ST. LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) – New polls in five crucial battleground states that could decide the race for the White House suggest Barack Obama is making some major gains.
CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corporation polls released Wednesday afternoon of likely voters in Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada and Virginia suggest a shift towards the Democratic presidential nominee.
In Florida, the state that decided it all in the 2000 presidential election, 51 percent of likely voters say Obama is their choice for president, with 47 percent backing Republican presidential nominee John McCain. The last CNN poll taken in Florida showed the race for the state's 27 electoral votes all tied at 48 percent apiece, among registered voters. A new CNN Poll of Polls in Florida, also out Wednesday afternoon, has Obama over McCain by 5 points. The CNN Poll of Polls is an average of the new CNN poll and other new state polls.
"The campaign season is like the hurricane season. Florida lies directly in its path. Hurricane Obama hit Florida, and Hurricane McCain. Tropical Storms Biden and Palin made landfall in the Sunshine State. The impact? Over the last two weeks, Barack Obama has been gaining support in Florida," says CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider.
Obama's also making gains over McCain in Minnesota, the state where the Republican convention was held a month ago. Fifty-four percent of those questioned are backing Obama, with 43 percent supporting McCain. That 11 point lead is much larger than the small two point advantage Obama had in the last CNN poll taken in Minnesota, one month ago.
It's a similar story in Missouri, where 49 percent of those polled are backing Obama and 48 percent supporting McCain. That's a gain for Obama, who was down five points to McCain in our last poll in Missouri, taken three weeks ago. Thursday's night's Vice Presidential debate is being held in St. Louis, Missouri. The only other new poll in Missouri, a Research 2000 survey, indicates McCain ahead by one point.
The poll also indicates Obama has a four point lead over McCain in Nevada, 51 percent to 47 percent. CNN's last survey in Nevada, taken in late August, had McCain up slightly. A new American Research Group poll in Nevada puts McCain ahead by two points.
In Virginia, a state that hasn't voted for the Democrats in a presidential contest since 1964, the new poll suggests Obama has a nine point lead, 53 percent to 44 percent. The last CNN survey in Virginia, taken in mid September, had McCain up by four points. But it's a slightly different story in American Research Group's new survey in Virginia, which indicates McCann has a three point lead.
What's behind this shift for Obama?
"Obama has gained ground among moderates in all five states," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "That may have something to do with the first presidential debate. Some commentators knocked Obama for agreeing with McCain as often as he did, but moderates tend to like it when candidates appear willing to see the other side's point of view.
"In most states, Obama also won support from senior citizens and voters making more than $75,000. Those are two groups who may have been hardest-hit by the recent problems in the stock market and the financial community. Economic jitters may not last if Congress passes legislation in the next few days, but there may have been short-term gains for Obama as a result of the current economic problems," added Holland.
When factored in, the new CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corporation polls are behind a shift in the CNN Electoral College Map. CNN is moving Minnesota, and its 10 electoral votes, from toss up to lean Obama. Missouri, with 11 electoral votes up for grabs, is shifting from lean McCain to toss up. With those moves, CNN estimates that if the presidential election were held today, Obama would win states with 250 electoral votes and McCain states with 189 electoral votes, with 99 electoral votes in states still up for grabs. Two-hundred and seventy electoral votes are needed to win the White House. Obama has a 61 electoral vote advantage over McCain, up from a 40 point lead in our previous electoral map.
The poll also expanded to include three third party candidates, Independent Ralph Nader, Libertarian candidate Bob Barr and Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney. Except for a 3 percent showing by Nader in Florida and a 4 percent showing by Nader in Nevada, no one registered more than two percent in any survey.
The CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corporation polls were conducted September 28-30, with 940 registered voters and 770 likely votes in Florida, 929 registered voters and 849 likely voters in Minnesota, 951 registered voters and 744 likely voters in Missouri, 924 registered voters and 684 likely voters in Nevada, and 925 registered voters and 684 likely voters in Virginia all questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points in Florida, Minnesota and Missouri, and 4 percentage points in Nevada and Virginia.
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McSame will destroy our economy. We will become a third world country!
I am an independent who is now for Obama!
the only poll that matters is the one on 11/4
get out and vote, if you have to wait in line...do it
Ms Ifill should withdraw herself as moderator of the VP debate. She has a financial interest in the presidential election outcome and it puts her in the position of an unquestionable conflict of interest. Her bias will be in question – and should be! She has shown in the convention coverage that she cannot objectively report on Palin. So, with the added incentive of monetary reward, it is already obvious that she will abuse the position of moderator. By definition, she cannot be unbiased.
Wow, if the CNN electoral map were to hold up, Ohio or Florida would be all Obama would need. Thats a big uphill battle for McCain.
Of Course What else did you expect? And might I caution you that the polls are "Modest" and Obama is REALLY leading by DOUBLE DIGITS.
GObama!
After watching the debate the other day, I want Hillary back!
Everyone knows CNN is pro-Obama!
CNN–pls give me a break and shut up!
Even if Senator Obama loses(not likely), I will not blame it on race,
because I am so proud of the way that whites and blacks and all races
have rallied for the good of the country. I have not seen this type of
unity in all of my years. And it feels good. I am so proud of Americans of this generation. Let's make this a reality by actually voting in record numbers. God bless Senator Obama and the country.
Yes We Can!!!! Democrats 08.
I'm smiling from ear to ear.
Obama / Biden 08 and 12
North Carolina should be in the toss-up category as well. All of the most recent polls there show it a dead-heat, with Obama slightly ahead.
I think its safe to say also that Colorado and Wisconsin are leaning Obama.
These are welcome news. It shows that American people do not want 8 more years of Bush's atrocious policies. McCain and Palin are more of the same, even worse.
And I will still win CNN... Remember this October.... I will win the Bet...
No I didn't make one. It's too easy!!!
Good news, but be careful. 34 days is a long time in politics to make a mistake.
Too bad the election can't be held today!
Don't get complacent, everybody. A lot can happen in 34 days. But these polls look good!
No matter who the next president, I wish him the best of luck. He'll have a mess on his hands.
I knew living in this backwards state would finally come around and start facing the right direction. Obama will take Florida in 2008
Woah this supports the new Quinipac poll that came out today in Florida...50% support for Obama!
McCain is in serious trouble.
holy cow. i wish the election was this next tuesday instead of a month from then.
if the election was today, obama would have a landslide on his hands.
Excellent news.
I'm happy voters are realizing that Obama is the only person who should be handling the economy in this time of crisis. His extreme caution when approaching government intervention, along with his care and thoughtfulness that goes into every major decision he makes is the judgment we need in the White House. No gut responses from McCain need apply.
Only one electoral map will matter...the one showing at the end of the day on 11/4.
Obama and Biden supporters! Regardless of these numbers or how Sarah P does at the debate, call up your local Barack Obama office and get involved. If you can afford it go to his website and give money to the campaign.
Let's get 'er done!!!
great new for The Messiah,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,death sentence for the USA...............so sad
Wheeeeeeeee! and this is only the beginning!
WE ARE ABOUT TO BE ROBBED BY WASHINGTON AND WALL STREET!
Not the biggest Obama fan out there, but it appears that common sense is prevailing here.
Don't count out the Rove Klan. They are devious and decptive. Always lurking in the shadows. Like Dick Cheney in the halls of Congress, stalking and creeping. Open the windows and chase out the darkness. Let the winds of change sweep our Democracy clean.
Check the polls numbers "AFTER" Thursday night's VP debate.
I can't even express how happy this makes me feel. I know we've still a ways to go, and we shouldn't count chickens before they hatch, but I'm feeling such enthusiasm because of the polls.
OBAMA/BIDEN '08!
YES WE CAN!
The only problem is that Hurricane McCain will cause destruction and mayhem and there isn't enough money to fund repairs...
Little by little we are going to turn the country BLUE!
Go Obama!
america is waking up. after the debate tomorrow i think we will see what a big mistake john mccain made picking sarah palin .LETS ROLL AMERICA. OBAMA/BIDEN
Stop all these polling thing. It's making me duzzy. I am an Obama supporter but this polling thing is making me crazy. It comes up like every minute with different results that I don't know what to make of it. I am glad he's doing well but I hope the media is not hyping these numbers to slow our momentum. Obama supporters please don't slow down. Keep the momentum going in to Nov 4.
John McCain needs another terrorist attack if he hopes to win.
The economy is the big issue and it is obvious to everyone that he does not have command of it.
