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National polls are not the ones to be watching now. State polls are and they give Obama well more than the 270 he needs, even without the toss up states.

Yep. Bound to happen. Don't trust polls. Need to Vote.

Good Luck the polls have varied widely but the universal result Obama leads nationally and in all the key state races.

In spite of the devisive hate-filled fearmongering by the right-wing ignorencia.

Obama is the only candidate who has maintained his honor, and who is not afraid of boogie-men.

The GOP has one message for americans BE AFRAID!!!

Cowardice is not an American Value!!!!

Funny. RCP poll of polls actually has OBAMA increasing his lead. MMMMMM! Funny how some polls are higher and some lower. But what are the polls saying in the battleground states. That is right, they are growing larger support for OBAMA. And funny how this CNN poll was lambasted by the Repubs on here when Obama was way ahead, but now it is suddenly believable.. FUNNY!! Go to Gallop.. they also have OBAMA increasing his lead. Funny only CNN has his lead decreasing. I would like the zip codes of the phone calls and the # of registered dems and repubs for this survey before making a true analysis.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08'

If Barry wins we sure as heck will see it in 2011. Of course we'll be unemployed, out of our homes, yet still having to pay taxes. But Barry and his family will be living just fine, as will Oprah, the Rev., Bill Ayers, and all of Obama's other pals.

And you koolaid drinkers will still be here saying what a great president he is. He brought the world together! Yeah, to gang up on the U.S. because he made us weak. There's a word for you all – gullable.

No AlGore, global warming does not exist. We are in the midsts of the biggest snowstorm ever, Snowstorm Obama.

Obama 08 – Pulling a fast one on America.

People are not Crazy. Enough is Enough

"Ronad Reagan"? Is that Ronald Reagan's gonad challenged brother?

If Obama loses I truly believe the republicans would have stolen this election again. My family will be doing pretty darn good under McCain. will be getting a $6,000 tax break.

I voted for Obama. I be paying extra tax under Obama, but I believe in helping your fellow American.

Wisconsin Girl, dream on, Obama The President.

Finally CNN admitted that race is closing in.. Up until now it was defiant.

I would also ask Jack (Cafettery) to ask the question if Media has run a honest campaign? He asked us to comment on McCain. how about little introspaction and asking themselves.

Am I seeing this posted?

the republicans never stole it, your party just keeps running losers.

Good for McCain!

Obama thinks he can BUY the presidency - I will be extrmely happy if the voters prove him wrong.

Obama's ego is frightening...the man needs a lesson in humility.

This is my first time voting for a republican!!

It's not hard to understand that the race is tightening.

With stories about Obama's "beloved" aunt living in a Boston slum (she supposedly can't even afford a real cane and uses a metal rod) and questions over whether she is even here legally, are you surprised?

Isn't he supposed to be "his brother's and his sister's keeper"? If he can't care for the aunt he claimed in his book to love, then how is he going to care for millions of strangers?

Too bad it takes the British press to come here and expose the story.

All I have to say is VOTE

The only polls that will really matter are the votes on election day, I really don't pay too much attention to the media hype because your ratings are misleading. McCain is going to lose and the voters won't have buyers remorse because we want "Change" not McSame we're tired of the Republicans that's our buyer's remorse for the last eight years.

Obama for President

Everyone who voted or plans on voting for Senator Oblama should be having Buyer's Remorse; the man is as phoney as a $3 bill and not even a natural born citizen of the USA!

JOHN & SARAH ALL THE WAY!

ROFLMAO! What polls are you guys using? Even RCP says this is a 6.2 point race ... which is 0.8 down from Monday ... and 1.3 down from last thursday – but UP 1.2 on October 19 (which gets most of the polls and trackers completely after the last debate).

Look – history, on the most part – shows that it is the challenger – not the incumbent (person or party) that surges in the final 2 weeks. That is why most races tighten. HOWEVER – this year is an exception because the challenging party started October in the lead and if you look at the trend for the month of October – Obama is increasing his lead ... not diminishing it.

Ofcourse McCain will say that to Mr President. The only thing remaining will be Mr Maverick and Mrs Maverick accepting the fact.
GO Blues!!!
Go Obama/ Biden

Gallup tracking polls show Obama is gaining, not losing, among likely voters, as do many other recent polls. This story is mainly about the fact that an "expert" says sometimes something happens in elections, except when they don't. I could've told you that!

If you look at the averages of the major Polls, it's been hovering around a 6 percent Obama lead for a while now, and holding steady.

But the polls can be wrong. Get out there and vote, people.

The only remorse I have is lying about being a plummer!

We cannot let the Republicans have 4 more yrs!! Please get out and vote for Obama!!!

I for one am glad to see a tightening.
We need to make sure we are all sweating bullets so that not one single voter thinks it's OK to stay home cause it's "in the bag."

Get out and VOTE!!

This country needs OBAMA!!

Asking CNN to stop this!!!

While the national polls I'm looking at have tightened a point or two (Obama has a 7-8 point lead), the battleground polls look as good as ever. But I have no doubt a closer race is better for ratings - and probably better for Democratic turnout - so by all means, go with it

THAT STILL PROBABLY WON'T BE ENOUGH IN KEY STATES. IF ELECTORIAL COLLEGE ELECTED BUSH IT MOST CERTAINLY CAN ELECT OBAMA.

Why aren't you reporting the fact that he bussed in school children to fill the seats in the Defiance auditorium. MSNBC says more than 4,000 school children were brought in for a total count around 6,000 folks showing up. Doesn't sound like a a tightening to me.

Finally people are beginning to see the light!

McCain/Palin all the way!

i pray to God that these crooks don't steal another one! b/c if they do, i will leave USA!!!! i will become a citizen of any other county that is fair and not run by criminals!! i can't believe this crap! Vote people and pray that God sees to us getting the right man in office!

obama/biden 08

Thanks CNN! Though I don't believe it, you are helping Obama's case that the race is not over and this will ensure that the turnout will be HUGE! I can't wait!

