting to know more about the 2 candidates. As a result, McCain's stock is rising and Obama's is falling. Mystery solved!

Mainstream Media keeps harping about how badly Obama is doing... In reality he is doing everything exactly right! He doesn't get any credit for going from an unheard-of to possibility being the next president. He beat the Clinton machine and now he has a good shot at beating the Republican hooligans who have done their best to destroy this country. Notice how the gas prices are suddenly falling? You think that isn't a tactic of big business? Think again.

Andrew, you have to be kidding. You would vote for McCain who stands for everything Hilary stands for while Obama is aligned with the same values and solutions. If you think McCain has more experience. It is the wrong experience. Obama is a risk, but sometimes you have to do it to gain a promising future. To me McCain is a far greater risk!

People get paid for writing inane commentaries like this one?
What a load of rubbish.

Perhaps, it is not fate that causes the August "curse" but the American good judgement that makes them realize that the Democratic candidate is truly flawed. In Obama's case it is no experience with Federal public policies. He is definately a media creation.

Used to be a Repuglican: How can you say that Obama has done more for the American people in the 2 yrs he's been a US senator than McCain when he spends most his time campaigning? He's never in the senate, authored no bills, voted on very few of them and sometimes just voted present.

There is no curse. People are just beginning to see through the sham that is Obama. August will be a bad month for him. And September. And October. And NOVEMBER...

No, the Democratic base never wanted BO. His lack of experience is disconcerting in these uncertain times. Many people feel McCain has the necessary experience to be EFFECTIVE in the White House. The writing was on the wall, but Democratic leadership shoved HRC out of the race and stupidly chase after BO and moveon.org money.

TO General_Martors!!!

ALL OF WHAT YOU MENTION IS "OLD NEWS" – We've been there and done that!!!! This is what YOU and other REPUBS like you think we are afraid of – IT DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE!!! We know your game and you LOST!!!

As for the book – Maybe he's writing your life story which again – MEANS NOTHING!!!

OBAMA 2008-2016!!! YES WE CAN!!

hillary is obamas only hope

The Democratic Party is dominated by the lunatic left wing fringe. that's why they keep coming up with ultra-liberal candidates that trigger the gag reflex of most Americans. Clinton played the game well, moving to the center after the nomoination and staying there. That's why he is the only Democratic president to serve two terms since FDR. Obama is a much worse choice than usual. Not only is he an ultra-liberal, but he lacks the qualifications of a Kerry or Gore. The fact that he got the nomination speaks volumes about how screwed up the Democratic party is.

Yes, the Democrats are cursed. They are cursed with stupid leadership and a candidate who can't win in November!

McCain '08 for Hillary '12

August is the month the Republicans pull out their attack dogs who use lies, half-truths and total dishonesty to influence the campaign. They can not run on the issues. Both George H.W Bush and the current president, George W. Bush did this but not Ronald Regan. Does that tell us something? The Reps try to make "liberal" a dirty word. Let's see what Webster says: LIBERAL – expressing political views that favor civil liberties, democratic reforms and the use of governmental power to promote social progress. Let's look at what Webster says about CONSERVATIVES – Tending to oppose change, favoring traditional views. The Rep. party is that of older, white, rich men while the Democratic party consists of all everyday average Americans. I see John McCain as the past and Barack Obama as the future.

No – but if Putin keeps helping his buddy (W) and the prez of GA keeps helping his buddy (McW), it will bring out all the macho gun-totin' loud mouths that want our kids and grand-kids to die for this country.

McW wants the draft for 18-35, male, female, single, married?

If you vote McCain, you vote for war with Iran, Russia, "California","Florida", other coastal states (over OIL).

If not, GO OBAMA '08

It's the month RIGHT BEFORE the Democratic National Convention. Move the Convention to July, for instance, and June would be the month SOME would say is a "jinx" month.

Come on Now!!!! Does everything have to be an OMEN when it comes to Obama/Democrats and a LEGEND when it comes to McSAME/Repubs????? It's obvious that the month before the Demo' convention the REPUBS would try to smear and tear down their opponent because the MSM attention would be on Obama/Democrats.

This time – HOWEVER, we're fighting back. The REPUBS' FEAR tactics and TRIVIAL smears that are OLD are not going to work. There are MORE of us who are involved with this Presidency than ever before in the history of America and WE'RE NOT HAVING IT!!! OBAMA 08-16!

Conservatives have sat around for the past few years bankrupting the country and covering up their crimes. It has kept them very busy.

So when August comes around they have to slime the candidate and lie because they have nothing to run on.

It's hard to run a campaign when you have so many opponents....McCain and his band of liars, Hillary and her band of liars, Bill and his stank attitude, a news media constantly wanting drama over every topic. Authors, Pundits and others spewing known lies on television in front of everyone...it's amazing he's ahead at all!

Yeah they must have a curse. mcCain looks like a dork in not knowing how many homes he has and Obama tries to capitalize on it but wait....he bought a home in a sketch deal with Tony Rezko (a felon for corruption). so much for change.

Stop this curse crap, obama will win the election, polls go up and down this normal, we have seen in primary , wait and see obama number will go up after the Democratic conventiion, but at the end what matters is who wins in november.

