Uh, how many registered Republicans, or god forbid, actual conservatives, were polled?

When these polls actually make an attempt at fairness, I'll pay attention. Until then, they're all just playing air guitar.

The only poll that matters is November 4. On that day, Obamabots will be saying, "Gee how could this happen? I don't know anyone personally who would vote for McCain."

The DNC thought they could just coast in with a weak candidate. This election was in the bag until an Elite Preppy Attitude got involved.

Check out your favorite "other" party website to see just how similar Obama and McCain are. Get educated on this!

Can someone tell me who answers their landline phones anymore?

Your poll is at odds with the other major polls coming out today (9/8). Worse, your "explanation" indicts your own methodology.
Can you give a more rational explantion of the difference in your poll and Gallup? If it is inherently skewed, start over.

I respectfully suggest that while your polls may have had fewer 'undecideds', that has not been the case–although that number will certainly decrease.

Senator McCain demonstrated with the selection of Gov. Palin that he is willing to abandon his prior policy positions for those of the religious right in a attempt to win an election… so much for integrity.

In the June video reported by CNN today, Gov. Palin said that the war in Iraq is “God’s task” for America and that its "his plan". Sen. McCain is apparently okay with this. The cost of the war is catastrophic in terms of human life lost (oh yes, she’s pro-life), damage to the environment (bombs, wreckage, pollution), and our economy (over $2 trillion added to the national debt and our currency devalued). I wonder what war Gov. Palin believes should be next in “God’s plan” for America… Iran? Russia?

Should the Republican ticket win and Sen. McCain’s health fail, we will find ourselves with a President who believes that war is God’s task for America. Think about it!

I think the republicans have crossed the line by saying that Mr. Obama is "uppity". As you know this is a racial term that was used doing the 50 and 60 when they were lynching us and burinng crosses in our front yards. some have forgotten but you cannot forget where you came from. Sure we are a different time but some have not moved past the old mind set and it beginning to come out. There was only one black speaker in the republican convention, and he was used as a token and was to blind to see that he was only a token. Mr obam will not go there but I will. It needs to be said. this cannot be just glossed over and pushed under the rug. They would have you to believe that sexism is the buzz word and nothing is said to take your attention off what is really being said out loud in the face of every black person. I have heard said by members of the Jimmy Swaggart ministry that Barack is the worst person in the world, why because he is black and running for president, he only said it was the way he feels. Sure everyone has an opinon but when it becomes obvios that it is racial someone has to speak out. You research how this word was used then and you tell me. It has a different tone now from then.
Outraged in Mississippi

A great speech by McCain and the outstanding VP pick of Sarah Palin has made this a whole new ballgame. Obama's support is wide but thin.

I can not believe that people of this country could even consider voting for the party that got us in this mess. The last eight years has proven what their "change" brings!

I am worried about the legacy that we are leaving our grandchildren. All of the slamming and name calling does not let us know what the qualifications or real issues are. Palin is a cute cheerleader and while I have a beautiful, talented, educated and smart daughter the same age as her, I would not want her running my country. Wake up American people and demand that our political leaders be accountable.

So uhhhmm I guess all that talk from all the Barackistanis that it's all over was wrong. I know you folks can't admit it (after all your candidate doesn't admit when he's wrong either), but you shouldn't count your chickens before they hatch. The arrogance of some of you to give the White House away without the election being over is typical of the Barack Hussein Obama camp.

I think Mc Cain and Palin need to go back to the washington rock they crawaled from under, during McCains speech he did not mention healthcare at all and he also voted against programs for the war vets and his mini-me protage' cut the funding for special needs children untill she ended up with a special needs child. her daughters pregnacy was not planned it was unplanned like all the other young pregnant mothers in this world and the father has probably been paid off by the palins not to tell the rest of the family dirt. McCain america dose not need your wifes exspensive slothing taste or your many mini mansion homes we need change for the american people we need american jobs we need health care and our country needs to feel secure OBAMA is the man for this job!!!!!!

I will never believe again what cnn has to say. Your news coverage of the polital race is so slanted that I could just puke. If you people can slant the news on this issue, you slant it on other issues. Who do you people think you are? God.

So I have a question. Who are they polling? I think this whole poll of polls nonsense is, well, ridiculous. The only poll of polls takes place in November. I have yet to be polled by CNN, and the same goes for everyone I know. I wish the media would just report the truth. Its like if you have a bag of marbles. One hundred are white and nine hundred are blue. If you pick one hundred and seventy five of them are white and the other twenty five are blue is that an accurate "poll" of the contents of the bag? No. Simply. No. Why anyone would even care about a CNN poll baffles me.

CNN is still in denial, as usual. Can not say anythng to alienate its liberal audience. Factual headline would be: Mc Cain now leads! But the facts have never stopped CNN before.

I'm voting for the McCain/Palin ticket. It's just the right thing to do.

This would mean something if the President was elected by popular vote. However, since the President is elected via the electoral college, polls such as this have almost no relevance to anyone other than major news organizations who want to make the race appear to be close in an effort to maximize their ratings. Obama has been far ahead in the electoral map from the time that such statistics have been kept. In fact, the electoral map suggests that Obama is poised to compete and/or win in many states that Bush carried in 2000 and 2004 by double digits. The decision-makers at CNN should be called out for focusing on these kinds of misleading polls and not focusing on the only real numbers that matter: electoral map.

Imagine that. The press attempts to smear McCain/Palin and the public becomes outraged over the obvious bias and unfair efforts by the likes of CNN and others to persuade public opinion. I guess you guys are so full of yourselves you didn't see it coming.