Obama/Biden '08

Told you Demwits, 'IT'S NOT OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS'

The Polls speak for themselves, Come Nov 4 all will

VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN THE MAIN STREET CANDIDATES

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The FAUX poll out today of likely voters showed a narrowing but it has been found (according to Ambider's blog) that FAUX changed the sampling in Repugs favor a bit which may explain the tightening.

Regarding polls I use to look at realclearpolitics.

I'm thinking that may be Racist reporting!

Why is McCain so upset that Obama CHANGED HIS MIND about public financing after he saw that it would be better for his campaign to allow us to make small donations? Public financing does not contribute to the problems facing this country. Obama has not lied or changed his mind about anything that will affect the american people. McCain has voted with Bush 90% of the time and wishes to continue on his policies. Those are the things that are worth looking into.

Obama/Biden 08

Shut up!!! This former independent is now a democrat. I can not vote for someone who preaches hate and racism. I am a white women who is disqusted with the GOP. I want to unite this country not divide it.

What happens when the count the military vote and all the absentee ballots. You know the military loves McCain. Quit saying it's being stolen and face facts....people don't like the invisible policy that Obama is trying to sell.

There are disgruntled voters who are not showing up in the polls. They are switching parties (hillary voters for McCain-pumas and McCain supporters wooed by Obama). There is a third bloc that are from both parties who are voting 3rd party and independents going third party.

There is a third party debate tonight in Ohio. Of course, McCain and Obama are too pompous to acknowledge a large portion of voters who they are not even close to connecting with.

They think we're "wacky" for wanting smaller government, more freedom, lower taxes, no war, right to choose, rights to marry (who we choose). These are things that are fundamentally American. Most that I talk to agree with these things....then they proudly march off to the voting booth wearing red or blue and pull a lever against their principles. Then we get more of the same...I don't have to wonder why.

GO VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE

This is ridiculous. If McCain wins, something stinks. McCain has lost his judgment and Palin is CLEARLY not qualified and not smart.

Please, God, don't let McCain pull off a Bush upset. All of the kooky Palin claims aside, and BS accusations about Obama being pals with terrorists (oh come on!) things will be in utter ruin if McCain/Palin win.

Only 26 million people watched Obama's infomercial--70 million watch Sarah Palin's TV debate-–duh?

She'll bury Obama in 2012 when she no longer has McCain hanging around her neck.

Senator McCain made one huge mistake in picking Sarah Palin thinking that women would vote for her just because she is a woman. When a woman enters the White House as President or Vice President – we women want one who knows her stuff. Senator McCain said that he would run an honorable campaign and definitely has not done that. To tell the truth – all that sticks with me about what he & Sarah Palin has said thus far is them being negative and Sarah Palin winking and blinking during the debate.

Please..I don't believe the polls..I want to see what the people do on Nov.4th....Obama 08'

Five points in the popular vote and a landslide in the Electoral College.

In this Red/Blue almost evenly divided country, 5 points is a landslide.

Carter only won the popular vote by 2 points but won an electoral landslide against Ford. And that was after Watergate and pardoning Nixon.

Don't forget cellphones are not being accounted for (just a best guess by the pollsters).

ENOUGH with the polls! Spend your money elsewhere. We are sick and tired of hearing about this poll and that poll, who is ahead, who is behind, etc.

STOP ALREADY!

Told you Demwits, 'IT'S NOT OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS'

The Polls speak for themselves, Come Nov 4 all will

VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN THE MAIN ST CANDIDATES

No the polls everywhere have shown some daily tightening. The McCain smears and innuendo, repeated often enough, have had an effect. It will all come down to getting out the vote. If you believe in your candidate enough, you will make the effort to vote. Every one will count.

who cares about the national polling ... give me the state by state polling, at least that means more.

in any case, this was always going to be a close race, at least in raw numbers ... and, jack, the other candidates, when taken together, aren't likely to have an appreciable effect. relatively speaking, the two "viable" third party candidates are barr and nader, and they'll probably take roughly the same percentage of votes from mccain and obama, respectively. at the very least, they'll minimize the impact of the other on the overall election.

A poll is a poll.

A vote is a vote.

Its only the votes that will matter on November 4 ... and then, they'll begin polling the hell out of us again on November 5.

Can we bring back Bush for a third term and Karl Rove and Cheney. I think they have done a great job for this country.

In ordinary races, the old saying, "It ain't over 'til it's over," is common. However, this race is NOT ordinary - and neither is JOHN MCCAIN. I have been shocked to hear so many people say they have voted early and for McCain, and just today - that number is getting higher. It's never a good thing to count those chickens.

If Mr. McCain pulls this one off, heaven help our country. With all his negative emphasis, without telling us what he is going to do positively, it is a shame if we Americans have to live with such a fear monger. I read today that about one-fourth of Texans still believe Mr. Obama is a Muslim. I guess many, many Americans have not learned how to read or gather facts. With the sound bites, that seems to be the best way to reach too many who just don't want to learn the facts. The tax ads he places must be effective. I couldn't live with myself if I told such fibs. It is nice that I am as old as I am where I didn't have to grow up in such fear. When we had dangers in the past, and we had plenty, somehow our leaders gave us hope and we worked together as Americans. Shame on the fear-mongers...they owe the American public an apology for their tactics.

I'm not sure I believe this. It simply doesn't follow what I'm seeing and hearing, Unless there is this silent majority that is voting for McCain.

Why do national polls matter? Last time I checked, they have nothing to do who wins the election. State by state polls are the only things that matter. And by my count, Obama is WAY ahead in the electoral count.

Good day!

Let them spew this crap – Obama will win. There is no way the people/country will alow this to happen again. I don't buy it.

Basically all your political pundits and pollsters are idiots. You don't know anything more than we do and history has proven you guys wrong many many times. All we can do is go and vote. Believing you guys is crazy. Keep your ratings up and earn your keep by crunching numbers and we'll just ignore you.

Also, look at the state numbers. Obama only needs PA, CO, and VA in addition to the traditional Dem states and he has these.

Nice of CNN to ignore all the other polls – just like FOX. But that's okay – the closer it is the more likely voter turnout will be high and Obama will win..

