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Every Republican should be ashame to be a member of this party. I've never heard so many lies as these two Republicans as Palin and McSame.Most politicians lie after they get into office.

..............HOW TO CHOOSE A PRESIDENT FOR DUMMIES..............
Make a decision to vote after taking into consideration the following joint tickets attributes and characteristics.
1. Has the ticket shown adequate calmness, coolness, and connectedness's under pressure to lead our nation [Presidential Temperament]?
2. Has the ticket shown sustained sound "Judgment and Caliber"?
3. Has the ticket shown adequate understanding of depth and degree to address the crucial challenges in their their purpose, policies, and positions [ Honesty, integrity and sincerity]?
4. Has the ticket sufficient "understanding and knowledge" of inside Washington workings [Experience]"?
5. Has the ticket reservoir resilience, wisdom, and vigor to address the present and future f our beloved "Great-grand Nation"?
6. Has the ticket enough joint foreign policy experience and exposure based on " Values, Virtues, Vastness, and " [American moral soul]"?
7. Has their campaign talk, slogans, ads, plans, and programs based on facts and are they free of fear, fiction, frivolous labels, unfair attacks, negativity, and impulsively? [No "imminent danger to national security and safety"].
8. Has the ticket genuinely kept on message of country first and politics last and avoided copying [Message change"]?
9. Has the ticket message stayed away from Culture divide and war[ Disaster prevention ]?
10. Has the ticket resisted being surrounded, supported and surrogate's by divisiveness, distortion's, and destructive characters, [ Real patriotism VS shiftiness and shameless parrot-ism]?
So now personally and professionally have you concluded that OBAMA-BIDEN ticket will lift and inspire our great grand nation back to its greatness within and restore our global standing with the use of maximum, but firm international diplomacy and minimal force if and when necessary {" Peace thru Strength "}.

I think The GOP are desperate, afraid of loosing hold of washington forever...or, how else can one explain the negative ads...

The key phrase is
Change We Can Believe In.

66 million in August says support for change is growing.
Obama supporters put their money where there mouth is.
51% intelligence is all need, and I believe we will achieve it!
Go Obama!

Who is the numbskull that said that the media wants McCain/Palin to win. You apparently aren't paying attention. The media likes to sell advertising and newsprint. If the story is Obama – the new exciting face – is winning...then that is what they cover. When the story is Palin – the new and exciting face – that is what they cover. They don't want to ask substanstive questions – those don't sell papers and get ratings. They ask baiting questions that can stir some personal controversy so they can cover THAT. BOTH political machines lie. It's what political parties do. Democrats lie and say that if there is a republican in office that he will make abortion illegal; the truth? – for 28 of my 40 years on this earth, the president has been a Republican and it is still legal. Reublicans will have you believe that having a Dem in office means that my taxes will double; the truth? – only if I am one of the very fortunate to make over $500k per year. My vote will be mostly because of looking at the character and service of the men at the top of the ticket...in that respect, I believe that McCain has the edge and he is not as naive as Barrack is about foreign affairs. If Obama had more years behind him in senate comittees that deal with foreign affairs, then I could vote for him. As it is, his lack of knowledge of how that works scares me – its scares me with Palin also should something happen to McCain.

I read the comments on this site, and I realize how ignorant most voters are, especially those Obama supporters making their opinions known.

I've read all kinds of silly, ignorant statements and gross generalities, such as all Republicans only watch Fox News and don't read newspapers, and how the elections of 2000 and 2004 were all about "personality". There are plenty of other good laughs browsing through this blog.

What liberals can't seem to understand is that there are intelligent and well informed people who just disagree with their socialist view of the world. Liberals never can seem to get to the realization that they could be wrong in their thinking and that intelligent people may simply disagree with Obama. It has nothing to do with race or gender, but simply policy and experience.

I have realized that woman will decide who is president this year. I moment that we should all be proud of, we have finally reached a moment when "we matter".

With that said, It is so disturbing and disappointing to know many woman will take this opportunity and squander it. Instead of deciding on issues, many will take this historic moment and vote based on emotional, and petty posturing. Wasting an opportunity to elevate woman's issues and make serious progress on behalf of all woman.

As Palin's record is disclosed it becomes more apparent that this woman is not as qualified as she has let on. Her inexperience and clumsy attempt at covering is obvious. Mc Cain is the president you are voting for, not Palin.

If your vote was not going to McCain, 1 month ago, you shouldn't be now. McCain did not pick Palin out of respect or admiration for her career......he could have chosen highly qualified republican women.

McCain's campaign is a representation of what you get if he is elected... Greed, lying, and pandering ......wow, here we go again.

Greg,
What makes you so confident of an Obama win and Palin demise soon after what happened in 2000 and 2004?

Why is it that Republicans like to work off of illusions and ignorance! Because its the only strategy they now how to do effectively! That and act like a bunch of high school bullies! They know how to distort the truth to make their opponents look bad and maintain their control over those who lack intelligence. They lack a real quality that all leaders needs....REASON!!

Republicans have failed this country with their Leadership! These wars in the middle east were a sad mistake! We should have developed our internal security in the U.S. but instead we invade Afghanistan and Iraq!! I guess that was better for Bush and Cheney since Halliburton earned some serious profits as a result of those wars.

Perhaps if we stopped trying to influence the Middle East so dramatically, we wouldn't be facing such troubling dilemmas today.

Give me a real Republican leader like Ron Paul!!! There's a leader i can admire!!

But I believe BARACK OBAMA / JOE BIDEN is the leader of tomorrow!

Lets seize the future and leave the Conservatives in the past where they belong!!

This true MN Hockey Mom is voting Obama–voted Republican for past several elections-had enough of Bush/Cheney lies & betrayal to the American people-my children's future is at stake. Gee-too bad they didn't call our house to get the pulse-4 votes for Obama/Biden!

There is NO way McCain will win Minnesota. The primary went heavily Obama (75%) and we are tired of being lied to. We may be a state that loves hockey, but we don't love a certain hockey mom. We are well informed and will vote that way.

Check your history, Chipster, and others. Your Beloved Bill Clinton signed Nafta - that's when the jobs started going overseas. And can anyone out there come up with ONE proposal set forth by either Biden or Obama that would have fixed ANY of these problems? Oh, that's right - Biden, after 36 years in the Senate, is suddenly "The Change We Can Believe In"? Obama, the Jr. Senator from Illinois, spent the majority of HIS time in the Senate running for President. And why is it that NONE of you seem to know that BIDEN AND OBAMA BOTH VOTED FOR THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE? OBAMA and BIDEN had an opportunity to DIVERT the funds for the infamous bridge to Katrina Victims. They BOTH voted for the Bridge instead. The ONLY one that opposed the bridge, at all times, was John McCain.

I'm an Asian-American who served in the military for 20 years and I'm very proud of it. I noticed in this election that candidates are fighting just to be elected commander in chief of this great nation. Well, since Ms. SARAH appeared in the VP ballot, she had everyone in the Democrats Party confused and trying to take her hockey stick from her hands. No way that you could take her stick because she is protected by pit bulls with lipstick.

First off the governor before Sarah had a approve rating of 20%, and he was a republican, she then beat out a two term democratic. What you dont think Alaska has drugs, gangs, and all that. think again. there is even the intercity. Everyone needs to get over the fact that Sarah comes from alaska, and that shes a women. GO SARAH GO, DRILL BABY DRILL

You know what is really sad,I bet some of the victims of Ike, who had no health insurance,who lost their homes because the insurance companies don't honour their claims will, on November 4, vote for McCain,even though they will be unemployed and destitute,no home ,no hope.Do you know why? McCain looks like them...go ahead vote for the guy with 8 houses who says this election is not about issues.Don't you feel sick to be controlled by the lobbyists and the wealthiest 2%. CNN don't like these comments because they are truthful, they prefer Jerry Springer type stuff.Good luck in your misery .

Obama-Biden 08

With John McSame, it's the Adolf of the 21st Century. Watch out Little Joe.

The lies went too far – even for Karl Rove – but not far enough for most Americans to see – facinating, sometimes, Im ashamed of my country.

all politicians spin things. all politicians inflate their own resumes. all political candidates are focused on winning. the truth is both Obama and Mcain are making promises that can't be kept. the truth is that 2 years ago Obama was a national unknown just like dems are claiming about Palin. the truth is that out of all 4 candidates, obama is the LEAST qualified. the truth is that politics is a giant machine made up of individuals who have their own causes and agendas... either you stay in step and take your turn at washing the other hand or you'll be crushed by the machine. I would have respect for any politician who admitted this is the game of politics.

Michelle,

I am an independent voter. I will make my decision after all the debates. I read your comments and realized that they are not logical at all. Alot of parents now (even teenagers themselves) can graduate from high school without becoming pregnant. They can always do that by using various birth control and abortion... I would be very proud of you, your grandmother, mother, and any mother... if they can say that they have helped their teenage girls know what it means to abstain from sex... and that they never have sex before graduating from high school. That kind of statement would make a strong argument against Palin's ability to keep her daughter not becoming pregnant at 17.

Best wishes to you in making decision regarding who will lead our country to become a better society. At this point in my life, I don't trust any politicians because their promises at the campaign never come true while they are in office. This country needs leaders with true integrity. However, it only seems like we have to choose the lesser of the two evils.

im reading. and wondering where some of you came from! would your parents and grandparents be proud that you have become dependant on government to lift your quality of life? that you have become parasites on the work and dollars of other americans? You should be ashamed. Take a deep breath, and vote for Mccain/Palin

The republican party thinks that the US has become it colony and that they are only answerable to God, that is why Palin keeps on talking of the holy war in Iraq, much like the Devine Right of the Kings, they are operating like a monarchy.

Minnesota? What's up? Please don't make your decisions based on climate.

the mccain/palin ticket has pretty much peaked, the media is finally starting to dig into lies being told and the debates are coming up. looks like the best will be a tie, without being able to fully swing the american public. i had faith that america would not be misled, we came close but it looks like america is a little smarter than given credit on the issues. obama/ biden 08'

The BO camp spotted the trend and knocked on President Clinton's door, cap in hand, looking for some help.

For Barack, that must have felt like swallowing a golf ball – you know, asking for Bill's help. "Puleeeeez, Bill, help me. I'm sinking in the polls. People aren't listening to me anymore. I'm stuck with Biden and John has Palin. Help me Bill. I'm sorry what I said about Hillary – really I am. Puleeeez Bill."

I wonder what kind of a deal he had to negotiate with Bill Clinton?

Polls are bias. wait untill the real poll happens in nov.

Ignore the polls... all the major news channels (and Fox) are owned by Republicans who don't want to see any of their power slip away. And if you don't belive that Big Business runs the government right now, ask why over 130 of McSame's campaign higher-ups are lobbyists.

Go McCain Go!!
Go McCain Go!!

Like Anthony Robbins says, things don't really change unless/until people go through enough pain. Apparently, 8 yrs of Bush policies may not be enough pain for many people. Perhaps 4 more years of the same is necessary.

Two years ago the Democratic, Said vote us in we will make things better. Well what is better? We have higher gas, food more people with out jobs and on and on How can anyone vote for Obama/Biden I am a life time Dem. VOTING FOR McCain/Palin

this great country will Never adopt the socialist/marxist views of Obama, no matter how hard you try!

It's McCain/Palin all the way! Obama lie speaders are working these blogs night and day filling them with LIES and DECEPTION! The Obama bloggers are almost evil in my eyes. How desperate and anti-American can you get? I have lost all respect for the Obama campaign. He has ZERO experience people! That is an unrefuteable fact! I've seen fast talkers talk their way into job positions where they don't belong and I've only seen pain once they get in. I hope that the mainstream Americans are smart enough to figure this one out!

Hey, CLS Vt,

I just did it, wow... That really says something.

Back to the polls, it's too early, and one should truly expect the polls to fluctuate a little.

Obama/Biden '08

Get Mccain to the White House is like inviting a RAMBO MAMBO
to go round the Globe telling the Men and Women in Uniform who to ATTACK and OCCUPY
Thosecdays are gone Mr. Mcca-LIPPIG – RAMBO

How many millions has Obama raised and he's trailing in the polls? What a loser.

McCain and Palin: CAIN and in PAIN will be the lot of Americans for generations to come.
Think before you vote. Keep away from Cain and Pain.

The country doesn't like Bush right now... but if you look at his approval ratings and compare them to the approval ratings of congress, you will see that the country likes congress even less than they like Bush. Hmmm... maybe the country is looking for a swing in completely opposite direction.... toward Palin. Scary... huh democrats.

im the stupidity of the people we trust

You are fools if you all of a sudden switch to McCain simply because he held the RNC in Minnesota. You have to come up with a much better reason than that, or you really better re-evaluate why you vote. AMERICANS, DEMAND THE TRUTH!

Obama '08

Wow. I have never read such hateful comments about women and older people. Call Palin a pig in lipstick and make fun of McCain because he is an older person?

Your tactics are backfiring and the polls show it.

McCain/Palin '08

Wake up "Enlightened Democrats." You can't blame Republicans - this was our election to lose and it looks like we will.

The blame game really needs to end - from the government to CEO scapegoats to lobbyists in our politicians pockets... it's never our fault, is it?

Putting aside the hipper delegates and cooler music at the DNC, I was struck by an overarching theme - or lack there of - there was absolutely NO call to action. What ever happened to "ask not what your country can do for you?"

I hate to say it, but Fred Thompson really called it with the, "Not your side of the bucket" comment.

I never thought that I would say this, but I hope that the McCain trend continues.

I completely agree with what Greg said, once the debates starts the country will see that both Mccain and Palin dont know squat about anything.

When are McCain & Palin going to get beyond the slogans and talk the issues and how they plan to address them?
ray in AL

I actually became nauseous after listening to McCains' speech in Lebanon, Ohio. This man wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the backside. I have to agree with previous comments that he is seriously detached from reality at this point... Also, I heard one of his supporters say that his war injuries have prevented him from becoming computer literate... Give us a break, PLEASE!!!! Yes, he is an honorable war veteran (As is my Dad), Stop pushing that information down our throats- It does not qualify him to be President . He needs to retire.

Im a minnesotan and I will tell you that Minnesota will absolutely positively NOT VOTE for MCSHAME/FALIN. Minnesota has voted democrat how many decades now?

Minnesota has the longest streak of voting Democratic in presidential elections of any state. No Republican since Richard Nixon in his 1972 landslide has carried it.

WHO CARES---–geez people -when even Rove says they have gone too far– believe it - McCain was a good man == he is not now

What I don't get is comments like (and there are plenty of them),"
I don't like this guy….he looks silly, behaves foolish"etc. Weather you are Dem or GOP, at least do yourself a favor and research the (your) issues and then vote for political reasons. Not curz you dislike the way the guy walks, looks, color, gender, race etc......vote curz your candidate represents your interests. Amen.

To the MEDIA

When you interview these guys, make sure they dont drift from the question. The republicans are masters in dodging questions .

Nobody seems to care of the fact that McCain-Palin ticket will use your healthcare benefit amount and will tax you on that.....

I am surprised that we really and indeed have two weeks of memory span!!!

Wake up people – do not fool yourself by pronouncing that he/she is the one that Ican relate to; nonsense.....your focus should be the issue, not the look and certainly not the one who you can relate to...don't you understand he is outsmarting you only by his/her look??

I think John McCain is really too old to be president. It is a very hard job. Just look at the toll it takes on those in the office. George Bush has aged 20 yrs in 8. Look at Clinton, he really aged a lot while in office. Look at Ronald Reagan. He lost his mind while in office.
It is sad that John McCain did not win the 2000 election. But he is too old now.

MSM is asking how many people actually know what the "Bush Doctrine" is. I do, but I'm just a regular voter, not running for VP. She SHOULD know that, and be able to take questions from journalists. It just amazes me that both she and McCain read from cue cards and won't take questions. Same sound bites ad nauseum . . .

Oh well, American people are preparing themselves to fall for the same fear mongering politics as they did last time. If Mccain wins by any chance only god can help this country.

Every one can see Palin is as smart as a plank

The only thing you dems can't (don't want) to believe is that McCain outsmarted the whole Obama-bin-Laden campaign machine. The fact is, the empty suit was really too busy coronating himself president and underestimated McCain.

I notice some of you are under the impression tha the debates are going to make it all okay or that it's the electoral map that counts. Well, here's some news for you, the electoral map is neck and neck, some giving the lead to McCain, but interestingly, you dismiss any information that doesn't say what you want it too say. Also, Biden won't be able to make a fool of Palin because he's too occupied making a fool of himself!

The funniest stuff I read here is that CNN is catering to the republicans when they publicise information you don't like. AMAZING.

Just realize that you've got a real handful now and no amount of denial is going to change that.

It's important to remember that the debates have not happened yet. It's easy to see that some people will support either candidate because of aesthetic appeal or prejudiced reason, but a major portion of the American population is looking to policy and stance on the issues.

Go OBAMA :p

When we take over the White House we will show these bigots just what they have been doing to us all these years. It's our turn. We have waited long enough. Our man will show "the man" how its suppose to be done. Vote Obama and finally be equal.

I will like to ask Americans to look deep into thier heart and ask themselves, why they want McCain to be President with his history of abandoning his sick wife who waited while he was in Vietnam. some of you called yourself christians but will not vote for Obama because, her loving mother who is one of you married a man from another race. I plead to you not to give Bush and his friend(McCain) another 4 years because of racism(Fear). God is watching. God bless America

I am appalled at Mccains's gull at presenting lies as truth. An old man like himself should evoke honesty and integrity, unfortunately ,John has none and it is shame. he'll rather misrepresent himself than come clean that he is too senile to lead this country , and am afraid lots of people who can tell truth and lie apart are lapping it up. Americans are smatter than that. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!!
Ifd l were Megan l would pull him out by his ears and told him to stop this minutes.

Obama is the key for change...for our future and our children's future....We must get involved anyway possible. I signed up today to make phone calls...go to his website and step up!!!! Nov. will be Obama's!!!!!

(CATHY) I CANT BELIEVE ALL YOU NAIVE YOUNG VOTERS ARE BELIEVING ALL OF O.B.'S B.S. LIKE HE CAN TELL CONGRESS HOW TO VOTE AND HOW HE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. WHERE'S ALL THE MONEY COMMING FROM YOU NAIVE SUPPORTERS. YOU THINK OUR COUNTRY IS BAD NOW WAIT AND SEE IF O.B. GOT ELECTED. ALL HE HAS BROUGHT IS HATE,RACIST AND DIVISION. THE HATE SHOWS FROM HIS ATTACKS FROM THE BEGINING OF THE RACE TO HIS HATEFULL FOLLOWERS. AMERICA IS GETTING TIRED OF HIS CHICAGO DIRTY TACTICS. CALLS HIMSELF CHANGE ,BUT PICKS AN OLD POLITICIAN FROM WASHINGTON FOR VP. MCCAIN PICKS AWAY FROM WASHINGTON AND ALL YOU HATERS CATCH AN ADDITUDE WITH HER. PALIN HAS WAY MORE EXPERIENCE THAN O.B. AND BIDEN EVER THOUGHT OF HAVING. SHE RAN A STATE, BESIDES BEING A MAYOR. O.B. HASN'T DONE ANYTHING IN THE SENATE OR VERY LITTLE OUT OF IT TO BEING RUNNING OUR COUNTRY. YOU O.B. SUPPORTERS AND HATERS WILL BE HIS DEFEAT IN NOV. AMERICA IS GETTING SICK OF THE HATE AND DONT WANT TO ELECT. A GREENHORN WITH A FOLLOWING OF HATERS. THAT ISN'T UNITY.