With Obama at the top of the ticket....It will also be a NOVEMBER Curse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Independent Latina:

My mother was an ESL teacher, in Texas, for many years. I know of no other school system in the world who goes to such length to accommodate and acclimate foreigners to our country. Hard work is made to offer those children a full opportunity to succeed here. That's the right thing to do. Not only morally, but for our country which simply does better as its people do better.

Hispanic students have some of the highest drop out rates. There is a culture which demands high school students help provide for the family. It's a complicated issue. In my opinion much of it lies in Roman-Catholicism and its restrictive family planning practices. Having fewer kids leads to a lowered family budget, and one in which the students are not called upon to make up shortcomings.

In medicine some of the most amazing surgeons have the worst patient survival rates. That is because they have made a practice of taking on cases which other surgeon's are not capable of touching. The most skilled surgeon can be confident that he or she will not be graded by statistics but by their professional reputation. And despite losses, doctors know that when their patient presents the most difficult case to send the patient to that skilled surgeon.

The same respect needs to be given to teachers as is given to these surgeons I describe. Look beyond the statistics. The opening ceremonies of the Olympics should give you perspective on why China rates high in math–they demand unity, and those who can not fit into the one size should fit all attitude are left by the wayside. Not so in America which has many specialized programs to address students of most every need.

Let's continue to work on the math and science for certain. Let's further extend the expertise of the teachers. But not without recognizing that we have a willingness to take on harder jobs of teaching here than most anywhere else. And let's start to look to the culture of media and consumerism and irresponsible parents who have made the teacher's job so difficult. Don't ask them to be up to the task if you will not ask your culture to be there with them, supporting them.

You ask your teacher's to deliver home good students then make certain you send to school a child ready to learn and respect the teacher.

Actually, Denise? I won't vote if Clinton is on the ticket. And I'm not the only one.

So much for mobilizing Democrats.

No. But we sure do have a lot of media hype

Go ahead. Elect McCain. We'll have a Democratic Congress that can override him anyway.

No, liberals just run out of stuff to say by August. That's just how it works. They have a playbook of raising taxes, talking about alternative energy sources but not voting on anything, and creating a bunch of new useless programs that just waste our tax dollars. Oh, and they criticize our military efforts. So, now they've got nothing left. Also, it has to do with the fact that Obama is not in front of his teleprompter anymore, so he has no good speeches.

Well said Vegas...Str8 2 the point.

No. There's nothing like August curse. You just made it up. We (the Democrats) will win come November despite the fact that the big brothers (CNN and other news media outlets) wants to hand it over to McCain on a platter of gold. But the voice of the people will trump all your efforts this time around. Yes! We can and we will.

everybody knows the only ones who know how to beat the Repubs are the CLINTONS.And the hippies still nominated barack HUSSEIN obama. I guess we dems have to wait another 4 years

HILLARY 2012

The polls are totally deceptive. Obama's base isat least 20% young people in their twenties and early thirties. To be polled you have to have a phone with a landline and I can tell you that I don't know a single person in my age group that has one. We all use cell phones. This is shaping up for a "Dewey beats Truman" moment. OBAMA 08!

If you believe in Destiny, then have faith that Obama will the new President. Look at Michael Phelps, he was destined to win 8 Gold Medals. Look at 1978 Yankees, they were 14 games behind in August and won in Tie Breaker to go on to win the World Series. So have faith. Even God is fed up with Republicans and George W. Bush. Even he would like to change the Regim in United States.

It has been my experience for a number of elections that the Dems are in the lead going into....and out of....August due to the liberal media bias and their attemps to influence elections.

As a registered independent who votes in every election that I have been eligible to vote in at federal, local, and state levels.....I have yet to ever be on the receiving end of one of these pollsters questions which I have heard are directional and misleading.

As for this election, don't kid yourself,......it is going to be a lot closer than you think since the Dems are doing a very good job of losing something that was pretty much in the bag at the beginning of the year.

Curse? Not anymore, this year it will be on the Republicans.

The economy/dollar is in shambles, our credibility is in the dumps, the feds are infringing on our rights, we're fighting two wars, there are still billions of war dollars unaccounted for, and we're trillions of dollars in debt.

Now the idiot-in-chief wants out of Iraq without even talking about repayment. As I recall Iraq's oil would pay for the war but instead Iraq is now making deals with China.

So again, curse? Absolutely, I curse the Republican politicians every day.

Come on CNN. How about some real news. This stuff is pathetic.

Democrats don't have an August curse. They have an Obama curse.

Do I see a typical Democratic theme here? Blame the curse, blame the Republicans. This is a "free" election; the playing field is level. Obama is losing ground quickly. Maybe because the American people are waking up? How paternalistic to say it is due to "attack ads" or a "curse". It is this "looking down" on the American people that is costing the Democrats the election. And they just don't get it.

No, its just the McCain 08 – Hillary 12 delusional crazies.

People are truly sick of politics. I have seen too much of Obama and McCain on TV this summer. Wouldn't it be nice to have a time limit on how many months or weeks a candidate can campaign before election?? Obama's choice for VP will make or break this election, even if the media says not so. It will decide for me whether Obama will get my vote or not. I can accept Biden or Bayh, maybe even Richardson. I could never vote for McCain, but in our state I can skip that line on my ballot.

There's no curse here-just the CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST! What goes around comes around.