"It was a wicked and wild wind, blew down the doors to let me"

Viva La Obama.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HAPPY WITH OBAMA'S ARROGANCE AND HOLLYWOOD SPECTACLES. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT IN A PRESIDENT. THE MAN IS IN LOVE WITH HIMSELF AND COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO ARE DROOLING ALL OVER HIM.

Which poll is this? What was the sample size? Who did they poll? All of these go into how accurate a poll really is. I am not saying the race is tightening but not all polls are equal

I have come to the conclusion that all News channels are using these poll numbers to keep viewers tuned in.......they build the hipe day by day, hour by hour........trying not to lose a single viewer......

Wow. Only two polls showed McCain gaining any ground today, Fox News and CNN. All the rest had Obama increasing his lead over John McCain.

Wow, I can't believe CNN has actually posted this. I thought for sure they would ignore the new polls showing McCain gaining ground. I can't wait for the Obama freaks to get mad at CNN and then say that polls don't matter. To them they only matter when Obama is in good shape. People are FINALLY realizing who this guy is and don't want him anywhere near the Oval Office.

Do they do this for every election? If an election was a blowout there wouldn't be any news.

.. “And in the land shall rise the son of Cain” From the north The Deceiver a known Beast of false witness, will take the mark of Cain.
Together they seek to spread fear and invoke hate among the refugees of sin.
In their quest for power they will ignore the light of truth shining on the deeds and words they proclaim.
But take heart, for throughout the land the seekers of light shall rise up and not be fooled. With their strength, the mark [Cain] will be cleansed from the earth and no longer hold power to sway the blind."
Can I get an amen...?

yes , those people who can't make a choice and gonna do the last minute things . THINK TWICE ,VOTE ON ISSUES .NO MORE OF THE SAME . DEAD END .

Maybe that America is not ready for socialism. Share the wealth as Obama and the media.calls it.

This is a national poll. All that matters is state by state poll...McCain is probably up big in Texas , Alabama, all the southern usual red states. But we already know he'll win those states. It matters what states you win. Obama will easily have over 300 electoral college votes.

I just want it to be over to stop hearing about Joe, Tito, Mccain and Palin, the Republican Village People...

My comment on this politico situation is that the media is helping Obama a lot which is not right because the media supose to be fair and neutral. By the way Obama is just great speecher but i dont trust on him ....compare to McCain the graet pure american hero with honor.

I would guess one of the trackers is the Fox one, which for no reason at all, switched its internals to ask many more Republicans this week - THAT's why that poll closed from +9 to +3. This is completely bogus.

its november 4th independant but leaning

NO, just wait for the bounce from last night's 30 minute ad and all of the talk it is getting today. Clinton and Obama last night, more bounce to come. Don't fret. We got this.

If McCain pulls this off i will be very disappointed in this united states that i love. Palin and McCain are fear mongers along with liars to the extreme!! any thing for a win hey McPalin. You belong on trial with the rest of the Alaskan officials, i truelly believe palin is in the middle of it all and she is going to be able to skate by. If she makes it in and we find out later she is just as bad as the rest of her Alaskan officials then what will become of us. She scares the life out of me and i fear the button will be her first response to any trouble she runs into. She is a maverick alright, all out for herself !!!! END of story....

Go Obama

Fine by me, hopefully this helps get more democrats to the polls instead of people thinking Obama got it in the bag so they don't have to bother voting.

I smell a RAT.

Thanks CNN for this . Better late than never to begin reporting more than Mr. Obamas slant . Politico yesterday, led the way for getting things to rights . God speed John .

The following polls have Obama up over yesterday:

Zogby
Gallup
Rasmussen
Investors Business Daily

CNN was right last night when they noted that IBD was the most accurate at the end of the race last year. But its "poll of polls" lags the overview at RealClearPolitics and elsewhere. At this point, things will tighten, but there is a set narrative in this race. I am (finally) solidly optimistic for an Obama win.

Buyers remorse – only in reference to the Moose Killa from Wasilla.

Why do you folks not report on the Un-American activities of her husband, and run ad nauseum the video of her supporting their agenda in 2006.

The hypocrisy in the media goes unchecked again.

No biggie; stick a fork in this election

Those who vote for BO believe:

terrorists should have the same rights as American citizens

partial birth abortion is okay, but waterboarding a terrorist is inhumane...likewise, murderers and rapists deserve life, but the innocent unborn deserve death...

you don't mind pushing "one" for English, who needs a national language?

if you are not taking advantage of the many government programs, you obviously have too much money and should pay higher taxes

illegal aliens deserve the same rights as American citizens, plus a few extra rights

eliminating our dependence on foreign oil, but are opposed to offshore drilling,nuclear power plants, and clean coal

groups who register felons, drug addicts illegal aliens, dead people, children, etc. to vote makes your vote count more

free government health care will provide quality care and that the medical community, drug companies, etc. will gladly donate their time, products, services, facilities, etc., (they don't really care about making money anyway)

McCain has disgraced his country and image. I believe that people will vote for Obama. They have seen and heard the hate infested rhetoric of the McCain and Palin. American is better than this sickening hate mongering. Obama is an intelligent, education, agood man with the interest of the American people at heart. Unlike his opponents who serve only themselves. John McCains' behavior, yes the man responsible for his campaign, has lowered his respect in this country. He believes America owes him the presidency and he intents on collection no matter how he has to lie or even at the price of dividing America. I used to have respect for the war hero, however after this campaign, he deserves not to even be a senator. He is a disgrace do to his own making or he is suffering from PTSD and therefore is not mentlaly sound to be president. When I look at his eyes, I beleive it is the second.

Ok, tightening in the national "popular vote" and epically failing in every battleground state while seriously trailing in the Electoral Votes? That's fine. We all know from 2000 the popular vote does not mean a thing.

It 's not over until the fat lady sings. I don't hear any choirs. I am just wondering if this is going to end up being another George Bush election and wins by cheating and lying his way into the White House or is he and the poll workers for McCain going to play by the rules fair and square? I will be on the edge of my seat until 270 is reached.