As we all know this poll means nothing! The polls that can provide some insight on the race is the state by state polling data, which you guys continue to ignore. Csn you honestly say that polling 1,022 represent the view of over 300+ million. I think its really silly you and other news organizations keep putting up these polls.

So surprising that the race seems dead even. I am as convinced that John McCain will change Washington, as I was when Bill Clinton said he was always faithful…!

All you folks voting for McCain/Palin, please don't come begging to us well-off folks for a hand out when you have lost your homes, your jobs and your healthcare. As a McCain supporter once said, your recession is mental and you need to stop being a nation of whiners.

I have heard both Obama & McCain speak. I received more out of Obama's speech than McCain. All I heard from McCain is the same old thing that Bush is doing. As for picking Palin I though this was a tactic used to fool America again. If McCain should die while in office, I do not beleive that Sarah Palin can handle the job. I am not sold on her. There are some disturbing things that are going on and I do not trust her. So far she is in the flip flop category. If the polls are tied, people are trying to get all the information they can get before making one of the most important decisions that we Americans have faced in a long time. There are questions when it comes to both of these tickets, but I am leaning towards the Obama/Biden ticket. The Replublicans have done enough damage to this country and I don't think I can afford 4 more years of the same. McCain and Palin have to do more and I mean more to convince to vote the other way.

JOING APPEARANCE OF CLINTON,TO SUPPORT BIDEN -OBAMA TICKET, IS NOT WELL PLEASED BY VOTERS ,NOW. IT IS TOO LATE./////

I mean Obama/Biden. America is well served for the next eight years with Obama/Biden in the white house, that is President Barack Obama and Vive President Joe Biden. America must not risk Mcain starting another war or risk putting a complete novice, a fraud just a heartbeat from the presidency with a 73 years old man who is for the most part very erratic.

NOTHING! BUT FRAUD IS GOING ON WITHIN THE GOP. THEY ARE ADVOCATING FOR CHANGE…WHAT KIND OF CHANGE ARE WE LOOKING AT? LET THE GOP STAY OUT OF THE ABUSE OF POWER INVESTIGATION AND LET THE STATE WRAP IT ALL UP. THEN WE WILL SEE THE GALLOP POLLS. ISSUES ARE MISSING IN THE GOP AND THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT CROSSING PARTY LINES…TO DO WHAT! ATTACK THE PARTY BASE…LOL UNBELIEVEABLE…ITS VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR McCAIN AND PALIN TALK ABOUT MAVERICKS WHEN ALL THEY DO IS TEAR DOWN THE OPPONENTS PARTY.

Please, please, please, for the world's sake, for Europe's sake, for America's sake, give us the calm and the intelligence of Sen. Obama.

Did McCain Violently Push a Woman in a Wheelchair?

From the Huffington Post (via McClatchy Newspapers from 1996):

“McCain stopped, glared at her, raised his left arm ready to strike her, composed himself and pushed the wheelchair away from him,” according to Eleanor Apodaca, the sister of an Air Force captain missing since 1967.

We do know that McCain was furious at those still pursuing answers to POW/MIA questions. This is a new and shocking revelation. Our tough guy hero attacking a woman in a wheelchair???

Nah, Nope, Not Quite

This is unbelievable! Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, fool me three times…. I cannot believe that after two disasterous Bush terms, McCain is even in the running. Hopefully the polls are not a true reflection of this election cycle….

A concerned Canadian!

only temporary!!!!!! Just wait until Paliar is interviewed by the media, debates, and a show of force by the DEMS.

OBAMA/BIDEN 2008-2012

Issues are important not words like fight, fight, fight. Fight for what when McCain hasn't given Americans one issue of importance because his mind is still imbedding in war. James Carville was right, McCain has a 72 year old heart and picks someone who is a heartbeat away from the presidency who knows nothing about the economy or international affairs and is hiding from the press. Palin is like a new boss a company hires that walks in the door with a lot of hot air, talks down to employees and then expects to succeed. Palin is threatening just like McCain/Bush/Cheney, all the same. Americans will look back at the past 8 years and recognize the same character in McCain/Palin. It doesn't take a genious to figure that out.

Experience counts, after all, to be a leader in the a dangerous world. Who is more qualified to deal with Russia, North Korea, China and Iran?

Do these polls take ito account that many Americans do not keep a land line? I can only count two out of 20 co-workers at my work that have a land line at home. Are they able to pole people that use cell phones as their primary mode of communication?

No surprise here, since McCain has benefitted from the convention bounce and the novelty of Palin. There is a long way to go until election day, and the pendulum will swing back and forth over the next few weeks. One of the key elements will be how Palin handles the debates and the interviews. Whoever wins this election, there will be a change at or near the helm of the country.

Did I call that or what!

All of the independent polling companies have McCain ahead of Obama by several points. CNN went and changed their "Poll of Polls" (yeah right!) yet again so they could skew the numbers how they see fit. Their previous "Poll of Polls" included CBS but I guess CNN didn't like the results so they figured "hey, let's just change it and toss in our own poll". Gotta love the liberal, agenda driven "free" media.

You guys are as bad as MSNBC now.

I like to know where these polls are taken. Never received a call in my life and my wife who is independent never received a call for poll. Can someone may Bill Schneider go into detail where these polls are taken and how. Looks like they front load it to show whoever they flavor of the week is. it certainly looks like it Princess Sarah. Why are we not hearing more about who ahe is what her accoplishments are and what she stands for. All networks looks like are afraid after MCOLD campaign threaned the media. Looks like the mainstream media instead of providing us the information is so intruigued by the way she gave a speech written by someone else.

Be afraid people. Be very afraid. Voters are going to vote for McCain/Palin against their own self-interests and the good of this country because of the McCain/Palin lies. Remember you fell for this twice already. A third time might be so devastating for this country that we will not recover. It's time for CHANGE and McCain/Palin ain't it.