McCain's stunts and gimmicks are starting to wear thin.
I expect McCain to attack Obama's character in the coming days, but I think people will see him as desperate and it will probably backfire.
Can't wait to see the republican posts come up.... Should be fun to see how Scott L, Rusty, Molly, etc. try to spin THIS.
Big Bad Republicans... HA!
Here's a flash; WE ARE TIRED OF YOU IDIOTS. YOU SOLD THIS COUNTRY DOWN THE RIVER AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE HER BACK.
We are registering new voters in record numbers. Yes we can and yes we will!!!
Obama/Biden 08!!!
Be very careful senator obama aint no telling what mccain will do do remember karl rove and the whole bush gang is on his campaign mcbush is going to become very angry CAREFUL WATCH THE LIES AND SPIN NOW OBAMA SUPPORTERS YOU AINT SEEN NOTHING YET OUT OF MCBUSH!
Florida here....Obama will take the sunshine state....no doubt. I am only one lone volunteer among literally thousands that will work day and night to give him our 27 electoral votes. A McCain-Palin administration would bring NO good to anyone in this country, except the special interests and the wealthy – more of the same!
FLORIDA FOR OBAMA-BIDEN – YES WE CAN – YES WE WILL...
Uh oh. This doesn't bode well for Obama, as McLame will now be calling on the Tonya Harding playbook since the Karl Rove playbook didn't work out. Dirty tricks over the next month will be the norm as McSame's sold his soul and abandoned his morals and values to win this election. I really use to respect him and now feel sorry for how pathetic he's become.
Just say NO to Bush 44.
Obama is ahead because people can believe him. He wisely thinks and asks pertinent questions before blindly surging ahead and making a fool of himself like John McCain. John McCain is desperately trying to distance himself from Bush and his mess by inventing a new political party! You can put lipstick on a Maverick but it is still a Republican. People are not stupid!!
Socialism a/k/a Barak Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Howard DEan will destroy our economy.
Wait until after the VP debate and the margin will grow even larger!!!
No doubt McCain is in BIG trouble. Keep fighting DEMS. The nightmare is almost over.. KEEP FIGHTING. Registar!
WE need to make this happen in a big way like 2006, so it can't be stolen through vote caging and Diebold "glitches."
Please people do not trust the polls!!!do not trust the polls
Please people polls mean nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please don't refer to Virginia as a battleground state. Virginia is not John McCain country as his billboards suggest. He is in for a rude awakening 11/4/08.
VIRGINIA WILL BE BLUE
OBAMA/BIDEN 08
I wonder why John McCain is still in his Party; seeing all the happenings all over the places....He will be welcomed to The Dems.......Let this be the greatest shock the century please.
Wow, I can't believe it. Barak Obama is going to be our next President. Come on pollsters. Obama is a liberal black. He has about as much opportunity tio become our next President as a man in the Moon.
here we go people the president will be out now announcing a major terrorist attack on US soil was thwarted.
I'm a Obama fan, however I don't care about the polls, just make sure that all the voting places are ready. That would be the best CNN news reported. Make sure that all the polling places are ready and stop all the trickery. Nov 4th is going to feel like Halloween, its going to be so much trickery there will be a rise of diabetes.
In Alabama the gov. stop inmates from registering to vote. The law in Al is that convicted felons can vote as long as they haven't committed a violent crime it was on the news. The NAACP is appealing this to see why there stoping peoples right to vote. So people check the rules register and if your not sure let them tell you no. But make sure you register! And find out you rights.
baby mama: No it's a death sentence to illiterate racists, like you.
Obama-Biden 08: Stop the racists in their white muslin sheets.
To all of you Obama suppoters , if he is a head it is only a dream, weit November I will vote McCaine , why Obama dont have experience and right now we need a man who leed America not DisneyLand
Jenny: Shut up? That's your reaction to people who give you bad news.
Jenny, you and your republican cohorts are to blame for the economic mess we are in, so we are going to keep talking truth, since truth has an obvious liberal bias.
This is welcome news in our troubling times. I HOPE that this trend continues and when Barack and Biden are sworn into office, that is the day that I will truely be proud to be an American!!! We will officially put our ugly history behind us. Still the race is not won yet....the deadline for voter registration is THIS MONDAY and get out to vote and make real America's voice heard....OBAMA/BIDEN the change we need!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This update is super exciting. But my stomach won't stop turning in knots until Obama actually wins. I hope this pattern continues until election day so I can stop worrying about the possible outcome of a Mccain/Palin administration.
Jim Schimmer: Welcome on board. You sir, are a Great American.
And make sure that if your 17 years old and will be 18 on or before Nov. 4th you are elligable to vote. So High school teachers do your job and print out voter registration forms for High School seniors who meet the above requirements and help them register to vote.
Come on America get people registered deadlines for states are fast approaching.
VOTE VOTE VOTE
OBAMA/BIDEN 08
CNN WHY DON'T YOU DO A VOTER REGISTRATION TELETHON AND GET PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO VOTE
Nothing can be taken for granted. We need every vote to be counted for Obama. I do not trust our system. The win has to be BIG to get their attention. I have watched two elections be stolen. Please not again.
Obama/Biden 08/12
Oh Yes Gwen Hill can moderate the debate. "Yes she can" Just GO Go Go and do it Hillary would say !!! Whom do they think they are fooling ?! If Palin is bot confortable she can stop the Campaign !!!
What's that smell?
Hey, if Obama gets over 300 electoral votes, I think McCain should do the 'honorable' thing and apologize to all of us for wasting our time and money on his pathetic, sorry butt!! He's a sleaze bag and should be incarcerated for the rest of his natural born life.
Here's the critical question:
Will McCain order Republican operatives from trying to bar as many voters from the polls as they can? The last two elections would not have gone the way they did if it weren't for the sustained, un-American efforts by Republican operatives across the country working to suppress legal votes.
They even have the audacity to say if you've lost your home, you can't vote. It's outrageous.
Everyone should be asking if McCain will order these coordinated efforts to stop.
I FULLY EXPECT MCCAIN AND THE CAMPAIGN TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PALIN WILL NOT APEPAR AT THE DEBATE TOMORROW NIGHT, USING SOME BOGUS EXCUSE.
IF SHE DOES THE POLL NUMBERS WILL LOOK MORE LIKE
OBAMA 80 – MCCAIN 10 – PALIN 0......AND 2% UNDECIDED.
OBAMA / BIDEN 2008-2012!
I do not believe that the majority of the voting public will make the same mistake they did in 2000, and 2004. They are paying for those mistakes right now. The polls foretell what is about to unfold on Nov. 4, and its not going to be preety for the McCain and the republicans.
We have to get it done. Let's donate! Call everyone you know! Tell them about the impending change so they can join all of us. God bless America!
Millions of people are unregistered. Democrats: You know who they are, so please seek them out, educate them and encourage them to exercise their franchise. I have already swayed one apathetic citizen to register. Don't expect change unless you change your attitude!
This is our last chance to get it right AMERICA!
If McCain/Palin get in then it's pretty much over for this once great country. WE squandered the last eight years. PLEASE DON'T LET THE REPUBLICANS IN OFFICE EVER AGAIN.
OBAMA/BIDEN '08
THE LOGICAL CHOICE . . . THE ONLY CHOICE!!!!
Memo to the McCain campaign:
In light of the recent decline in the polls of your candidate, no doubt you are about to release a slew of ads featuring Rev. Wright, Rezko and Ayers. Nothing will stop you from doing so, but you might want to remember that it did NOT work for the Clinton campaign and it will NOT work for you eiither.
Tropical Storm Palin, LOL. You know the thing about tropical storms? Their buzz dies out and they hardly make an impact.
Better get ready for an "October Surprise." The neocons are not going to go gently into the night.
Obama's failure to achieve a double-digit lead and maintain it "has given a lot of hope to Republicans," GOP pollster Whit Ayres said. Yet he also allowed, "You can't have a playing field that leans this heavily toward the Democrats and not be nervous."
This was from a republican pollster. My sides hurt from laughing so hard at the idiocy of this. They are celebrating BECAUSE he has a 8 point lead? HAHAHA
The next article about McCains lies againt Obama regarding Clean Coal is just another false remark made by mcCain. For someone who says he will run a clean campaign, so far all I've seen are lies and more lies. Will this be how he plans to run this country, just like Bush continued to lie to the American people, so will McCain. Once a lier always a lier.