Jeremiah Wright, Father Flegler, self discribed terrorist and mentor to BARRY OBAMA, and finally but not least CONVICTED FELON , TONY REZCO are bursting the OBAMA bubble.

Oh, wait-THE REV. WRIGHT is planning a book in OCT.-so look out BARRY!

-GM

It's so funny. The Dems go......"McCain will get us into a war!"

How stupid. The honest to gods truth is:

You elect Hussein Obama, war is a certainty. He's a joke on the global scene, especially with the axis of evil.

Vegas, could not have said it better. Like everything the liberals want to blame the President for students who fail but they fail because this generation is a give me generation. They are not willing to work for anything. They will stand in front of Wal-Mart asking people to "give" them money for this,that and the other. They could just as easily work for it but no, not while they can get it for free. Gas was 2.20 a gallon when the democrats took control of the congress, oshama has gotten millions in pork barrell projects and John McCain has no pork barrell monies. You do not hear this in the press. Also McCain made 454,000.00 last year and oshama made 4 million +.

Then we are breaking it in Jesus' name. Amen.

r goin to hide this, oh! doesn't matter already said, its done. LOL!

I have been following your election from the start. What baffles me are two things.
1) The people that hate Obama and would vote for McCain because Hillary lost. Why just not vote for anyone! Why vote for the enemy?? Its like one of your soldiers deciding that America was wrong and flip sides and fight his own people!
2) The Hate! It is all over the place and from everyone! Just from the comments alone I am surprise there has not been a civil war lately! White, Black, Female and Male, we have all the same color blood! Who cares what we look like on the outside!

America is a great country, but you need to fix some things internally before others will look up to you as they once did!

Yea. It's always someone else's fault.

Nah. Wait until after the convention. Democrats will emerge reenergized and come out fighting. This is the year that we take our country back.

That's is because the people put in charge of committees like the DNC has poor judgement. Look at the way they favored and pushed obama from the get go. They are notorious for shooting themselves in the foot.

We have had just two democratic presidents in the last fifty years. Why because the two candidates who won did not let the DNC push them around.

There is no "August Curse" other than the fact that the Republicans hire "gunslingers" to come in and develop and run dirty, negative ads against the Democrats during the month of August. This game plan started with old man Bush. Reagan did not do this, nor did any past Republican candidates for president resort to this gutter politics. McCain has torn a page out of the Bush's playbook. Obama has to stay on his A-game and continue attacking McCain and the Republicans with facts. Obama has to keep tying McCain to Bush. Obama can do this. Politics in Chicago is a hard-edged, tough, elbow in the gut, get down in the dirt kind of fight. Obama can handle this.
OBAMA '08

The curse is that we allow our consciences to keep us from playing politics the way Republicans do (saying whatever the hell we feel like regardless of whether its true or not) and we get run down by the Republicans by the end of the summer. Democrats have a natural aversion to outright lying on the trail and always try to campaign above the table and above the fray. But regardless of how much credit we give the American people, they are always more swayed by negative, outright false campaigning then they are by discussions of the issues. I just hope Obama has taken off the gloves soon enough this time.

@Andrew – Are you insane? If McCain wins there might not be a US in 2012. Bush is already on the verge of restarting the cold war and getting us into it with Russia again.

@Moderates Unite – Yes, Obama is inexperienced. So was Lincoln. Was he a bad president?

The problem with Obama is the media failed to vett him and fell in love, but as we moved more into summer, the other candidates began to do their own vetting. We now know he is a serial flip flopper and will do or day anything to sway a vote his way. Then you have to add in the Rev. Wright fiasco, Rezko, the home purchase with help by the convicted Rezko, the Ayers affair, the Borth Certificate question, the lies as to where and when he was born and on and on, plus with out a tele-promter you can not get a straight forward answer out of him (Warren debate). Not only is he a free fall in the national polls, he is losing to McCain in the electorial college vote.

Show of hands–who here is NOT on Obama's "short list" for VP?

It's not a curse.

It's when America starts seriously looking at the candidates and their flaws.

As long as the Democrats prop up incompetent candidates, they will have losing candidates.

America is not as dumb as the Democrats would like to think.

Don't you just love all of these Obamanuts...always shooting their mouths from their hips, bring out the hankerchiefs and smelling salt when November 5 arrives.

No, but the extreme right wing nut cases are at it again, trying to destroy another decent American. I am so sick and tired of CNN putting down Obama. You can see the glee on your DA reporters' (especially John King )faces when they get the opportunity to report something negative about Obama. It's not experience that is at issue here, it's who will best represent and protect democracy, and that's OBAMA.

Democrats are know to shoot themselves in their feet..., regardless of month..

No, but the extreme right wing nut cases are at it again, trying to destroy another decent American. I am so sick and tired of CNN putting down Obama. You can see the glee on your DA reporters' faces when they get the opportunity to report something negative about Obama. It's not experience that is at issue here, it's who will best represent and protect democracy, and that's OBAMA

re:used to be,,, i totally agree with you,, if americans truely want out of the bad situatio we are in , they wil think twice when they vote,,, mccains record is so distorted,, he has lied alot to get his supporters and if they would just wise up and heck out what he says,, they would find out that he hasnt done what he claims to,, hes war happy and doesnt give a "rip" about the average american,,, check out his senate site and military records,, its very interesting and will chg you mind,, i dare you,,,, my vote STILL goes for obama08 and beyond

once again the msm is a day late. the mccain house gaffe is the 'august curse' and game changer for the summer. this post may have been relevant on monday or last week, but the data and polls are now substantially dated, given the current vp speculation and mccain's houses issue...