It seems that Bush/Cheney think that the VP pick is like some kind of joke. Is this what they think the USA is all about? Now that they have drained the economy and ruined our reputation they can walk away laughing about who is going to take over…. It makes me sick when I think of all the lies that the Republicans are telling just to get elected…. no concern of the country — just themselves.

At least someone suggested change in Washington's policies before everyone else from there could jump on the Change Wagon. That person is Obama. John McCain has been in Washington over twenty years and never talked about changing policies. This proved that Barack Obama has the right judgement. Nearly everyone agrees with him when he introduces a solution to an existing problem. Obama talked about time table in Irah, it is agreed upon by both presidents from the USA and Irag. He talked about talking with Iranian, a representative was sent to start the talking process. Throughout his primary campiagn, he has been talking about changing policies and the ways Washington work now McCain is on board. who is ready to lead?

How can American's Even consider voting for the Republicans after what they have done to this cournty over the last 8 years???

No wonder People in other countries POKE Fun at the fact that we are stupid. Go figure

Please Vote Obama/Biden '08 or don't vote at all!!!!

Some ppl are just stupid!!! I guess Americans are happy with having Bush/Cheney politics for another 4 possibly 8 years.

My poll has Obama up by 9.

Poor Obama,Now he need the help of The Clinton's,well I'm thinking to vote for McCain and Palin this year.and wait for 2012 for Hillary .

I truly despair for my country if they can elect yet another neocon millionaire who simply does not understand the average American, who will lead us into yet more wars, for which he will need a draft, and who would reverse Roe v. Wade, science education, and many other strides that have been made.

Help me, Jebus!

Now maybe since Obama is not the frontrunner anymore, since he's always been the underdog anyway, the media will actually start to vet McCain!!! That has been their excuse all along, well the front runner bla bla bla gets all the scrutiny compared to the one who's not in the lead. We'll see what the media does now and if they don't vet McCain's record and show all his lies then I'll know for sure that they're in the tank for the right-wingers.

For the first time ever, I will not have any regret of switching my party to vote for John McCain over Obama!

Nader, Barr and McKinney. Americans are stupid sometimes.
Why vote?

Polls, schmolls … Obama will win in the end. It is pathetic that the race is this close after the disaster of the last 8 years.

I am hoping for a big turn out for Obama. I think that with all the new voters out there without land lines these results aren't even close. If Obama pulls this out by 10 percentage points, we'll all know where those voters (like myself) have been hiding!

In Barack Obama we are witnessing the all time worst collapse in U.S. election history. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

8 years ago we witnessed an estonishing election of GWB that was truly "the making of a candidate" by the Republical political machine. Look what it got us.

Well we are seeing it all over again as the machine kicks into high gear to convince us Sarah Palin is qulified to be VP and possibly President. Wake up people. This is scary!!!

Now Obama has to go back and beg the Clinton's for help. That just goes to show how arrogant he is. Throw everyone under the bus and when you need them-use them. The Clinton's owe Obama nothing and if you think the Clintons are going to vote for Obama after being accused of being racist and trashed everyday. Think again!

No body should believe the Polls they are out there to make money. They are not indication how the election is going to go, I am a young man 22 years old with a cell phone no body ask me so there is a lot of young people that will vote this year 90% of them for obama this polls are misleading I do not trust them.

Obama/Biden will be the best thing for the U.S.
Don't worry Obama, we know the GOP THINKS we are stupid but we won't fall for the same old poli-tricks……NOT THIS TIME!!!!!
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO MCCAINT……..or pitbill palin
(sorry to the real pit bulls, you don't deserve this)

Not for long , not for long ,

Why bother with these polls. Soon Barack will become the underdog. I don't think these polls are anywhere close to what the actual election would look like. Afterall, in a country with millions of voters, why should 1000 people matter? For all we know, the people polled may not actually vote on election day for one reason or the other.
These polls are making my head spin. False hope to the McCain campaign. The American people are certainly not stupid!

Are Americans really that stupid that we'd put another Republican in charge?!?! Come on people! We're better than this!

Ugh, how is this possible??

CNN Poll: Race dead even

WHY??

Gallup/USA Today has McCain 10 points ahead with likely voters.

Dare you print that, CNN?

I see how this is going to end….Mccain will win and Americans will still whine about things that goverment is doing and not doing for them…And will cry when we are in a reccesion, Sometimes I feel that we americans can be so stupid!

USA Today poll McCain 50%; Obama 46% among registered voters.

Among likely voters, it's McCain 54%, Obama 44%.

The bloom is off the rose and the Dems are on their way to snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory.

Should have picked Hilliary–maybe you'll get the chance again in 4 years.

On entertainment tonight today is showing The Olympic Stars upbeat
excitement about Oprah calling them to appear on Oprah. They say
they drop everything to go on Oprah!!!
They asked Oprah, WHO she would drop everything for meaning she
would "help" if asked, and she said the OBAMA'S.
And George Bush always said movie stars and celebraties DON'T
count. OH YES THEY DO. AND YES WE CAN!

BRING IT ON FOR OBAMA, ALL YOU CELEBRATIES!!!! COME
ON! OUR COUNTRY IS IN GRAVE TROUBLE!!!! WE NEED YOUR
VOICES.

OBAMA BIDEN 2008-2012 ALL THE WAY!!!!! OBAMA BIDEN LET'S
HIT IT OUT OF THE BALLPARK!!!!!

In a year in which Democrats should have a huge advantage, we should be asking why Obama seems to have such trouble getting his poll numbers above 50% and keeping them there. Obama just can't sell his message much beyond the Democratic Party base.