Why do you think the Dems want the economy to tank? Bad economy woes favor Dems.? This is so sad when politics comes before country. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Ried need to be replaced with real leaders.
I'm an evangelical Republican who will be voting for a Democrat (Obama) for the first time in my adult life. McCain is too reckless and shows appalling judgment. I never thought it could happen, but Obama has grown on me as well – he's smart and he's got a good temperament. I'm not surprised he's ahead.
Palin has been in debates. She knows how to debate. I think she's a buffoon, but don't let pundits lower expectations so much that anything she does will turn out to be a success.
Yawn, Obama going to lose.
Hey don't put Ohio as a toss up state. Ohio is solid for McCain. And rightly so. McCain will ensure we get a tax cut and he will balance the budget. He will bring the troops home from Iraq with honor while securing that oil rich country thus preventing Iran from taking control of it.
Obama is risky and he will give a speech but I don't trust him or his wife. Isn't his wife a piece of work?
McCain will take action while Obama will give a speech. You decide. I am a PUMA for McCain.
And I'd like to give a special shout out to Hannity and Rush.
You're gonna need to increase dosage on your meds real soon fellas.
A new day is coming when we can get back to having intelligent presidents again.
Yes We Can. Yes We Will!
Barrack and Joe and for 09. The world is waiting for you.
How do you all like McCain's new plan.. to only have Palin do interviews with people who coddle her? I can't believe people are actually standing up for Palin. We need a leader to look up to, not a leader we have to babysit and walk on egg shells around.
Two words: hanging chads. The Republicans are more desperate this time than they were in the past 2 elections. Just keep that in mind.
Good news indeed. Indiana is also a lot closer than maps would suggest.
Worst case scenario, Obama takes all of New England, West Coast minus Alaska, PA, all Great Lakes states minus Ohio and Indiana, Iowa, New Mexico, and Colorado, and still wins! He doesn't even need Ohio, Virginia, and Florida, a fact that should be scaring the crap out of the McCain campaign.
McCain is a pathological liar and a false patriot. He has no visions, ideas, or plans for this country. He is McBush.
I'm sick and tired of the whole electoral process and the sub-par choices we have for our next commander in chief. For gosh sakes, when will it be over? I have to choose between a has-been good 'ol boy and an ignorant homeboy community organizer.
I predict a landslide for Obama!!
i pray for obama winning the president of u.s.a and truly love him as good people with all races. obama did among with colors expect cain.
Yes!....I'm glad to see my state, Missouri, is finally seeing the light. People want change! We have been registering folks in droves down here in Missouri. I'm sure this state will go to Obama. But please do not take these numbers for granted. We need to keep fighting because it is not over. The rethugs are going to come back with negative ads and they are already hitting Obama with the Wright, Ayers, and Rezco ads.
But I'm not worried because Obama hits back harder. This may be a good time for a Keating5 ad and McCain's casino gambling ad. Bring it!
"GEORGIA FOR OBAMA/BIDEN"
CNN/Time/Opinion Research...?
Are you guys really expecting us to believe this poll??
the winds of change are brewing down in florida! Obama cannot be stopped now McSame!!!
Tomorrow night will do nothing but help too! It's not just about Sen. Obama's gains, it's about the ticket as a whole... Keep that in mind. Who do you want 1 heartbeat away from the presidency, a diplomatic statesperson, or someone that Tina Fay can imitate without even having to change her actual quotes! Although the Presidency and Saturday Night Live are both institutions, that doesn't make it ok to have someone who could star in 1, rule in the other.
October 1st, 2008 4:38 pm ET
John
Hey CNN – you only post the pro obama messages?
Hey John... it's not that they don't post them, it's that there are THAT MANY MORE people who are backing Obama/Biden
DEAL WITH IT
I say if Palin can't step up, she needs to step down. Let her decide to spend more time with her family. Let McCain correct his error and select Romney as his running mate. Romney/Biden would be an interesting debate, not a train wreck like Palin is going to be.
I think I will set this one out or vote for Barr if Palin stays on the ticket.
PLEASE... God... Not four years of speeches diverting us from all of the total screw ups...
I can't listen to that speech one more time, my head will explode!!!
Let's go people....the time is now!!! Let's support Obama!! I don't care if it's snowing and you have to wait in line for possibly 12 hours......Let's do it! United!! VOTE
OBAMA 08
Kerry was ahead too, so don't get complacent.
Let's work our butts off to get Obama elected.
Guys, I am an Obama Supporter and don't fall for these polls. Trust me, these are all soft numbers. Meaning they will drop very very fast. It is called a bounce. You can figure it out by going to gallup.com and seeing that Obama is already only 4 points ahead. If he doesn't go back to least 6 by tomorrow, then all these numbers are useless. I don't think PA will be close since it still has remained blue at worst Obama days. I don't PA is much in play. However Ohio and Florida will be very very very close...
I heard on NPR this morning that college students CAMPED OUT in Ohio to be first in line to vote early today.
NEVER HAS THIS HAPPENED BEFORE. The youth of America sees what their future would be unde McCain and they refuse to sit by and take it.
THANK YOU YOUNG PEOPLE OF OHIO.
HE'S NOT GOING TO WIN! He should have picked Hillary! Don't believe the polls! Democrats gave this one away! We should have taken what we could get (Hillary).
This is great news! Come on NC! YES WE CAN!
Register! Vote! Your one vote can make a difference this time! Let's turn this economy around with someone who knows how–not more of the same. Elect a leader who looks to the future and has a plan that will make it better!
YES WE CAN NC!
Obama/Biden '08!
This election is a see-saw, going back and forth, very sensitive to current events, bloopers and flubs (unless your Joe Biden, and then everything is over looked) and yet the media still controls people's perceptions through cherry-picked material, biased talking heads, gender-bashing and power plays. I'm printing in Hillary Clinton's name as the most qualified, viable candidate – not a wannabe or a complacent type, a person who got her nomination hijacked just like Sarah Palin's chances are now getting hijacked. The election process has been corrupted by the media.
The american people are finally waking up to the fact that they have been lied too, cheated, and taken to the cleaners and what other adjectives you want to add. What we really need is someone like obama with new ideas on how to handle the economy and fix the problems the republicans have led us blindly into. Bush's bunch is still trying to save his cronies from losing their shirts. Congress is waking up to that fact and is going to stop this treasonous way of life they have created. GO OBAMA GO WORK FROM THE BOTTOM UP HELP EVERYONE SEE THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE.
This election is about to get as ugly as anything we've ever seen before in this country. IF the Republican internal polling show the same as every other poll then Mc Bush and Barbie will get nasty. Obama will be attacked like no other candidate has ever been attacked. For obvious reasons it will not make America look good around the world. WIllie Horton will look like Peter Pan when the desperate Republican get finish with Obama. America will have to show the world and the Republicans that we will not tolerate the covet racist scare tactics that are sure to come if the election look as if its slipping away from McBush. They can't win on substance, they can't win on the past, they can't win on their lack of vision for the future and they can't win on intelligence. There's only one thing left and they know its worked before.
This election is a teeter-totter -
Yahoo....go Obama!
Get ready Alaska we are sending Sarah back to you, I'm feeling for you.
I really hope she remembered to put in for her Moose Permit, because she is going to have plenty of time to hunt come November 5th!
Hey, how did all of this polling work out for you in 2004? Wasn't John Kerry up?
So how did that work out for you?
Oh, that's right, the election was "stolen." Somehow, some eeeeeevil Republican managed to craftily steal 10 Million votes into the Bush corner. Is that what you tell yourself when you're curled up at night in your Obama pajamas?
I SEE THAT THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE DESCRIBING OBAMA AS A
"SAVIOUR ".....
THAT IS NOT A GOOD SIGN.
Ive watched gwen Ifil for years and though her leanings are democratic, she is 100% professional. i have full confidence she can moderate a debate with total impartiality.
for me, IM 100% FOR OBAMA!!!
O-BAMA!!! O-BAMA!!! O-BAMA!!!!
God Bless America!!!
Why don't all you nasty crybaby Repugs just get over it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Road To Hell Is Paved With republicans
Im glad he is gaining but I am not taking this gain for granted. I think the Rethuglicans have an October surprise up their sleeve.
You know, I am very happy for Senator Obama. Anyone who can overshadow O.J. Simspon Lindsay Lohan and Brittney Spears in the media has my vote!