No, I just think MSM is trying to "create" rather than report news.

The "curse" this time is that now that Hillary is out of the race, Americans are taking a long hard look at Obama and realizing that with essentially only one year in Senate, he doesn't have the experience to be president. All the bullying by the Obama supporters hasn't paid off, and Americans have seen through Obama's image-making. He is an elitist who does not represent Americans. McCain will win in November. The Democratic Party should have realized this before they abandoned Hillary.

cant wait for a third party president contender to really sqew these poll numbers.

Not a curse, people are just waking up to the fact that Obama is quite simply not qualified. It has been all hype and no substance.

This point about what use to be is old news times bring about a change and no one can predict what the out come will be. Do you take in account that many people when polled is not giving factual infromation on who they will vote for some people tells me that always give the opposite of who they will vote for because they feel it is no one business. Senator B arack Obama is i going to be President. When the voters realize what a habitual liar McCain is the majority will not vote for him. McCain lied about the story he tells about the cross in the sand he tells he picked up that story somewhere else. McCain lied and cheated on his habilatating first wife for many years with his present wife Cindy. He lied to Cindy about his age, he lied to get the marriage license to marry Cindy even before his divorce was final. No doubt he is lying to the voters on all the things he has suddendly supposedly to have change his mind on the offshore drilling, and other. McCain with his winkie blinke eyes seem to have notrouble lying to get what he wants. I want it I just lie to get it and when I do I can change my mind do sa I darn well please. McCain SCARY, SCARY, SCARY!!!!!

I often wonder if McCain is taking PTSD meds i. e. Ativan anxiety medicine seeing how calm he is now when he is making speeches. McCain does not seem to me to be real, telling us what he thinks we want to hear. I will not be deceived by McCain once a liar and cheater always a liar and cheater. A LEOPARD CANNOT CHANGE HIS SPOT. Just keep giving him the hard questions like how many homes he and his wife Cindy have. Asked him is he taking anxiety medicine. Ask him did he lie when asked about an affair with staff member a few months back. He denied it but it was a very weak denial.

Just because it happened years before (except Bill's years), does not mean it will happen again this year...why don't we justa wait, relax, and see? Becaise there is nothing we could write or say here that would change the course of events!

First of all John King is biased and he wants Democrats to take the white house. Secondly Barack is not a qualified candidate. He will go down in November exactly as he came up. He has no credentials whatsoever to be our President. All democrats got carried away and gave him the nomination. What is he? Just a big mouth. Barack Obama is a joke.

Obama/biden thats an explosive for the repugs. Beware the chicken are coming to roost (wh) i mean with that combination all i see is all states turning blue. Trust me am a dangerous prophet!

Vegas – you are dead wrong – some of us work the night shift and take week-end duty (while the repubs are golfing and sailing and skiing) so that we get the extra pay.

THINK (or thwim – HA HA HA HA HA )

Its not curse its the proud ignorant and stupid rednecks that believe all the lies the republicans come up with and feed to their tiny brains.

And John McCain is having A GREAT month? He "doesn't remember" how many houses he has and he tells "stories" that are literally out of another person's book. What is this? Seems like it could be press arrogance, "we made you and now we'll break you!" P.S. Too bad McCain didn't think of the "cross in the sand story" in 2000 – maybe the religious right would have liked him more than they did.

Obama has a h- of a lot more experience than George W Bush had in 2000. Barack Obama is not Dukakis or Kerry. As an independent voter I am very please to be supporting Obama

If Obama has to win he has to pick either one of the following 3:

1st choice : Hillary (ignore Bill)
2nd choice: Wesley Clark (will make McCain look small)
3rd choice: Biden

Bayh, Kaine or Sebelius does not do it for him

To Used to be a Repuglican. What has obama done? What has he sponsored? What has he actually voted on? How much of that 3 years has he been working for the people who elected him? Most of the time he has been out campaigning.

Here's the problem as this is what is going around the USA on a weekly basis via E Mail and Video.
From Obama's book called Audacity of Hope:

QUOTE "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift ugly".

He's a DEAD DUCK folks.
Jack C
Portland OR

Obama is not suffering from a curse. He is suffering from a campaign based on rockstar adolation that has started fading. We have heard the song long enough. He is finally got people wanting to here more than his version of "I have a Dream" and want specifics.
The other elephant in the room that people will not talk about is race.
There are even those that like him as a person, like his enthuiasm, but have the attitude of "not in my house". There is still an underlying discomfort about his racial heritage.

PUMAs... would you sell out your ideals for a candidate? Separate the person from the policies for a minute. To claim to support what Clinton stands for and then vote McCain would be a complete disgrace. Jeopardizing the future of our nation over something so petty is totally irresponsible. Don't think for a minute that Obama supporters would be doing the same. Had Clinton gotten the nod, we'd have backed her 100% over McCain. But that game is over... we have a new challenge now.

Make the right choice, PUMAs ... if you truly support Clinton, follow her lead: Obama is far better for America than McCain. Refusing to see that is nothing more than sour grapes.