THE BEST CHOICE OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Hello CNN,

If America elects McSame, I will lose all respect for America. I want to go study there, and I will not do it if McCain is president. Why can't people in that country just wake up. The whole world knows Obama should be president, and many nut republicans are just believing the same old GOP crap and wondering why they are living on the streets and their children being killed in Iraq. Please, I beg all Americans to "Stop and Think" (Mike Gravel) ... what you are putting your country's future into, my future and the world's future... We can't let McCain win this, it will be a disaster for the entire world... I wish the rest of the world had the vote, obviously some Americans are too blinded by Fox News who is spreading republican propaganda and feeding you McCain's lies.

Do some research and please don't allow McCain and Palin to distract you from the issues that my life, your life and the whole world are on the line. Please do not gamble, this is a very important election for me, for you and for the rest of the world. Don't screw it up!

For a foreigner observer, it's ridiculous McCain/Palin pose as opposition. What did Republicans do in the last 8 years in Washington? Which is the Party in White House during this huge mess? Who is running for President? Mr. McCain or Mrs.Palin? It seems Mrs Palin has no substance... Wake up America!
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When all is set and done, Obama will win Michigan and Pennsylvania. McCain will win Missouri.
Obama will win Minnesota.
McCain will win Nevada.
Obama will win New Hampshire.

I live in Virginia, and can say that it is a true toss-up.

And do any of these polls take into account the record-breaking voter registration Obama has achieved since the primary season? I think he will fair a lot better in many states than the polls suggest.

Than again, the presidential debates will be the ultimate test for most Americans.

The debates. Everything every apathetic, uninformed, American needs to know about their candidate from their character to their syntax...regardless of those words that come out of their mouth.

It isn't an impressive fact to know that Richard Nixon lost in 1960 because he was sweating. And it isn't impressive to know that since then a majority of voters have chosen their candidate based on the debates.

We are our own politicians, we are just as guilty, and we get what we ask and vote for.

IF YOU ARE A PROGRESSIVE AND DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE DARK AGES YOU WILL VOTE FOR TO HLEP MOVE THIS COUNTRY FORWARD.

EU, RUSSIA AND CHINA GETS STRONGER AS CONSERVATIVE PARTY (REPUBLICANS) FIGHT TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY FROM PROGRESSING WITH OLD PARTY VALUES. JOIN TH E PROGRESSIVE PARTY TO MOVE AMERICA FOWARD.

VOTE OBAMA O8

As an Obama supporter, the numbers are concerning to me.
I am hoping that this is just the Palin hype and when people get over the fact that she is a "fresh face", they will see that her positions are not what most Americans want.

That being said, we need Minnesota, we need Wisconsin, we need Michigan, we need Pennsylvania, we need New Mexico, and we need Colorado to clinch this thing. If looking like we're behind gets all the Obama supporters out, well, then that is a good thing.

This is not rocket science....... Either you want more of the same...

Or you want change, there's no true way to know what either side will do once they are in office. McCain we know is more in line with Pres. Bush than Sen. Obama is... All these side issues are just that distractions, McCain keeps avoiding the real issues all McCain wants to do is play dirty politics.

Sen. Obama and Sen. Biden both have seen more national security data than Gov. Palin could ever digest ..

I happy to announce that my grandmother, whose husband died in the Korean war, raised five girls single handedly without one becoming pregnant before graduating high school. I want to commend my mother for doing the same. She raised three girls who all graduated high school without getting pregnant. Then, there is me. After my divorce, I found myself having to raise two children alone. Thank God, I was able to get my daughter through high school without getting pregnant, and we all grew up on the Southside of Chicago. It's called parenting. We worked full-time jobs, yet managed to find the time to instill in our daughters the complications of raising children alone. If Palin can't control her own daughter, with the aid of a husband, why should I believe she has the ability to lead this country into anything except further turmoil?

OMG I just Googled "lies"> This is what came up at top:
"Related searches: palin lies mccain lies lies quotes why people lie "

Fellow Americans, those unemployed (~15 million), those who lost their loved ones in Iraq (~4500) ask yourself these questions:

Bush administration sqandered our money (almost close to one TRILLION dollars) on a war that was not warranted. Did you know for every billion dollars invested at home you could create 20 thousand jobs each earning $50,000? Can you every get back your loved ones? Do you wish to elect the same people who have backed Bush 90% of the time?

Ths choice is clear. We need change and we need someone who can understand kitchen table issues, and not who doesn't even how many homes he owns!

God bless America. Go Obama-Biden 08!

The stupid polls are giving them confidence. Thats why they wont stop the lies.Even today 9/14/08 Palin is still insisting she was against the bridge to nowhere when there is ohysical and video evidence that its a LIE. The are making headway with the LIES and Negativity and if we let them continue with these LIES, then they will win on LIES and does that say about us as a people.

How do you think they go about estimating the electoral votes? It's all done by polls. That is why it is so stranget that Obama supporters are willing to use polling if it shows their candidate ahead but dismiss it if it shows Obama losing. I also hear people talking about adults under 30 use cell phones not landlines so they are not counted and they will surprise in Nov. Well, the polls have been very correct up to this point and I do not see that changing. If a candidate is leading by 7 or more points in polling it is very unlikey that it will change on election day. Things do not look good for Obama not because of polling but because of momentum. McCainis not only holding his bump but he is expanding it. I hope he goes after California. I honestly think he can win there he is only behind by 13 there.

The Obama supporters are having a fit. They are seeing his lead totally gone and McCain/Palin are moving ahead. You read the panic in their blogs and desperation because their candidate is flaking like old paint off a wall. I am so happy to see this because you nasty Obama supporters gave a Hillary Clinton a hard time and now Obama is back begging Bill and Hillary Clinton to save him from his losing. Well, its too late now so get ready to crawl back into your holes when McCain and Pail win. in November.

GOOD TO SEE A WOMAN BEING REPRESENTED ON THE PRESIDENTIAL TICKET AS VP FOR THE REPUBLICANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The reason Palin has an 80%approval rating in Alaska is because if you do your research, most of them only have a tenth grade education. If she gave me a check for $1,200.00, I would like her too if I lived there. Someone who worked for her said she wasn't qualified, so why has the rest of America embraced her? As lobbyist, Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager stated, this election is not about the issues, so what does that tell you? All of you bigots make me sick!

I am amazed at the fact that McCain has been able to take Obama’s lead in the polls. Who are they polling? Anyone who still insists that McCain is the best qualified to lead our country must fall under one of these groups: Far right conservatives, racists and people who don’t understand or care about the issues our country is currently facing.

Reasons why the McCain/Palin team is the worst thing that could happen to our country:

Both candidates lack of integrity. Merriam-Webster Definition: Integrity implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge.

McCain’s multiple infidelities while married to his first wife Carol, his continued misrepresentation of the facts and right down lies about Obama’s record and policies, lies and misrepresentation of Palin’s real record and experience, his lobbyist friends who are running his campaign, it goes on and on and on. Even McCain’s wife does not trust him, otherwise, why would she had insisted on a prenuptial agreement that denies McCain any access to her money? If she trusts him as a person and believes on his honesty, why would she need a prenuptial agreement?

McCain is trying to win our votes by drilling into the minds of the American people, his experience as a POW, and while at the same time running a very dishonest campaign, which takes away the honor of that sacrifice. And now Rove of all people is openly criticizing McCain for misrepresenting the truth on his ads against Obama.

Palin is no better than McCain; she has consistently lied about her own record, her hiring of lobbyist, her knowledge of foreign affairs, her use and misuse of earmarks, etc. Her interview with ABC really scared me. According to the FBI, Alaska is the first in the nation, per capita, for rapes, and second for murder of women by men. Then there is the well publicized state Senate committee's investigation of Palin. The McCain campaign has launched an attack on its credibility, saying four of its members are Democrats supporting Obama, but they failed to mention that the other 10 members of the committee are Republicans.

McCain's health is an issue of grave concern for all Americans, regardless of political persuasion. If McCain wins this election, given the fact that he has been treated for an invasive melanoma and other maladies, there is a very good chance that at some point in the near future Palin will be running our country. If that doesn’t worry you than I don’t know what will.

McCain has said that this race is about personalities and how much the candidates are liked by the voters; he refuses to discuss issues, and is using Palin to attract women voters. Does he think that women are stupid? I hope Americans’ wake up before it’s too late.

Polls do have a way of keeping the public interested and also gives the media something to talk about. I need someone to tell me how to get on the polling list. I've never been polled in my 25 years of being able to vote.

Electoral-Vote.com has Obama 268 Mccain 270 and he's only ahead of Obama by 1-2 pts in 3 swing states Mccain's bumped is fizzling!!

Obama/Biden 08!

Hey!McCain has electoral ADVANTAGE do not fool yourself.

When “leaners” are included, it’s Obama 259, McCain 247.

The world is totally baffled by how close this race is: it is inconceivable that the American voter would want a person who describes herself as a "hockey mom" as the next in line for the White House. For goodness sake, why? How are world leaders ever going to respect America again?
It makes the US vulnerable from a security point of view – not to even mention the economy and environment!
America has a chance to redeem the last 8 years. If the Republicans come in, those who voted them in will deserve what they get: more jobs lost, more houses lost, wars in even more countries they have no chance of winning and a President that has no respect in the world.

THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT THE ISSUES....
This is the American President we are voting for not American Idol

Vote on Agenda not Gender
Vote on Reason not Race

Barack Obama will help our healthcare, educational system, and our economy and most independent studies prove it.......

McCain's ads are false and disgusting.....even Karl Rove said they are LOW.....

I dont believe this......the two ideals these men share are totally opposite.....McCain wants to cut more taxes for the rich hoping they will help those beneath them......he is going to make huge tax cuts on borrowed money
McBush's healthcare agenda is to incentivize private healthcare over group healthcare by giving, guess what, a tax incentive....if you have a pre-existing condition your company will benefit from not giving group coverage......so dont ever get sick with mccain as prez
He has no plan for education becuase he cant afford it.......

Barack Obama's plans are fiscally responsible and will help all of us

Take what the polls say with a grain of salt. I know many in this country of ours are idiotic enough to vote against their own interests but the polls mean nothing. A McCain victory only means a nail in the coffin for the great US of A. Don't be fooled people!

I am not sure who the Strib polled, but the atmosphere is the same here as it has always been–VERY Blue! Unless they only polled those rednecks out in the sticks who can't admit that they won't vote for a black man, no matter how much better of a candidate he is. They probably weren't thrilled with McCain before, but are more so with the addition of Palin. Photo of her with a big gun...."now that's my kinda broad!" We are a pretty enlightened bunch here, but we still have our hicks in the sticks as well. My guess is that the upswing in repubs will settle down and Obama will prevail as expected here.

America politics is all about race, imagin advance as america is still blind to see that mccain has not define his economy plan, and media and citizens of the land are moving along without know anything about mccain ecomomy plan"" Is A shame....... obama 08

We elected John McCain's republicans for the past eight years; now, we see where we are as a nation. We are in trouble on all the issues that we face. Now, we are seeing that people put these republican bums ahead in the polls so they can tear up the nation some more.

Republican voting for Obama/Biden 08

I am a chritiian and I am appealing to all christians. .....Lets"talk about abortion. Obama does not want you to have abortions but he is wise to know that our daughters,our sons, our nieces, our nephews ,our cousins, our friends our neighbours, may be faced with this challenge. ... We as parents are not always aware of what is going on. KIDS DO THEIR OWN THING WHETHER WE BELIEVE IT OR NOT. Therefore, would you prefer for your love ones to go to some dirty hidden facility to have an abortion if they so choose and risk getting infection that can now cause their deaths? OR do you prefer a clean and safe enviroment? I do believe that OBAMA is trying to protect your love ones from POTENTIAL DEATH . Yes why the men.... They pressure most of the girls to go down this path. OBAMA SHOWS WISDOM IN HIS DECISIONS. VOTE FOR HIM .

Fellow Obama Supporters:

It's early, polls can and WILL fluctuate throughout the election process. This isn't surprising. This is why I don't rely on polls.

To McCain/Palin Supporters

See above.

Obama/Biden '08

McCain and his VP at least have a record of doing something
Obama is just demagoge do nothing, in all his years in Congress what has he done, what laws he has vote on .Present does not mean a thing. What makes people believe he will do anything but fill his pockets along with his clonies, Just look at the africans in power all over Africa, a bunch of thiefs, corrupts that have the people starving. And they look like faten pigs while the rest of the people look like sticks.
I was for Clinton but will never vote democrat again.
GO MCAIN

This response is to the stupid ani who will vote for 4 more years struggle for americans because he does not like OBAMA. The future will be decided based on rational not emotional. Stupid ignorant people who wants to destroy their country.

as the election gets closer we are starting to see how far mccain's campaign will go in telling lies and it's sad that people in minnesota are falling for them.

Alan Greenspan just said the economy is in crisis and John "don't know much about the Economy" McCain says it's doing well. nuff said. Screw Iraq – I want food on my table. Polls mean squat – voter registration is everything. Obama people get out and volunteer NOW!

Folks are finally looking at Obama's record and finding out...he hasn't accomplished anything in his short stint in the Senate. Like McCain's record or not...at least he has accomplished much and will shake up Washington with Palin. 2009 looks promising with McCain and Palin. Barack can help them in the Senate where he needs more experience.

Obama supports simply are not able to comprehend what is happening. They are such elitists that they cannot believe they may be all wrong on what the average voter is looking for. In fact that may be the problem.... they consider themselves superior to the average person.

CHANGE – CHANGE – CHANGE – THERE IS ALWAYS CHANGE! Obama does not have a patent on CHANGE! Wake up – the american people do not want larger government that Obama is promoting. Look at Fannie Mae created under Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and Freddie Mac created by Congress in 1970 both goverment backed institutions that are going to cost the American taxpayers billions of dollars. That is not the kind of change we need!
What we need is reform, smaller government, less taxes, these are some of the reasons our forefathers came here! McCain is steering the Republican party back to the path Ronald Reagon set. He is on the right path to make us proud and prosper as Americans again.

It seems to me that McCain may be old but at least he is experienced and is willing to learn new things like texting and working with members of the other party. He also happens to be younger that many of the democrats and others in congress and by heredity it looks like he will be around a long time. Are the Democrats now trying to cause more divisiveness by saying seniors are useless or have no function in soceity? I think my mother at 74 and mother in law at 86 would take exception to that as they both still drive, work and volunteer and have a lot to teach the younger generation. Obama on the other hand is inexperienced, acts immature and juvenile by directing anger/vindictiveness at Palin and Hillary, hurling insults about McCain's age and his unwillingness to listen to other points of view. He is definately a member of the "Me" soceity.

white people do not want a black man in the white house, they don't want a black man over them. HC knew this thats why she kept saying he wont win. I wish this was not true because he is the best man for the job.

Why is this election... becoming a real election?

Well, it has to do with what the voters consider "change".

As the electorate becomes more engaged in the process they demand that their voices be heard and respected.

There is a disconnect between Washington DC and Main Street. And Main Street is "standing up".

DONT EVER TAKE PEOPLE FOR IDIOTS!

Minnesota has woken up and realized what the whole county is. That an Obama victory will just bring more of the same do nothing partisan gridlock to Washington.
Obama blames Republicans for everything. He looked at Bush's 30% approval rating and has tried to run a very anti Republican partisain campaign, claiming John McCain, the most un Bush like Republican in Congress, is just another Bush.
But Obama has ignored the fact that the Democratic lead Congress has only a 17% approval rating. This rating is low because the American people are sick of the party first coutry second gridlock in Washington.
McCain has a liftime of history in the Senate of working with Democrats to get things done. He has made it clear in his campaign that he will not care if Democrats or Republicans get the credit, he will work with anyone who will put country first and party second. He will include Deomcrats in his cabinet. In short he will break the gridlock in Washington by getting Deomcrats and Republicans to work toghether instead of putting party first and wroking against each other. This is the Washington that independents want alone with countless millions of Republicans and Deomocrats alike.
Obama would bring 4 more years of the same, while McCain will bring the change that will put Washington back to work for the people again. This is what America wants, not more of Obama's part first gridlock.

There is ample time between now and the election for voters in Minnesota and elsewhere to awken to the complete lack of substance and integrity that characterizes the John McCain campaign, which knowingly and willfully continues to spew one discredited claim after another. If John "Country First" McCain ever had any claim to honor, he has sacrificed it (along with the nation's best interests) for personal gain.

Palin's views are even more right wing than Bush, but I guess the HIllary crowd doesn't care about policies. Just that Palin wears a skirt, can shoot a gun, is a so called 'hockey mom' and has 5 kids. Sad commentary on the 'what the public seek as qualifications' for Presidency.
She has not been vetted and the wool is being pulled over our eyes again. We deserved what we got when believing the shams of the previous 8 years, and it appears that people are about to do it again. 12 years of Republican administration will drive this country even further into the slippery slope of debt to foreign countries that hate us.
So very Sad.

Our national image has really suffered during Bush. I am not a Republican. I doubt I would vote for McCain, but Cindy would really do so much more for the White House image, by herself! I don't see Michelle Obama doing much for our nation's image as First Lady.

The Dems and Obama sacrificed Hillary's talent, ability and experience, by petty super delegates who had a problem with her gender for the office of President. Like a high school clique that wouldn't let her in! The Dem party has not stepped up to the plate to help Hillary's debts after they disabled her!

Obama's petty attitude toward Hillary shows character failure. Anything but gallant, he is not the big man he thinks he is - a Caucasian mother– his behavior against Hillary during the primaries, imperious attitude against a former First Lady!! I can't in good conscience as a registered Democrat indulge in the self-indulgent attitudes of the super delegates and of Obama.

Hillary has demonstrated selfless interest in the welfare of this contrary.

Hillary has been nothing short of showing gallentry toward the Dems! Neither Obama nor the Dems have shown much to her in return-only

IS AMERICA IS REALLY STUCK ON STUPID. VOTING FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS OF THE SAME. THIS IS VERY SAD ELECTION NOW MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE DYING IN WARS, GOING FURTHER INTO RECESSION AND GASES PRICE WILL DEFINITY BE GOING MUCH HIGHER. COUNTRRIES THAT DOESN'T LIKE US ARE REALLY LAUGHING AT US AND SEEING HOW STUPID AMERICA CAN BE. RIGHT NOW .THESE CAN NOT BE CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE KILLING ANIMALS IS WRONG THAT GOD CREATION. HOW CAN A WOMAN VOTE FOR PALIN AND SHE STAND FOR EVERYTHING A WOMAN STAND AGAINST. PALIN WANT ROE VS WADE OVERTURN WHETHER IT RAPE OR INCEST. SHE AGAINST WOMAN'S RIGHT AND EVERY ISSUE THAT HILLARY IS AGAINST.

Polls 600 -3000 people being polled. This is absurd and not representative of the 300 million people in the U.S. How in the hell is this an indication of the views of the American people.

It must be the Bubbas.....not to worry........good always prevails over evil......God be with Obama and Biden.

Palin is having her fun right now but trust me iam just waiting on her to crash and burn. We must always remember what goes up must come down

I think some people are attracted to a Palin ticket because they are hurting in the current Bush economy and want their pain to end now.
I think those people will be disappointed and disillusioned.

Many of the Republicans stike me as angry people (Rudy G, Tom Delay).

Hopefully, McCain,72, will retire now.

Color will always be an issue in America, because thats the only reason why people want vote for him. It has nothing to do with age or gender or issues, but everything to do with race. Sad but true.

Go Macain!!

Hip, hip, horray, Sara Palin's 15 minutes of fame are almost over! Democrats are on the attack, finally!

Don't trust the polls. It has been reported by that republicans are being polled more than democrats. The polls are skewed and not accurate.

When I think of McCain I think of that movie the Manchurian Candidate

Palin nothing like Hilary
Let's look at her record.....