Dx
Maybe Gov. Palin can get Geraldine Ferraro to stand in for her in tomorrow's debate . Geraldine would probably do a better job and she doesn't like Obama.
Obama is the most corrupt politician ever to run for president. If he wins we are in serious, serious trouble.
This is just the start. America may finally be waking up and getting disgusted with the way the repulican party is running the country into the ground and dividing it like we have never seen before. They are learning just how out of touch McCain really is with the American people. He cannot relate at all. From all the McMansions, to the many cars, to the maids and butler's. You don't think Cindy does the laundry. Throw in preacher Palin and you have what in other countries start wars. A leader totally out of touch with it's populace, and a religious evangelical sidekick trying to take the rights away from millions of Americans by using religion. These are the two most inept both morally and socially I have seen in a long time.
I am still amazed how republicans can call the media biased. There is no more biased network than FOX news. I actually saw and heard Billo (the clown) O'reilley tell a catholic priest that there is no rascism in this country. Heard it with my own ears. If the media comes across as biased it's because the report the truth and the people that don't want to agree with it lable it biased when in fact it is nothing more than racism. If Senator Obama was white he would be elected president unopposed. No person in their right mind would vote for McWack and Moose Barbie after the economic crises their party has forced on us. A crises we will pay for until infinity and yet they are still willing to vote for 4 more years. UNBELIEVABLE !!!! Having said that, I don't think it's actually unbelievable, they are with the democrats on this one but their hatred is bigger than their love for this country. I know there are enough voters that will prevent racism to rule this country.
OBAMA '08
VOTE! VOTE
Rain, Sun, Snow, Storm weather, long lines...it does not matter, each and every vote is crucial and this election is very crucial for each one of us...Please to all the democrates, get your a..to the poling booths.
Obama/Biden, a better leadership we need now .........and yes they can make a better judgement in this country with their own judgement.
Great news. I am disappointed with the McCain campaign on bringing up Gwen Ifill's qualifications. She has moderated previous VP debates and done a good job. I also watch her show on PBS on friday nights and she is always smart and well informed. Are we saying Jim Lehrer was partial to McCain because they are both white? No, that would be absurd. Same goes for Brokaw. I believe the moderators will do a good job.
I feel like leaving Texas. How in the world can McCain be leading (according to the CNN electoral election map) by more than 50% to Obama's 30%. Am I living in a state of morons? Just because the current is from Texas we're all brainwashed or what?? Come on, Texas!! Wake up!! Don't be suspicious of smart–be suspicious of dumb!!
Obama Kenyans loves youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Texas must be full of liars because surely McCain is not leading in my state by the margin of 50+%. I just cannot believe my state is that stupid!
NO ONE IS DESCRIBING SEN. OBAMA AS SAVIOUR!
ITS INSULTING TO EVERY CHRISTIAN TO SUGGESTS A SAVIOUR OR MESSIAH OTHER THAN............CHRIST JESUS!
YOU FAR-RIGHT-NUTS THAT MAKE THESE COMMENTS NEED TO KNOW THAT ITS EXACTLY THESE MEAN ATTACKS AND COMMENTS THAT HAVE SO MANY OF US, INDEPENDENTS, VOTING AGAINST.......THE RIGHT-WING-HATE-AND-FEAR-MONGERS!
Oh goodness, typical liberals, typical article that you would see on certain media websites. All the left-liberal-nutjob articles always say that 'Obama is gaining' or 'Obama wins debate'. It's time for some straight-talk and voting McCain is the only way to get it in Washington. He's a maverick, and he has made a great choice in Governor Palin as a running-mate. The McCain/Palin duo would be one of the best combos EVER in Washington. WAKE UP, people... start thinking about how the media tells you to vote liberal everytime. Think about your two options hard... and vote MCCAIN/PALIN 2008!!!
BILL CLINTON + McCAIN must be very very worried at this wind of change!!!!!
Great news!
But Obama/Biden supporters, do not let up for one minute! We need to keep working as hard as we can to get every single vote we can get. You know that as the republicans increasingly feel that they are getting backed into a corner, the worst of the Karl Rove campaign smut will be heading our way. Be prepared for it, and keep contributing effort and dollars, as you can, to this campaign. Your help has never been as important as it is now!
OBama 08!!!!!!!!!!
No more of fascism from the right wing, no McCain, No Palin!
Be glad you don't live in TX where McCain is leading...I'm so ashamed!!
hmmh..This topic reminds me of the late primaries.!.The momentum is back .! Or did it take a certain debate for some to see the same light the germans came to witness ?
These polls are made to soften up the voters just like in 2004.
Dems wont drop their guard this time.Let see what the medias say in 4 weeks!
WASP
0/B '08
More corrupt tactics by Obama supportersThe fact that Gwen Ifll stands to make millions from her book if Obama wins the presidency seems very unethical.She should have the sense to step down as moderator for the debate.Even with the best intentions she could subconciously sabotage the Republican candidate.Money makes people do all kinds of things.I feel it was either corruption or irresponsibility by the Presidential Debate Committee, to allow this to get to this point, and perhaps allow it to slip through under the radar.
Looks encouraging doesn't it?
Is it that none of us seem to remember the Diebold Black Box e-machines with their vote dropping script in 33 states? Is it that none of us seem to be aware that the Repugnantcans are busy in the Swing States and many others fixing the number of voters with Voter Purge efforts, INVALIDATING REGISTRATIONS??
They intend to make it look like a Horse Race all the way to a photo Finish! Remember how none of us could believe that King George beat Kerry in Ohio, then found out that the deck was stacked, stacked, stacked???
GET READY TO DUMP ALL THE TEA IN THE POTOMAC!
In fairness there hasn't been a poll taken in Texas since the Republican post-convention bounce. Taken today, a poll would probably show McCain's lead here back down to 9 or 10...just a guess. It's still unacceptable to me that so many people in my home state would be blind to what is going on. Change is coming though...even in Texas...just wait about a decade and it'll be a swing state again.
Obama stood in front of the senate and gave the EXACT same speech he has been giving at campaign stops. This is pathetic, why are there so many people falling for his antics? I can put a speaker inside one of my shirts and put a jacket and pants with it, then speak through a microphone the very best words ever heard. In the end all you have is an empty suit with someone else’s words spoken with style coming from a speaker.
I can't wait for this race to be over,so I go back to not watching politics anymore. I used to hate this topic.
And the winner is...OBAMA!!!
People are finally becoming concerned about the 'real' things that matter; economy, jobs, keeping their homes, healthcare, national security, etc and not fear of terrorists behind every bush (no pun intended).
GO OBAMA!!! CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER!!!
I agree 100% with you Bruce, we can't get lax. We need to keep doing is working for us and do it 100 times better. Keep the momentum going. Keep up the good work everyone and make your donations as well!! Go Obama!!
Be prepared for more slimeball tactics from McCain and Palin. Losers in every sense of the word.
The most patriotic thing McCain can do now for his country is vote for Barack Obama. It's unpatriotic for him to continue to run with Sarah Palin on his ticket. The women is not smarter then a 5th grader. I wish I could debate her. Biden get's all the fun. Join WASP now!!! WomenAgainstSarahPalin
Missouri for Obama!!!
This is great news! But the only poll that matters is 11/4.
Don't get too excited yet, fellow Obama supporters.
Obama/Biden '08
Go McCain/Palin '08!!!
Obama will never get my vote!
Wake up people, he is a socialist! That concept will destroy America!
If McCain and Palin win the election, then I'm packing my bags. If Palin becomes President for whatever reason, I'm leaving the country. OOOHHH WAIT!!!!
That will never happen. Obama and Biden will be the next President and Vice-President of this country and restore our nation and our reputation to other countries.
For those that wished Hillary was selected as V-P; she should have thought about that before she started her negative attacks. I really like her, but she relied too much on her name as the ticket for winning the Primary.
Today is a HAPPY, HAPPY day!!!
OBAMA '08!!!
Well despite racism being alive and well in America enough ordinary people see that four years of McCain/Palen is a continuation of the past eight years and we can't afford that.
I see the smug look on the republican congressional leaders faces and wonder how working people can look at them and still vote republican?
I hear the same comments coming from the republican party today that my father heard from Herbert Hoover and his republican colleagues back in 1929. Folks, do you really want a repeat of a Great Depression?
Very encouraging! But a lot can happen in a month....
For those who say we democrats want the economy to tank...Do we look like we don't have anything to lose? I don't know about you but my family and I don't have seven houses and thirteen cars, and we work from nine to five and have to pay for college and we are barely getting by! Don't dehumanize us! We are in this mess together!