O.K if you think CNN is biased
IGNORE THE ARTICLES IF THEY BOTHER YOU THAT MUCH!!!!!

thank you

On November 5 you will learn two new words, America: President Barack Obama.

Enjoy.

Really CNN. Need to keep it close for ratings or trying to be balanced? Hmmm after the primary race I wonder.

I have two words for CNN: President Obama

I have faith that the American people will choose wisely this election NOT to risk our way of life with Obama's crazy proposals. The stakes are simply too high to place an apprentice in the white house. Let him prove himself first if he is conident he can earn our trust

Lol almost over.. Cant wait... I want Mccain to win... but 2 years of election is enough... we have wasted more money on this election than registering voters... or bridges to no where... No matter who wins I will call them my President and I will have the dignity to know that I participated in a free election in the greatest country in the world.

the election is in 5 days..what are you talking about cnn.. one can only have remorse after they've voted and everything is said and done..Nov 5.

Like McCain said.... I don't believe in the polls.

this is for "Independent but Leaning"

On 11/5 three works, my friends: Another George Bush

You are probably well off....no jobs, no money, a broke country and BOMB...BOMB in Iran....OWE China...OWE the world...

It appears to me that the great divide in your country is not at all about which party you support. Its actually the separation of people who have a basic education and functioning intelligence. The other half are manipulated by fear, mistruths and a campaign platform that has no substance other than to foster that divide.

It is astonishing to read so many blogs here and on other sites that indicate how many McCain/Palin supporters do not even grasp what your Constitution says, basic world history and economics. I suppose that is what Rove & Co relied upon when they got away with completely ignoring the law or changing them to suit their purposes.

Perhaps in addition to registering to vote, your citizens should be asked to complete a simple questionaire so it is clear whether they even understand the so-called liberties that they claim to hold so dear. Not all Americans are so ignorant but where is the Republican party that used to embrace reason, intelligence and healthy public discourse. Surely, you can't let the so called Low Informed Voter lead your country further into disarray. The rest of us in the World cannot survive another moron in the White House and will soon witness the emergence of a new super power to replace what was once the beacon to the world.

It is sad that the American Idol mentality is the new format for the Presidential Election.

JOhn McCain is no Ronald Reagan. This will only energize Obama supporters to get out the vote.

Bull! We're coming out in record numbers on Nov. 4.

I am one of the many cell phone only citizens in this country.

The landslide is coming. . . . . .

Leaning,

Don't even joke about that. McCain doesn't know how to do anything but make trouble. A McCain presidency would be a national catastrophe that would make Katrina look like a spring shower.

PLEASE AMERICA – LETS GO VOTE!!

Its IMPORTANT to vote EARLY!

YOU HAVE TO!! PLEASE!!!

I'm not concerned. As noted, only Reagan has pulled this sort of come back and McCain ain't no Reagan. I expect at least one major poll to show McCain ahead between now and Tuesday. Means little as far as I'm concerned.

CNN = FoxNews both rejected by the obama compagn and the Good American people.

President McCain. Iran hold your breath.

Heck yeah! We never should have voted to re-elect Bush in 2004.

And McCain is nowhere close to being Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan won in 1980 because Jimmy Carter looked like an amateur at their final debate which was just days before the election. Obama will win this election.

This just gets funnier and funnier!!!
First JtP doesn't show up, and now it's being reported that McCain had to bus in nearly 4000 school kids to his rally today. Seriously?!?! Did they have permission slips from the parents? So much for his "stance" on education, huh?

CNN and the Pro-Mccain media are so pathetic. Trying to make a pending Obama landslide look like a real race just for ratings.

Sick.

Say hello to PRESIDENT OBAMA!

As has been said here so many times before. polls don't mean anything!

Nice try, CNN. Is the viewership falling off, already? Ad space getting a little cheaper?

Riiiiiiiiggggggghhhhhhhttttttt.

don't think so 'my friends'.

Obama/Biden '08

Unfortunately many republican politicians do not spare anything when they go after their opponents, and this election cycle has really shown how far some people are willing to go. It is so disturbing that people one once had a great deal of respect for in the past will stoop so low!

- Why are Sen. McCain and his team using Joe the Plumber to insinuate that "Obama's Presidency will mean the death of Israel"?
- Why has Sen. McCain not allowed Sarah Palin as promised alone to do interview with Larry King Live, if she is qualified to be a VP of USA? Hiding something?
- Why is Sarah Palin’s windfall tax distribution to Alaskans not wealth distribution and “socialism”?
- Why are those checks from Bush Administration last May not wealth distribution and “socialism”?
Sarah Palin is a Fraud and must bet stopped before she messes up USA and the world!

Oh Please!!!! McSame does not have a chance because America is not stupid. Nice try CNN.

Vote....

And American stupidity and racism rises to the surface again. Why are the poll numbers even close? Thankfully, we're all overrating presidential and vice-presidential power.

Your tracking maps show Obama gaining ground in all of the "too close to call/must win" states. Va, NC, Fla, Ohio now now appear to be solidly "in the blue"...states that were still up for grabs just two days ago. How do you figure McCain is gaining ground or closing the gap? You wouldn't be trying to generate a little suspense? These things seem to change every 12 hours or so. We'll know one way or another on election day, but in the meantime let's do what we can keep people confused....good for the ratings, eh?

Thanks, CNN, for reminding voters that there's still much work to be done. Obama has been warning about possible complacency. Thanks for keeping us on our toes!

I don't really follow the polls, but I still cannot believe that McCain will win over Obama. This is completely wrong. To this date, I know no one who was polled.

CNN's "poll of polls" is flawed because they use different polls on different days. Some of the polls they use have been proven to be flawed.

Also, at this point the national polls are not nearly as useful as stae by state polls which continue to show Obama in a stong position.

Additionally CNN, Kerry was only up in a couple of polls. The rest of them had Bush in the lead. Why do you guys keep pushing this untruth. Maybe we need the bull-o-meter for CNN.

laughable

Independent, Keep on dreaming. YOu don't know what's going to hit you on Nov 5th... The tsunami is coming. Just keep on dreaming.