1) Notes thanks but no thanks for bridge to nowhere, truth flopped on support for bridge after media pressure from congress. She also kept the earmark money for the bridge and spent it on other pet projects in Alaska the truth is she never rebuffed congress (NBC 08/31/08,Anchorage Daily News 08/31/08, CBS 08/31/08, Reuters, CNN, CBS 09/03/08)
2) Not in Iraq as previously stated only at Kuwait-Iraq boarder...Didn't have clearance to enter Iraq. (Boston Globe 09/13/08, CNN 09/13/08, NBC 09/14/08)
3)Against earmarks is not a true statement the truth is Alaska is the largest state per capita for the use of earmarks (LA Times 09/03/08, Washington Post 09/11/08)
4) Posable abuse of power (Troppergate) Used her position as governor to fire her ex brother in law due to bitter devorce with her sister. (CNN 09/11/08, NBC 09/03/08, Anchorage Daily News 09/05/08)
5) Wasting taxpayers money. Charges perdium for working out of home as governor for 312 nights along with travel for her family for a total of $43,490 for the year(Washington Post 09/08/08, NY Times 09/09/08)
6) As mayor of Wasilla charged victims for rape kits a direct jab against women and a small attempt to impose her views. (USA Today 09/10/08)
7) As governor hired She hired a former lobbyist for a pipeline company to help oversee a multibillion-dollar deal with that same company. Even as mayor hired a lobbiest for ear marks and did well (27 million for the town)(Huffington Post 09/14/08, Washington Post)
Plane sold on ebay is a lie the truth is it was posted on ebay but was pulled after poor biding and sold by a broker for a loss by the taxpayers (Huffington Post 09/05/08, Washington Post (09/05/08)

Palin may say the media is out to get her but the truth is she doesn't tell the truth. She says she is a reformer reformer of what she uses the system better than anyone. Really what is she going to reform women rights for decrease pay for same work, reform the right of choice (become government control over a women's vagina), or become a symbol for why we should not elect a women. (I,m not against women I think smart, honorable women such as Thatcher and Cambell who rose to top office in their countries (England, Canada) are great reps of women in top office)

I think its funny how the picture shows Obama worried and McCain all relaxed with ball cap and rolled up sleeves. Too much.

Any one who would vote for McCain/ Palin, has surely lost their minds. Why would any one consider it after all the lies and deceit? What is wrong with this country?????Palin just lies right to all the american peoples face and they love her. there is some thing seriously wrong with this.

Please wake up here people!!!! This is so wrong for this country. People have to get serious here, and start thinking about our future and our kids future. we have to get them (repulicans) out of office. We are smarte than this, aren't we america???????
obama supporter from alaska!!!!

Unbaised – why does Sarah Palin not have experience, but Jimmy Carter, Ronald Regan, Bill Clinton, and yes, the much hated Bush have experience as Governors? I don't get why all the libs keep saying she doesn't have experience when many of our Presidents (not vice presidents) were Governors. She is just experienced as all those that were Presidents and were former Governors. BHO has never had executive experience and he is on the top of the ticket. I just don't get the comparison here.

People must believe the sleazy garbage the McCain campaign is putting on the air. How else could you explain this swing? Do people really think Sarah Palin, who is practically joined at the hip with McCain for campaigning, would make a solid president in a time of war and economic turmoil? The lies are flying so fast and thick from the Republicans that it's hard to imagine any way that Obama could respond to them all. Meanwhile, the news media, whose job it is to comment on the factual issues surrounding the campaign, has abdicated this responsibility in favor of cheerleading for Sarah Palin, who can't even identify the most significant shift in U.S. foreign policy in the past generation.

Greg /I think you are correct "I can't even say the word " right " after McWar Bush and McPitbull Phailing spewing their 99 9/10 % lies .
We have
Bridge to no where
Troopergate
Dairygate
Librarygate
firing then hiring relatives /friendsgate
Travel expenses gate
GOV. Living at her home running the office from home gate
Their Religious views taking over gate
Lies about trip to Iraq never was there gate
The list goes on

I'd like to know whom they talked to...most if not all the Minnesotans I know are pretty sold on the Obama ticket...as they should be. Considering the fact that MN has the longest Democratic streak in the nation, I'm not terribly concerned that we'll fall for McCain's garbage.

BARBRA WALTERS I AGREE AN THE LADIES ON VIEW WHEN THEY SPOKE TO MCAIN SAID TO MCAIN YOU HAVE BEEN IN WASHINGTON 26 YEARS . SO WHO IS SARA PALIN GONNA REFORM MCAIN YOU . THEY WOULD NOT LET MCAIN GET AWAY WITH LIES . PALIN TOOOK 200 MILLION THIS YEAR ALONE IN PORK AS WALTERS POINTED OUT . ........MCAIN WAS LIKE A RABBIT COUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS . .............HANG YOUR HEADS IN SAHME CNN , FOX , CBS , NBC . THE LADIES ON THE VIEW MAID THE MAINSTREAM MEIDA WOLF BLITZER ETC LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF AMATURES . UNLIKE BLITZER AN CO BARBRA WALTERS AINT FRIGHTEND OF THE GOP LIKE CNN AND THE MEDIA ARE .

As far as I'm concerned Sarah Palin is a clone of George W. Bush, the only difference between them is lipstick.
And if McCain loves his country so much why is he willing to risk so much by choosing such an unqualified person to be the VP. Just think about what President? John McCain would rather win the election than choose the best person for his VP. It's obvious that Obama made the better choice for his VP and that he is the better choice for President.

I see the American people are loosing their minds again. My Psychiatric practice is picking up business.

Even Karl Rove thinks McCain has gone too far. The American people love their bloodsport, but they are also, in the end, a fair and kind people, fundamentally decent. Watch for the anti-McCain backlash. And remember the key terms of this election: turnout and the fight against voter caging.

I cant believe how many morons live in the US. The rest of the world is laughing at all you idiots because we see this election as a complete JOKE. Why anyone would vote for McCain and this joke as a VP is ridiculous

Of course he is. Did the democrats really think that middle america is going to vote for a man that hollers hope and change and has no solutions. Do you think that white americans who work for a living or going to vote for a man that wants to give away more of their money to social programs. Do you really think we are going to vote for a man who calls white people uneducated gun toting religous nuts that did not vote for him. Racist and Anti- american friends who are domestic terriost , a wife that says she is finally proud of america for the first time in her life. I do not think so. I do not even think that conservative democrats would be foolish enough to vote for Biden and Obama who are the most liberal people in the senate.

It's amazing that in a state that experienced first hand how well the republican government takes care of their infrastructure, a lie about not wasting money on a bridge to nowhere would captivate the crowds. Yay!! We did not 'waste' our earmarks on a bridge, instead we chose to waste it on undisclosed stuff.

Mccain is old, he will ruin the world, VOTE OBAMA Joe Biden is cool too!

If Obama doesn't drop Joe Biden now and pick Hillary Clinton, McCain will win every battle ground state and win the White House.

Joe Biden must drop out honorably for "personal" or "medical" reasons because there's no way the current Obama/Biden ticket can win the McCain/Palin ticket.

But an Obama/Hillary ticket, – will blast McCain/Palin ticket out of existence.

Democrats don't make this decision when it's too late.
DROP JOE BIDEN NOW!!!!

If CNN don't believe Sarah put that plane on E Bay. Go ask the Guy who bought it.... Did he get so much a bargain???

Well the polls will change since all the truth is being exposed about Palin each day. Also, when she finally sat down for the interview the people got a real chance to see her upfront. Most of our children could have given a more Intellectual interview. She spoke like she was study for a test. What a disgrace

I totally disagree with the above minn person..he may have a advantage in some areas..but he definitely doesnt have the state wrapped up..There are those of us that do support McCain because Obama has no experience and we are to bad off to have him guess how to fix it.

Why elect Barack Obama? To elect G.W. Bush over again.
When a politician has no record, one has to rely on his character.
Barack Obama spent 1 year in the US Senate before running for president. He has spent the other 2 years in the Senate running for president.
It takes an elitist attitude for someone to think they have what it takes to be president after only 1 year as a US Senator. Barack Obama has that elitist attitude. IT appeared when he spoke in the primaries about small town folks.
So, Americans are left wondering, do we vote for someone who is an elitist(thinks they are better than others because they went to better schools, have a better job, are married to someone with a good career, earn a good income, rose from the trenches to achieve something-which is what many, many Americans have done), or, they are let wondering, do we vote for John McCain, a man who has proven he works well with the other side of the aisle in the Senate, a man who supports issues like stem cell research, a man who is flexible and supports abortion in the case of rape, incest and when the life of the mother is at risk, a man who not only talks the talk but who walks the walk by selecting a women to run as his VP. Barack had his chance to select Hillary, to go beyond his elitist attitude and his ego, but he could not put them aside. Now he is paying the price. The people see he cannot go beyond himself when making decisions. This is a personality flaw. Can you imagine Obama's elitist attitude and ego being in the room when he has to make a decision on a major international crises?
Scares the hell out of me to the point I don't even care about the issues anymore.
McCain/Palin 2008

I can't believe anyone in this day and age truly believes that any president will overturn Roe v. Wade. It's only a scare tactic that the far left is using. Think about it- if anyone could of overturned Roe v. Wade it would have been Bush!
That being said- is Obama in favor of partial birth abortion? Did anyone ever see a baby born at 7 months? They are perfect human beings who feel pain. I know, My mother had a premature daughter and son.. Everything isn't always as simple as it seems and speeches never solved problems.. We need to fully examine all sides of the issues before we vote on Nov. 4.

Stop With the Crap Palin is the Most popular It depends on the Pollster.
According to Rasmussen polls, Palin gave up her crown as “most popular” in July, overtaken by North Dakota’s Gov. John Hoeven.

A Rasmussen poll on July 30 found 64% of voters rate Palin’s job performance as excellent or good versus 14% who view it as poor. On July 8, Hoeven clocked 72 percent at excellent or good against just 6 percent who rated his performance as poor.

Scott Rasmussen, founder and CEO of Rasmussen Reports, said people shouldn’t get hung up on whether someone ranked No. 1 or 2. Those numbers change with the political winds of the day.

I was willing to give up my tax break for the good of country but if McCain gets in I won't have to do it. More for me to spend in Europe.

I want to thank everyone who votes for Republicans...all the sexist women who justify sexism by their only voting for a woman and all the "real people" who can watch their jobs disappear to another country.

As a life-time member of the NRA and prior Air Force officer, I hope all of you with young sons have no trouble sending them to fight some place in the Middle East for Chinese profits since Iraq just canceled the contracts with the American oil companies and signed with a Chinese company. My 4 sons are too old to fight.

I especially want to thank anyone who is religious and older than my 66 years for believing that it is better to spend money fighting in Iraq rather than on highways or other infrastructure improvements in the USA because I'm sure that the Iraqis really are friends of anyone who is Christian or Jewish. You should be old enough to remember that losing in Viet Nam did not result in a communist South-East Asia. Are you that senile?

Obama needs to shut up and face the facts.He needs to wait for 16 more years and start alkl over.He needs to go gather experiences.He needs to show us what he has changed in the past.This guy called, Obama needs to stop hiding under the the shadow and show who he really is.

Jane from Minneapolis – I'm responding to you comment....
Gov Pig in the blanket who is getting pimp by McShame is only 80% Popular in Alaska. The rest of us in the United States didn't know nothing about her so how can she be popular in the whole United States? To be honest, you probably didn't know nothing about her until Mr. McDum-Dum introduced her as his running mate. The Reps pumped their party up with this female and when it's all said in done, they are going to be sooooo upset with McNasty because of his poor Judgement. Her past is catching up and the truth will come to the light.
Polls don't matter only our vote in November. Go Obama/Biden 08 &12

I can't believe people are falling for McCain's ploy...it's baffles me!!!!!!!!!!

Drill Baby drill and drill baby now.
Loganville Ga for Mccain.Nigerians for Mccain.Small businesses for Mccain.Children for Mccain.African-Americans for Mccain.Tow truck operators for Mccain.

White women and in particular working moms will decide this election. Palin has energized this cultural group in many ways. And working moms are a big group, and an even bigger group in the battleground. Truth be told- McCain is very boring and Obama is becoming a boring generic Demacrat by serving his base too much. While I am sure Palin's celebrity hype will fade, she could be the Mighty Quinn in all of this. She may be expanding the meaning and movement of feminism beyond its prior hand full of left issues and man-hating and in stead taking it to a level that more fully represents American women as a whole. This is uncertain at this time and would not be atributable to Palin alone if it is occurring. Nevertheless the concept has the chance to be the dominant issue in this election. Right now I'd forget the polls. In stead I'd look at the typical 53-47 spread of white women favoring Democrats and I'd look at all the working woman at the Palin rallys. The press sees this and it is scaring them to death. It may fade. But the fact that the press is hammering Palin and ignoring her rallies shows how significant this development may be. As always Americans will decide this election. And no matter who wins I will respect the result, and will be a proud citizen and servent of this county. Best wishes to all.

Me thinks Tina Faye on SNL is prea'tter than the fAkE Palin!
(Also smarter!!!)

Bush called for holding people personally responsible for their actions, and you bought it; he said, “no child left behind,” and you bought it; he said WMDs, and you bought it.

McCain said he would never run a negative campaign, and you bought it; he said that Sarah Palin opposed earmarks, and you (the taxpayer) bought it. He calls Obama an elitist while he has seven houses, and you bought it. He says he stands for family values, but he had an affair, dumped his wife who was recovering from an accident and married a younger woman; pundits said, “give him some slack, he was tortured in the war,” and you bought it. He also said that he would change the strangle hold of lobbyists on Washington, but he hired 7 lobbyist to work for his campaign, and you bought it.

When we can’t afford healthcare for our kids, and your money in social security is sold off; when we’re paying $15/gallon for gas, and big oil is laughing all the way to the bank, just remember: you bought it.

When peoples will see what McCain try to attempt with his pitbull with lipstick there will be a wakeup call....and that is sooner than gops can imagine.
Obama, Biden 08

Thank God for Mccain.All we need to do to win this elcetion is to continue with the lead.God bless mccain !God bless America

Obama's deficiencies are showing through all his lofty rhetoric. Perhaps if the media had done its job and grilled Obama in the beginning (December 2007), we would now have a Democratic candidate who could win in November. One thing is for sure, if the media had done its job and reported on Wright, Rezco, and Ayers last December, Obama would now be comfortable in his spot in history not the Democratic nominee for President.

When the media controls public opinion and manipulates elections and actions by the government; we are no longer a democracy. The voters have no choice; both candidates are unacceptable. That is why the polls are so close.

It is amazing foreign countries are laughing at us with the thought of even wanting to put Republicans back in office. If the Republicans are put back in office they are not going to show us any sympathy anymore. They did that with Bush. The only difference is Bush and Cheney is leaving nothing else will change with administration. I really value my children future too much to allow Republicans to mess up 4 more years. We can't afford it. We got to show change.

NO WAY.....NO HOW.....NOBAMA!

Go McCain-Palin!

Now that McCain has taken the leash off of his Pit Bull, these battleground state's are going to see the real people on this Repub ticket, i mean come on, the lady does'nt even know Bush'es doctrine, and let's not forget ALL of the Lobbyist's on McCain's payroll, or,,,,,,,,, on there payroll, it is becoming more and more obvious to this country, that McCain and Palin will stoop to any level to win the Whitehouse, true color's are beginning to show, if everyone would just do a little investigating on there own instead of believing heresay on those same old speech'es over and over, ( turn the page please ) i mean almost word for word, voting for McCain would be 4 more years of failure, look at out economy, you cannot blame the last 8 year's on the Dem's, 8 + 4 = 12, and that is NEVER going to happen, may as well get used to hearing President Obama now,,,,,,,,,,Obama // Biden 08

91% of the time John McCain voted with George W. Bush and has 134 lobbyists working for his campaign. 91%! Is this a maverick, or a man who will do exactly what W. did to this country – let his friends pillage the treasury.

Let's review the last 8 years with W, shall we?
* 2 wars
* record deficit
* record gas and home heating oil prices
* food prices rising
* 50 million people without healthcare
* most home foreclosures since the Great Depression
* highest unemployment in years
* Record food and drug recalls
* Enron and other executives allowed to rob their company pensions without penalty

Influence peddling at the Justice Department, Agriculture Department, Department of the Interior, Food and Drug Administration and more have cost the American public a fortune and left many wondering what the people in Washington are doing for us.

John McCain and Sarah Palin have no new ideas. They want to continue the Bush-Cheney policies and help out their friends in the oil industry while the rest of us drown.

McCain has electoral ADVANTAGE not true. Rasmussen poll shows

Obama 259
McCain 247

Come on dems lets take this home. Let me remind many of you McCain's own party did not want him to be the nominee. Rush was complaining the whole time now it is reported that 90% of republicans are behind McCain while 82% of dems are backing Obama. We need to get our guy in office. Look at what is happening to our economy. We have 2 wars going on and a happy trigger Republican V.P. candidate who is talking about a 3rd war. We need to get these people out of office. The rest of the world has no respect for us and yes I do believe Obama can change this.

Relax, Obama supporters. Minnesota won't go Republican, nor will Wisconsin, nor will Michigan, nor will Pennsylvania. Palin will fall from the limelight shortly, and the GOP will be left with McCain standing next to Obama fielding questions about the economy and tax breaks to the wealthy during the debates. McCain is not a leader, and people will see that. The big shift will come at the beginning of October. Relax.

Blah, blah, blah...gloom and doom... Why on earth would anyone give the GOP and the wingnuts that run it another four years in the White House given what their man has done the last eight years. The conservative movement in this country is morally and intellectually bankrupt. We saw what it did when it gained control of Congress for 12 years. The nuts are the ones who dutifully vote Republican year and year out and then ask themselves why they're not doing better. I just hope my state does the right thing and puts the GOP's horror ticket in the ground.

Millions of Americans continue to lose their homes, thousands lose jobs, millions continue to exist in a life without health insurance for their children, as hundreds of thousands struggle with their existence living in sub-human conditions of poverty amidst terrors of everyday violence in their communities, while thousands of American families mourn the loss of thousands of murdered loved ones in Afghanistan and Iraq – families still trying to find answers to questions over why their children had to give their lives for what apparently appears to be lies told America about WMD that never existed, as hundreds of thousands of American children continue to drop out of high school each year with no hope for a better life here in America.

It will be a landslide for Obama – his team defeated the most powerful and popular Democratic brand in America. His campaign is the most disciplined we've seen in decades.

Obama/Biden 08

ani,

If you are right, why there are no world leaders that welcome McCain as the next president?! And by the way, Obama has met many world leaders and talked w them about foreign policies. You're thinking is irrational, and like many other republicans you prefer a reality show, a circus as a campaign and 2 liars to rule your country than serious people that understand the complexities of the world. Running a country is not running a house or a state. Just look to the fool, like Palin, Bush did in the last 8 years ruling this country without qualifications!!!!!

If Palin McCsame win this election it will be a tragicomic election in USA with the rest of the world mocking and fearful at the same time of the circus this country become. A REALITY SHOW.

Well, if Americans vote for McCain they will get 4 more years of the same plus have the rest of the world snickering at their choice.I have this nagging suspicion that Americans are close to feeling the same about Blacks as they did in the 60's. What a sad statement.

Way to go John ! We need experienced LEADERS. Go for it. Together John & Sarah will lead our nation into the future with CHANGES we can live with. Watch out for changes the opponent is trying to sell. Those may be more than we bargain for. Americans need to vote issues NOT Party or Popularity. Lets all focus on what's troubling America. Her needs are the greatest now – economy, security, war, taxes and health care. OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS are at steak. We need to get back our no. 1 position as leader in the FREE world. VOTE McCAIN/PALIN '08 remember "rock stars" come and go, our country should be the number ! focus of our leader.

STAND UP and put AMERICA , AMERICANS and their needs FIRST.

Why are people talking about Sarah Palin approval rating in Wasilla?