Aug seems to be when people start looking at who they will vote for and see what they are for.

Obama is (at one point) for everything. He will be for an issue then give it a little time and he will not be for the same issue.

The debates will hurt Obama. He will not have a puppet master to pull his strings and will be seen as empty. If you disagree then why has he not had open town meeting debates where you can not prep for the questions???? When he goes down in the polls he will try some and it will only hurt him more.

Obama won't win. I've learned never to underestimate the American people: they can get very dumb, very fast during elections.

Curse? No. Thinly veiled radical ideas disguised with fanciful words built in the halls of Harvard along other elitist Marxists? Yes.

America has lived under the curse of George W. Bush for eight years now. Voters will have to decide between a moderate Democrat, and another four years of Bush extremism. McCain supported Bush in over 90% of Senate votes.

More a rubber-stamp than a "maverick".

Eventually, the majority of Americans see the insanity of having a left-wing liberal run this country, especially this year.... If Obama were to be elected, there would be absolutely no way to prevent Pelosi and Reid from irreversibly ruining our great country.

Obama has changed his stance on off-shore drilling, public financing of campaigns, keeps saying his 16 month troop withdraw is a plan, then a theory, then a plan, says he's going to run a different kind of campaign, then goes heavily negative in typical old fashion political style.

People are also getting sick of the media ramming Obama down their throats. Ironicly, the liberal media may be doing their hero a dis-service by giving him SO much coverage as compared to McCain.

I don't think so.

There's a palpable excitement for Obama that Democrats did not have for Kerry.

And McCain's latest houses gaffe is a game-changer and rightfully so.

Good to see you making excuses for Obama loss. You know it's coming..Sorry left wing kooks

Moderates Unite is right on the mark. Dems spend over a year prior to August pandering to the loony left in their desire to win the nomination. Folks get all excited about the wonderful promises they make that will help us achieve utopia. But, when subject to scrutiny about the either the folly or cost of these ideas, normal Americans step in and say whoa. It will happen again this year. Obama's promises cannot withstand scrutiny. He has no rational ideas to solve America's problems.

I will vote for Obama – NO question about it. However in the end I think we as Democrats will be toast again. Obama, as much as i like him, just doesn't have the expierence needed to be President of the US. If Biden is the VP then the end will come sooner than expected. The only place he can win in is Del.

THIS IS NOT YOUR GRANDPARENTS ELECTION PEOPLE!! I am from Virginia. Four years ago there were SO many Bush/Cheyne signs and bumper stickers on people's cars. Can I tell you I HAVE YET TO SEE A MCCAIN BUMPER STICKER OR SIGN. OBAMA is all over the place. I have seen his bumper sticker on SO many cars (and by the way I live in southern VA, not northern VA).
Yesterday I went to an Obama townhall. First the tickets were sold out immediately, people stood on line for HOURS to see him and there were all types of people, young, old, black, white. It was amazing. So I do NOT think there is an August curse!

John McCain needs to explain why he called the Social Security that aids our parents and grandparents "a disgrace" yet happily accepts a Social Security check for almost $2000 a MONTH despite making over $400,000 a year AND being married to a millionaire, owning 7 or more homes and a private jet to boot. And he calls Obama an "elitist" who worries about the price of arugula?! The only disgrace here is John McCain's unfettered greed at US taxpayer expense while missing 65% of his votes.

The problem here is that the candidate has been overexposed by the media. He is rapidly becoming the Brittanty Spears of politics.

Enough already.....please.

After eight years which include two war's, a recession, no bid contract's etc. Does anyone in their right mind actually think that another Republican administration can solve the vast problems this country is facing right now? Do people really believe that McCain is smarter than Obama. Is there anybody out there that still would like to have a beer with George W. When the Republican's loose this coming November, then we all can say, "Mission Accomplished".

This is to Moderates Unite:You must be living the american dream you can buy food and gas without any problems. Let me tell you something with your haterful words. You and the rest of the Mc Quack lovers can say what you want but only one man is in control and that isnt you or anybody human. Cnn I loved that special called revealed. It showed that Obama been blessed his whole life and was made to be President Of The United States!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET USE TO IT AND QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From Wikipedia...Keating Five

"After a lengthy investigation, the Senate Ethics Committee determined in 1991 that Alan Cranston, Dennis DeConcini, and Donald Riegle had substantially and improperly interfered with the FHLBB in its investigation of Lincoln Savings. Senators John Glenn and John McCain were cleared of having acted improperly but were criticized for having exercised "poor judgment"."

"...poor judgement"... Hmmmm....

Maybe Obama could speak for himself if they could get his teleprompter to work. Instead he just freezes up.
Must be a symptom of the empty suit.

moderates unite:so,according to your comments on obama's inexperience,if we go by mccain's POW 'experience' credentials,then there are a lot of terrorists at guantanamo who now have all the experience they need to become president of the US.

...In this case they are realizing that Obama is not only a bleedin' heart lib, but grossly inexperienced to lead our nation in these troubled times.

Its not too late...Hillary at the convention....

Just think, if John Exxon McCain can win the White House, what that will do for Beer Prices. Don't think for one second, Cindy McCain won't have her husband propping up Beer prices, like Cheney & Bush have done to oil.

Save Beer-Save America-Vote Obama!