A MESSAGE TO ALL OBOMA SUPPORTERS: Ignore the polls. The only polls that should count is that on November 4th. Vote Early if you can wherever you live. And for God's sake, vote on November 4th, no matter how long the lines may be. Do not leave the polling station until you have voted. America's future hangs in the balance. Do your part. AGAIN..ignore the polls, and vote!

Haha! On November 5th I'll learn 4 new words: Barrack Obama President Elect!

Excuse me? Tightening? How? The battleground states ARE NOT tightening in any significant way. The national tightening is due primarily to red states getting redder. If the point is that the national margin is narrowing, that's one thing. But it's a whole other thing to imply that the electoral college battle is narrowing. That ain't happening no how.

Funny, your election map doesn't show a close race. If you give McCain all toss-up states left on your map today, he retires and Barack goes to Washington.

Nice try though.

Way to go CNN... (not!) You're totally trying to make a tight race out of nothing! All the State by State polls show Obama ahead in the electoral college by large margins. This is the future of the world we're talking about here and all you want to do is even out your 24 hour news cycle in order to keep people watching!

I encourage all of you out there to GET ON THE PHONE to support the Obama campaign! There's not much time left, we're ahead in the polls, but we need all the help we can get to make sure that corporate America doesn't high-jack another election! LET'S DO THIS!

Obama/Biden '08

ps
go Jack Cafferty!

I'm so sick of CNN doing this. Last week you said your "poll of polls" had it at 4 percent only to have it go up to 7, 8 percent by the NEXT day. If I tried hard enough I could get a poll that says McCain is up, it is just the law of averages. Stop advertising yourselves like this is some sort of news. Buyer's Remorse? Please. Get over yourselves.

The polls are bogus. They are not including the huge amount of newly registered and youth voters that will overwhelmingly turnout for Obama. Even with the anticipated voter manipulations from the GOP, Obama will win by a landslide, which will be unprecidented. You saw it here on 10-30-08.
Obama/ Biden 08

The media has to make it exciting, because Obama should be walking away with the election. McCain is the Charlie Brown of American politics, we love putting the football down for McCain to kick, only to have the ball picked up as his foot reaches full velocity. Sorry Charlie Brown, I mean McCain.

And furthermore, I believe McCain has to win Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Missouri, Iowa and Colorado (hell, maybe even Pennsylvania) just to TIE Obama in electoral votes. Hey, Independent but Leaning, GOOD LUCK with that.

Rasmussen went up 2 points overnight, Gallup 1 point, and Zogby 2 points. I am not sure where you get your numbers unless you are using the poll from fair and balanced Fox News.

On November 5 Americans will show Mccain and the MccainStreamMedia that we have had ENOUGH!

MCINSANE AND THE REST OF THE REPUGBLICANS ARE ONLY FOOLING THEMSELVES. THERE IS NO WAY, NO HOW FOR JOHN MCINSANE.
0BAMA 08

Good! This helps increase anxiety and will drive the Obama supporters to vote... that last thing you want is a predicted blowout...

Get out and VOTE OBAMA!!!

Joe! Joe! Where are you, Joe? Oops! Joe is not in the building, Sir! But don’t worry; he will be another lead collar around your neck this November, Sir. Greedy old man, I would think Sarah Palin is enough to bring you down. Good judgment is crucial to success. That’s why I voted for Obama/Biden ticket.

THEY STEALING IT! THEY'RE DOING IT AGAIN!!!!

The only tightening is the republican media wishful thinking and distorted poll taking in selected conservative areas. The conservative republican owned media want you to think that we all might be having doubts about the need for change well, i don't and neither do my friends we are going to vote democrat all the way.

all macian says is no expierance .hes 72 my fathers 74 hes had 5 heart attacks hes retired.palin ,no talks about the possibility of her being president.expierance 0

John McCain is not my friend and the only way he will be my president is if he steals this election.

On November 5 you will learn two new words, my friends: President Obama!!!!

That's nonsense about Kerry having a small lead.

In most polls, Bush was ahead for weeks leading up to the election. Bush led the polls and he won by about the same margin the polls predicted.

The fact is, the polls tend to be right and in the vast majority of presidential elections the guy who held the lead (particularly a consistent one) going into the election ended up winning.

They would BOTH be new presidents

By the way, the person with the "most" experience would be G.W. Bush and I don't think many would vote for him now.

Don't be fooled...vote your hopes, not your fears.

Obama '08

given this historical fact, why does the media continue to tout who has won, who cannot possibly win etc etc.

stop with the madness, i cannot take it any more!

The electoral college tells a different story. For all I know this national poll was done only in red states.

This ought to bring up your ratings CNN.

Networks don't like the sound of a wipeout landslide in an election. No one will watch unless you get a tight race.

Do whatever you have to do to get the ratings, right? Good job!

I think McCain is going to win. The polls are being overblown by Obama staff. In fact, I'm waiting on Obama staff to start writing replies to this message. They have lied repeatedly during this campaign and it's become readily apparent that they will also cheat and steal to win this election.

Yeah, McCain, Mr. Clean Campaigner, has spent the entire week blasting Obama's character–instead of talking about REAL issues. Yeah, that is a man I want in office. What a joke. President McCain?!?!?!?! God help us all if that is the case.

I would think that anyone who has already voted for McCain should be regretting it....But it's not too late for those of you who haven't vote yet...Vote for HOPE and CHANGE... Vote for Obama/Biden and let's get back to being Americans and working together, something we haven't done too much of in the last 8 years.

Can someone please explain why?????? The only good thing that I know McCain is going to do is cut corporate taxes and well that's not so good considering Exxon had a $14 billion plus profit are they creating need jobs or starting new research to make us less dependent on oil.

The only other thing I know is McCain and Palin want to tax my healthcare, why? Give me some kind of bogus $5k healthcare tax credit for me to go by my own, which is a joke considering a family of 4 cannot buy health insurance for $5k a year.....So again I ask why? Why should I be taxed on something I need, healthcare, and oil companies continue to pad their wallets....American Express is laying off 7,000 people and motorola 3,000. We all want have a card board box and a slot to through anything from. My 2 cents.