In a very small place with the same kinds of people everyone probably thinks similiar so yea, they may approve of her staying home 300+ days on tax paying dollars out of 19mos, they may approve of he rtrying to charge a rape victim $100 for a rape kit, they may appove of her being knowledgable on foreign policy because she an see Russia from her, They rest of America should not!

And to women thinking of voting for this war freak.. Imagine you or your daughters being brutally raped then being charged for a rape kit, then getting pregnant by your attacker and not having the right to choose whats best for you.

Obama 08

ani,

If you are right, why there are no world leaders that welcome McCain as the next president?! And by the way, Obama has met many world leaders and talked w them about foreign policies. You're thinking is irrational, and like many other republicans you prefer a reality show, a circus as a campaign and 2 liars to rule your country than serious people that understand the complexities of the world. Running a country is not running a house or a state. Just look to the fool, like Palin, Bush did in the last 8 years ruling this country without qualifications!!!!!

If Palin McCsame win this election it will be a tragicomic election in USA with the rest of the world mocking and fearful at the same time of the circus this country become. A REALITY SHOW.

Its alright. Obama will prevail, McCain will fail.

bald mccain and his stupid baseball cap... gimme a break

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Has anyone looked up the definition of a Maverick – can't say I find it a word I would want to use to describe a world leader! A non-conformist isn't always a good rout or do they mean they're unbranded calves that belong to the first one to brand them?
I'm not a sexist but as a working mother of 3 – IS SHE INSANE? No way can you be a "GOOD" Mom and a "GOOD " VP! To even try to compare that to what a working Mom does is insane. One question – who's the Nanny?

You know, I am always amazed at how people reveal themselves to be so unconcerned about real issues and are into "personalities" . Don't they care about the fact that our military has suffered and we have lost support from our allies? Don't they care about our economic crisis? The list goes on and on and we have people getting excited about an ambitious female who believes she is ready to take on the job of president despite the fact that she doesn't even know what medicaid is. After all, she is a governor of a state. The media appears to be given their orders to support spin instead trying to challenge the candidates misstatements and lies. Now I understand why our standing in education of our children has slipped in comparison to the rest of the world.

I can't believe people are taken in by Palin they only reason they have her with McCain is because he can't get people out to see him, and she distracts from the real issues. After 8 years of Bush and how the states is thought of around the world, voting McCain and Palin in makes you look foolish. He might be experienced but she sounds like a wacko.

Mccain is just shooting back at the sleezy , non true ads Obama is spewing his way.
Obama has told alot more lies. Plus Obama doesnt add up. He has no experience and his past aquaintances/spiritual leader. Obama is covering up so much he is for socialsim. That means more governemt less freedom for us and he has no clue how us real folks live . Mccain /Palin do they are real people who love America and less government role.

This means nothing, soon people will focus on the fact the McSame-Palin represent no more than just talking points. More and more we are finding out what these 2 stand for,and the american people will come back to supporting the real thing.
Reps represent the kind of morals and values called morals and values of convenience, they do whats convenient not what's correct.
Soon will be looking at different polls, just give it time.

VOTE for the person you think will be good for america.
both of them are good at what they do.

TALK ABOUT RELEVANT ISSUES CNN!!! YOU'RE REALLY TICKING ME OFF NOW! THERE ISN'T A SINGLE RELEVANT POLITICAL ISSUE, OR THE CANDIDATES' RECORD AND PLANS YOU'VE ADDRESSED IN THE PAST WEEK!

Hey McCain folks
You are just like your lying boss: out of touch with the reality!!!
The reality is on the ground, not on these polls...Maybe you don't know what poll bias means
You will learn it the hard way on Nov4th when Obama wins by a landslide, there is no other way
Obama/Biden 08

Ani is a bigot. Pure and simple. Anyone who can't give a justifiable reason why they dont like Obama, and can only spew out venomous insults about him are bigots! Calling him silly doesn't suffice! Like most Republicans, you don't say anything of substance, and Americans are sick and tired of it!

The big change is people are now beginning to wake up, doing the research, and drawing their own conclusions instead of listening to the gloom and doom of democrats and the media. They are now realizing and saying them to themselves that they are nuts voting for him.

God help America...PLEASE go to
http://www.factcheck.org
THEN see if you still want to post hateful, LYING, smears and swift boat Obama ...I DONT..I have had way too much of lies..the old McCain is gone, he has sold his soul just to win..
VOTE OBAMA

If The Lipstick Is Moving.....
She is lying

NO WAY NO HOW

NO MC PAILIN

Hope Minnisota won't fall in gops craps.

Jane, Minneapolis September 14th, 2008 2:11 pm ET
Why is is that Sarah Palin has the highest approval rating of any Governor in the United States? 80%.

1) Alaska has historically gone Republican, so the fact that a Republican governor is popular isn't saying much.

2) Alaska doesn't have many of the same social issues that plague major cities in other states. I seriously doubt she would have had the same popularity in more liberal states such as California or New York.

3) This isn't a popularity contest. If you want to vote for the most popular person, then save your vote for American Idol, not the Presidential race.

It never ceases to amaze me, the things people will say to each other when they don't have to look them in the eye. Save your insults and have real debate. Your childish bickering does nothing to promote the causes or the candidates you stand for.

I have read all of the emails on this site. The only reason you are against Obama is because he is Black and the only reason you would vote for McClain/Palin is because she is a female and he was a POW 30 ago.

Forget the issues. America has always been a deceitful and low as you go type of country who treats their own citizens and nothing. Add ignorants to it and now we have come full circle.

McCain needs to do an ad on how Obama vowed to filibuster FISA-and then voted for it.

You can see that Obama is crumbling. He looks terrible and acts confused. Has Sarah Palin gotten into his head? He 's really off kilter and you can see it in the polls.

The big change is the Wal-Mart moms. They love Sarah Palin as a model for their daughters-few women have accomplished what Sarah has by the age of 44. And since Sarah has the highest approval of any Governor in the U.S. (80%), they've found a woman they can get behind.

Sarah Palin 12 & 16'

Take it from me – a Minnesotan:

This is Obama country. The pig with lipstick will not rule here.

OH YOU DEMOCRATS !!! HEY I GOT LAND TO SELL YOU IN FLORIDA FOR PENNIES.... IM A GOOD ORATOR, IM A GREAT PERSUADER, BUT I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN SELLING MY LAND, I WILL HAVE TO BUMP UP YOUR TAXES TO DO THAT....BUT HEY, I CAN MAKE HISTORY NOW WITH NO EXPERIENCE – I SEE YOU WILL BUY THAT..........WOW THATS SAD!!!!! DOWN WITH OBAMA AND WHATS HIS NAME.......BIDEN ???? HEY WHAT HAPPENED TO HILLARY LOL....

yes no mspig or that pig mcwho both are liars liars liars pants on fire

The right to choose. I think there were 40,000,000 abortions last year. How many of these do you think were for rape or incest or the life of the mother???? Women are using abortion as a form of birth control. Plain and simple. There are many forms of birth control that really work and you don't have to kill a baby.

Wow! McBush has discovered how gullable some voters are and is exploiting it. This is scary!

McCain/ Palin can run but they can't hide from answering and discussing the issues that matter. They can use Karl Rove's smear strategy and tactics to try to distract the people and the media. At the debate Sarah the Baracuda will meet Joey the Shark and MCSame will meet Obama the real Change for America and the World. McCain has lobbyists, special interest groups and Karl Rove to pay and run his campain but Obama has the people that pay and run his campain until he is elected President of USA.

YES WE CAN !!!

Obama/ Biden '08

Yeah I'm truly at a loss. I've been a registered Republican for the 10 years I've been able to vote and I've only voted in favor of a Democrat once for Senator. This November will be the first Presidential election that gets my vote for a Democrat. I can't imagine what could possibly be pushing anyone to support McCain. He truly runs a dirty campaign, has one of the dirtiest politicians in the country on his ticket with him (daily scandal Palin) and continues to primarily support the same policies that got us into the numerous messes we're in. Come on people! Do some research!

sad...i guess we are doomed to suffer in this country till we rot! I do not see how people can show the whole world how willing they are to accept lies. I have values and lying to me upsets those values.

I will not be voting for McCain I can only hope others will come to this realization.

MY CHRISTIAN VALUES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. McCAIN AND PALIN SHARE THESE-THANK GOD FOR BOTH OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. I PRAY IT WILL BE GOD'S WILL FOR THEM TO WIN THIS ELECTION.

Don't believe the CNN poll hype....Stay focused on the electoral votes.....Mn. is BLUE!!!!!!!!!!

BOJO/08/12

Palin approval rating is high in Alaska, because it is a small community of people, providing earmarks or pet projects for the University, agreeding to the bridge to know were and then keeping the money, receiving more earmarks in 2008 totalling at least 100M so far. For a small state population, she has receive more per capita then Obama or the Senator of California would recieve for their state. I suggest, folks go do your homework and research information about these folks, like the retailer outlet SYMS use to say, " An educated consumer is our best customer". I don't think they are still in business. smile.

Just by looking at the comments of this blog you will see how many people support Obama. These polls are fixed so when the republicans steal thuis election too it wont look like fraud because the media was plotting right there with them.

As people realize that McCain/Palin aren't answering and discussing the issues that matter and realize that McCain/Palin policies are almost no different than Bush's policies their numbers will be going down in the polls.

Sarah Palin calls her self a pitbull with lipstick but the Republicans, the McCain camp and Sarah Palin herself are afraid to let the media and the people ask her questions about the issues that matter. That's why her first interview was a disaster. Although they tried their best to prepare her for the interview to minimize the damage she failed. It seems to me that she is more a puppy with lipstick than a pitbull with lipstick.

YES WE CAN !!

Obama/Biden '08

Land of the free home of brave yet some of the worlds dumbest people.

Unfortunately, a large proportion of the American voting populace is lazy, ignorant, and often just plain stupid. Which explains why it is so easy to fool and manipulate them. They won't even bother to take 2 minutes out of their day to do the most basic of internet research in order to verify the transparent, easily disproven lies spit out repeatedly by the McCain/Palin camp.

So, rather than voting on the issues, incompetents get elected into office based on some sort of imaginary cult persona sold to them by professional spinmeisters. But hey, "I could have a beer with McCain or Palin." Right, like either of them would ever even consider having a beer with the neaderthal's that voted them in!

130,000,000 people will vote in this thing, these polls have a sample size of 1,000 or less. I'm not a genius but it seems to me that a 2.4 point advantage overall is meaningless.
It's going to be the same result as 2004 but with a few more votes for the Democrats because of relentless, unprecedented voter registration and just general demographics.
All this noise in the meantime is just there to sell ads for these cable "news" networks that can't afford to cover the real news anymore!

McBUSH gained a TINY edge, albeit briefly.

Journalists (and I mean REAL JOURNALISTS, NOT bimbos from FOX NOISE) will start reporting the truth. WATCH this SPACE.

And, for the moose and wolf killer, well...she's irrelevant. Americans know she was a gimmick. It will all boil down to Barack and McBUSH.

Go Barack, go Biden!!!!!!!!!

So Obama once considered joining the military. Well, considering and acting upon are two different things. There is all the difference. I guess you're supposed to get points for 'considering'?

If Americans are that stupid to vote AGAIn for the same Party already in power then we deserve to be the laughing stock of the world. In fact we have no business even to say we are a Super-Power because we would be nothing more than a country of complete idiots and our leadership continues to reflect that.

The libs are desperate. They hoping (I'd say praying but the would be offended) that they'll finally find some really damaging dirt on her so Obama can win. It's pretty pathetic that that's the only way that the lefties can win.

These polls are just for the media to have something to talk about. I nor anyone I know has ever been called.

You know what the sign of insanity is? When you do the same thing over and over and expect a different results. Surely, half of this country is not insane. A vote for McCain, is a vote for the same failed policies of Bush or worse. Now we find out that McCain and Palin are both pathological liars. How sad for America!

Hey, paul s, you clearly aren't Minnesotan, we couldn't be more anti-war or anti-outsourcing out here for a state that has as much money as we do. There's a reason they call as Minnesota nice, dude. (the only reason this comment is so mild is that CNN will post it)

Judging by CNN and various internet sites,
neither candidate gives coherent strategy for dealing with
US housing market and other economical problems and yet the journalist talk about the candidates' respective image,
personal traits and family history...

That's my impression; am I wrong?

And if I'm not wrong, could someone explain this lack of debate in politics?

The wealthy will continue with the current administration tax cut, the same. The economy will continue like the current administration, more of the same and worse, because of the continued tax cuts on the high income folks, and no new job creation, more of the same. On energy the same no innovation no real solutions, just drill, drill, drill , now they can drill in Alaska, how's that for innovation, just more of the same. Remember, the repubs always say no taxes to win elections, and evidently increasing taxes anyway, go check your history. The two presidents before the Clinton administration did it, huh? So don't get to thrilled

And why wouldn't McCain/Palin be climbing in popularity? Don't we all want a John "Road To Nowhere" McCain and Sarah "Bridge To Nowhere" Palin in the White House? Can't wait to drive this country further into muck than it already is with no plans on how to get us out of it.

Obama is attacking Sarah Palin just the same way he attacked Hillary during the primaries. Let''s see, so far he has proven himself to be racist (playing the race card), sexist and downright clueless. The polls are reflecting this. "lipstick on a pig"? Obama doesn"t need any lipstick. PUMAS for Palin!!!

Bush=McCain
Cheney=Palin

We need a democrat to fix the mess the republicans left us!

VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN 08!

Are they working as hard to disenfrancise as many voters as they are in neighboring WI? Where McCain's state campaign chair (also the AG) has filed a lawsuit intened to keep tens of thousands who registered since 2006 from voting by essentially making them re-register at the polls. Or by the McCain campaign's mailing out hundreds of thousands of 'instructional' mailings 'explaining' how to vote by absentee and listing the wrong places to get absentee ballots?

Afraid, Dems are very afraid.

This happens when you elect someone with no experience.

=)

What counts is who shows up on election day and who is watching the polls. If I were Obama I would have an army out there watching every polling station at every contested state. The GOP is well known for fixing elections and I am sure they will attempt it again. Obama is still ahead in the EC and that is what counts, folks!

Hey Patty,

I don't know for certain, but it seems to me that the Bidens are putting their money back into the economy. That's called doing your part to use what you've been blessed with to help keep this nation moving.

McCain equal World War 3 he can not present the issues but of war and to fight. Remember fight with me stand up and fight with me. Not only is Obama good for the country but for the world ask world leaders who they would rather lead with. God forbid if he croak and Palin is the new President this country is doomed. Do you really think Obama/Biden will not protect this country. I feel sorry for the ones who can't look past color. Remember he is white and black he represents both,

Obama will win Minn. by over 10% The people in Minn. are not as stupid as people in Tenn. or Kentucky.

I have seen soooo much coverage on Sarah Palin since the VP announcement, where is the equal coverage of Joe Biden. This is biased reporting, you guys. Smarten up and become journalists.

I completely agree with Obama supporters here who insist electoral votes mean more than daily tracking polls. Apparently, they haven't checked today's count:

RASMUSSEN ELECTORAL VOTE COUNT TODAY:

McCain – 200

Obama -193

and polls and worthless indicators since it's ELECTORAL VOTES that decide the election

It's because Obamas version of "Change " is as follows. He's changed his position on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, NAFTA, public financing of campaigns, gun control, abortion, gay marriage, Social Security taxes, the death penalty and negotiating with rogue nations.

NO WAY! NO HOW! NO PALIN!

Some of you people are just plain stupid. a person who has served his country knows a lot more than a person who has never been in a branch of service. How can he fight for us when he does not have a clue what or how to fight.? People Obama let the best person to help him, drift by the wayside and that was HRC. Now lets let Biden do his thing which is nothing and let Sarah Palin show you all what and how to get the job done. The media hurt HRC but I feel now the media has hurt iyself. No one wants to read their crap. I don't read it because it all lies. Lies to sell more papers.

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Jane, Minneapolis September 14th, 2008 2:11 pm ET
Why is is that Sarah Palin has the highest approval rating of any Governor in the United States? 80%.

Nuff said.

Sarah Palin 12 & 16′
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Are you to give up your woman's right to choose by voting for a ticket that wants to go to war and is "high" on a Governor who had to go to 6 colleges in 5 years to get her degree?

Geezzz – wake up America! The only reason she is on the ticket is to avoid the real issues of health care, economy and the USA's standing of political power in the world.

Newsflash- Palin is not running for president.; McCain and Obama are. Minnesota, like North Carolina, Georgia and now even Florida are finally waking up and realizing that Obama is just another power driven senator like Edwards- empty suits who give great speeches and pander to the uneducated by making promises that they know they cannot deliver. I'm proud of Americans for thinking on their own and not going with most of the media who annointed Obama months ago.

McLame and Failin are even worse liars on the campaign than Bush was. Unbelievable! And that indicates that they will be even more dishonet in office too. Voting for McLame and Failin is the act of a traitor to the Unites States of Amerca because you are insuring the futher destruction of our country that Bush has started. Get us into as many wars as possible and then borrow the money from other countries so they pretty much own us. And then when they call in the debt our country collapses. The republicans are much more effective at destroying our country than the terrorists could ever be.

McCain said the word "fight" about fifty times in his stump speach. Enough said

Paulin, you fail for her and she is entering the race in training wheels, at least the other candidates have to at least interview with all the media and take their lumps, she says the same speech every rally, and has cloud of investigations still going on as the vote for president goes on, if you want a woman in the white house, one with better predentials would be great, if Mcain and Palin gets in our nation will sink to all time low around the world, and it his tax plan was dissapproved by alan greenspan at the forum, America its up to you, we are not leaders of the world but we will be the followers, that is not what our forefathers left this nation to. Mccain and palin will send more jobs shifted overseas, until it hit you republicans you will then see what that is like......

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

If we stop spending billions of dollars daily in Iraq, maybe there will be extra cash for us to use here at home! Come on Mark, you know that's sound economically! Mark rethink your choice for president, because I don't want you to have "buyers remorse!" Let's help to change this country for the real better and move it in a different direction! In your heart, you know McCain/Palin ticket is not good for this country and our future!

Are these polls still valid? Weren't they taken around the Republican convention time frame? After the Republican convention we've learned that a lot of Palin's speech wasn't truthful. Then there was the Palin interview on ABC that didn't seem to go so well. And now we're finding out about the ads that McCain is airing are not very honest. I wonder what the next polls will show when those variables are factored in.

This is all just hype. Once the dust settles, the results will go back.

Enough Bush. Enough McCain. Enough lies.

He is lying his way up to the white house. America this is a warning sign. McCain/Palin are not telling you the truth imagine what they will do when they get in. Do not believe any promise make by McCain/Palin they are all lies.

My faith in the fairness of Americans is fading. Our future as a great nation is fading. The end of American greatness will certainly excelerate. The Republicans are the party of no pain no gain. Cut taxes and ruin the safefy net and get involved in any little war they can play "macho man". Again no draft, no taxes, deficits and let's run up the debt for absolutely nothing. Yes my friends Vote Republicans nd vote against your own interest.

Listen to all you pathetic Liberals PRACTICALLY BEGGING the people of Minnesota not to change thier minds. Well maybe the good people of Minnesota realized they do not want a left wing nut-bag with no experience, ties to a radical pastor and domestic terrorist, a complete fool for a VP running mate and NOTHING accomplished as a Senator. Barry, Barack or whatever you call yourself...the gig is up and America knows you are a fraud. One thing you WON'T be called is Predident of this great nation. We'll give that honor to the TRUE American hero John McCain.

McCain/Palin '08

Dear Friends:
The interview just seen on CNN with woman African AMerican saying that Obama is right and this is his idean alone is wrong. Bush went ot Alphganastan and the balance of what we do extends beyond politics. We must for a period and as planned maintain the Iraqi military support or the terrorists and al quida will move into Iraq. President George W Bush Jr. is right.