Dear lopez:
Concerning your shame with the polls in Texas. Don't be ashamed. After all, it's the state that gave us the idiot we have in the White House now. In another month, lord willing, we'll all be redeemed.
Just say NO to Bush 44.
I think the people are waking up in this country, not only about the economy but I think the thing that is hurting McCain now more than anything is his running mate Palin........after the few interviews she has had and how poorly she has done in them, she has shown us that she is not VP material.
Now the McCain campaign is keeping her on a ball and chain and keeping her out of the media, not letting the people of this country see her for who she really is. Letting her out there only when they want to put her out there and to say only what they have told her what to say. , she is the one dragging him down in the polls, but after all this is his VP choice and how he is Reapping what he has sown..........
Well despite racism being alive and well in America enough ordinary people see that four years of McCain/Palen is a continuation of the past eight years and we can't afford that.
I hear the same comments coming from the republican party today that my father heard from Herbert Hoover and his republican colleagues back in 1929. Folks, do you really want a repeat of a Great Depression?
You TX that will not last long.
I was a Hillary supporter who now happily and proudly supports Barack Obama here in Minnesota.
The time is now to stand up and take back the White House.
Register to Vote if you are not already registered. Make your voice be heard. Each of us does count but we must speak up in order to be counted!
Obama / Biden 2008
GO OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Smartest guy i have ever seen after CLINTON from our government
Republican destroyed the stock markets and other financial systems and now ask the democrats to bailout the mess Bush/Mccain created. Dont these McCain supporters feel shame on the last 8 years of Republican rule?
McCain is always for DEREGULATION. That deregulations let the CEOs of the big financial and other companies stole the people's money and made the companies bankrupt!
If this simple fact cannot be understood by the Republicans or PUMAS, they are real idiots!
We love you Obama !!!!!
9 hundred here 7 hundred there and not a mention what part of the state they polled. Those are not alot of people to change the map CNN. Its not even a fraction of people in each state and you have Obama clobbering McCan. Not to biased are we.
Let's hope and pray that this "enlightenment" toward Obama continues. It has been clear to me for some time that McCain and Palin would simply be dangerous for America in these difficult and complex times. We need a President and Vice-President with astute judgment coupled with practical experience on the major financial and foreign policy issues of this day. McCain and Palin are not these individuals. Obama and Biden are!
I think Gwen Ifill should remain as moderator. This is simply another attempt by extremist conservatives to distract Americans from the plain fact that Palin is a dangerous VP pick that lacks both experience and judgment and just plain old interest in the problems every American is facing right now. Gwen Ifill, in my opinion, is well-informed and practices true journalistic integrity. She will be fair and unbiased. I have no doubt. Regardless of who the moderator is, I still don't think that Palin has a chance a winning this debate! She is incomplete and incompetent-plain and simple.
Republicans are no longer organized enough to steal elections. Those of you who were bragging about how Kerry was up in 2004 and Bush won anyways need a psychiatrist.
Being right doesn't mean you're a winner You may have been right to say that Bush was going to win, but the country lost. Sad that you are still claiming sweet victory after he destroyed our country.
But, you probably don't see it that way since you seem to value being right over what's right.
For the survival of our country I pray to god people go out and vote Obama in large numbers in November.
Someone tell me, how can I get my vote to count? My state BLEEDS red, I know all the electoral votes will go to McCain anyway. Does my one little ole vote even count toward the total?
Vote Early to avoid lines!
Indeed, as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote, "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Go Barack!
Look Palin is not ready to be VP or God forbid us, President.
I hear all this talk on CNN today and all the rebups are staying she is soooooooooo ready.
How ignorant are these people. They will put our country in jepordy to have Palin as the first VP/ Pres.
Well as I see it and feel it and believe it Obama will win and will win by a large slide.
No more lies, no more anger, peace and love, remember
Dont let your guard down Obama!
We got your back too!
McCain is on the ropes and teetering-–Palin is back in the locker room hiding.
i have a question. Why are independent candidates like Bob Barr never given any media attention or included in any debates?
Wow, it seems that Russia, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Hugo Chavez, and Hamas also share your hopes of an Obama victory!!!
I wonder why that is??? Hey, maybe Biden can get up there and talk about what a great job President Truman did on television during the Civil War?!?!?!!
LOL!! Keep dreaming everyone.
McCain/Palin 08!!!!!
I do not believe in the polls,especially the cnn polls because they are in the tank for obama.the only polls that count is the one on 11/4. Houston Texas
I THINK MR. OH SO PRESIDENTIAL HIMSELF SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SEVERAL THINGS THAT HE REFUSES TO ANSWER. SEE ARTICLE BELOW:
Secret, Foreign Money Floods into Obama Campaign
Barack Obama campaign has raised a whopping $426.9 million — nearly twice that of John McCain's campaign. But Obama says more than half of his money comes from small donors giving less than $200 — and Obama won't disclose their names. Kenneth R. Timmerman reports on the strange donation activity, Khaddafi's claims about foreign fundraising for Obama and then meet Mr. Doodad
I HOPE MCCAIN ASKS HIM TO ABOUT THIS IN ONE OF THE DEBATES – OBAMA SHOULD BE MADE TO ANSWER!!
major gains – I think not!
I love the nepalm smell of change in the morning.
Wake up, everyone. We need you all.
Americans will always do the right thing, at the last minute.
I do not trust Sarah or John, after 8 years of Republican BULL I
want some person in the Whitehouse who can speak AND be
understood. I think Obama will explain things that involve the
normal American!
How do you ignoorant people believe that this economic crisis is the democrats fault when the republicans have been in control for the last 8 years.....are you serious? are Americans seriously thinking about voting for john mccain? how can you people be so ignorant? is it the race issue? has to be........it just has to be. americans would feel more safe picking a "maverick" and a hockey mom than an intelligent black man. ridiculous! WAKE UP AMERICA.......LOOK AT YOUR WALLETS........FOR GOD SAKE LOOK AT THE GAS PRICES!
Blah,Blah,Blah same lies & BS from Liberal Dems!!! Vote for MCCAIN/PALIN the team that actually fights for us common people
Please listen/watch the debate tonight – if that doesn't persuade you that McBush is just the wrong guy, then nothing will. while McCain is a great patriot, we need someone looking forward, not backward.
Your action counts on election day. Do your duty.
rg
I am not calling Obama Savior, Messiah or anything of the sort...I am calling him what we will ALL be calling him after Nov. 4th: MR. PRESIDENT. He is a charasmatic and inspiring individual and I will be proud to cast my vote for him.
OBAMA/BIDEN '08 & '12 YES WE CAN!!!!
I am a registered democrat, but right now I don't agree with all of the views of either candidate. Like voting yes on this bailout bill. Obama just said in his speech in the senate that this bill is NOT perfect. Make it perfect before you vote yes.
Maybe, just mayybe, the people in this country are finally waking up to the fact of how dangerous, wrong and out of touch McCain is for this country. Way to go Obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We absolutely must get this country going in another direction, and Obama is the only one who can do it! McCain is an irratable, sarcastic old man who cannot and will not accept the fact that people do not trust him or believe in him anymore. He has simply lied too much and distorted the truth to suit himself for many months now. He needs to face facts.
AMERICA WINS when Senator Obama becomes our next President.!
The McCain campaign is desperate and running UGLY ads.....it WON'T WORK this time!
OBAMA / BIDEN 08
The pollsters didn't contact me or people like me because we were probably AT WORK! You see, not everyone can be on welfare or in a mortgage crisis because somebody has to pay the taxes to subsidize this Socialist way of living!
Maybe the ad with Obamas long time "Reverend" should be shown in the swing states. Obama was indoctrinated in a culture of RACISM in his and his family's church. Hmmm, he decides to break off ties with this racist fanantic a few months ago (after being married by him and having his children baptized by him) and suddenly Obama is a "changed" man. You O-Cult kids are in for a great big surprise, when this wolf in sheeps clothing is exposed for the racist that he is. McCain/Palin 08. And oh yes, once again, this will not get posted because CNN does not want any thing negative against O – their messiah as well.
McCain fights for people like himself. THE RICH!
Polls are great. If Los Angeles Mayor was still alive you could ask him how reliable polls are. For those of you not in the know, Bradley was polling well ahead of Pete Wilson in the run for California Governor. Bradley lost. Don't underestimate the "Bubba" vote.