It is stupid even of CNN to start rumors of a CURSE. OBAMA WILL WIN COME NOVEMBER

I am sick of people saying Obama has been a U.S. Senator for 3 years. He was a U.S. Senator for barely 1 year, then he started running for president, and like Clinton and McCain, stopped showing up for his day job. At least they had 1 (Clinton) or more (McCain) full terms under their belt before they began their campaigns for president. Thats the kind of audacity I'm talking about.

This is different new animal. Obama didn't waste any $ on Ad's during August. He is saving is Ammo for September and October when he makes McCain stumble during their debates. This country is hungry for someone either than a republican president who will continue to bankdrupct this country like Bush did. Once Obama gets nasty and starts running those Bush/McClain adds you will see polls change drastically.
McCain won't win Florida and Ohio and may lose Texas if the Latino's realize how messed up he really is once he has no one next to him telling him what to say when he in the middle of a debate with Obama.

Obama Called Clinton At 3 Am To Tell Her She Wasn't Chosen!

No. By the end of the week, he'll be back up and then he'll lose a little with the Republican Convention but then it will be up, up, up. I like what we've been seeing over the last week since Obama has been back from vacay. McCain got a bump because Obama was away and the Russia/Georgia thing hit right in the middle of it. But now that he's back, he's going to keep the McCain camp running in circles.

The only curse that August brings Obama is the one that he might bring on himself: not selecting Hillary Clinton as VP.

I put a spell on you OBAMA . REASON – you're way not qualified to be President. You are a scoundrel. You have been exposed, but yet some American people are still foolishly supporting you. You have been VooDooed. So whatever you have done in the past all people will know. You do have a very dark secret, "YOU KNOW," and it will be exposed one week before election date in November.

That's because the Democratic Party cannot seem to get it through their heads that most of their base are moderates, not extreme like Obama represents. When will they pick a candidate that can win?

Not a curse. Just a poor history of choosing electable candidates. That's the problem with Barry.

The Democrats have been their own worst enemy. They usually self destruct through their own campaign stupidity: reluctance to attack their opponent or reluctance to fight back when attacked. They have let their opponent set the agenda and then fumble and stumble to respond, heading right down that slippery slope to a November loss. It will be interesting to see if Obama slides down the same slope.

Curses dont exist !!!! You're just trying to make up something from nothing so you have something to talk and write about.

I think we are all just sick of Obama, afterall he has been doing this president thing for almost 2 years. Enough!!!!!!!

By election time the American people find out that the Democratic Party has no new ideas.

Not this year.........NOT THIS TIME!

DUH! Because people start really looking at the candidates in August.

And the blaming, self-righteous Demoratic mindset just doesn't wash!

Why is this crystal gazing news? The media certainly loves gloom and doom, watering it's sour roots with at much rancid fluff as they can muster.

Dukakis....Mondale......McGovern.....Dole....how can these parties be so stubbornly blind and refuse to see what the average man on the street see clearly? That these candidates were clearly not electable.

Now our choice is between McCain and Obama....in normal times both would belong in the above list. This is the best ticket America can put forth? It's time to demo both of these parties and start over.

NAMES OF THE STATES THAT WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA:.
PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO, WEST VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY , FLORIDA,
TEXAS , MICHIGAN , INDIANA , SOUTH DAKOTA , UTAH
CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK. OBAMA CANNOT WIN . HIS CAMPAIGN
MONEY CHEST CANNOT BUY ENOUGH VOTES .AND THE ADS THAT HE CAN BUY WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH TO CONVINCE VOTERS TO VOTE FOR HIM.. AS THE LATINO VOTERS WOULD SAY:
HASTA LA VISTA !!!!, OBAMA. VIVA HILLARY !!!!!

Yes, the Democrats have an August curse.

It's known as the mainstream media.

You spend August echoing right-wing smears and talking points and looking desperately for the story that will bring the Democratic candidate down, setting up the electorate to return Republicans to power who will ensure that your multinational corporate owners maintain their hegemony over the imprisoned American populace.

But not this time, CNN-Time-Warner, NBC-GE, CBS Corp, ABC-Disney. There's a new kind of Democrat coming to kick you in the pants and wrestle back control of America for the people.

No,

He will pull it out.

Silly !!! It's not a curse.....it's a BLIP.....Obama WILL be President because Americans are not stupid enough to vote for an old war veteran who has lapses of memory. OBAMA2008

Yes, the Democrats are cursed. They are cursed with stupid leadership and a candidate who can't win in November!

McCain '08 for Hillary '12

People say they want change. We all want things to be better. But in the end, we always go home to the familiar faces and people we've known for years. That's why Obama was always the wrong candidate for the Democrats.

Putting Sen. Clinton on the ticket would help. Not putting her on the ticket will be the end.

P.S. The myth that putting her on the ticket will "mobilize the Republicans" is absurd. You don't think they will mobilized by a black man named Barack Hussein Obama? In fact, having her on the ticket will mobilize the DEMOCRATS and re-unify the party to the chagrin of the Republicans.

The Republicans aren't doing any better than the Democrats so this isn't a curse...it's simply a nation of people who are burned out from the primary season, trying to get their kids ready for school, getting themselves ready for school, and are just too busy to be heavily involved in politics...everyone needs a break...we'll start focusing again when we get the rest of our lives on track!!!!