It is budgetted and congress has already approved these wars. This is Bushes administarion.

Osam Bin Laden tape is no surprise infact predictable. Gas is blown and so is his cover fear and anger bringeth forth comments and threats. IN FACT POPPIES GO INTO PAKISTAN FOR HIS USE! WAR ON DRUGS HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE BUSH ADMINISTARION. WELCOME TO THIS CENTURY AND MILLINIUM. COMMENTATORS WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN.

COMMUNISM AND TERROR AND DRUGS. VENEZUELA. RUSSIAS IN TOWN. NOT KNITTING THAT IS FOR SURE.

The analagies of dogs and animals is legitimate and part of even Walt Disney Art and Irony and satire. We are a society that relates to our world. around us and amoung us. pALIN IS A DOG, AND A PIG! a LIAR AND A THIEF. GET HER OFF THE TICKET MCCAIN.

Politicians do not slap the wrists of the voters or try and put a dunce hat on us!! 9/11 anniversary they send messages.

MCCAIN/PALIN 08!!!

No one sees the truth behind Obama. Maybe some of ya'll should look up why there is a lawsuit against him, filed by an individual on the Hillary campaign.

I will admit that this election has horrible nominees, but never would I trust someone as liberal as "Obama Sama".

American's are dumb. MC/Palin... Honestly, what in this universe do they see in this pick that will lead us out of the hell hole Bush-Cheney lead us into? Oh wait, that doesn't mater. It's only about values (i.e. abortion) and who looks like them (i.e. white and hockey mom) that maters to them.

Pathetic... simply pathetic.

Re-read this in mid October! I predict Obama with a 5 point advantage in MN.

IMHO, Mr. McCain is a true American hero; that should be undisputable. To me, that speaks volumes about his merit for POTUS. Is he a maverick? He DID go on "The View" and submitted himself to some pretty vicious verbal lashings (surely he saw that coming...they were all googley eyed whenever Mr. Obama was on the prgram). I'm starting to think maybe Mr. McCain can be an agent for change; a breath of fresh air, while maintaining our country's security. He definitely doesn't strike me as you're average GOPer, which may be a good thing. Like many on this board, I hope that average Americans come out in force. I'm not worried about their judgment. I'm excited to see this great country in action. May the LORD bless America! God save Jerusalem!

Wake up Minnesota!!!!!!!!
You guys took a chance on other canadates that most states would not even consider.. IE Jesse Ventura. Be open to change.Your state can't be doing any better that the rest of us. Don't think for a moment that Mccain or Palin will be anywhere out in the open when they hit red button. You want a canadate that you can have a beer with or you want one that your way of life is not under threat. Wake up, this is not a popularity contest!!!

Go figure. Maybe the Minnesotans do not realize that when we no longer spend $10 billion a month in Iraq, we could address infrastructure like bridges.

Obama will go down in defeat against McCain in Nov. because of his ego, arrogance,inexperience, changing his mind, divisiveness, and lack of past accomplishments. Palin was right when she said Obama should have put Hillary on the ticket. McCain and Palin brings a lot to the table and america knows that , and that's why they will vote McCain/Palin 08.

People are too bust surviving to the Bush/McCain economy that they only pay attention to sound bites many of them full of McCain/Palin/GOP lies. We need to keep hammering on the message.

This is breath-taking, it really is. Not only are we going to elect the oldest president ever, but we're going to elect the most unqualified vice president ever! Maybe in 2012 I'll run. With my lack of experience and my ability to host a mean BBQ, I'm a lock to get at least 60% of the vote.

Why all the hype about pre-presidential and pre-vp debate polls ???? The numbers with real meaning will be the polls after the 9/26 and 10/2 debates which I believe will show a reverse situation for Mccain as he has hurt himself by creating "larger " numbers of undecided voters with his trash TV ads about Obama & Biden.

Which has only increased the pressure on him two-fold to come across with concrete policies in the 9/26 debate. Add to this the obvious fact he isn't a great orator, his debating skills questionable as he hasn't presented any concrete policies to date, and the economy is a weakness for him; he will be going into the 9/26 debate at a distinct disadvantage.

Also there was very little enthusiasm for Palin's first and only interview which I think was a waste of time; she knows nothing about foreign policy and comes across as a complete ding-a-ling. I don't think the vp debate will do anything to help Mccain and will put the full weight of winning on his ability to survive the remaining two presidential debates.

It was extremely foolish to put himself in such a tight corner by going negative which only "INCREASED" the number of undecided voters who will choose their candidate based on who they percieve performed best in the presidential debates. To leave himself open to this kind of pressure during the debates will be his undoing; as he doesn't seem to perform well under pressure and he will not be able to use Palin as a shield after the vp debate.

Obama has concrete policies which Mccain has tried to drowned out with his barbie doll and negative ad camaign. Obama is a fantastic orator, can analyze and return the volley with a new spin on the question, is strong on the economy, and is calm and collected under pressure, which gives him a clear advantage over Mccain. If Obama can project the determination, confidence, and strength he portrayed in his acceptance speech he will reclaim his momentum again which will further increase the pressure on Mccain as well.

Obama/Biden 08!

If McCain thinks this is the way to get Democrats to work across the aisle with him he's not very bright. If you totally slime the other guys, they're not very likely to want to play with you. I'm not convinced he has any intention of working together with the Democrats. Bush said exactly the same thing and how much co-operation have we seen in the last 8 years?

I do no believe that Minnesota is that stupid.

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This poll is coming from a state that voted in Jesse (I ain't got time to bleed) Ventura..!!

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nuff said..

Obama/Biden... 2008
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Thanks CNN. This is great news. The race is just about over. Obama lost the white vote and especially the white women's vote.

These Wal-Mart moms have decided that Sarah Paliin is a much better model for their daughters than either Barack or Michelle Obama.

Looking forward to McCain's inauguration.

MCCain is not onservative. Obama people have to point that out in the add. List all the liberal vote that McShame did. Obama people are not good in showing the bad side of the opponent.

This country is truly stomach turning. It is so amazing to see people change their opinions based on people lying to them. It proves that the Republicans win and win and win because they know the American people. They know what works. Like Roman Caesar's who knew Rome was a mob easily distracted, so do the Pubs know America. This election year is a war of intellect versus ignorance. If McCain wins we will know the answer to the question... that America truly is as stupid as its test scores indicate.

Patty, doesn't the fact that Biden has what he has tell you about him? He's one of the real people. I was quite impressed that he hasn't used his status in ways that most republicans do, selling out to make a buck. I think he truly is a real American. Good for you for being so rich that you can't realize that. It's certainly not about you being smarter than him.

And the number of articles talking about relevant political issues, records, and plans today is, once again, zero!

I think it's crazy how most republicans on the blogs know that McCain is lying, but defend his lies. i also think it's crazy how some of the so called 18 million Clinton supporters, because she didn't win defected over to the republican side regardless of the issues they were so called fighting for. I've said it before and I'll say it again. the deomcratic primary was about gender as much as it is about race, why would white democrat men and women vote against their party even though Clinton and Obama were about 98% the same on the issues?

So Barack Obama agrees with John McCain, about Military Conscript. But then he has: Two Girls??? The Hypochrit.

Minnesota has fallen for McCain-Palin hard. They obviously impressed the State in a BIG Way.

Iowans isn't setting a trend......they are making a mistake.

This man is a rock star ( whose friends such as Matt Damon and Pamela Anderson are making abusive remarks about Sarah Palin), and is waaay over the top.

Obama is a big spender, a liberal, and will not be good for you or the entire country if elected. What are you thinking?????

People in Minnesota love hockey. It's too bad their original team is gone. They have moved to McCain because of the hockey mom. Wow, all you have to do is hold a convention there, and you get their vote. I thought that people in Minnesota were thinking people.

It will be a sad day if McCain wins. It will prove that Americans are just as stupid as the Republicans think they are

Being one of the Hillary Clinton supporters who as of now will be voting for McCain/Palin.

The main reason being that the democrat "Super Delegates" made a huge mistake by backing Obama instead of Hillary Clinton. How can anyone support Obama when he has NO experience and Biden being a "Washington insider"?

Obama is a risky choice, one that I am not going to support. I want a person that knows what they are doing and that has the experience to be our next President.

McCain/Palin 2008

Hillary Clinton 2012

If I am a majority shareholder in a company and the CEO is performing bad and the stock price of the comapny is going south. I will vote the CEO out in a heartbeat...I hate to loose money.

Obviously majority of Americans do not think like I do when it comes to sending the right message. Voting IN the republicans DOES NOT send the right message to republicans, democrats, independents etc etc. If you are an American and you are feeling burned...DO NOT vote any republicans back into the office...that is if you want to send a strong message.

Minnesota is starting to realize who the best candidate really is.

McCain/Palin 2008

Palin vs Clinton 2012

looks like everybody is getting sick and tired of drinking the kool-aid

Just goes to show this is about personality not issues . I would have thought the people there would look at the issues vs someone whose hubby rides a snowmobile or calls herself a hockey Mom . Of course she was only a hockey mom briefly.
The GOP is trying to push the issues to the back burner so we do not see them and vote for Sarah Palin and oh by the way 72 yr old MCSAME comes with the package. and we end up with Miss runner up Alaska as our President. Scary as heck! I would rather take my chance on a talented Columbia -Harvard educated , former 12 yr professor of constitionlal and international law. And by the way he was not MR Illinois but was a 7 yr state Senator , talented enough to deliver a powerful keynote speech in 2004, and a 4 yr US Senator .

I guess that people are stupid. Sorry, but they are. What the average person doesn't understand is that McSame is trying to appeal to them by insulting their intelligence.

McSame knows that the average person will just believe is ad as fact. They will not conduct any research at all. Listen people this is not a beauty contest. You guys need to start balancing your budget(s) and see who is more capable of helping out the American people.

That is wonderful that you think Sarah and her husband are cool people. Then go over, up or down and visit them in Alaska where they belong.

People profess to be christians and what not, yet they can't relate to an african american man who is promising tax cuts and change because of this color. We really haven't grown as a nation.

I'm not giving up though. I still believe that BO can win the presidency and be giving the opportunity to make this country a better place. John McSame hasn't said one word about helping anybody out.

All his ads are about is attacking BO. Or making this campaign being about so-called sexist/pig remarks. People please vote based on what is best for your families. So people really don't put their country first. Instead they put these negatives stereotypes and conotations.

When people continue to lost their homes, wars in Iraq (Iran and Afghanistans) killing innocent children. Just remember that you help to make that possibly. You all will carry the blood on your hands as well.

I'd love to see the Republican base become complacent over the poll numbers and forget to turn out to vote..

so what Obama was down 20 points in the polls during the primaries...LOL you wrong rights's are sooooo funny. you really think these polls mean something either way? i guess you will fall for anything (you fell for Bush twice, now this Palin gimmick) oh boy you Neo-Cons are hysterical....the only poll we care about are the polls on Nov. 4th when Obama wins. i hope the RNC are paying you bloggers well.

why does Alaska have more ear marks per capital than ANY other state in the Nation?-more than nuff said.

Hey, instead of insulting the conservative base which will make it rightfully angry, how about coming out with better ideas? Making fun of people never works. The Republican ticket should be criticized for what it is, what it does and where it wants to take the country, rather than for the people it tries to address. Notice that I differentiate the Republican Party from the Conservative people who vote for them. I am a conservative guy, and I feel like the Republican ticket is trying to cater on people like me by funneling the anger that I feel when I read the 'smart' remarks from the liberals.

I think partisan politics needs to become a footnote of history. Look at the condescending attitudes expressed by each major political party for the other party's candidates. Partisan politics is a war of words, which, unfortunately can degrade into a war of weapons. We need to find a new way for the democratic will of the people is respected, without the divisive politics and electioneering. Consultation needs to rule the day, so that real solutions can solve problems. Egos, popularity contests and career politicians need to take a back seat to representatives that are chosen by the people simply for the purpose of serving their community, their state and their Nation.

Partisan politics is not a solution to the worlds problems, rather it is the CAUSE of the problems!

Palin scares the hell out of me. Just saw the recent NY Times article where they interviewed Democrats, Republicans, and friends/colleagues.

Cronyism, secrecy, surrounding herself with only people that agree with her, tending to her evangelical base, calling anyone against her as "Anti-Alaska"….

Sound familiar? Yep, she's Bush III in the making

Too scary. People, please think very, very carefully before you vote for this ticket

I'd bet you'd care if the polls showed Barry in the lead. Look, Americans are not stupid. We can figure out this awesome Rep. ticket McCain/Sarah is NOT the same as the last 8yrs. Even if it was I'd take McCain/Sarah over Barry with a questionable back ground. Barry should be the one who scares you. Thanks Sarah! USA!!

I don't think American 're really seriously about the direction that bush administration has taken this country to.Please we want change to build anything damaged by war of Iraq.Lean your eye to iran,Russian and North Korea.

Jane,
How hard can it be to have 80 % approval when some over crowded high schools h(due to the republican joke called No CHild Left Behind) have a hogher population then her state.

Nff Said

12 and 16? Dont think she will win in 08? Are you praying for McCain to die before 2012? Palin will end up in the same category as New Kids on the Block and Vanilla Ice. Yes, they were cool at the time, but once you grow up you end up asking yourself how you could have been so stupid? What were you thinking?

McCain is a liar.
Palin is a liar.
We don't need MORE liars in the White House!

Jane in Minneapolis – Palin's approval rating is down below 70% now, and the only reason it is that high is because Alaska is the reddest state in the union. If it were purple, her rating would be well under 50%.

Obama – for a strong USA!!

@ kathy...

chuck todd on meet the press is saying that all the swing states out west could be a lock for obama, that palin had NO effect over there.

so it's basically like you said, states like michigan & ohio...i think obama is going to pull PA and i think the minnesota is only a tie because of the bounce from the GOP convention...it WAS at st. paul, BTW

Don't worry about Minnesota! Obama has LOTS and LOTS of wise voters in our state who decide based upon the issues, not on the garbage McCain offers.

The Minnesota folk can be a bit more odd than the average Mallard.
Remember the professional Wrestler / Governor ? But when push come to shove, Minnesota will reject four more years of war and economic recession. They are odd but not stupid.

How can a 12 point lead evaporate into a tie? They're probably polling in rural areas, not the St. Paul-Minneapolis areas.

Who cares about Obama?

He had MORE than his 15 minutes of fame.

He never merited the adulation and adoration he was shown.

He was a figment of Oprah's imagination.

Not to worry. Polls fluctuate and we are right on the heels of the Republican convention, where a bounce was anticipated. Palin didn't do too well in her interview this past week, and she is only going to keep on giving Obama gift after gift as more about her comes out,, never mind when it comes time to debate.

The Electoral College is what counts, and things continue to look good.

If Mccain going to tell lies to win, how is he going to address issues tuthfully?
I can't admit on the view that his campaign is lying about Obama children ad and He Mccain at the end said i approve this message.

Mccain can't tell lies and call himself maverick.
Or is that how to be marverick to lies, or smear, destort Obama recond to win an elction?

I thought he said he is putting American first, why is Mccain putting America first when he lies against his compatriot?

Unfortunately it probably just shows that negative ads have their effect on people. The last couple by McCain were really bad and I am sure those that base their opinions solely by watching ads probably think Obama is a pedophile among other things.

Hey if Karl Rove can come out and say the McCain ads went too far then perhaps the campaign should step back a bit and think things through.

The retro-liberals are flummoxed and accuse all who disagree with being fools and suckers. That sure does help bring in votes for Barack bin Biden. Great strategy, folks!

I made the call in 2000 after hearing Bush speak a couple of times that he was the wrong person for the job and refused to vote for him. Needless to say by 2004 it had been proven, at least to people in this country who had enough sense to vote based on reality, not fantasy land.

I guarantee you, 4 more years of ‘trickle down economics’, giving the wealthy in this country huge tax cuts which are paid for by putting more debt on the giant credit card Bush/Cheney/McBush/Palin have used, will lead to an economic disaster which will make 1929 look like an economic boom. This comment is based on facts, not personalities.

It is hard for Americans to keep up with the lies that McCain/Palin are issuing daily, and their stubborn decisions to repeat the same debunked lies day in and day out. The press has been lukewarm in exposing their misstatements from the bridge to nowhere, to Obama's tax policy, to Palin's Iraqi "experience", and even when the press does finally reveal a truth the McCain/Palin team has been concealing, they allow a tremendous amount of leeway in their coverage of these blatant and repeated lies.

It shows that the press has lost all credibility, and may well chain us to another failed administration due to them giving equal time to lies as to truth in their attempt to be "balanced"

This is not what the founders envisioned. This is not what countless brave Americans fought and died for.

DV

Minnesota, if your want more of what Bush has done for this country, and you want to believe the sleaze and filth that is spewed by MCcain and Plain, the heaven help all of us. I do hope you know that your are being totally manipulated by the Retuglicans! Sounds like the samoe old thing is good enough for you. How sad!

The republicans are getting exactly what they wanted from Palin....A distraction. Everyone is focusing on her and not the fact that it will be McCain in the oval office. Before Palin, everyone saw McCain as the continuation of the Bush administration...or worse. Now the media has Obama campaigning against Palin and John McCain has fallen into the background. The republicans are betting on people voting for Palin and putting McCain in office by default.

On campaign stops Palin draws the crowds and cheers – Not McCain.
I heard one commentator say that McCain does not want to make appearances alone now because he cannot draw the crowd Palin can.
Seriously people - are we going to get McCain as president because people don't have the sense to see whats going on here.

I was/am a Clinton supporter – I am a 50 year old white female who will vote for Obama because even though he was not my first choice, I still have more confidence in Obama to do whats best for this country than any republican out there.
I will not vote for McCain /Palin just to put a woman in office. I wanted the right woman...the right person.

I want to believe that Obama will be our next president - but I remember the 2000 election.....and know that the worst can happen.
Heaven help us.

Wow, Ani.... you are seriously delusional. And to attack how Obama looks?? It's people like you that make the rest of us American's look like close-minded, shallow, bigoted rednecks - thanks a lot.

I find it ironic that I was such a Hillary supporter and was so energized by the idea of a woman leading this country. 6 short months later Hillary is out of the race and there is a very real possibility that Palin will become the VP of the United States. I have taken a sabbatical from my job to volunteer full-time for the Obama campaign. Everyone in this country needs to look at the possible consequences of 4 more years of a republican president. Supreme court justice Breyer is 84 years old. If he is replaced by another Roberts or Alito it will set this country back decades. The first thing to go will be Roe v. Wade, but they won't stop there. Creationism taught in schools, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Habeas corpus has already been suspended. What other parts of the constitution will they gut? We will end up with a religious state, no different from Iran or Saudi Arabia. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! YOUR FREEDOM IS AT STAKE!!!

Obama tricked his way into the nomination- he pulled the race card at every turn, he manipulated the Hillary haters into a frenzied vitriolic fest, he used the media to promote himself, he rode a wave of popularity.

Now we are looking for the substance of the man and find only a shrewd and willy dirty chicago style politician.

The democrats never should have swiftboated their own best candidate to install the pretty half black charmer.

My follow Americans, Let us vote for mccain/palin and expect a miracle from God. No better plan for you but just vote for him!!!!! because he was captured in Vatinam. I supposed some went to that same war and came home safely.

McCain and Palin has been traveling over the country using the same tired old lines over and over again.earmarks

Evidently my brother is dumb enough. He lives in Texas, and is convinced that Obama is a Muslim. And this kid is college educated! Very, very scary to think that people are still being led by the lies and innuendos. I have tried very hard to find some good in Sarah Palin, but honestly, the woman and her arrogance and her lack of basic knowledge scares me more than Cheney.