When an SNL skit makes a parody of you using your answers VERBATIM (translation for Sarah – that means "the exact same words in the order you used them"), you may have somewhat of a problem...
Memorizing talking points and then getting them mixed up will do nothing for your and McCain's campaign! So keep it up!
OBAMA/BIDEN '08!!!
Anticipating an Obama victory, media talking heads in a self-congratulatory gesture have proclaimed:
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Where have we heard that before?
I am an independent. I have decided to vote for the Democrats this time. McCain is a politician of the 20th century not the 21st. We need new ideas and vision we need energy to face the challenges of this rapidly changing new world.
The sad part is the Republicans have NO ONE left who could do better than McCain. The other primary candidates were much worse. The veneer of civilization is wearing off the Republicans and they're being exposed as the party of the rich "i've got mine, so screw you" point of view. They have no solutions for many of the major problems of our time.
the beating will continue until morale improves:
You're wrong dude; on October 1, 2004, Kerry and Bush were tied, after bush was up by 5 to 9 points a week earlier.
But facts, never get in the way of right wing BS.
HA HA HA
THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE VA IS A BATTLE GROUND STATE.
JOHN MCCAIN WILL WIN VA EVEN IF HE LOOSE THE ELECTION (WHICH IS HIGHLY UNLIKLY) HE WILL WHEN VIRGINIA.
WE ARE THE HOME CHRISTIAN RIGHT!!
Now here come the republicans with their racism attacks using the reverent wright and others. McCain can't stick to the issues because he is on the wrong side of all issues important to working Americans.
John McCain and his silly running mate Sarah Palen have been proven by their own words to be lairs, now they want to add racism to their resume's.
An Obama victory means the end of the world as we know it but the people are too blind to see it.
I just don't understand this "common people" line. McCain wears $500 shoes and is at present selling a mansion in the desert. Palin, I understand, and her family brought in $250,000. On the day she was nominated at the convention, her silk jacket cost $2500. In what way are either of these families "of the people." If they are, I truly don't know the right people for I do not have anything like this kind of money to spend. Let's get real. If you look at Biden and Obama, they appear to have the stronger "family values" that get bandied around. Neither one has been divorced and I believe they each have only one house. Please stop this stupid talk about either one of these people, Palin and McÇain, being "of the people" or "six pack people." for neither fit this criteria!!!!!
YES WE CAN! there is nothing that can stop this movement...NOTHING!
Osama/Obama is ready to Bomb,Bomb, Bomb Afghanistan. Do we need another war. Get our troops out of Iraq, But certainly don't move them to another War. Whose the idiot now!!!!!
TO ALL OBAMA VOTERS, VOTE EARLY! DON'T WAIT TILL NOVEMBER AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO WAIT. FOR SURE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST TURN OUT.
MCCAIN VOTERS YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE YOUR MIND AFTER THE REPORT ON PALIN COMES OUT ON 10/10/08, IF IT FINDS PALIN DID ABUSE HER POWERS IN THE TROOPERGATE. IF THIS IS THE CASE VOTE BARR OR RON PAUL!
DO NOT IGNORE THE REPORT AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE TICKET, IT IS MORALLY WRONG TO VOTE CORRUPTION INTO OFFICE.
Yeah the McCain/palen is fighting for you working people, their fighting to put you in the poor house. McCain is promoting more of the same Bush policies that ship your jobs overseas and give tax breaks to the wealthy elite.
With friends like that, who needs enemies?
The article asked the following question, "What's behind this shift for Obama?" The answer would have to be the liar he is running against.
I see one article where the republicans are trying to resurrect Rev. Wright to try to scare white supporters. It will not work. No weapon formed against Sen. Obama will prosper.
Obama/Biden 08
come on people lets turn this whole country blue including florida ohio just seen this dispicable rev wright ad THESE PEOPLE LIKE BUSH WILL STOP AT NOTHING IT DONT HAVE TO BE TRUE THEY THROW MUD AGAINST THE WALL AND HOPE IT STICKS WELL IT WONT WORK THIS TIME THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT FIT TO RUN MY AND YOUR COUNTRY
McCain's erratic and risky moves include: (1) the choice of Palin wiithout properly vetting her, (2) the attempt to cancel the first debate, (3) the attempt to insert himself in the bailout negotiations and look like he was in charge. These moves are not paying off in these unsettling times and his comment that the economy was fundamentally sound as the crisis was emerging was a major gaffe..
More gains will be made by the Obama/Biden ticket in the next 30+ days until the election. I don’t think it is as close as the poles suggest, as I talk with others Obama has more support among all voters. But my question is, why was Obama condemned for not wearing a FLAG pin and for the last three weeks McCain has not had one on?
It's quite interesting to see what Right wingers will say when times get desperate. They really show their true colors. They start mentioning Rev. Wright, Tony Rezco, Obama's a Muslim, a Socialist, etc, etc. These are fearful and ignorant people who try to fan the flames of their own ignorance and fear. And being a white male, I notice that my fellow white males are the most likely to hold these views. I'm not surprised.
I just contributed a million dollars to the McCain campaign.
Do people even know what change Obama promises actually means?
LET'S TURN MO BLUE!
Change We Can Believe In
Change We Have Been Looking For
Change We Need
The Real Change
We're idiots. God help us.
McSame you are desperate, every time you put out an attact add bashing Obama, _____. I send Obama a big donation. McSame now pick a Republican Hugh Hiwitt to interview Palin so he can ask her sily Question that she can answer, and hoping that she will get the Hillary supporters. Well I got one thing to say to you McSame it will not work we are not stupid with all your lies and gimmmicks .Hear me It will not work. "Go Obama & Biden Go"
HEY OBAMA/BIDEN SUPPORTERS WE NEED TO EMAIL CNN EVERYDAY IF NEEDED FOR THEM TO TALK ABOUT THE KEATING 5!
AND INVESTIGATE TROOPERGATE!
WHERE IS INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM?
GOD BLESS AMERICA
To Michael Ray Thompson
You are an ignorant racist bigot. I am a middle aged white female independant voter and Obama supporter. I have no problem for those that support McCain for policy reasons but because of ignorant people like you maybe we need an IQ test to be able to vote. After all Bush got in twice and this country is going to the crapper. I can only hope and pray that you are in the "minority of stupid" that votes that way for the good of this country!
Obama/Biden
Nothing like unbiased reporting, huh CNN? The last time the liberal networks tried to cook the polls, it didn't work either. Americans are more intelligent than you give them creit for. I don't want either one for President, but I know I don't want Obama. He will destroy this country.
NObama...No Way... No How
I am a former democrat and Hillary supporter who will never vote for Obama!
He is a smooth talking universalist who lacks authenticity, integrity, a moral center and American values!
Vote McCain/Palin 08 for authentic reform that will change America for the better!
No way, no how, no Obama!
I prefer straight talk to smooth talk!
Former democrat and Hillary supporter for McCain/Palin 08!
Change is coming to Washington.
Last week the McCain people suspended his compaign. Now staring into the abyss that are the polls # he will probaly end it. We are seeing the near collapse of the McCain compaign now.
Desperate move.
This time there is no little trick that can bring his campaign up.
Landslide Obama/Biden 08/12.
Folks around the country are beginning to wake up to the nightmare of McCain/Palin and understand not only how important this next election is, but that Obama and Biden are the only logical, sane choice to make.
Both men are intelligent, hardworking and will truly face the many challenges that lie ahead of us. They have ideas, plans and the ability to rally the American public and elected officials to get things done.
We cannot afford another 4 years of Bush's failed policies. Thank goodness people are finally getting it!
Great news, but no time for complacency.
Obama/Biden '08
Yes We Can!
Obama would destroy America's economy with his tax plan plus his energy plan, and he would also diminish her military.
No way ! No how! No Obama!
This must be the reason for all the negative ads coming on in the battle groung state. I wondered how long it would be before the Republicans took Rev. Wright out of the closet. This is called runnung scared. Senator Obama was very upfront in answering all the questions he could regarding his old pastor....
McCain and Sarah Palin on the other hand....her church looks very interesting...witches and the end of the world in Alaska. John McCain has Keating 5 which never seems to come up. Nothing about his church...cause he doesn't go.
Desperation is a bad things...
lies lies lies conservative lies – yes, McCian/Palen will work on getting your money and leaving you destitute.