We are not stupid to elect incompetent Republicans into the White House, with or without Palin. This election is not personality contest but real issue business, so if McCain thought he could play the minds of Americans with Palin, he is dead wrong. Palin is just an empty shell with far-right ideas. She is living in the 18th Century!

National Polls mean nothing in early Sept.

It's the state polls that count, show me those CNN.

Thanks

Fascinating how CNN's poll shows it "tied" … all of the other national polls clearly shows McCain Palin ahead by at least 4 points!

How did this empty suit ever have a lead in the first place, oh yeah, his compelling strategy "Change we can believe in" and the lemmings who bought into it.

Hah!

Obama Will Win Because There Polls Dont Take Into Account People Without Land Lines!

USA TODAY/GALLUP POLL MCCAIN UP 10!! 54 MCCAIN 44 OBAMA

WITH THE POLLS BEING EVEN , I ASK THE BOTH SIDES KEEP YOUR POLITICING CLEAN AND ABOUT THE BOARD..

OBAMA BE AWARE,

THE FIRST ONE THAT GOES NEGATIVE AND GETS NASTY WILL BE THE LOOSER

This is Republican manipulated poll to influence voters,

the real poll is unemployment,forclosure,iraq war ,one billion dollars to Repulic of Georgia and almost non to New Olearns ,debt to China,economy ,bank failure,palin under investigation and all the Right wing lies of the Grand old peoples Party.

If you want to know how old men of 70 years and abve govern a nation,we should look at records thus: Fidel Castro & Raul Castro 79,Robert Mugabe 80 years, Kibaki and so on.

One day Pakistan will teach American democracy. American voters ,pls be real for once and vote issues not fear, smear ,attack and color.

Vote democrats,the real change for good.

May God help us.

Well, take heart in this poll, nobama cultists because the USAToday/Gallup poll has McCain-Palin ahead of barryboy and hairplugs 54% to 44%. To bad, your messiah is going down in flames.

This is very scary! I really don't understand how anyone would vote for McBush. We lost over 800,000 jobs in the month of August by itself and McBush doesn't have a plan to help with this because during the entire GOP convention the only thing they talked about was how bad a person Obama! And don't get me started on Palin. How can anybody believe she is qualified to be a heartbeat away from President?

But you know this should be surprising at all, we are talking about the same people that voted for Bush not once but TWICE!

People wake up! We do you really want to give the Republicans another 4 yrs wasn't 8 enough!

Good news! No convention bounce for McCain and his pitbull. By the way, where is Palin ? She is probably at an undisclosed location being groomed by the lobbysts… I mean… by the McCain campaign.
She is probably reciting names of the countries and their presidents at this moment.

ha ha ha what a joke you guys are even admitting bias who needs this blog Obama holds on to slim lead same results for McCain polls are dead even you know other polls have McCain ahead why let other networks make you look bad

This is not a surprise for the following reason…
Governor Palin is now a WILDCARD that has generated a lot of excitement for the Republican base. The reason I use the term Wildcard is we really don't know much about her and until we do it is hard to say her what her impact will be on the Independent voters who tend to be more centered in their beliefs.
In 2 or 3 weeks we will know if Gov. Palin impact is enduring or just a BLIP on the political landscape!! My money is on the blip effect. There is just something about her that tells me she is arrogant in the same way G. Bush and D. Cheney and this will come through in One on One interviews with the different News Anchors.
IF, I am correct you will see about a 5 point shift toward Obama.
If I am wrong the race WILL BE a SQUEAKER!!
By the way does the POLL of POLLS data reflect the people in the country under 35 that only have cell phones and no hard land lines. If it doesn't I don't know how it can be accurate by plus or minus 3%

Once again, Americans are making a decision that will influence years to come. Unfortunately, we have some individuals who are going to vote for a person who will once again continue to "stay the course" in terms of the economy, the wars, policies, etc.

Maybe individuals should have a minimum IQ to vote.

Wake up America!

Don't worry Barack, we got your back!!!

This is a confirmation that Americans really don't think there is a problem with their economy!!

This is a confirmation that Americans are happy with their health care!

This is a confirmation that Americans feel that they have done well under the Bush administration.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY…….This is a confirmation that party loyalty is most important and that they really don't want change.

Amazing.

This dead even result does not mean too much to intelligent voters. Open your eyes. How many more years can American people tolerate the current situation?
Obama - Biden '08

The USA Today/Gallup poll has McCain ahead by 10 points! He's also ahead by 1 point according to a Rasmussen poll and 3 points according to the daily Gallup tracking poll. A hotline/FD tracking poll has the race tied. All of these polls had Obama ahead by greater than 5 points. This is a huge bump for McCain. I don't trust CNN's polls. I think they gave a strong weight to Jack Cafferty.

PUMA

Polling registered voters rather than 'likely' voters is an old pollsters trick…Among likely voters McCain is over 50% & leads by 4% over Obama'a 46. See today's USA Today/Gallup poll.

Ahhh yes, the magnificent POLL OF POLLS! The divining rod of our political winds, what news do you bring us of the impending election. OH, POLL OF POLLS, oh prophet of politics, oracle of officials give a sign so that we may know what the eloctorate is thinking. OH POLL OF POLLS give us a glimpse into the concious of the constituents.
OH POLL OF POLLS!!!!

(in order for this comment to be read properly, one must read it out loud in a British accent. And you must raise the volume of your voice when ever you say POLL OF POLLS!!)

GO McCAIN…. We are so dedicated to you that we'll send our youth into battle for you. Fight, fight, fight!

It's just the post-convention bump, and it won't last.