Every time I read comments from Obama-Biden supporters scoffing at polls or attacking pollsters for their innacuiracy, the phrase "whistling past the graveyard" comes to mind. I pray that the polls are wrong, but I fear (and the fear is literal) that they are right. And Obama supporters shouldn't be so quick to blow them off.

The Republicans showed for months how they lie and twist the truth. Palin has no idea what she's doing or even what a VP does in office. The world is watching. If you think we are not respected now, wait until you put the republican war mongers in office who thing that the only solution is to blow everything up. Remember McCains dry joke last year? Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran. Do you think they forgot that. And Palin who in her interview wants to attack Russia. Who are these people.

Elect a Republican and watch the world turn its back on us. We do not get respect because we can spend billions and blow everything out the sky. We get respect by showing respect.

This country makes me so sad.

Obama will only raise taxes on the wealthy, but he won't do it if the economy is weak bacause he doesn't want to strain the economy further. Obama himself has admitted that raising taxes on the wealthy is a poor economic plan.

Seems the Obama supportes are again showing thier mean and ugly side. I really hope Obama doesn't get in. After 20 years of going to a church where his pastor preached hate about american's and white folk ... I have had enough of this man and his supporters. Why would anyone vote for a man who for 20 years had hate built up inside him by his pastor ... and suddenly thinks he can be president. McCain is a true american in all respects. He has served his country well ... Obama hasn't.

Obama is blowing it and he should have chosen Hillary as VP.

Sounds like the Straight Talk Express has driven off the edge of the Bridge to Nowhere!

Give me a Harvard grad over a beauty pageant contestant anyday.

Oh, and by the way, ani – In case you don't read or recognize real issues (like many Palin supporters), this country is already in an unstable state. And in terms of Obama "not serving the country in any good way" - Apparently, you don't believe that serving as a United States Senator should count???

A promising new trend.

I hope the slick and sleazy Obama gets as good as he gave to HRC- a member of his OWN party.

Intra-party vitriol is not a good path to unity. As the self-proclaimed uniter, Obama should have known that.

Very poor judgment on his part to strategize a campaign of race-baiting and gender hating divisive tactics.

It got him installed as nominee- but will it win him the election?

Patty,
yea, maybe Joe Biden should've abandoned his wife and family for a $100 million heiress 30 years younger than him like John McCain did.

I guess it was irresponsible of Joe Biden not to marry for money.

If only the US had a king & queen we wouldn't be iso much in awe of "celebrity." The Republicans really pulled "one out of the hat." I have to give it to their team. It just shows how much people will do to keep power. No one gives it away, it has to be taken. To quote my mother, "sometimes you have to stoop to conquer" ... LISTEN UP DEMOCRATS!

The problme is, like Bush most republicans don't read newspapers and only watch Fox. This wasy they don't see that Everyone else can see how many LIES the McCain camp is telling and Avoiding the Real issues. He won't escape for long. Soon he'll have to debate the issues and "rote" answers won't cut it.

i trully hope that RACE is not playing a role in this campaign!!!! but it looks like people still will not vote for a black man!!!!! THATS REALLY IS SAD, but remember obama is also WHITE!!!! think about that concept.....

Its a flavour of the week for McCain in polls, the bounce will erase within a week more. Most of the people in the world always say that Americans are more intelligent while come to voting but this elections looks like the opposite, even a temporary bounce to McCain is a crime for the Americans, where is his experience now, he is talking about change, staying for 26 years in senate and now he need to change America. Poor McCain pack up ur bags, Obama will win handily.

Americans think. please put race/ gender apart. let vote for who will lead us out of this mess we are facing right now. McCain says country first but he went ahead to elect someone not qualify to be his VP (sorry Palin) Did anybody saw the ABC interview? even a high school student will do better.
Obama may not be as experienced as McCain but over the years Obama has shown good judgment in various ways. he ran a good campaign, and above all he selected someone that is way more qualify than him to be his VP. He puts his country first. He could have selected Hillary to get her voters if he only cares about winning but NO! he wants to govern this country with someone very capable by his side.
American think
who do you want
obama and BIDEN (yes BIDEN)
or
McCAIN and who ?

Two great heads are better than one.

OBAMA/BIDEN (2008)... the logical choice (thanks jimi NY)

Nah Nah Nah Nah, Nah Nah Nah Nah, Hey Hey, Goodbye!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Obama has left this presidential race to return to the Senate. Please congratulate President Elect McCain and Vice President Elect Palin.

As far as the questions of what has changed....the voters woke up and realized that Senator Obama may want change, but doesn't know how to make change happen. He may speak good when he has researched a speech, but his real world experience is not enough. He may have some great ideas, but has no way to pay for it, other than to tax all of us to death.

The other thing to change? Obama's position, over and over and over again. The stand he took on issues to get his nomination is not the same stand now. This man is your typical politician who talks, and doesn't back it up.

Buh Bye!

Country First!

If you want to compare and contrast then start of with:

Obama Vs. McCain
Bidden Vs. Palin

NOT

Obama Vs. Palin

.....AND my fellow Americans, please vote with your head instead of your emotion!!!!!

America is about to make the same mistake again. Does this country know whats good for it? Where did voting for personality get America in 2000 & 2004? Sigh.

Why is is that Sarah Palin has the highest approval rating of any Governor in the United States? 80%.

Nuff said.

Sarah Palin 12 & 16'

Obama, stick with the issues. Right now you are seeing the base (Conservatives) energized. Stick with the issues.

Out of the battleground states Obama needs to win Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, and it looks like Iowa is already his and so is New Hamphsire. It would be great if he could win Ohio, it would help a lot, and if he can't win that state, he'll need to win New Mexico and Colorado to have a chance to win this election.

VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN 08!

I cannot for the life of me comprehend how stupid some people are. How in the world can you vote for deceit? Your ignorance will affect me in the end......so WAKE up .... and represent what this nation stands for.

My money is on Obama and McCain will walk away with another defeat. The polls are fluctuating and rightly so, but come November 4th everyone who is sitting on the fence & young voters such as myself will have an opportunity to vote our conscience. Sometimes I'm not sure if Mccain is running for president or is it Palin .....hard to tell with all the news coverage. Obama offers a new direction while McCain is trying hard to distract Americans from real choice. Palin is brilliant in a sense because she reminds me of what is real important. Race will not be an issue for me but I know some people will make that a deciding factor for them .........and that is really sad.

McCain is lying about key issues and would rather focus on "lipstick, pig" On the view he acts like a 5 year old "If Senator Obama who agree to town hall we wouldn't have this tone" GIVE ME A BREAK.......this is a 72 year old talking. Why don't he just say, I didn't get my way so I'm going to lie and smear the other guy to win? His campaign managers are on board and so is his supporters..........Don't talk about issues just talk about Obama and hope prejudice white Americans will vote against him..........SAD YEAR IN AMERICAN POLITICS.

Let's hope we don't make the same mistake 3 times in a row. No way, no how, NO MCAIN-PALIN

Women for Obama-Biden 08

Hey Palin: “thanks but no thanks” to you and McCain!
Both Lie like a Rug.

The Media is giving McCain a free ride.
I ask you folks, who polled you?
No one, I didn't I think so.
The Media wants McCain to win.
Media do your job and start reporting the truth!
It seems like the Republicans got the Media Hostage!

Obama & Biden '08

Congrats to the great people of the Big Ten State of Minnesota. Hooray and we support you as well. We consider you Mid Westerners and as such Obama has insulted you and well as us. He called us bitter.

I am not bitter but I don't like people who call me names and wish you would do the same.

Well with all the money Obama keeps raking in, you would think that he would be so far ahead in the polls that the election would be over.

Thankfully the thinking people in America are awake and recognize that Obambus is a windbag. He said he would give 95% of the Americans a tax cut. How is that possible when 40+% don't pay any taxes.

Is he thinking about another welfare program to start a new cottage industry of welfare queens? That's what it looks like to me. That is not the change we want Mr. Barack.

Obambus just doesn't like women either and he just can't help himself from dissing them. I am shocked any woman would vote for this ego manic. He referred to barnyard animals wearing lipstick. Wonder if he was thinking of his wife.

And Obomubus keeps talking about lobbyists while his own vice presidential pick has a federal lobbyist for a son. Give me a break.

In short, Obombus is risky and a gamble to our American way of life. Don't roll the dice with this guy.

the convention was HELD in st. paul, of course there's going to be a bounce there....no difference to obama leading in colorado when it WAS a mccain state

it's just from the GOP convention bounce...nothing more nothing less

If Americans even thinking of voting for McPalin is the correct thing to do for this country, you are so so sadly mistaken.......you obviously don't have any common sense or grasp how high the stakes are in this election.
The country is in really bad shape and who has been in charge of it for the past 8 years.....oh yes, the GOP.......now there's a change if you vote for MCPalin!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr Country First and the hockey mom are such an impressive team, what an example for the highest offices in the country......the rest of the world must be thrilled after they have gotten up off the floor from laughing!!!!!
McPalin voters may dumb and not realize the gravity of the election, but the rest of the world aren't and know they need a decent, respectable, honest and responsible President and Vice President
in charge of this country.
OBAMA/BIDEN are those two men with REAL FAMILY VALUES!!!!!!

Minnesota does NOT love Mccain!

I agree, CNN is a good station, but come on, who actually thinks these polls are accurate? They need things to look interesting, that's their jobs to do so.

I truly believe people have had enough of the Republican Party and will vote for Obama/Biden. McCain's campain is a laughing stalk, he looks like a fool running for President and the only people that back him are the people with the same closed minded opinions he has.

Seriously, if ya'll elect McCain/Palin your country deserves what they have coming to them!

Obama/Biden '08

It's over for Obama. The Wal-Mart moms are taking him down. No matter what they say to pollsters, when they get in the quiet and privacy of the voting booth where no one can see what they are doing,
they're punching the McCain/Palin ticket. And you all know why.

We finally have some hope for change.

For 2 years we thought we were stuck with the candidate that Oprah and the media had picked for us and the DNC had installed as the nominee.

We seethed over the vitriol shown the democratic party base- especially THE WOMEN OF THE PARTY- the lifeblood of the party.

November is the vote we await with eager anticipation.

I have never seen so much ignorance and disregard for the facts in my life.

This country has serious issues. This is not American Idol. It is the VP of the U.S. and facts DO matter. Wake up, morons.

Anti Gov. Sarah Palin Rally???

Yes, this was in Alask her home state..

The Saturday protest in front of the Loussac Library appeared bigger than any Anchorage has seen in recent memory. The crowd looked to be in the high hundreds at least, and organizers said they counted 1,500. It included roughly 100 counter protesters supporting Palin.

OH MY GOD.... ENOUGH WITH THE STUPID POLLS!!

IT'S THE ELECTORAL VOTES THAT MATTER!!!

DOES CNN THINK VOTERS ARE REALLY THAT STUPID? CNN DOESN'T EVEN VET JOHN McCAIN and SARAH PALIN IN THEIR OWN LIES, YET THE WOMEN ON "THE VIEW" CLEARLY CALLED OUT JOHNNY BOY FOR HIS LYING SELF!!!!

WHAT A BUNCH OF BS!! WHO IS REALLY STUPID ENOUGH TO VOTE OF GEORGE W. BUSH TWICE AND THEN TURN AROUND AND VOTE FOR HIS TWIN A THIRD TIME...HUMMMM, LET ME THINK..

OOOOPS.... I FORGET THE REPUBLICANS ARE!!!

The polls change constantly, but if Obama managed to take this state, Michigan, and New hampshire, he'd be just a few electorals shy of winning. However, the record high turnout numbers for the democratic primaries show a huge turnout for democractic votes. So I believe Obama has more of a chance than people might believe.

Don't believe the hype people. the only people who even agree to participate in these polls are people who have nothing to do. Think about it when was the last time you took the time to participate in a poll. Go Obama!!!!

This...isn't...punctuation!

Polls can change. We all need to get out on the campaign trail and register voters. There are so many people who are eligible to vote who aren't registered. We can whine all day on the internet, but that's not going to change anything. I live in a red state and an Obama office just opened in my city. We have a meeting today and have lots of voter registration drives lined up. Our theme: Take the Red States Back!" – 8 is ENOUGH!

Let's just hope this motivates the Obama forces all the more to get out the vote!! Please, please, please don't give up! As a Missourian, I recall the Kerry campaign pulled out in the last week before the election, and did so also in Colorado. Kerry lost in those two states by only a slight bit. So, all you Obamacans in Minnesota, Virginia, Missouri, Iowa - and ALL states - let's show 'em what we're made of! We don't give up!!!

Cnn is in love with Palin, did Fox news buy Cnn? What time is O'Reilly on ? Why do they play any thing that could harm Obama 24×7, but the Palin and Mccain lies fly under the radar.What time is Hannity on? OBAMA/BIDEN 08
Connie from Indiana

Minesota will stay in dem column but wisconsin , pennsylvania and michigan will go mccain

VIDEO >>> Sarah Palin Solo Camgaign in Nevada on Saturday

Want to watch >>> MSNBC.COM / VIDEO

GO SARAH, GO!!!!!!!! The women of America are behind you after getting the door slammed in their faces by Obama and his loser choice for VP. Talk about poor judgment. NO OBAMA, NO WAY, NO HOW – how stupid could he have been?????????

Let's not kid ourselves, this McCain resurgence is all due to Sarah Palin. McCain has become a footnote in his own campaign. It's so sad to see this man squander in just two weeks what he spent 72 years accumulating.

As the election in November is drawing near, many if not most Americans are trying to figure out the impact of having a Democratic or a Republican president along with who the leader is on each ticket.
I belive that as Americans increase their knowledge, that most of them(80-90%) will end up voting for the Republican ticket.
John McCain is a far superior choice than Barrack Obama.
CNN continue to tell the truth.

Oh, no! Here it comes!

As soon as the polls start saying McCain is in the lead, people will start believing it.

Anyone who still takes this election seriously is a fool.

Keep in mind that if McCain is elected, the division in this country will become insurmountable. The GOP'S hate for their fellow country men will be our undoing. Their real enemy are the democrats make no mistake about it. To think that McCain will change anything is comical to say the least. You would have to know nothing about his positions to believe that. Palin's administration is Alaska mirrors Bush's regime in the white house. Secrecy and loyalty above the interest of the country. Start selling your houses if McCain is elected the will be worthless in a matter of years. The bottom is going to drop out of the economy and we will all suffer except the extreme wealthy that McCain caters too.

Thank goodness that Americans have finally waken up to the fact that Obama is singularly UNqualified to lead this great nation!

The antipathy coming from these Obama supporters here only proves what I suspected all along: these so-called champions of free speech have nothing but contempt for REAL dissent. Thankfully the rest of America is fed up with the blatant hypocrisy and condescension.

Let this be a lesson to the Democrats. Next time, try running a candidate who's actually qualified to run the nation!

When all the talking is done, and when the media that has been so smitten with Obama can bloviate no more, and when they find out that despite their incessant pandering to Obama and trashing of McCain, Americans still voted for McCain in November, the media's frustration will turn to anger.

The question is what will media role will be going forward, and how will AMericans judge media post-November. The main stream media has always been generally left of the center, but the unprecendented way in which they overwhelmingly and quite overtly supported Obama and had negative coverage of all his opponents, will most likely cause most AMericans to be even more skeptical of the media and its credibility.

My guess is, this election will hasten the splintering of the main streammedia and proliferation of the alternate media. This is already being done from a revenue and demand perspective, but this election will mark that from a credibility angle as well.

Do you people in Minnesota and elsewhere throughout the country really think that John McCain is going to do anything drfferent to George Bush. Do you think Sara Palin can step up to the plate in the event something happens to Senator McCain. She was chosen by the Republican party to appease the conservatives. McCain didn't choose her. Come on now, she has absolutely no foreign policy experience and is way out of her league. It's like taking for example a Lawyer and throwing him into a Doctor's position of doing surgery on a brain tumor. He wouldn't know what the hell to do. Sara Palin wouldn't know what the hell to do. She is full of hot air.

Are you people so stupid that you are going to vote for the Republicans after eight years of Bush's policies. WERE YOU BORN WITH BRAINS OR WEEDS IN YOUR HEADS.

I just can't believe how stupid you people are. Look at both sides of this picture. People are losing their homes, Gas prices and the cost of living are ridiculous, our soliders have been sent into Iraq to be killed and maimed instead of being sent to Afganistan to get Osama Bin Laden. The United States is starting to become a Third World Country and I know' I am from a Third World Country and came here 29 years ago to give myself and my children a better life.

I am begging you all to take a step back, think really hard, use the brains that God gave you and after weighing the pros and cons then if you still think McCain/Palin are your guys, go ahead and vote for them and don/t complain when things get worse.

As for me I will be voting OBAMA/BIDEN.

Patty you're logic is foolish at best. If you want to go apple for apple then aides and Cindy will be running this country should McCain win.

All you people who claim McCain is better have yet to state any reason why anyone who isn't a fanatical right-winger would agree with you. Cut out all the proven false rumors about Obama and your arguments are nothing but empty air.

Back in late 2007, the polls said Obama was down by more than 10 in Iowa and he won. It doesn't matter; the poll that matters is on Nov. 4.

Obama/Biden 2008/2012.

McCain is in for a suprise!!! y'all should keep watching!!!! Hillary was commanding till y'all know what happened!!!! just keep wat watching fellas

Obama/Biden08

All obama have to do is run ads about [abortion] [the draft][nafta] if obama do this his poll numbers will skyrocket,these ads he is running are dead,boring,obama needs to shakeup the people who is giving him advice about ads,because they all end with more of the same,if i hear that phrase again am going to go crazy,his ads dont put fear in people,its time to put fear in people,like running an ad telling people a vote for mccain means an end to roe vs wade,letting people know mccain supports nafta 100% most people in ohio,penn,in mich dont know this,in please go in find that video showing mccain supporting bringing back the draft,in run that as a ad,that video has dissapeard from you tube in everywhere,because the gop knows if obama runs in ad on that video it could damage mccain,so stop the dead ads in please stop saying more of the same after the ads come to an end,because its not working obama,its time to let americans know what their going to get if they elect mccain.

BHO in the polls: Going Down!!!! Too funny!

Would Barack Obama be such a potent symbol of "change" if he were a White man? All of these so-called enlightened, $6 latte-drinking, highly educated (whatever educated means nowadays, college educted? ooohhhh, college is so rare, whatever!) people need to ask themselves that simple, honest question. Would Barack Obama make you believe his brand of "Change" was so new and exciting if he were a White man? Yep, didn't think so. Think, America.

66$ million.. i guess that takes the bad economy issue off the table

Has anyone noiced the spike in prices since the hurricane? What do you think will happen if we put more offshore rigs in storm prone areas? Offshore drilling is easy, but it's not the answer unless you like being gouged everytime the wind blows.

Obama is unelectable... people should have been smarter during the nomination process and voted for someone who would have easily won, Hillary Clinton... or, Obama should have demonstrated some intelligence and selected her as the nominee. With that, Sarah Palin would have not had the impact she did... Instead, he chooses Biden, a great guy.... but, nothing too exciting.... I wonder why the my democratic party never wins.... When we nominate an extreme liberal WE DON'T WIN... and neither will America..........

not publishing my comments is like ignoring Churchill.... research anything I have said, not one word of a lie? a friend tells another friend when there is something in their teeth!
it is probably TOO LATE for America, with McCain it IS too late, with Obama there is a very slim, SLIM, chance, NOBODY is even allowed to tell the truth!!! When Obama said, 'both sides should calm down in the Russian , OSSSETIAN, Georgian outbreak, he gets ridiculed!!!
IN FACT Sakcofshilts IS a war criminal. Russia is CORRECT about that. Because he is McCain's friend, and McCain's campaign advisor worked as a lobbyists for Sackofshilts, one has to go hmmmmm????