Vote Obama/Biden
How sad for us, that this man is going to be the next President. Really is this empty suit the best we can do
The "smooth talk express" is charging full steam ahead! Will America be fooled again by another guy they would most like to have a beer with?
More lies since you won't post a conservative opinion. How do you people sleep at night pushing out your lies to the public??
St. Louis supports Barack Obama/Joe Biden!
Get out the vote.............make sure all you know are registered!!
I'm from Missouri........my excitement is guarded.
This is a repeat of the contest against HillBilly. He is steady, methodical, persistent as he slowly wins support. McCain and his supporters will continue to unleash a barrage of ad homonen diatribe because that is all they have.
10 years sober
"Barack Obama skipped 45 percent of Senate votes, but did manage to show up to vote against emergency funding for our troops,” the narrator says in the new 30-second spot from Veterans for Freedom.
“Obama was chairman of the committee overseeing the fight against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan but never held a single hearing. “…Obama found time to make 45 trips to Iowa but only two trips to Iraq."
Say no to Obama This is not change This is Obama on an ego trip Wake up America before it is too late.
This former DC attorney and political analyst predicts a comfortable Obama victory.
Buy your ammunition and rebel flags now, comrades. After January 20, they will be illegal.
find it utterly hilarious how 99.9% of these wacko liberal CNN bloggers are trying to convince the other 99.9% wacko liberal CNN bloggers to vote for Obama (because they're the ONLY ones CNN will allow to post).
You’re preaching to the choir, people! 99.9% of American voters don’t even know that these tickers/blogs exist – and couldn’t care less if they did. So enjoy talking to each other and feeling “important” – NO ONE ELSE cares!
And in terms of politics and the polls — IT'S STILL A LONG WAY TO NOVEMBER!
John McCain is making the same fatal mistake that the other previous contenders made when sparring with Obama. They brand this fighter as " inexperienced" and it is not working. The McCain Camp is only jabbing with the " inexperienced " theme. They continue to underestimate this crafty young fighter who has dodge many blows from both sides of the political ring. That last match with the Clintons was won halfway through the bout. The McCain camp thinks they are fighting a lightweight match because Obama is young. Obama is a heavyweight. They are hitting below the belt with scare tactics to divert people from the real issues and this could backfire. In the debate McCain constantly said to “ Senator Obama doesn’t understand..". What McCain fails to understand is that if he don't truly start to recognize Obama's skills in politics, he could find himself faced down in the ring in November.
I find it utterly hilarious how 99.9% of these wacko liberal CNN bloggers are trying to convince the other 99.9% wacko liberal CNN bloggers to vote for Obama (because they're the ONLY ones CNN will allow to post).
You’re preaching to the choir, people! 99.9% of American voters don’t even know that these tickers/blogs exist – and couldn’t care less if they did. So enjoy talking to each other and feeling “important” – NO ONE ELSE cares!
And in terms of politics and the polls — IT'S STILL A LONG WAY TO NOVEMBER!
JT, just stating fact. Obama is a socialist, and if you need further proof, go to the DSUSA website and compare the Obama economic program (the one he had in the primaries, not the one he is using now) to theirs. They are virtually identical in some respects.
Fact is, America is going socialist, and in the way that the socialists like Norman Thomas predicted that it would.
You can look it up.
Jay Moyer really shouldn't be preaching revolution. After all, the dems are against gun ownership. Hard to win a revolution with tofu and organic granola.
Hopefully, people are beginning to wake up.
Nifty60, seen MSNBC lately? It is basically the DNC's commuications office. And don't get me going on Rather, or the twerp from the Times that came on Letterman and flipped off Cheney and Bush. Yeah, unbiased reporting, brought to you from the liberal bastions in Boston, Philadephia, and NYC.
Don't like it, don't watch it, and don't come to my farm looking for food when Obamanomics fails as miserably as it is in Venezuela right now.
We must remember the real poll on November 4th.... rock the vote and get rid of the GOP.... we all now see that GOP means:
G = Good
O = Old boy
P = Party
America is for all not the selected few..... "Rich Folks" it is for the 90% of us making >250K a year
Obama and Biden - the change America can not do without!
thanks God, finally people are seeing through this, 8 years of bad policies are really enough, something is always better than nothing...
Blue baby, blue and blue now!!!!
I guess so, anybody with half a brain would vote for the Obama ticket. After watching Sarah for the last two or three days, I'm ready to vote now. I wish they'd open the polls tonight, forget the debates, let's go.
God bless you Beau Biden, come back safe.
Obama/Biden 08
"Aint no stoppin' us now, we're on the move..."
Obama/Biden 08
Let's have some fun and send more donations to Obama. Then watch MCain try to scramble all over the country to battle Obama in all these states – like trying to stop the tide from coming in to the beach.
Okay, we have 33 more days to go. Just 33 more days until we can really make a difference and we will soon prevail. Our country is counting on us.
We will take our country back and we will do the best we can to change all the hateful policies of the Bush Administration.
Hard to believe people are so easily swayed back and forth. Doesn't matter what they do or say, or how polished they are with their speeches. Too many people cast their vote based on empty promises. It's all about basic principles..........either you like more taxes on everything or you don't!!
To all Obama supporters, Independents, and Leaning Republicans. Be on notice for a bombshell, "October Surprise". Do not let it falter you. Stay strong. We only have 1 month to go, then we can take a deep breathe, and enjoy Clinton-esque utopia.
The suggestion that Sarah's "Troopergate probe" is being run by the Obama campaign is just way too ridiculous!
This probe was started before John McCain selected her and she welcomed the probe but, now with those outside the Alaska Inner Circle watching, Sarah wants to go hide.
John McCain doesn't even know how many homes he owns. Do you think he is really going to solve our economic problems? Really. He is not, and the reason he won't is because he doesn't think there is a problem. The circles that he travels in are light years away from the average person.
Sure, he gives bar-b-ques for reporters, but that's just because he wants favorable press. Otherwise they are considered pawns in his game of life.
Obama/Biden 08
to Italy, --if you are from italy, you have NO say...
save your time and use it to better your grammar.
Barbara Walters asked Elizabeth Hecklehoff why she thought Sarah Palin would make a good president. Elizabeth immediately asked her why she thought Barack would make a good president, like an eight year old.
The view is hillarious with Elizabeth. She is such a clown.
Obama/Biden 08
Time for truth about Obama, enough media cover up!
I hope the race won't be close so that there won't be any dispute as to whether or not the winner wins. I also hope the winner is Barack Obama.
I'm really glad to see Bill Clinton back on the trail supporting Obama. Obama has been working his but off trying to get votes. He could still use help from the "Big Dogs" who haven't done too much to help him out. Obama has been carrying his own weight but some of the other leaders need to step it up now.
Save that hamburger for next week. Donate five dollar to the Obama campaign today!
Dear Senator Obama
many many people are behind you, we have hope for our children, for their children, for ourselves,
this week in my block alone, 6 new signs in different front yards with your Name on it, were placed, more and more people realize that tehre are people that truly love this country no matter their race, their skin color, their name..
you keep inspiring so many people, so many from little kids to the oldest .........
may you and the senators, workers around you be guided by the ideals that guided our founding fathers who wanted a better america for us , not just democrats not just republicans, not just independents, but for ALL AMERICANS
we need you voice and you in the white house more than ever
Obama Biden 2008,2012,
i just got a email stating that the mcain campain sending absentee ballot application to registered democrates or people who have donated to the obama campain which is dilberately misleading people and it has postage-paid,retuyrn address that are for election clerks out of state. people votes will end up not counting and pedople could ne cited for election fraud saying that you already voted absentee. which is only happening in swing stted if i get one i'm turning them in to the obama head quarters.
The rethugs are out in droves. They are calling on the ghost of Rev Wright (I guess it's October), and other stupid tricks. Keep your heads up America and register as many people as you can. We need to take our country back, now more than ever.
McCain's rantings about reform is nothing more than a ploy to make people believe he's a changed man. Well, he's not. He's the same man who cheated on his wife, left his kids and used everyone to get to where he is today. Let's not reward him. He says he cares about this country, but do you really think he cares? Anyone who would leave the country in the hands of Sarah Palin, does not care about this country.
McCain cares about himself. His mother raised him stupidly, and he shouldn't be rewarded–at all.
Obama/Biden 08
Just wait until the VP, and the two remaining presidential debates.
Obama-Biden '08
barack has moral values. palin wears baby polar bear hat in alaska.