It's going to be Obama, and I think it's going to be a landslide - there's a whole cross section of America out there that has never had a landline, and doesn't get polled - and I think these are going to be mostly Democratic voters, when you think about who these people are.

I hope the media is not afraid to really pursue the credibility of Sarah Palin. They talk about experience. I haven't heard anything about Sarah Palins education. I cannot believe the overt manipulation of the republican party. We need to get brave as a country and really vote for change with Obama. The republicans had their chance and blew it big time.

Who are they polling? The media is at it again. I will not longer watch CNN, I will no longer buy the NY Post. When George Bush declared war on Iraq, our media went right along with the lies. They did not investigate to find out if these were truth or lies. Now they are doing it again with this election. The media has not called McCain on the carpet of his hiding of Sarah from the news. If this was Obama, the media would have been all over him. I am convinced that the Republicans owns all media and news outlets and will steal or try and steal this election AGAIN. SHAME ON THE MEDIA FOR NOT DELIVERING THE NEWS. SHAME ON THEM FOR DECEIVING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. We are wiser now and will not allow this to happen.

Both candidates expected a bump in the polls after their respective conventions. I don't put alot of faith into polls this early. I really hope people aren't as dumb this election as they were the past two. However, I don't have any faith in the American people and their ability to think in a open-minded manner. Look at how many idiots voted for Bush, not once, but TWICE.

I am not trying to compare McCain to Hitler. The man, as we all know well, is a war hero…the man had his life in line for this Great Country.Period.
I am comparing though the American people to the Germany people during war time. You can't ignore the smell of human flesh being burnt. Unless you choose to do so. Unless you really hate jews or soviets or brits but you are too coward to admit it. So you choose to pretend in the lies a person is saying and then if it goes wrong once again you will pretend you didn't know.

Facts are facts. The economy numbers are there. The bodies of your fallen heroes are there, the images of your stupid president are there for EVERYONE to see. You can't pretend you don't see it. Just like human flesh burning, you can't ignore it

Now, are these people voting for "more of the same"??It is a shame and if these two clowns happen to win this election it will only show the true collors of an America that the WHOLE world is learning to hate.

America, YOU ARE A BETTER COUNTRY THAN THIS

One Love,

Obama '08.

Let's see where the polls are on the Monday before the election

McCain and Palin are the strongest and proven experienced leaders to run our country. McCain will clean up Washington and get our country in shape from what the past presidents have done. McCain and Palin are proven to be men and women of their word. McCain and Palin don't point fingers they get the job done. They are fair when it comes to doing things, as they have the best interest at heart for the people in the USA. We need the strongest leadership possible now. Our country is in a big mess. Regardless of who is to blame, it must be cleaned up now. Believe in Mccain / Palin. You know John McCain is a Proud American, as we all are, and will certainly get this country going in the right direction.

CNN has repeatedly shown it's bias toward Obama from the beginning, so it doesn't surprise me that their's is the only poll that doesn't have McCain ahead. They should really poll how many people have stopped watching them, especially since their TABLOID type coverage of Govenor Palin.The comments were better suited to the locker room or the gossiping at the beauty salon than to the news.

Post convention bounce is meaningless.

do yourselves and your country a favor and goole: Anne Kilkenny.
She is an Alaskan resident and offers compelling information about palin. Be informed.

Obama's bandwagon was coasting to a stop by the end of the democratic primaries.

The nice half black young man with a winning smile and a good speech, got just SO far without any specifics on platform and the issues.

Hillary was policy wonking and he was blowing his own horn with lofty speeches about how great HE WOULD be. Obama spent too much time self-promoting and bragging about his judgement and his own perfection.

Obama created a myth of his destiny as a gift from God to save the nation and the Globe. His self-absorption did not bode well with EVERYone.

Now Palin showed she was not afraid to mention that the emperor has no clothes. Millions upon millions of people have seen this all along but the MSM kept building up the hype of hope, the great Obama.

Lets hope this is finally the turning point and Americans have come to their senses. This is NOT American idol.

How could the GOP convention have actually provided a bounce for McCain? Every single speech was garbage. Election years are such a depressing reminder that most of the population consists of complete idiots.

I'd like to see a poll of Europe. Although the world is ready for change, I've heard from friends over their that parliment (in the UK)have serious reservations about Obama's ability to lead. Ultimately all that matters is the opinion in the US though.

That is because we have become a nation that would rather believe a lie than the truth. We would rather do what feels good as opposed to what needs to be done. Why else would half of America accept a VP candidate like Palin. most of those slobering over her can't tell you one thing that she stands for politically. She is the latest, hot thing and here we go. When will this country grow the @#%$ up and act like a nation of educated people. I am so tired of a small group of people being given the power every election because they can't decide who to vote for so that hold the power to tilt and election for a good candidate or the smae old BS that we've had for the last 8 years. These people don't think on the facts. if they did they would not be undecided. they think and vote by feelings which is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. They will actually vote against their own interest for the sake of proving a point and punishing anyone who doesn't see it their way. As a result the only people that win are the people that have the most to gain by keeping this country divided. They don't give a flip about Hillary voters and if truth be known, they don't care about Palin. They only care about keeping power and they will say or do anything to keep it.

I have read the sources for all the polls being taken. In my opinion these polls do not reflect the true overall opinion of the nation. Only polling 900 to 1100 people; is that enough? in what part of the US is this being done?, what are the standards to get the best results? I am for Obama and I receive an email almost everyday. He sends text messages and connects with people through new age technology. So how can these numbers be accurate? Help me to understand this. thx

I think Obama made a strategic blunder in picking Biden over Clinton. Time will tell how the whole thing with shake out.

If the democrats have to have a real shot at the WH, they will have to tackle Palin head-on and not try and pretend that she has had no impact on the nomination.