This is all media drivin. I do not buy a word of it. Obama is going to win the the largest landslide in history. If we as a people vote on policy and not on TV commericals or what CNN says. I know August is a bad month historrically, but it is almost over.

About the John McWar house comment. I know that any man knows how many houses you have. I truly think that he was hidding the fact that he owned 9 houses, that is why he said what he said and not that he could not remember!

There is no "August curse," simply poor candidates!

Obama's fall has nothing to do with August...just as the latter months in primary the people are "getting to know him".......you know that song called "gettting to know you".....
Well, folks, that is what is going on.
James Schmidt
Minneapolis, Mn

No....

liberals sit around watching tv and blogging all year and so their involved in the process eariler... picking their guy... getting excited... etc.

Conservatives are working and carrying the country at that time... and don't worry about it until it's on the horizon. Then they look at who's running... realize the dem selection is usually a far left radical who wants to tax them out of existence so their followers can get a free ride on the sweat of others... then go vote.

bout sums it up

I believe Obama has gone from 6 points ahead, to 1 point ahead (if you believe the polling). And I would just point out that Kerry tightened that lead quite a bit in September and October, so Obama is likely to make further gains there if he is at least as effective as Kerry.

no democrats are flakes. They dont know what they want. They havent had unity for over two decades.

Good for the curse, may it long exist

No, John. What's going on is what always goes on....... the GOP-attack-hate-fear-and-destroy machine is at it again! Except this time, we, Americans will not be fooled!

Since Bush/Cheney took office:

1. The average salary in January of 2000 was $61,000 NOW its $60,500

2. They LIED to us, why are we not angry?!

3. Bush/Cheney/GOP (controlled the House 1994-2006) have DOUBLED our national debt! OWED TO China, the Saudis, etc.!

4. Our high school students rank 29th in the world (behind Croatia!) in Math and Science! HOW WILL OUR CHILDREN COMPETE?

5. In the first half of this year we have lost nearly 500 thousand jobs!

6. Bush/Cheney are spending .....$1.38 BILLION A DAY IN IRAQ! Some of the money is being given to the sheiks so they don't fight!

OUR NATION IS IN TROUBLE! WE NEED TO CHANGE COURSE NOW.......... OR WE WILL NO LONGER BE THE BEST!

Hate to rain on our parade, but if we can't win this election post-Bush disaster, we deserve to have McCain as our president.

Considering Barack was a huge underdog until January of this year and has been the target of a relentless smear campaign I am pleasantly surprised he made it through the summer with the electoral strength he still maintains. His fundraising advantage will kick in and an aggressive campaign will begin next month. I personally think he should release the wolves of the 527s that are for him. The country needs Democrats to win so we can take back our country from the neocons. In my 60 years of living I never would have thought people could be so comfortable with Republican incompetence.

Well, this year, August will be month when all the McCain supporters will finally wake up and see the light. By the way, how will John McCain who is not computer savvy let his supporters know of his pick? By Morse code?

Only dumb people believe in curses. Don't be dumb.

No, it's just a Barack curse. People have finally started to see him for who he really is. The more I watch & listen to him, the more he reminds me of George W. Bush- nice looking, personable, somewhat full of himself, but absolutely no substance.

If by "August curse" you mean "usually have their bullcrap exposed by then", then yeah I guess there is an "August curse". With Obama's lame attack ads actually helping McCain in the polls, and McCain just scratching the surface on exposing Obama's direct shady dealings with Tony Rezko, I'd say this "curse" is going right on schedule. Of course, there wouldn't be a curse if Obama wasn't a typical Washington scumbag.

I don't get it. If Obama was up by 10-15% in August, CNN would be prediciting his defeat because of the big lead in August based on the "historical data.". So now the lead is small, now CNN is asking what's the problem. What idiots! You can't have it both ways. CNN has tried to control the public's opinion with Clinton veresus Obama and all the CNN staff were obviously pro-Clinton except Jack. Now the CNN staff is obviously pro GOP and McCain except for Jack. The CNN bias factor didn't help Clinton and neither will it help the GOP and McCain.

August may be irrelevant. Senator McMansions' inability to remember how many houses he owns should be a clear indicator that he's unfit for command.

No, he's a victim of the Obamessiah curse. People are finding he doesn't walk on water.

Obama makes Kerry look good.

One can only Hope and pray!!!!-

Yes, curses and ghosts and all that stuff.

Listen, Obama took two weeks off basically – his needed vacation (come on the guy is a father to two kids and has some responsibility there) and his trip overseas.

McCain had the floor to himself basically during this time, and he did a good job hammering away at Obama.

But here's what is interesting... McCain can't seem to break 44 or 46 in polls. All he did was bring Obama down from 50 to 48, 47.

To me, this means that as Obama ramps back up, so will his numbers.

And has McCain gets back to form (how many houses?) his numbers will stagnate.

No. The media has become obsessed with the August curse line, which is why you'll see in this ticker TWO stories about the GOP complaining about Obama/Rezko, even though it's not even NEWS anymore. They only briefly mention that McCain JUST forgot how many homes he owned this week, which makes it "new" and therefore "news." I haven't seen a shift in coverage to such an extreme degree ever before in this campaign. CNN has almost entirely jumped on the McCain bandwagon, regurgitating every single word they say to the point of disgust. Get a life.

no, just a weak candidate....