If you don't think the Obama tax increases are going to be payed by you,your'e dumb.The companies are going to add it to your price,every thing you buy!!!
I'm waiting for Texas to turn BLUE and for the lights to come on in people's heads in my home state. Why the dickens is our state doing still red? That is utterly ridiculous!!
AMERICANS ARE SLOW TO SUSPECT
DISHONESTY & DISHONOR, BUT LORD
HELP YOU WHEN WE DO. BUSH & MCGREEDY
WILL NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF THIS
NATION BE CONSIDERED HONORABLE MEN.
BUSH, MCBUSH & LOBBYISTS TO THEIR ETERNAL
SHAME HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO
DESTROY US & THIS NATION. MAY THEY REST IN HELL.
When Hillary started losing, I thought Howard Wolfson, her communications director, was losing his mind. He creeped me out because he would get on television EARLY in the morning and wouldn't even say hello to the host. He would just start spewing hateful things about Obama, and he looked possessed. It was scary.
I'm so glad that part of the campaign is over. I've seen him since then, and he actually looks normal now.
Obama/Biden 08
I am so glad Florida is stepping up. Last time Bush and his family stole the campaign by cheating. I can't wait to see what McCain is planning to do this time. Obama all the way..........
do not forget to vote,,,,, and remember whose told the truth adn is workin for you,,,, one lies and fabricates things to his liking,,, the other is true and workin for us,,,,, obama/biden 08 and beyond
For you that are still undecided, just watch the Palin/Couric interview. If that doesn't convince you that Palin is is not ready, then you probably believe that the economy is fine. Just vote on election day, tell everyone you know to vote. We have to, we must win. Just do it!!
Yeah for Obama! I am so happy to see Georgia pink....I have been so blue living in a red state. This could be a very historic election...get registed in Georgia to vote by Oct. 6, 2008.
I can feel the change coming!
The whole country is excited for a new administration, this is a time for the US to Shine again...happy days are here again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vote and Volunteer for Obama
I'm sure he gained ground in OH with acorn leading the voter registration fraud in OH yesterday. Along with dem jennifer brunner heading the voter registration fraud.
To Jim Schimmer – obama and the dem. lead congress has already destroyed our economy and they really want us to be a third world country so obama can play dictator. PLUS I know cnn does not post my blogs, 'cause no one ever replies to them.
I love all these people saying that McCain will destroy our economy, or that Bush's policies are to blame for the economic crisis. Ok, explain. I'll save you time, none of you can. You're repeating what obama says like polly parrots, completely ignorant of what you're saying. If not, then tell me what Bush policies specifically are the ones that caused it. Or what exactly McCain will to to collapse our economy. I can tell you that obamas socialist policies are a proven failure (democrats and liberals are incapable of learning from history though) and would collapse the economy. And don't be too upset if McCain wins Ohio & Florida....left-leaning news sources tend to inflate numbers.....
To all of you Obama suppoters , if he is a head it is only a dream, weit November I will vote McCaine , why Obama dont have experience and right now we need a man who leed America not DisneyLand
–Italy
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There are lots of things I want to say, but I'll be nice. Welcome to the country, and please try to improve your English grammar.
Vote for McCain, that's what this country is about, but if Obama gets more votes, you will have to ACCEPT the fact that more people voted for him. Unlike Italy, we don't like dictators, and that's why we're voting McCain's party (GOP) out.
By the way, I'm twenty minutes away from Disneyland, and the company is run a whole lot better than our country has been run this last 8 years.
Don't forget Italy, "America, she's a beautiful country because of her diversity".
Stop calling McCain a Maverick...is this the only vocabulary word republicans and Palin have for him. All I hear from the republicans is that John McCain is a Maverick.... Okay...got that...is there anything other words someone might like to use when speaking of McCain?
3% for Nader in Florida? Do these people never learn? Obama is only 5% ahead, get with the program!
Otherwise, it's great to see these trends–I hope they continue! Obama/Biden '08!
well lets hope that obama have an october surprise to counter attack them. go obama
OBAMA ,YOU JUST LOOK LIKE THE GREASTEST PRESIDENT EVER.
President Barak Obama will restore HONOR TO THE WHITE HOUSE!!!
Tommorrow's Debate will send the OBAMA/BIDEN ticket through the roof!!!
OBAMA has shown excellent judgement again!!!!!!!!!
Obama is the bomb!!!! I cannot wait till Nov 4th, I can barely wait. I will be up until every vote in state is counted and will be celebrating the historic moment that can only happen in our great nation, the United States of America. Rejoice America! Rejoice!
I am so happy for Obama,,,,,,,,If Obama win I am going to run outside and kiss the ground because is lifetime history maken I wish my mom and grandmom could see this historic event
Obama/Biden 08/12
11 points in Minnesota! That's much closer to reality than that 1-point nonsense they had after the RNC convention. After a 36-year streak, Minnesota staying blue is as certain as gravity.
Glad to see other states are seeing the light as well.
In light of what has been found out about Gwen Ifill, it would naturally imply, Biden already knows the questions that will be asked?? I believe some people are lacking intellectual acuity to accept the debate as being fair. In regards to Obama, again too many of us seem not to see what’s before our very own eyes!
lew
yeah people are finally getting the message. if you want REAL change and if you are tired of being blatantly LIED to vote OBAMA/BIDEN '08!
If or when Obama wins, it would be so nice for everyone all over the world ,from different countries, to be telecasted live waving millions and billions of american flags(sort of like live-aid or the olympics). That will show some sense of respect from other countries, and make us feel even more proud to be an american. JoBAMA '08
So how many of you Obamanuts supported Bush and his war when it started? He had about 75% or more approval from the American people. There must be a lot of you that are pretty ignorant and you are falling for it again. It only takes a motto to be repeated over and over and you believe it. You guys are really good that you can turn against someone and be so vicious. Maybe it's because you feel guilty for having been so stupid?
"I said thanks but no thanks" must not realize that his 'god' Obama and his follower Biden both voted for funding the bridge every time it came up for a vote, even after Palin had already determined that it wasn't going to work. But I guess they can be excused for being so ignorant. After all, they are just like you!
In a way I almost hope Obama will win so that it can be proved that he is not presidential, will not improve our standingin the world but in fact make it worse, he will not complete even a few of his far-reaching tax spending giveaways, he will not work with anyone in the Republican party and will whine the entire time that Republicans are partisan, and he will end up raising taxes. It would be a prayer answered.
"In what respect Joe???" ........ Just a teaser from tomorrow's vice presidential debate.
"I'm in north carlina" SHUT UP. How old are you? 3? Your republicans have surprised america ENOUGH..
they surprised us with Palin
..should I list more surprises?
its just you making yourself feel better by THINKING that MAGIC tricks will happen with republicans...but the truth of the matter is...
JOHN McCain is running a sleazy campaign, LIES, FLIP FLOP...HYPOCRITE, more to list?
America do not need energy from Sara the Pain clown...she is incompetent....she is dumb. seriously...she should be a contestant in FOX's " are you smarter then a 5th grader"...
REPUBLICANS are SCREWED....everything backfired..
The problem with people, they can't see past the end of their noses when it comes to Obama. Come on people wake up. This man hasn't really done anything to convince me to vote for him, and I am a 37 year registered Democrat. I always voted for who the Democrat was, but notthis time. This man hides behind race, hides behind other people'sworks, by taking the credit for things he was against or had nothing todo with. It sickens me just to see he new what was going on before it happened. Look who ran the committee to chose the V.P.. And this also sickens me that Joe said how in experienced that Obama was and then takes the back seat to this man. I guess any road to the White House is the road for Joe. Democrat's for McCain are many more then most would believe. We want a leader
that can truly lead and not a leader that is going to look at others to
run the White House. How naive people are. McCain 08
I hope people keep waking up!! this is out man!! Bush's administration has put us in turmoil and we do not need a repeat. with smoke screens (Palin and red capes to save the day) What I do with is they stop bashing each other. I have another queston WHERE IS VICE PRES DICK HIDING???? Probably trying to count his money and put it under his bed from the dropping stocks. It's all about them. Smoke screens can't fool everyone. We need a fresh new perspective not old stories and nimrods answering questions that they have tried to do a 'quick study on. Plain and simple Palin is Mccain's smoke screen and sympathy grabber. Next there will be Utube vidoe saying 'Leave Sarah aloooone!' Come on. Smell the coffee...I want fresh coffee not old stale coffee in a pretty cup.