Newsflash: Palin has energized the base of the republican party, like McCain could never have done in a thousand years with all his "maverick" BS.

These polls just show how uneducable almost half of the electorate is in falling once again for the same deceitful, superficial, simpliostic Repulican attack dog and pony show that got George W. Bush, a governor with a thin resume, to the White House–TWICE.

love it. not because i necessary believe in the republicans but after reading for many many months now all those hatefull and terrible things that people say about McCain I am actually happy to see that now. you guys are soooo aggrevating (and I am sorry but you are also blind followers) and you earned it so much. you know it. looool.

love it.

Rob from NC
Semper Fi

I can look at three different polls on the internet and see three different results. I have come to the conclusion that we will have to wait to see who is elected. I plan to vote for Obama and would even if the polls showed him behind McCain by 20 points.

Don't look at this as a sign of things the way they are. Historically every candidate has seen a bounce out of their convention.

If Obama wins all the normal Democratic states as well as Pen., New Mexico, and Colorado hes the next president. Currently he has a lead in all of those states. This "polling" system is as dated ad McCain, they rely on phone calls to land lines. Keep knocking on doors, volunteering, donating, and WHATEVER it takes!

Obama/Biden 08!!

WOOHOO!! America is FINALLY waking up!!!

Obama is not good for this country. Sure I know that McCain isn't all that great either but Obama will totally DESTROY this country if he were President.

McCain/Palin 08

It just shows over time that Americans realize that "change and hope" is not enough to win an election. It also shows that Americans realize that the grand gestures of "Socialism" IS NOT what anyone wants (except the 70,000 or so people at Dem Convention). There is only one GOD and it is not the self proclaimed "The One". While we as Americans need to have lofty goals for everyone, it is NOT the responsibility of government to do it. It is the responsibility of each individual to respect and help themselves and each other. It is the responsibility of government to lead and set an example for other to follow. More government would only fuel more corruption and cost taxpayers more money. The change needed is not in more taxes and government, but how Washington does business and how lawmakers address real needs.

GO McCAIN….

It just shows over time that Americans realize that "change and hope" is not enough to winn an election. It also shows that Americans realize that the grand gestures of "Socialism" IS NOT what anyone wants (except the 70,000 or so people at Dem Convention). There is only one GOD and it is not the self proclaimed "The One". While we as Americans need to have lofty goals for everyone, it is NOT the responsibility of government to do it. It is the responsibility of each individual to respect and help themselves and each other. It is the responsibility of government to lead and set an example for other to follow. More government would only fuel more corruption and cost taxpayers more money. The change needed is not in more taxes and government, but how Washington does business and how lawmakers address real needs.

Nobody called me to poll.

Where does the data for these so-called polls come from?

I don't believe a word of it.
The only poll that counts will be the one taked on November 4th!

OBAMA/BIDEN 2008
YES WE CAN!!!

in case anyone wants specifics: here are the results of the Gallop poll:

"John McCain bested Barack Obama 50-46 percent among registered voters in the latest USA Today/Gallup poll, jumping 11 points over his previous showing and taking his biggest lead since January."

-That's from FOX news where, although right-leaning, news is reported.

America doens't believe in intelligence anymore which means Obama is too smart for them. They will vote for Mc same who's as dum as bush. What a shame!

We have to win this war no matter how many lives it takes….fight, fight, fight. God Bless America!

No, the race is not dead even. McCain is now ahead of Obama and beyond the margin of error.

CNN, start reporting and stop campaigning for Obama.

Unfreaking belieavable. Are we living in a third world country where we keep voting in the same politicians that treat the public like crap. Wake up America no more Republican misguided policies.
Obama/ Biden '08

Let's Wait until the debates….this is not about people, this is about our Country's and Children's future.

WE CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES OF THE PAST….AMERICA PLEASE BE SMART.

OBAMA\BIDEN 08

This is just a ballon which will burst soon…
Sarah Palin is not ready to become president should McCain die. McCain is too old and he has a temper which can easily ignite a war. I wonder how safe for McCain to make decisions in the middle of the night given his age and age related challenges?

I'm a little glad McCain is ahead in the polls. After all he is the "incumbent" Republican - and people should be looking really hard at the type of President he'll be. The verdict so far: attack the Press; suggest Iran has a nuclear weapon; say we are all Georgians, while Cheney meets with oil execs there; pick a VP to get votes; lie outright about his opponents record and views. Hmmm, nice President. Look for 4 years of spin, and 4 years of a worse economy. Who will he blame after that - the democrats again?

Obama can never justify the lie that he told the voters of Illinois. When questioned on whether the voters of Illinois could trust him to serve a full term in the senate. Obama said. "I will not run for anything in 2008." He repeated this pledge several times to gain the trust of voters. Who trusts him now?

The race was dead even before both conventions. This is no news. I hope people open their eyes to what a McCain/Palin vote would REALLY do do our country.
People need to know what "Changes" Palin stands for in addition to changing laws that: Protect a woman's right to choose by banning abortion under any circumstance including safety of the mother, rape, and incest. Protect the freedom of religion law by trying to make public schools change by teaching using her own religious beliefs instead of the current curriculum. Protect the freedom of speech law by trying to ban books. McCain and Palin keep saying "Country First". But I wonder what country they are talking about. Because when they do actually talk about certain issues, they sound more and more like leaders from other countries that do not welcome diversity and freedoms that are welcome in the U.S.A. Palin's views do not reflect that of mainstream America. She is welcome to her views, but she does not have the right to change laws to try to turn America into a nation of Evangels. And any solutions McCain has proposed to help fix our countries' problems, will not work. This is because he wants to run the country the same way Bush did, right into the ground.