Let's face it, Obama caused his own undoing. He can never admit a wrong, he is always right, when he votes present, he is voting for the winning side of the issue, he does not flip-flop, he clarifies his position, and he never smears anyone. Nope, it must be his supporters that do all of the dirty work for him.

He blew his chance when he did not have the courage or integrity to pick Hillary as the VP. Instead he picked the person who said numerous times that Obama is not qualified to be President and received less than 1% of the votes. Yep, a real winner. Obama's arrogance and elitism will be his down fall. The way he played the gender card will haunt him and in this election year, with everything going for him, he should be winning. But, he blew up so many bridges and has NEVER tried to mend fences. His way of mending fences is by having others speak for him. A TRUE leader is able to speak for themselves and is able to make decisions.

As a PUMA and REAL Democrat, I am giving him a chance to finally apologize about the smear campaign he and his supporters ran against Hillary. If he is not MAN enough to admit what happened, I will vote for McCain just to send a protest vote to the DNC. Remember every vote counts is not a slogan, it should be a reality.

Good for barack obama, he should haved pick clinton and he would win this election!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is a fool!!!!!!!!

I agree the real poll is on Nov. 4th... I also, agree no one has ever asked me or most of the people I know...

Then, I read the blogs where at least 90% are in favor of obama/biden..

so where are you getting your numbers???

It is time to move forward not backward...go obama!!

Dear Sen Biden,

Stop saying McCain has good character. He keeps lying about you and Obama. Lying is not a sign of strong moral character – it's a sign of a deceptive, immoral slimebag.

Call it like it is – not like a gentleman dancing around the facts. Point out their repeated lies. Point them out now and stop complimenting McCain on something that isn't true!

I dont trust these polls. How can so many people change their minds about who they are going to vote for in such a short period of time? Its not possible. Everyone already has set in their minds who they will vote for.

Also, it is actually benefiting Obama to be down. It just means more of us young naive voters wont be complacent, and turn out in record numbers, just to be on the safe side.

Polls are fixed and the only people answering are the ones glued to their TVs and I do not think they have a life outside of that. Research and you will find the only true poll that counts is when we Americans pull that lever. Everyone has an opinion and I think that some people are busy trying to do good instead of sitting @ home waiting for the next poll person to call and surf the bias media "news". STAND AWAY from the computer and TV! Go out and have a life, take a gander @ what life has to offer instead of running each other into the ground with your insults. Don't you think that people are tired of all the inveigling going on? (While you're looking that up...try to see what else is in your vocabulary and enrich it.)

Wow, imagine that! Despite the media's biased worship of this guy, Minnesotans (and I see) Obama for what he really is-an inexperienced egomaniac who's had so much smoke insert thorugh his back orafice that he really thinks it's all true.

I'm glad people are not voting based on the issues, but rather on senseless rhetoric repeated over and over by the McCain camp. Keep on proving to the rest of the world that America is a bunch of idiots who would elect a third Bush!

All these polls will give Obama a decisive victory come November.
All the new voters and sporadic voters who are energized were not polled. Not to talk of all the sensible republicans changing party to vote for Obama. All my cousins in that state were not polled and not to talk of students who can't wait till its nov. 4th
Come November Obama will be president.
Yes we can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

can nov. 4 th get here soon enough?

Obama Can now see that the road is very narrow for him, De javu. I think it is time for Obama to quit. Remember when the Obama Camp told Hillary the same thing? Is not too late!!!!!.

Democrat Voting For McCain

The reasons I am supporting Barack Obama:

The BUSH/MCCAIN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP HAS FAILED:

Bin Ladin has not been captured

War in IRAQ that was fabricated lies by Bush/McCain

4300+ Soldiers killed in Iraq war

Real threat of McCain attacking Iran and Syria and Russia

Fuel Prices through the roof

Largest OIL COMPANY PROFITS in history

Largest OIL COMPANY TAX GIVEAWAY in history

Record Home Forclosures

Record Unemployment

630,000 jobs lost since Republicans took control

Outsourcing of Jobs to foreign countries

Food prices out of control

Failing Education system

Record number of people without Healthcare

ONLY Major Country in the world without UNIVERSAL HEATHCARE

Loss of Respect around the Globe

Failing to recognize Global Warming

SO YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF: ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN YOU WERE 8 YEARS AGO?

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Wow...add into the mix an inexperienced, scary woman who tries to come across as you or me and all of a sudden the failed economic and foreign policies of the last 8 years no longer matter? I certainly thought that during this very pivotal time in world history that people would be more thoughtful of their vote than this...a country that has been expended and exhausted economically and morally by a bad choice called Iraq, is really up for the challenge of 4 more ears under a Mccain-Palin ticket that advocates more war...I am just shaking my head over this one...she may "look" good and excite the base, but VP and potential President? Oh my....for McCain, politics first, country last in my opinion...

I'm happy to see that McCain is becoming more respected after all that he has done for our country. As for Obama, if he had chosen Hillary Clinton as his VP, things would be so much different. I can't see any good reasons why he didn't pick her. I still don't even know hardly anything about Joe Biden except that he thinks that Hillary would be a better VP than him. I'm going to vote for McCain because I do believe he is the wiser president. I can't imagine what Obama would do in the event of another terrorist attack. To me, Obama dosn't have much backbone. He only wants to do go with the crowd. McCain goes against the crowd, and that's what I like about him.

Patty: Let's look at Palin's record as mayor. Her town was debt free when she took office and even after 23 million dollars in earmarks received through a hired lobbyist she left the town of less than 7 000 22 million dollars IN DEBT!!!

We are outraged at the negative tone of the presidential campaign.
Why didn't someone suggest a series of town hall meetings?

If people are stupid enough to vote for McCain then they deserve the government they will get..............................................

I am astounded. I debate with McCain supporters and EVERY time the debate ends with them saying "Yea you have a good point. But I am still voting for McCain." How on earth can you sleep at night? Really? You do ZERO research and vote based on what some guy in a white robe tells you to.

I am moving to Canada.

Definition of insanity...voting for the same clown over and over and expecting a different result. Sad commentary on our country.

Hey Patty – When is McCain and Palin going to release their tax returns for the last 10 years? How can McCain/Palin numbers go up in the polls when they have only issued lie after lie? Doesn't make any sense to me. Something doesn't add up with the poll numbers.

seriously, Americans are foolish to reward republicans with another term. so what next? continuing the same failed economic polices? and bomb Iran?

so very pleased that Hillary Clinton cannot be blamed now for this
downhill slide for Obama.

Minnesotans are like Canadians in their voting patterns and Canadians, if they could vote, would put Obama over the top in a landslide. The fine folks of this state will not vote McCain.

As I have always maintained, these polls mean absolutely nothing in this election. It will be extremely tight all the way to Election Day. Obama and Biden should continue talking aggressively about the issues. I have to keep the faith that ultimately Americans will vote for what is right.

These results are from 1,000 Republicans who don't have cell phones.

Hey Guys,

The Polls are a gamming machines for the Pollsters to pose as statistical wizards for the news media to keep the airwaves abuzz with taking points for the Repunuts.

The game is called "how to lie with polls and statistics and gets UV's and rating up to publish all this crap possible on a daily basis to garner more eyeballs in the horse race for ratings and ad dollars.

The media has no sham and no snese of civil respsonsiblity to be sure and it continues to go down the pathway for $$$$$$$$$$$.

Obama – Biden will win in 08 becuase of the voters on the ground keen sense of the games being play ed and putting their eggs in the right basket for America.

You would think that looking at our economy, the War, all the lies that palin and Mcain have brought to the race, obama should be ahead by a big margin. WOW! Americans are really dumb. I can see Mcain, Palin and Rove sitting together at the end of a day saying, we got the dummies again. Or could it be Obama is not winning big because of is Race. I believve if it was a white man the election would be over Democrats back in office. This is a sad day in america. People wiill take another four years of struggling economy Etc. for A PIG with lipstickand a man near death. Anthing to keep the black man out of office. Shame on you America!!!!!!! Obama/Biden 08 Real Change.(Have an of you really tried to change a 72 year old set in his ways?)

Think about it. Minnesotans have finally wised up. I thought at first, despite the convention being held there, Minnesota would've still have been a Obama stronghold. Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin's tough campaigning have busted through that blue wall though. Even though it is still unlikely, McCain and Palin certainly have a VERY good chance in Minnesota.

States such as Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, and New Hampshire that were toss-ups have slowly edged towards McCain now. Minnesota may be one of those too. With Sen. Norm Coleman cruising easily to re-election, it looks like the longest Democratic stronghold may turn to Republicans. Now that real change is being proposed by McCain/Palin, it looks like they may win. I predict a 2000 repeat campaign again.

McCain/Palin 2008

I think some people need to first of get it in their mind that this election is NOT about Hilary anymore, its about Obama and new leadership he will offer America. Mccain furthermore doe NOT mirror the rural or suburban life, thats why this is baffling me. Yet Palin has a smoke screen of drama heading in her direction. Just like we have been saying all along, there was something fishy about her, yet is shows that Republicans will vote gender over issues. Republicans are out of touch as a whole!

Simple choice: go backwards and drill baby drill OR let Obama take this country into the future-Europeans countries are already ahead of us in the technology and energy race.
What will it be: pencils and paper or technology to break us from oil.
Scientists concur we have about 100 months to REVERSE global warming.
This is the most important vote you will make.

Obama/Biden '08

The Obama candidacy is built on the flimsy foundation that John McCain and now Sarah Palin represent a "third Bush term" and "more of the same". The American people aren't buying it. It's as simple as that.

The commentator on Meet the Press expressed it perfectly this morning....these voters are saying that the economy is bad, the war in Irag is wrong, and we need change...they vote democrats to the house, senator and governors, but when polled and asked about the president, all of a sudden they are undecided. Land of the free and home of the majority. Unfortunately, Obama is the right man, just not the right time. America is about to shoot itself in the foot by electing the wrong team for the wrong reason.

Palin is a Fraud. McCain is a fraud for picking a fraud as his VP

Enough said.

Conserve Baby Conserve! Conserve here, Conserve now. Let's take this issue away from them. Keep conserving and oil will continue to plummet. Big Oil is doing everything they can to keep gas prices high so Mcsame and the Drill Babe will win but the speculators, who actualy control the price, are pulling money out of the oil futures market because demand is way down. Call your state attorney General if you have evidence of price gouging. Mcsame and the Drill Babe's idea of alternative fuels are 87, 89 and 92 octane. Don't buy it America. The government does not drill, drill, drill. It is the oil companies who drill, drill, drill and sell, sell, sell at record prices to you, you and you. Keep conserving America. We have done well so far. Keep it up. Cut down one trip to the store. Inflate your tires properly. It would be ironic if that was the tip that beat Mcsame and the Drill Babe. Community organizers set up ride shares and car-pooling. Take public transportation once a week. There is no shortage of oil. There are no gas stations that have sold out. Keep demand down and the Republicans will lose this issue and the election.

No more Bush = No McCain/Palin

The McCain/Palin campaign took a leap in the polls after the conventions. The Palin nomination was such a boon to the religious right and other republicans who needed to have a candidate to feel enthusiastic about.

Now, after the excitement begins to die down and (hopefully) the race goes back to issues, not lies and smears, the Obama campaign should rebound.

It is time for Americans to vote with their intellect not just on a single issue or on gender or race or who we would like to have a beer with. It is time to forgo the spin of the media and the blogs and really learn about the candidates and their beliefs. We can no longer think it doesn't matter ultimately who we vote for. If there is anything we should have learned over the past 8 years is that it does matter.

there is no way i believe these polls have change so dramatrically towards mccain, he's not saying anything of any subsatnce for his vision of this country, the only thing he speaks any clarity on is war, war war, that's where we will be headed if he wins, these polls are not relavant, they had obama loosing big in inddy when he was running against hillary and they ended up in a virtue tie, these pollers don't poll the younger people who will turn out for obama in droves, you just wait and see, and all of these news medias and there polls of polls, will be singing another tune, the only poll that matters is in nov OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Polls mean nothing. The young voter turnout in this election is going to be way more than expected and will seal the deal for Obama. I know, I'm one of them.

I can't believe americans are falling for the same old crap all over again.
The Palin/McCain ticket can't discuss a single issue other than lipstick and hockey moms and your all eating it up.
Step back from the brink of madness, its time to change your country not only for yourselves but for the better of the whole world.

chipster...good obeservation..can't agree more....I wil never change my mind, no matter what...this country DEFINITELY needs NEW DIRECTION....this means OBAMA BIDEN must win....wake up ...wake up....

Chipster: I have given myself whiplash shaking my head at this one. What does McCain/Palin offer that could possibly appeal to ANY citizen of this country?
Have you watched the Fed-Ex commercial on TV with the Lemming? It's the perfect analogy of the voters in this nation.

Chipster-

I live in Minnesota. Don't talk down to me like I'm some sort of halfwit. We'll see where this election goes, and trust me, Minnesota will be in the Democrats pocket.

If Obama loses Minnesota, I will cry myself to sleep before shipping off to the East Coast where people GET IT!

I used to think John McCain was a man of honor and integrity. Even though I'm a Democrat, I was rooting for him in the 2000 Repub primary and would have been comfortable with him as President. But, with all of the lies and sleaze that have been coming out of his campaign with his full support, I no longer have any respect for the man.

Instead of standing up to the extremists in his party, he has adopted and praised their despicable tactics. This is not honorable. And, in choosing Palin has his running mate, a woman who repeatedly lies about her record, is woefully unqualified, and holds extreme views, he has proven that IT IS NOT THE COUNTRY HE IS PUTTING FIRST, IT IS JOHN MCCAIN.

Given McCain's age, if he wins it is a very real possibility that Sarah Palin could become President. How about a poll that asks the American people: GIVEN THE DANGERS OF THE WORLD AND THE PROBLEMS THIS COUNTRY FACES, WOULD YOU BE COMFORTABLE WITH SARAH PALIN AS YOUR PRESIDENT?

That is the REAL question we should be asking, and it is the elephant in the room that the pollsters and the media are ignoring.

Obama has only himself to blame.

He played divisive racial and gender politics with members of his own party.

Marginalizing as unimportant, irrelevant or sure bets the VERY voters he would later need to win this election.

I never vote for the one who mocks, jeers, ridicules, demeans and belittles women- call me old fashioned in that way.

I do not care for race baiting, bigoted vitriol and hateful vulgar filthy attacks on females – least of all female candidates of my own party.

Obama lost me with Hillary bashing at Hillary gate during the divisive and ugly democratic primaries.

So even Karl Rove thinks McCain's ads have gone too far. Wow!

Maybe a hockey mom goes over big in the land of the North Stars and the Minnesota Wild. I can understand that. But a lyin', pistol packin', fundamentalist nut of a hockey mom who doesn't even know what the vice president does??? That's not the Minnesota I understand. Land o' Mary Tyler Moore and Bobby Smith. C'mon people..get it together.

Obama should stop this kind of negative campaign, again, stand higher, running much more exciting and better future description than what Mccain would bring to this country. Just Imagine you have been elected, and what you will do in your first 100 days. Dont fall into the trick that you are just another old fashioned politician. Speak high of CHANGE

Only fools make the same mistake twice. It seems the American people are fools because they elected Bush twice. And now their going to vote for a guy who is just like Bush, only with a different outer appearance. Like I said, FOOLS.

If you want to talk VP"S, let's look at Biden and his inability to handle money in his personal life. He has spent 36 years making a more than adequate and above average salary ( w/expense acct) has a working wife, wrote a book and at 65 he is proud to say he has a net worth around $200,000. He lives on a 4 acre estate in exclusive Greenville, DE yet brags that he doesn't have a savings account. Isn't the idea in America that people should take care of themselves and prepare for the future? In the last year, they had a take-home income of over $20,000 a month! Many people have that for a year. What in the world do they do with their money and do you really want someone so inept making decisions about the U.S. economy.

Minnesotans, like most americans, love war.

They love 'tough talk' like 'bomb, bomb Iran' etc.

They like to be lied to about bridges to no where and earmark reforms.

They like when politicians give tax breaks to the rich and watch their jobs being sent overseas.

They like when CEOs get multimillion dollar bonuses, and their neighbors can't even get health care, or their homes foreclose – that's exciting.

And most of all, they like the Karl Rove/Rush Limbaugh attack-style divide this country down the middle politics.

Unity is for the weak. Peace is for the weak. Love is for the weak. Caring for others is so . . . community organizing – yuck!!

Let's just kill, hate, and oppress. They love McCain.

I could not agree with you more CHIPSTER, what a shame, people always seem to forget the most important things, (The republican mess) if Mc Surge wins I hope they can live with the consequences. I pray God they'll change before it is to late.

What happened to Obama's cake-walk into the presidency? Why isn't he ahead by 20 to 30 points? With the hundreds of millions spent trying to make him attractive to voters he shouldn't be locked in such a tight race. Is it possible that American voters are not easily duped? That their votes can't be bought with razzle-dazzle?

Ahhh, Minnesota! Come on, Geeze. Don't tell me that again, 300 million people could be so stupid!

Obama recklessly divided his own party- along race, age, gender and income lines. He gambled on it to secure a lead and then imagined his charms to be convincing enough to bring back the very voters he trashed and derided and ridiculed.

And.. by playing, and over-playing the race-card.

And...By brutally denigrating and attacking HRC- mocking, jeering and demeaning her. By alienating women with his dismissive and sexist attitude towards women. As well as his brushing HRC off his shoulders.

And... trivializing the large elder white female base of the party as irrelevant and dismissing them since "they will all come back in the end anyway".

I bet he wishes he hadn't counted his chickens before they hatched.

Generally people do NOT vote for the candidate that mocks and demeans them- the person who ridicules and trivializes them- the cocky actor who jeers and belittles them.

Republicans voting for mccain/palin, does rush limpillpopper and the repub party tell you how to dress too cause we know they tell you what to think? mccain/palin = proven (by factcheck.org) pathological liars

Go Obama,go Obama .......we will win that lill thing

It's still too early to listen to these stupid polls. Who do they poll anyway? I've never been questioned for a "poll." When they debates begin I have a feeling we are going to see a big jump for Obama and Biden in the "polls." McCain and Palin cannot even compete with Obama and Biden. Especially Palin . . . If she's a "Barracuda" then wait until she meets Biden the Great White Shark.

OBAMA/BIDEN '08 . . . THE LOGICAL CHOICE!!!

Isn't this the same people who ran a poll in MN a few months ago saying that MN was essentially tied, when every other poll gave Obama a plus-10 point advantage over McCain. I don't buy it for a second.

These polls are flawed – the media has the incentive to skew results to create headlines. At this point in the election phase, people have already made up their mind. The only difference is who is being polled .

where did you poll, the neo-con enclaves?

no one i know ever answers unsolicited marketing or polling calls.

good luck with your spinning effort!

no one believes a word you spin out, CNN!

Why is CNN constantly focused on polls, instead of headlining the electoral map. Shouldn't we be concerned with the electoral map? I want to know what's going on on the campaign trail for real...not what McCain's publicist sends in. I was very disappointed that CNN hyped up the fact that McCain was leading Obama by one point according to the polls, when it downplayed Obama's lead because it was not in double digits. What is really going on? If it is significant that McCain has a one point lead...it is just as significant if Obama has a 1 point lead. Also, CNN has yet to discuss the issues. I have been following CNN loyally for years, but I need to know the issues. Can we please discuss the issues and not sensationalize Palin's eyewear? I could not care less about her eyewear. The truth is that McCain is practically one breath away from dying and she would be the President of the US. That's VERY SCARY.

Minnesota you are gonna feel mighty silly when you wake up and find out you have been taken for a ride. Do you like being lied to?
Come on, clear the fog from your head and THINK!
OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Thanks but no thanks to McCain/Palin to nowhere.