What type of message will it send to the country if McCain becomes president. That we reward bad behavior???

Give me a break!
OBAMA/BINDEN '08

You people are crazy.. This election is nowhere near close.. Obama by a landslide..

Reagan was only able to come back in 1980 because there was a very late presidential debate that year.

If you mention that salient fact, then the closing up of the polls is far less newsworthy but your report would have been far more professional.

No on november 5 the only person to hear those two words will be you in your head....

I was a big McCain fan until he selected someone who almost seems like an illiterate as his running mate,Anyone who would vote for McCain/Palin ticket on nov 4th is either stupid or ignorant....

Talked to a friend last night who had voters remorse, he voted early for McCain and is now sorry he did.

Ronald Reagan's running mate wasn't an idiot.

Let's also not forget McCain has taken a dirt road throughout this campaign, so there could be some last minute dirty tricks up those short sleeves.

Let's get that fat lady fattened up and heading toward the stage...it won't be long till shes singing.

To: Independent leaning toward McCain now thats an oxymoron...and a plain moron at that.

How come your poll of polls is always a day behind? The only buyers' remorse that was evident today is that those who began to think about McCain in the last couple of days seem to have changed their minds. We know you want big ratings but and honest discussion would be appreciated. There are so many ways CNN could boost ratings and be a service to the country without twisting the horse race numbers to fit your preferred narrative.

I don't know why the media keep on talking about the national polls. Only one thing counts now: the individual state polls. That where the election is won, by electoral votes.
Go to pollster.com or fivethirtyeight.com, and you will see the HUGE lead that Obama WILL win by.

Please, people - with the discontent of how our country's being run and our economy in ruins, you just can't be willing to vote for four more years of the same thing.

The race is tightening because people are upset and confused by the rhetoric.

How can two candidates say that they are for the little guy when they bailout banks (and next car companies)? How can we be for candidates that do not have any concern for the national debt? Or two candidates who have eroded our freedoms through the patriot act and FISA?

When you take rights from one group, or unequally tax another, it becomes much easier for a party later to take YOUR rights or tax YOU more. You must beware of what you wish for.

This year the Libertarian party has experienced growth like never before. Voters are frustrated and don't really want either candidate.

This year, a lot of us are voting for Barr. And when your taxes are increased, your freedoms are taken away, and your children are worse off, it will be because of the two-parties that have brought us here.

Vote for change and vote for Bob Barr.

mccain is no ronald reagan!go Obama/Biden

Hey CNN.....I always suspected your bias.......now I'm convinced !!!!!

No, "McCain is a liar", that is a tactic that your dirty Chicago socialists use. Obama, through his Acorn cronies, has inflated the number of new registrees through voters registration fraud. Part of those new registration numbers makes it into the calculation for some of the polls. Also, the Bradley effect will be a factor due to polled people being afraid of being labeled a racist because they don't agree with your race-baiting candidate. So, your in for a big suprise November 4.

Who pays attention to the polls????. Only when McCain goes up. Right.

Wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot poll!

Well, he fashions himself after Reagan, so if he wins, that will be a feather in his cap. What they don't mention is that Reagan had a debate during that timeframe and McCain does NOT.

I wouldn't count on it.

I believe in American stupidity. it happened two terms for gorege bush and it may happens for other four years. God save us from any trouble

maybe hillary was right all along – it really makes me feel funny to agree with her on anything, but o'bama is just an empty and eloquent suit! and as his preacher said "the chickens are coming home to roost" and going for the most experienced candidate – go mc cain!

So what polls are being used in this new update? Is the new Fox poll- which shows Obama up by only 3 this week as opposed to 9 last week due to a larger Republican sample included?

McCain is going to lose, no matter what the polls say. CNN you just can't help but try to keep things stirred up.

Hehehehe...this is really whats happening:

McCain is only down 5% in the national poll average today and although it may seem like McCain is gaining.. that is just because the Pew Research poll that had Obama ahead by 15% is no longer a part of the cumulative average.

Shame on CNN for doing this story. There is no buyers remorse when you vote OBAMA! You made the right decision for our country. Imagine this... Sarah Palin is our President, you voted for her and now you have remorse, a new war on a new front, economy still in the toilet, gasoline back above $4 a gallon and your phones tapped by the AIP.

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LOL! Obamam by a landslide. Let's see how many of you right-wing kool-aid drinkers will be brave enough to post here on Nov. 5th!

If Obama does not win, Supreme court will decide who the winner is.

I am sure if both Obama and McCain announce their cabinet soon, it will have some or significant impact for the election outcome. At least, Obama should have the list all set to go, if his acceptance speech has been written.

The only poll I'm concerned with if Nov 4th, when hopefully Barack Obama claims the presidency. As I've said on these blogs before...just sit back and let people vote. We'll see who wins...That's how elections are run...

The title of this article is dumb. CNN is trying their best to create drama. CNN is turning to Faux News.

Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.
They only poll "likely" voters so they aren't counting newly registered young people. The pollsters have called our house 5 times.
Each time, they will only talk to a MALE voter in the household. Hung up on me.
So much for equality and fairness.

This is exactly what the article on ABC news web site stated yesterday, that CNN is trying to keep this race close because it needs to boost its ratings. These CNN polls are a joke and there is no way this race is anywhere close. Come Nov 4 this race will be over with an Obama/Biden landslide win. Shame on you CNN for trying to keep viewers interested with false claims about this race being close. You do not need to do that as CNN is one of the most watched media networks in the world. Come on and report this race the way it should be.

Come on CNN, post this comment.

What's up with you CNN? Something has gone wrong with your network; I just can't put my finger on it. I'm down to just watching Fox and MSNBC on cable. Bad move on your part to not air the Ad last night.

if mcain and that woman win on November 4th we all just might as well leave the US and go live somewhere else where people have more sense.
what is it about the mcpalin ticket that can inspire anyone except if you are a hateful, lying, cheating mindless person?