Joe Biden must stop calling Mcain my friend and start attacking him. this is about this country, personal friendships should be put in the back as America cannot risk john mcain. macain is even more dangerous than George bush because he shoots from the hips, gut feeling and he is hardly rational. why is nobody mentioning the keaton-5. that was the other major financial crisis America faced in the 20th century.

If Obama?Biden choose not to attack Macain/Palin and attack them hard, the democrats will loose and that is a sad situation for America to go through for another four years. Palin is fraud, she is intelectualy unfit for the office so high. she has little to no relevant foreign or economic experience, what Alaska's is an extraction economy, thats primitive.

THESE POLLS MEAN NOTHING!! THE ONLY POLLS THAT MATTER ARE THE ONES YOU GO TO IN NOVEMBER.

Isn't if funny how CNN always has their Messiah Obama who they have worshipped since Day One ahead or dead even - even when all the other polls have McCain ahead.

Most of America is SICK of the media's love affair with Obama!

We want more Sarah, CNN! Obama is YESTERDAY'S news along with his boring stupid speeches that we've all heard 100 times and his scary chanting followers who just look silly now!

Sarah is SUCH a BREATH of FRESH AIR after all these months of windbag Obama!

Question….has anyone here been polled? just wondering, becuase I haven't met one person that has been polled.

Women are not stupid… They will vote for the campaign whose issues thjey agree with not just because one of the campaigns decided to select a skirt for a VP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woman for Obama!

Trust me, the Palin nomination not only has become a rallying call for the Right Wing - it has angered and rallied the Left.

Down with the McCain/Palin Idiot Ticket.

Bernie Moore-Knowles
Papa'aloa, Hawai'i

Any ole woman will do…..Hopefully Palin will be to answer the midnight call. God help us all. GO HOCKEY MOM!

You headline of a "dead even" race is a bit misleading. MCCain is up 10 points today in the USA/Gallop pole. Effectively an 18 point swing considering Obama was up 8 points just last week.

Please consider reporting the entire story.

How tiresome!
Another poll of 1,000 Americans out of 300 million.
This is hot news?
Two weeks ago, the hot news was that they were dead even before the Democratic Convention, Obama got a bump afterwards and now McCain gets a bump after his.
It all means nothing.
November 4th is the day when polls count.

September 8th, 2008 11:14 am ET

John Ridley's entry on the Huffington Post is a gem:

Up in the Twin Cities area folks are speaking a new language. Or, should I
say Palinguage. It sounds sorta familiar because it's Latin based. But
different from the plain English we're used to speaking, in Palinguage
recognizable words take on new meanings. Won't you take a moment to learn
some Plainguage so you can talk like a hypocritical conservative?

REPEAT THE FOLLOWING:

If you're a minority and you're selected for a job over more qualified
candidates you're a "token hire." If you're a conservative and you're
selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a "game changer."

If you live in an Urban area and you get a girl pregnant you're a "baby
daddy." If you're the same in Alaska you're a "teen father." (Actually,
according to your own MySpace page you're an F'n redneck that don't want any
kids, but that's too long a phrase for the evil liberal media to take out of
context and flog morning noon and night).

Black teen pregnancies? A "crisis" in black America. White teen pregnancies?
A "blessed event."

If you grow up in Hawaii you're "exotic." Grow up in Alaska eating
mooseburgers, you're the quintessential "American story." Similarly, if you
name you kid Barack you're "unpatriotic." Name your kid Track, you're
"colorful."

If you're a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the
individual you're "reckless." A Republican who doesn't fully vet is a
"maverick."

If you say that for the "first time in my adult lifetime I'm really proud of
my country" it makes you "unfit" to be First Lady. If you are a registered
member of a fringe political group that advocates secession that makes you
"First Dude."

A DUI from twenty years ago is "old news." A speech given without proper
citation from twenty years ago is "relevant information."

And, finally, if you're a man and you decide to run for office despite your
wife's recurrence of cancer you're a "questionable spouse." If you're a
woman and you decide to run for office despite having five kids including a
newborn… Well, we don't know what that is 'cause THAT'S NOT A FAIR
QUESTION TO ASK.

They also forgot one we discussed yesterday:

If you're a White Republican and went from rags to riches and got into all
Ivy League schools, you're a "brilliant," "driven," "over-achiever" and
"living the American Dream." If your're a Black Democrat who did the same
thing, you're an "uppity" "elitist" and clearly an "affirmative action
recipient."

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I guess Obama needs to throw out trash as the republicans do. He needs to fight dirty and not try to hold the higher ground. Americans are stupid and trash works with them.

Also, again we must reiterate that those people who only have a mobile phone as their main phone are not included in this poll.

That is a majority of African Americans and young voters under the age of 30.

The "poll of polls" doesn't hold as much clout when it's not even reaching the majority of one parties base.

I can't believe after the last 8 years people really think a republican president is the best solution for the country right now. But hey, the US doesn't always get the best president but we always get the one we deserve. Hilarious!

The McCain campaign's counting on the american people to be bad at math, because you have to work with the numbers a little bit to see how bogus their positions are.

Unfortunately for us, McCain's making a pretty good bet. Count the Americans dumb enough to play lotteries as Republican voters, and be afraid for our future.

CNN polls are not accurate. Any way, who wants to know about a poll every day?

PLEASE REMEMBER: The ONLY statistics that count are the electoral college numbers. This is how the we decide who gets elected president–each state is "winner take all" and the first candidate to 270 is our President. Go to Realclearpolitics.com or many other websites for estimates of these numbers. Currently, Obama has a definite lead in potential electoral college votes.