Battleground states seem to be losing IQ points everyday. What are they thinking?

Chipster and Obama has a billion in earmarks which makes her fractional. Obama raising corporate, payroll, and capital gain tax to pay for his cuts is changing people's minds especially small business owners.

I simply do not believe these polls. They are trying to maniulate this election. Democrats please do not listen to these silly polls. We have amazing ground organization and our GOTV campaign is second to none in the history of presidential campaigns. The only poll that counts would be taken on November 4!

Just keep in mind – we can't take another 4 years of a republican in office – it doesn't matter who the repubilcan is – we can't afford it – people have lost jobs, they've lost homes, they've lost children in a republican president's personal vendetta. We can not survive another republican in office!!!!!

McCain the PUNK who wouldn't vote for woman's equal pay but will HIDE behind a women SKIRT. PUNK, PUNK, PUNK!

We don't believe in your made up polls anymore.

These polls don't mean anything. Obama still has a significant lead when it comes to electoral votes.

You said it well Chipster. Wake up people!!

Well good for them.
I am tired of the whole nation thinking the answers to our problems are as simple as one or the other political party.

The answer doesn't lie in one or the other Party, it lies more pertinently in qualified, proven leadership...

This is so pathetic. Apparently, many Americans are not smart enough or care enough to see the lies of the McCain campaign.

I truly hope the polls continue to show mccain ahead of Obama by wide margins because it will motivate Democrats to get out and vote in record numbers. Only the intelligent people realize the polls mean nothing. The real poll is on November 4th and by then the mccain/palin pathological liars house of cards will come crashing down.

Since I am Canadian I am in the process of being educated on the American political system. From what I can see of the vetting process it seems that other than an internal and a colonoskopy there isn't much left to look at with Sarah Palin. Have they gone this far with every man that ever ran for vice president? Is a woman in the White House really that scary?

Minnesotans are taken in by the hockey mom Sarah Palin and snowmobiling dad Todd Palin. People who met Todd Palin at a snowmobile event recently thought he was a nice regular guy and plan to vote for Palin as a result. It goes back to – who would you like to have a beer with?

McCain was completely right about this election not being about the issues. It is sad.

Obama/Biden............Change through courage, consistency,
diplomacy honesty action, governed by the rule of law

McCain/Palin...........Change through misinformation, inconsistency, guns, bombs and and governed by executive power and theocratic law

A nation on the rise

Or a nation beginning to fall?

Which way do you think is best?

Voters in Iowa are voting to keep their huge corn subsidies which Obama voted for and McCain voted against. Now that we know that the use of corn for ethanol was the 'worst' possible agricultural use of corn - the decision significantly increased food prices; we now know McCain was right again.

But Iowans will not see it that way - they vote their own interests - keep those US Govt subsidiaries flowing to them regardless if the rest of the country has to starve. What a terrific bunch of people we have in Iowa. Next time there's a flood, I won't be donating any $ to help them - they've gotten too much already.

I can't say that I am surprised about these poll results. John McCain has a proven track record and there are many that are still unsure about Obama's albility to lead. There was a good reason why John Kerry wanted McCain as his running mate back in 2004 and let's face it was not because of McCain's good looks.

Forget the polls. You know and I know that these polls are worthless except for your people. The polls only reflect a certain number of people, not the total of voters in this country. I long for the days of news, just report the news and stop putting your spin on it. If a policitian is found lying, say that he/she is lying. My wish is that all of these so call news programs are done away with and decent news coverage will again appear. Tell the truth sometime. You know that John McClain is not a hero but, a POW 30 years ago. You people talk like it was yesterday. He might have commanded thirty years ago but, understand that times have changed since then. Obama states that the American people are not stupid, OH YES THEY ARE.

To close for comfort ha. Just the beginning of the end for obama. After one year of obama lead on polls now its turning against him

G8! That's the end for Obama....
I don't like this guy....he looks silly, behaves foolish....am surprised to see that still americans are in favour of this guy, who has no exprerience, even not served this country in any good way......
Am sure he did lots of game to use sexism against Hillary.........compare Barack with Hillary.........nobody will find him better in any issue....experience, attitude, respect to seniors, women, nor having any contribution towards this country.............How can he compete with other world leaders like, China, Russia....He will bring this g8 country into a unstable state........believe my words...........so fellow americans...go and vote for Mccain......he is far far better than obama.............

I am glad it's a neck-in-neck race. By keeping it tight, our country is forced to address critical issues as candidates propose solutions, (even if the candidates copy each other's solutions).

I refuse to believe all it takes is an unknown quantity and pretty face to swing 12 percent of voters in 1 week.

Minnesotans aren't that dumb, are they?

I thought the evil duo of Bush Cheney could simply not get any scarier or more cartoonish. McCain/Palin actually makes our current administration look somewhat respectable. I cannot believe half of our country could fall for this type of blatant, nefarious pandering. It's like the GOP has roofied half of the population and now they're nothing but mindless, drilling-loving, souless zombies. McCain/Palin: the savoirs of the "Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead!" crowd.

New Jersey will be in play for Obama on Nov. 4! You can take that to the bank! Real numbers!

McCain is picking up all the disgruntled Hillary supporters and women who are voting based on Palin’s gender. You could put a monkey in a skirt, and some of them will vote for it. Issues don't matter....now. They'll be the ones to cry the loudest when the economy goes down the tubes if McCain wins.

Palin will really pump this up

Now that people realize McCain is NOT Bush and that he can actually reform this country- they are flocking towards him.

John McWar must be stopped!
Obama/Biden '08!

Obama is an empty suit. Now Americans start to see his true colors.

To America
As you well know the answer to the question you are all asking, but afraid to speak truly is a black issue. If any white person was running it would not have matter who was picked for VP. Mccain would not even be in the picture. God has sent you a prophet so if America don,t pay heed they will always be walking and looking over the shoulder.The Hurricanes are warning of the wrath to come.

SM Toronto

Minnesotans, what has changed? Is there some reason you think the Republican Party will be more competent with McCain/Palin continuing the very same policies that outsource your jobs, waste billions on no-bid contracts for their contributors, wage war based on lies, increase the deficit by another $2 or 3 trillion, disregard nearly 50 million people without health care ....?

The failures are too numerous to list. What is it that earns your support? Perhaps the lies about earmarks? Palin supported the Bridge to Nowhere until it wasn't popular but – guess what – she still accepted the earmarks – more than $230 million for the riches state in the nation! How long will they be able to deceive you into supporting them? Good grief!

Now the Republicans are starting their tradition of 'winning by vote tampering' with bogus mailings going to swing state Democrats and challenging new voter registrations in Wisconsin. They can't win fair and square so they have to use lie, fear and cheating to win...heck, it worked the last two times so of course they think they can get that lucky again. The country has been in a downward spiral for the last 8 years under Republican rule...why elect the same party for another four years? McCain is only a name change, not real change. And the only thing scarier than him running the country with Bush-like politics is Palin having any kind of power in Washington. God Bless America...no really, God, please bless America and save us from the certain doom that will befall us if this Republican ticket wins.

The anticipated death of Obama's campaign has been premature. Maybe now he can combat McCain’s lies.

There's no credibility in these polls of polls and you guys know it! They go up and down everyday on this network! Not to mention, all of the other outlets have different numbers. Enough! The American people need for you guys to not be afraid of going after the lies of the McBush/Palin campaign! The "true" numbers will be revealed on Nov.4. You guys do this to keep things turning! Help educate the American citizens about what we may get as well as you guys, if McCain and Palin are elected! Now that's news worthy!

If Americans are changing their votes because of lies and Karl Rove campaign tactics, then I say they deserve what they get. McBush-Rove strategy is so childishly embarrasing as it shows out there. Here's the strategy as I see it:
1). Water down the change message by misusing it.
2). Make the campaign focus on non issues like military participation, and feminism.
3). Air as many lies in ads as possible.

Well, it appears american people either can not tell any better, or they will be voting based on racial or other social inclinations. What is more disturbing is that the media is abetting the sleazy strategy.

Go McCain 2008!!!!!

Go Hillary 2012!!!!!

By electing Obama the Dems killed the chance to win this year. Hillary '12

Come on people...don't be fooled McCain will say and do anything to win this election.

Republicans rule,
Democrats drool.

McCain/Palin 2008

These polls are what is putting the fear in the Obama camp and pushing their exaggerations and half-truths to the level that Karl Rove would be proud to claim. It's a good thing Delaware is solidily in the Democratic column thanks to Joe Biden. Joe who?

(Hope this can be approved since it's not ranting, froth at the mouth, typed in capitals with double spacing stuff you really like to post.)

How could they do this in Minnesota. Did they not see Sarah Palin's one and only press interview on ABC. "Clueless" is the best word to describe her knowledge on foreign affairs. She could be leading the country? – Are you clueless too Minnesota?

Jeannie

Polls will change soon. Why?

Palin's said on her Foreign Policy experience question: I can see Russia from where I live.

Palin TICKER: She has NEVER been to Afghan & Iraq to see what is happening on the ground. 44years old * 365 = 16060

We now know that McCain said months ago: We can't have a President that has only been a governor/mayor (on Mitt Romney) for a few years. Hmmm, Romney has MORE experience than Palin so what does that really say about what McCain thinks of Palin's experince?

Good good good... keep telling everyone that Obama is loosing. I want all of the Obama supporters upset and in an uproar. I want them ALL coming to the polls ready to vote.. I want them all registering to vote and getting upset!! Keep telling us we can't you are pushing us to vote!! I want them all motivated to overturn this election. We aren't going to have another 4 years, we refuse!! We absolutely refuse!!

YES! WE! CAN!!

"You are the change that you seek!" – Obama

This campain of Obamas should prove to all that he is and will be a wasteful pender as President. He will help you as much as he has helped his Brother.

Just goes to show you, that when rich old white men blatantly lie to the public despite facts proving them liars, 45% of the country is stupid enough to believe them.

Minnesota will never go Republican. Obama will win come November 4. I'm scare of a 72 yr old man and a 44 yr old Palin that pronounces nuclear as nucular. That reminds me of Bushisms. Recall 8 yrs ago when Americans were asked to stay away from the Bushes? Look out the results today: Economy in perils and two wars with no end in sight. And Bin Laden is out there making video tapes since the infamous mission accomplished proclamation by Bush.

Is anyone else as confused as me?

How can McCain be ahead when Obama raises more money from more different individuals? Giving money is supporting him. McCain does not begin to raise the money monthly that Obama does. The number of individuals giving money to McCain does not begin to compare to the large number of individuals giving to Obama.

Doesn't that mean that Obama has more support than McCain and that more people are going to vote for him?

Karl Rove on McCain's lies:

"McCain has gone in his ads one step too far, and sort of attributing to Obama things that are, you know, beyond the 100-percent-truth test,"

Please don't tell me the people in Minnesota want 4 more years of
Bush and a VP with no experience. WAKE UP AMERICA.

Obama/Biden 08

Hold on Obama: I'm no campaign strategist, but if I were you, I would focus my campaigning on the states that are battleground or states where your lead has Vanished.

Gov. Palin to Congress: "Thanks but not thanks on that bridge to nowhere. If Alaskans wanted a bridge, we'd build it ourselves."

AMERICANS TO OBAMA: "THANKS BUT NO THANKS ON THAT SPEECH TO NOWHERE. IF AMERICANS WANTED A SPEECH, WE'D WRITE IT OURSELVES."

By the way, how many people even read Newsweek or any rag mags anymore? We can get our info free on the internet. We do not need your biased opinions. We can check for facts without you.
Save a tree. Eliminate paper.

Not for long not for long, peoples are not creazy... believe it or not. Mccain's campain use distorsion ads, or lies, and soon in about less than a week polls will be reach him on the low, like his campain and his integrity

Always knew Minnesota people were never too bright.
Go Michigan!
GO OBAMA!

OBAMA'S NUMBERS ARE GOOD, HE WAS BORN AUG. THE 4TH

ELECTION DAY NOV. THE 4TH

OBAMA WILL BE THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF USA

ENOUGH ! NUMBERS DON'T LIE

When Republicans go on the voting block, they will realize that if McCain becomes seriously ill and dies, Sarah Palin will become president. It will become clear to them that if that were to happen it would be disasterous. In that thought, I am confident that Obama will win victoriously.

Way to be Iowa! Looks like our Iowa state student needs to vote absentee in Minnesota.

I believe the people of Minnesota will give Barack Obama their vote Nov. 4. This election is just too critical , and the voters will look at the issues and this incredible candidate and once again believe in his ability to change America. This is a rare opportunity to have someone so intelligent and so aware of what is at stake . Make no mistake, a vote for Sarah Palin will take the US down a dark and uncertain road, in a time where there MUST be great leadership and great integrity. The US has once again a chance at restoring America's proud name and stature in the world community. Please think carefully, what you are doing, your vote affects everyone, not just at home , but the world . PLEASE VOTE OBAMA FOR ALL OF US . THANK YOU.

This is a test of American IQ – whether we still have in this country and in the few 'battleground states' a very minimal IQ needed to elect normal people, or we doomed to self destruction under more Bush and extremism.

Obama/Biden 2008

Since it now would appear the main reason for the republican VP choice involved breasts and ovaries, America wants a more QUALIFIED choice.
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DOLLY! DOLLY! DOLLY! DOLLY! DOLLY! WE WANT DOLLY PARTON!

No surprise here. This has ceased to be a race of issues. It is a race where an awful lot of average Americans have had their fill of the biased press and have decided to register their distain at the voting booth. It is now quite clear why the elite media wanted Palin to back out before the convention. They saw a woman coming who might actually invigorate Americans and women, in particular. And they were right. The only real change in all this mess is that which Palin offers. She doesn't fit the medias or the Washington model and I just love it!

Obama's circle of friends, Wright, Rezko, Ayers, and others reflects on his character. Michelle Obama never even went to the memorial, on 9-11, in New York City, why?

GOOD JOB McCain/Palin – keep up the good work!!!!

I want to know why Biden and his family has not been interviewed, it seems he is off limits and the Media is not steeping up to the plate on his issues, why is that? I see that Biden Son is No Longer a Federal lobbyist Why is that? Does Bidens have something to Hide, I think The Media and Cnn is protecting his hide, because he is off limits, how one sided for shore, lets see how they go about this one, there has not been anything Said about his policys Why that, what did he Vote on and why? There has Been NO Negative infor on him, Why is that?

Why do they (the media) slice, dice, and corner Palin for every word she utters?? They have let Obama go for months on end. She is not the top of the ticket in case you young bloggers are not aware of that! Obambi has stumbled over words and changed thoughts forever and never gets called on it. Let's have some debates like McCain wants!

This is the Palin effect: a shiny newcomer about whom the public knows nothing except what the McCain machine has said. Consider her completely deceptive convention speech. Almost 40 million got their first impression of who she is and what she's done through that speech.

Now look at all the articles exposing her for a hardline fraud. Watch the polls next week and you'll see them swinging back Obama's way.

Gas prices up, unemployment up, inflation up. It's time for something new. Obama / Biden 08

Angry Hillary supporters from CA. Do Not treat Palin the way the media treated Hillary Clinton !!!

We demand equal and fair news media coverage for both of the candidates. No one can hide anything. ANGRY.

We watched Palin's Navada Campaign Solo video from MSNBC.com. She was great! Folks, please go MSNBC / VIDEO to watch her speech.

Lose your house, lose your vote: Republicans are challenging the right to vote of foreclosed property owners in Michigan, Ohio, and other contested states because the person is not a true resident of the city or township once a house is foreclosed. The GOP is planning to use a list of foreclosed homes to block people from voting in the upcoming election as part of the GOP’s effort to challenge some voters on Election Day. It's mean spirited, but it is happening. Pathetic. Spread the word.

Only in the USA can you see these kinds of polls, how in the world can anyone justify the polling numbers for John Mcain/Palin with the economy in the toilet thanks to Mcain/Bush policies, Mcain campaign continues to lie about Obama's record and yes they are simply running gutter politics. What the American people should know is having selective amnesia in 2004 when George W Bush was essentially running a very similar campaign where he refused to focus on his record but instead resorted to trashing John Kerry, the American people bought it and see where we are today... Deep in the SEWER....

This election is slipping away from Obama...

I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone with even a modicum of intelligence would vote for the Republican ticket The blatant lies and distortions are so obvious that a vote for them would be close to criminal.

I wish everyone would consider that there are future consequences for the lie-filled campaign that McCain is running now. Think what the next election cycle wil be like if McCain wins now, after promising to run with integrity, but then resorting the the lies and smears that his campaign has spread. How nasty is the next election going to be, after we continually see how going negative and lying win?!? And think how divided our nation is going to continue to be. Think how divided Congress will be, if they have to work with a President who acted this way during a campaign. After this administration lied to us so many times, why would anyone be willing to elect another lie-teller? If McCain lies this much during the campaign, we can't expect him to suddenly have integrity after he's elected. We've got to think further than just this election. There are horrible consequences if the campaign that tells the most lies and smears the most goes on to win.

Obama its over.......you did this to yourself.... maybe in 12 years you might make a president.. you have a lot to learn about culture in the usa.....

negative small bore campaigning works, Mr. McCain.
But it is no change from Mr. Bush policy of diversion while he kills off thousands and destroys the economy.
What happened to straight talk.
The GOP has lost my vote this time.

Jamie in OHIO

Let’s Get Real America!!!

Days Sen. McCain has been President of the USA: 0
Days Sen. McCain has been Commander-in-Chief: 0
Days Sen. McCain has been an Executive: 0
Evidence that being a POW is a qualification for being President: NONE

Sen. McCain’s economic knowledge: Very little by his own admission

Homes Sen. McCain owns during these economic woes: too many that he doesn’t know

Sen. McCain’s maverick status: Fabricated – voted with Pres. Bush 90% of the time

Sen. McCain’s temperament: fragile in the worse way – PTSD???

Sen. McCain’s judgment: wrong for America because he selected a VP he has met once

Sen. McCain’s judgment: wrong for you because he changes his with the wind

Sen. McCain’s judgment: wrong for him because he is in a constant state of confusion

Sen. McCain’s judgment: wrong because he is stuck in the past – he has no vision!!!

Sen. McCain’s judgment: wrong because he doesn’t know what change means.

Sen. McCain’s judgment: wrong because he is using women as a political knife.

Sen. McCain’s judgment: wrong because he is Champion of the Rich

Sen. McCain’s judgment: wrong because he fights first, that’s not smart, it’s stupid

Sen. McCain’s judgment: wrong because country isn’t first, he is!!!

Sen. McCain’s judgment: wrong because of his campaign of fear and lies!!!

Sen. McCain is wrong for America and the world because he just doesn’t get it!!!

Polls are LIES!
Our household has been called 5 times. They only will speak to the Male voter! The polls are only asking "likely" voters. I guess this doesn't include women and the millions of younger new voters.
They are fixed big time! They actually hang up on me (a Female voter)
when I tell them the MALE voter isn't available.
The polls are a load of BS.
Young people, do whatever it takes to prove them wrong. VOTE as if your life depended on it because it does.
Obama/Biden 08-16

Up the ground game, Obama supporters!!!

The Palin lift will disappear soon. Less than two weeks until the first Presidential Debate too – then Obama will really have a chance to fly his flag over McCain.

That's it, Michigan?? Hello! They just had they're convention there of course that was gonna tighten, call me in October.

What people should understand is that McCain if elected will only be a figurehead for a Palin presidency. Is THIS what we want for our country ? An unqualified, trigger-happy dimwit who will bring us to catastrophy ?

All due to the Convention hoopla! Give it a few days people will come back to earth when they visit the gas station and realize its Bush/Mccain that put us in this mess!!!

=====why would anyone believe the polls?
my family, friends, and all the people around me are for obama, how come no one ask us to do any of these polls??

I don't trust the polls! no use polling republicans!