Even republicans in AZ are voting for Obama/Biden!!!!
Don't even try to push McCain/Palin on the American public!!! We will NOT stand for another 4 years of destroying this country!!!
Republican for Obama/Biden

BS, CNN and you know it!! Everytime something exciting happens, they try to overplay the outcome. My how quick the polls turn....yeah right.

Obama will probably be impeached or not re-elected because of his upcoming failures on tax cuts and the economy.

Sarah will be able to sit back in Alaska, as the Governor with the highest approval rating in the U.S. and throw darts at Obama as he sinks into the quagmire called the economy. With people selling apples on street corners in 2012, she'll be a shoe in.

I hope voters can see what a flip flop Obama is when he constantly changes positions to please the crowd. It will be scary to see how he does when comfronting different issues if he is elected president.

National polls don't win races. Look at the states electoral counts.

Vote people VOTE – let it be a wake up call.. Let's get everyone to the polls. Make it your own responsibility. Without the vote, we loose the win. That's no fault of CNN or anyone else but us the citizens. VOTE!!!!

CNN I think you know that national polls don't determine the outcome of the election. Could it be that undecided voters are moving to McCain or that his base is being shored up?

Nice headline to keep the race interesting even if it isn't entirely accurate.

McCain is going to lose. Obama is killing him in the electoral votes. McCain does not have a chance.

Regardless of the polls and the advanced technology that surveys people's electoral choices, people are still people. And if they say one thing and do another, or if they wait to make up their mind but want to sound decisive, no pollster can chart those human choices.

both candidates have to run as though the other was right on their heels. the challenge I see, as a communication coach, is to keep this sense of urgency for the next 5 days

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Nobody cares about McCain anymore. He is almost dead anyway, and the republicans in the Congress, in the Senate, and Bush should all go to jail.

The fact that McCain is within 20 points with an unpopular war, an economy in recession and the big advantage Obama has on party registration alone certain indicates big doubts.

GET OUT THE VOTE FOR OBAMA/BIDEN....DON'T WORRY ABOUT POLLS!

OBAMA/BIDEN -08!

Good news! I live in here in VA, and yes, northern VA is very pro-Obama. However, drive 50 miles West from where I grew up, and there's nothing but McCain/Palin signs everywhere! Obama has not made a dent in Virginia proper. I have a feeling that they've been polling near DC and the tidewater area which is predominantly african-american.

We will have a new President and it will be Obama, you can not have a 72 year old with a "Barbie" as a VP, Just does not happen.

If you want to talk about voter remorse, that's what the entire country would feel if McCain is voted in as President so his idiot girl side-kick can take over and really screw things up in a year or two. It is amazing to me how so many intelligent people have decided against McCain, yet millions still think Palin is smart. Wow, I thought the education systems were getting better in the U.S.

Hello, let's not forget the ARMY of young people without land lines that aren't reachable by these dinosaur polls!! Keep dreaming Republicans, because the only way that you are going to win this is by Bush style thievery...

Can't say I am surprised it is tightening some but most of the polls I have seen have actually been very stable, so I am not sure how accurate this is. The Rasmussen daily poll which had been at 5 to 7 points for a month was at 3 yesterday but is back up to 5 today.

Just a way to make some news?

The GOP, or what is left of it, is grasping at straws.

Look to the state polls if you want to see who will win! National polls mean nothing this close to the election. It's all about the electoral college folks!

Get out and vote! Get your friends and family and not-so-close-people-you-sort-of-kind-of-know to go out and vote for Obama/Biden!!!

MCMUMMY IS DONE !

HERE IN FLORIDA WE LOVE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OBAMA !

MCNASTY IS JUST TOO OLD, TOO SICK , AND UNFIT TO COMMAND !

GO OBAMA / BIDEN

JOBS BABY JOBS !

JOBS BABY JOBS !

OBAMA WILL BE GOOD FOR MY STOCKS BABY

SI SE PUDE !

A 5% national lead is still pretty good. We can't get complacent or over-confident, but I'm certainly not biting my nails about this latest news. I sense that there is something going on in the electorate that current polling models can't account for. I could be wrong, but I think that BHO will secure the presidency and bring a lot of new dems into the congress.

OMG, only 5 more days of this this un-necessary drama, I CAN'T WAIT until next week!

Polls mean absolutely nothing. If you haven't already, just go out and VOTE next week.

"On November 5 you will learn two new words, my friends: President McCain"

Is he running for the Condo Board president at one of his seven houses?

That's funny so the polls are tightening and CNN want to keep viewers glued to the set so we have title "buyer's remorse"......what will CNN say tomorrow when Obama up by 8. I don't trust any of these polls because no one this year has a clear indication on who will be voting on Nov 4th. The only polls that will count is the one on Nov 4th.

Obama/Biden 08/12

apparently a new poll tonight will have him 11 points ahead. and Pew had him 15 points ahead. its all over the map.

But one thing I do know for sure is in almost every primary Obama outperformed the polls.

that's a lie!

Join me in the fight, fight for the truth, fight for individuality, fight for REAL CHANGE...only one man can deliver RALP NADER.

NADER/GONZALEZ08

And it's even worse when they poll "likely voters." Having worked the voting places on numerous elections, at least where I was, the crowd was bigger for a presidential election. Sure, maybe these extra people are likely to vote for a president, but on a local level, they aren't considered likely voters since they only show up 25% of the time (once every 4 years).

R americans that stupid 2 even think about voting republican and Bush for the 3rd time?

and McCain is no Reagan,,, not even close

The Polls.....As they are currently conducted,Are meaningless. The methodology is outmoded because so many of us are wireless. And I would not like my cell phone number to be at the mercy of telemarketers or pollsters. Let's wait on the Exit polls.

Our country needs a strong and smart leader like Obama. Mccain is old and has bad judgement. Mccain cares more about Israel than USA. He talks more about protecting Israel than our economy. Maybe Mccain should go to Israel.

The election has always been close. The media has attempted to infuence voters through skewed polling instead of accurately tracking voter opinions. Now the polls tighten because the pollsters don't want to be wrong on election day. Their hope is that the American people will forget all the faulty polling and just remember that the last poll was accurate.