How about in the important states? Obama is cruising to a huge win in IA, MN, OH, MI, WI, NM, MT, CO, NV and PA.

If Obama had picked Hillary, or if the DNC had picked Hillary, the party would not be in this mess.
The DNC thought Obama would be the novel candidate, but the Republicans had the foresight to select someone that is easier to embrace. Come hell or high water, the DNC, for whatever reason, perhaps to make Bobby Kennedy's prophesy come true, wanted Obama. Now they must live with their decision.

Well… he travelled pretty far on just rhetoric, race-baiting, and dirty politics.

No other candidate this unqualified and inexperienced would have made it this far. The celebrity bandwagon did all the work for him.

He strategized and used a tactic that many despised- inspire hatred and vitriol in your supporters and unleash their vile, vulgar, name-calling insults against the BETTER candidate. Divide the party, while pretending to be a uniter.

Eliminate HRC at all costs and by any means- cheating at caucus, throwing away the Fl and Mi votes, derision and misogyny- and then coast to the presidency on race and party affiliation.

These CNN polls taken on the weekend are bogus. People who go out on the weekends are the ones who will vote for Obama.

It is clear that McCain is now the "inevitable" winner of the general election.

Just like last year when everyone said Hillary Clinton was the "inevitable nominee."

Wink, wink

Why are Americans so idotic.
Get ready for world war III when McCain is elected President.How gullible are

The race is dead even- turnout and the debates will determine who will win. My prediction: Obama-Biden 52%, McCain-Palin 48%.

We the people….have lost the capability to conduct objective discourse.

A nation divided….will not stand.

Politicians and political parties are only our own instruments. WE the people….should expect more from them and ourselves.

Palin is so backwards that the modern women will not continue to exist. Hillary she ain't!

I guess the media has to keep this going to get ratings, since they can't interveiw Palin to get the ratings.

i work from home and I have never been polled!

the only poll that matters is in nov, besides there are more demc, than repubs, and most indepandebts will not for mcsame

I think the cell phone kids are going to give a real suprize in this election as no one is polling them.

If the Dems don't start attacking Palin and her extreme right- wing views they're going to lose this election. Why are they handling her with kid gloves? I wish Tim Russert were still around, would he ever ask Palin some tough questions, but I doubt she would ever sit down with him.

If McCain is President and a Democratic controlled congress is there with him, you can guarantee one thing, more gridlock!

Who believes on this polls, do people really change there mind that easy. This women gives out a speech that in what mind because one should get a chance to the white house, Britney Spears is making a comeback maybe MacCain will dump Palin for Britney. I will love to see the polls on this one.

The race is NOT "dead even" — here’s the real news, not the biased CNN poll:

A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken over the weekend shows McCain leading Barack Obama by 50%-46% among registered voters, the Republican's biggest advantage since January.

As for the question if Hillary should attack Palin: She is no longer in the race, so IT'S NOT HER JOB.

I do not believe these new polls for a minute. The hype & Palin will fade soon enough. More of the same for the spend happy gop. What a joke.Geo.

U.S.A. Better vote for Democracts or our Country as Well as yours is doomed. Their has to be real change.

I cannot believe we have so many dumb Americans (stupid). John McCain things after voting behind bush 100% of the time this year, he can change the theme of his campaign to "change".

How original is that? Obama should have thought of it……oops he did!

Its so funny that everything Obama says…people copy. Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, campaign theme. You'd think the "stupid" Americans would say ….Hey I've heard that before….yeah from Barack. Instead they say…Wow John McCain is really shaking this up for change.

We're doomed - 4 more years brought to us by the dumb people

McCain's substance is finally overcoming Obama's flash-in-the-pan style.

Are we looking at individual states and the electoral map? That is what is going to determine the presidency. Obama has the edge right now. So I don't even pay attention to national polls cause with new voters, and the high voter registration with democrats, I don't see how Obama loses.

Wow CNN has it tightening…Gallop has McCain with largest lead yet. What is it CNN dead even or Obama losing steam?

When will the newest MAVERICK be able to stand on her own two

feet and start answer the questions about ALL HER LIES?

My guess……AFTER THE ELECTION….SORRY FOOLS….TOO LATE!!!

Why no mention of the USA Today/Gallop pole that shows McCain with a 10 point lead?

If the Democrats don't begin airing attack ads on prime time television, they are going to LOSE this election. American politics have always been negative and these days the baddest cowboy wins. The Obama campaign should begin spending all that money on advertisments refuting the Republican flash and spin.

That's correct… 4 days afther the republican convention.. McCain has merely just been able to tie Obama… certainly not what i would consider a big jump like Obama got after his convention— he jumped to 49% to McCains' 42%– a 7% lead!

Sure CNN whatever.

No way for More War McCain and Taliban Palin!

This is CNN Polls ???????

LOL, CNN poll…..how bias can that be??????

Every poll I see has McCain ahead at least by 2 points.

"The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was based on 1,022 telephone interviews."

Like many have wondered, how does this incorporate the young voters who only have cell phones? I saw an interview on CNN where this was addressed and they said that this was being taken into account but I'd like to know how…seems that if sampling were done to incorporate the younger demographic it may impact these numbers.

I want to see Grampa Munster and Gidget get hammered in the debates!

As if polls mean anything significant…

I Think the question on everyones mind:

Thong or granny panties?

Last week the headline was McCain has shrunk Obama's lead to 1 ponit & now it's "Dead Even" when it's really MCCain up 1 point??? Why not "McCain leading 1 point"???

This is a joke. It is our right as U.S. citizens to research these candidates and pick who would be the best to lead our country out of this mess of the last eight years. If you don't know where to start, check out their voting records–that should tell you what they stand for. Wake up and pay attention!