No, Obama is finally fighting back better then the last 2 presidential nominees. With all of the GOP lies and false accusations Obama is now coming out with some ammo of his own. He has to. McCain started this war and now Obama has to go on the offensive to combat it.

There is plenty of ammo to hammer away at John McCain with. Just wait until Biden is announced as VP. Biden will tear McCain and his campaign apart and spit them out to the dogs.

Yeah, and teh name of the curse is the PRESS!

I have read many comments and what people do not realize is that a majority of voters don’t watch the news that much, most don’t blog and most will look at the color of his skin and the sound of his name. It is unfortunate, but none the less true. Most have heard of Rev. Wright and all that “GD America” will be in their heads. Most have heard of his grand stadium speeches. The upcoming debates will show how unprepared Obama is to lead. If he answers first, he sucks.. His supporters even feel McCain knew the question before hand on the Saturday night program. Was that because their guy, failed miserably? He hum haws and cannot answer quick and neat..How does a person who, lets say knows the question on a test, effect the other persons grade? Does the person who gets a A cause the other person to get a D?

The Democrats have the "Obama curse."

The reason is because as the election nears, moderate Americans come to their senses and realize they absolutely do not want a bleedin' heart liberal in charge of our country.

In this case they are realizing that Obama is not only a bleedin' heart lib, but grossly inexperienced to lead our nation in these troubled times.

Its these candidates the Dem. voters select they are weak next to the Repulican ones. Dems. are more about hype than they are stability of the US. After Bill Clinton other than Hillary there hasn't been a decent Dem. to vote for. Even dummy Bush weasled his way in 2 terms, so you know the Dems. have become a weak bunch over the years.

No I don't think so, you all have to remember that during the Democrat Primaries, we were smothered with coverage, stories, battles between HRC and BO that most of us are suffering from election burn out. Plus, who are they polling anyway? Nobody has asked me my thoughts nor do I know of anyone who has been polled. I guess nobody cares what Houston thinks (laugh), The only people who really pay attention to these so called polls is the media. And depending on the media outlet, one will be ahead of the other i.e CNN says BO is winning but Fox says JM is winning. The only thing that really matters is not what people say today, but how people vote in November. Heck the polls and even I didn't think there was any chance the GWB would get re-elected but the votes proved that wrong. We shall see in November what people really think.

No its called the CURSE OF THE BUSH FAMILY, Just look at mccains campaign all karl rove and bush people and they play dirty and slimy and lie lie lie, So much for the wannabe maverick distance from bush and running a clean campaign JOHN MCCAIN IS A LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did Obama call Hillary to endorse her as President in 2012?

Haven't heard anything yet, but have been expecting it.

McCain '08
Hillary '12

Maybe there is a curse. But Obama is going to reverse the curse as did the Boston Red Sox. Once he announces who his VP is, the polls will change significantly. By the way, I hate Boston. Go Yankees!!!

If Americans truly loved their country they could not vote for mccain who is too anxious to get us into another war. And I've checked his Senate record, he has done nothing for the average american and his voting record on GI's is a disgrace. And I am tired of the repugs saying Obama is inexperienced, first no one ever gets prior experience as president and second Obama was an Illionois Senator for 8 yrs and a US Senator for 3 and actually has done more for the average american than mccain. I have voted republican all my life but I have seen the light and until my party starts caring about people and the envirnment and stop trying to get us into war they will never get my vote again!

Yeash, it's the "Curse of the Media Falling for Republican Traps". Over the past two elections, the Rovian style of politics has led to the media picking up on baseless republican talking points and runnng them like they are facts when they are really lies. Also the media's need for "juicy news" and ratings leads them to play silly repulican attack lines and ads over and over and over again and have guys like Jerome Corsi on shows to promopt lies and inuendos.

If he had any Brains he ask Mrs Clinton to be his running mate and he win for sure.......

The hardest part is keeping up interest over the summer break. Not easy, with how ADD our population is in America. I think Obama has kept people interested and paying attention, and I think that once the VP is announced, and the convention comes and goes, and we start getting into the home stretch, you will see Obama widen his lead.

Well, theyget so much press in the previous months, mostly because they are the party of change, that by about August, people get sick of hearing about how great they are, and they haven't done anything. I got tired of hearing about Kerry at around this time in 2004 (especially his voice.) and I'm getting fed up with the media brown-nosing of Obama this year. So naturally, people will be tuning out a bit. Plus, the Olympics are on, and Democratsd aren't as die-hard about their values and candidates as Republicans. We see flip-flopping as changing with the times, the GOP sees it as sinful. A bit of a rant, but I think you get my point.

CNN – John King, are you serious? This election – in case you haven't noticed – is nothing like any of the previous elections so you can throw out all of these comparisons to previous years. I for one am tired of the media trying to cook up non-stories to hurt candidates in this election.

I think Russia invading Georgia has been Obama curse.

The same thing is going to happen to Obama in this election but if Hillary clinton is elected the nominee I am sure the democrats will definitely get back the white house. Stick with Obama and the republicans will be there for another 4 years. Come on, you democrats don't let the republicans get back the white house. Wake up and smell the roses before its too late.

Elect Clinton as the your candidate and we will she will win over McCain. Obama is a loser and we need to do better than that.

Yes, and the curse is called Obama.