MAYBE THE OBAMA SUPPORTERS ARE STARTING TO WAKE UP!!!

IF THE OBAMA SUPPORTERS WOULD COMPLETE SOME RESEARCH ON OBAMA THEY WOULD CHANGE TO MC CAIN.

THE INFORMATION I GET FROM THE OBAMA PEOPLE IS A BUNCH OF GULLIBLE GARBAGE SOMEONE PLANTED IN THERE MINDS.

I THINK BY TUESDAY MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WILL GET EDUCATED AND MC CAIN WILL WIN.

THANK YOU GOD!!!!!!!!!

I really don't understand how anayone could vote for McCain/Palin. McCain stands for nothing, as he has abandoned his message, and turned to the same dirty politics that nearly ruined him in the 2000 campaign. His message now consists of attacks. He does not present a plan. And, Palin is the most unqualfied candidate ever, on any ticket. Except perhaps Ross Perots runningmate. God help us if McCain/Palin win. If that were to happen, we will need all of God's help.

CNN having a seller's remorse from missing out on the Obama ad ratings bump...?

Watch out for the PUMA EFFECT – See you later Mr. Obama

Fool us once-Shame on you

Fool us twice- won't get fooled again

The polls are not telling us anything really. This one will do it's duty to keep Obama supporters from getting complacent. As a retired person I have seen many elections but this one has gotten so 'down and dirty' that it is discouraging to the voters. Everyone is sick of it all and eager to wake up on Wednesday Nov 5 and not have to listen to campaign ads or those sickening robo-calls. Desperate men take desperate measures and they can be dangerous. GO OBAMA/BIDEN!

If McCain wins this election, considering where we are at this point with less than a week to go, it will be an utter tragedy for this country and a testament to the fact that no matter how hard you work, no matter how great your ideas, no matter how much "ordinary people" participate in the process, no matter how good your character, that lying, cheating, disenfranchising, mudslinging and race bating will trump that every time. Sad! Is that what US poltics is all about? Is that what we want to teach our children?...that in order to win you have to impugn your competitor instead of winning on your own strength and your own ideas?

Tears will abound on Nov. 5th if McCain wins. And not just because people's hopes will have been dashed, but because the principles that this country was founded on will have been completely ignored.

Well he's no Reagan but he'll have to do.

Late-election undecides usually are less educated and less interested in politics than the average voter. ..... Many just don't have opinions and will not vote. ..... Which is a blessing in diguise !!!

Change is possible, I feel hopeful for team Obama because I overheard two white women at my workplace talking about casting absentee ballots for Obama before the week ends. They both sounded optimistic and were very impressed by the informecial.

It's not over till the voting is done.

GET OUT AND VOTE

Obama 08

This is ridiculous. There are no signs that the race is tightening. Not if you're talking about the race to win the presidency. In the past several weeks, enough states have moved into strong Obama leads to give him an easy win. The election is won in state by state contests even if CNN and others want to ignore that to try to keep people tuned in.

The national polling was always bound to tighten up at the end. Anyone paying attention over the past several months has known that. A number of traditional GOP voters are 'coming home' to the ticket in the final days.

But for the race to be 'tightening' you would need to show the states that McCain will win in order to reach 270 electoral votes. Even if he turns it around in four or five states where he's trailing badly (an unlikely scenario) he still won't have enough. There is a reason he has to campaign in 'red' states in the final days. He's losing badly.

Oh, God help us all if McCain/Palin should win!! I cannot imagine a more tragic outcome to Election 2008!

Please people, get out and vote for Obama/Biden '08!!!

I was a die hard Republican for a LONG time (considering I'm over 60 now), but folks, I can not for the life of me figure out why on earth anyone would risk putting John McCain and Sarah Palin in office. McCain is the biggest whiney crybaby I've ever seen, and Palin is just a mean angry out for her own self scary person (reminds me of Dick Cheney). Neither of them can talk about issues & solutions for more than 60 seconds. They have run the most negative campaign I've ever seen. Pretty much the entire GOP organization has become a vengeful bigoted group out for only their own good and to heck with the rest of the country.
McCain keeps saying the Democrats will raise your taxes and he won't. Well hello people– Congress pretty much has the ultimate say there anyway. And anybody who thinks they're going to see a decrease in taxes under either President is dreaming! Have you looked at our country's debts lately? We have to pay the bills, folks, and I don't see any way to do that without an across the board tax increase. Even with MAJOR spending cuts (proposed by Obama, not McCain) we will probably still see a tax increase. Those are just the facts– the Bush administration has put this country in such dire financial straits that it is going to take some serious 'hurt' to start to fix the situation.
Barack Obama was not my first choice during the primaries, but of the nominees that are on the ballot for this election, Obama & Biden make more sense than anybody else. This old former Republican gal (and I knocked on doors as far back as the Nixon days) voted for Barack Obama & Joe Biden this time, and I feel like it was the RIGHT decision.

Polls age nothing more than guesses. As Obama saw in NH during primaries.

I think this election has the greatest chance of disagreeing with the polls.

If the race wasn't "close" it wouldn't be news, now, would it?

Let's hope voters come to their senses before they elect a man without experience or a modicum of legislative achievment. during his stints in Springfield and DC.

what a joke with your polling cnn.alan silverleib knows nothing ,there he goes again making up stories.just for ratings. do you think people are dumb. [race getting tie] all that just for ratings.come on cnn.

I early voted, no remorse here.GO OBAMA

HOME SECURITY SYSTEM AND HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT IS NOT WELL ESTABLISHED THERE. ORGANIZED CRIME IS BEHIND POVERTY AND WE CAN NOT GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO COMMIT ANY VOTE FRAUD OR FORGERY THE NEWS ARE BRAKING CONVINCINGLY THAT IS NOT THE ECONOMIC THE CAUSE OF BRIBERY. IT IS THE CORRUPTED POLITICIANS

How much of that gap is in VA, NC, PA, FL, MO, NV, CO, GA, OH, MT, ND, IN?

All of those states are in play and McCain is down in 8 of those 12. And way down in the ones that matter the most.

McCain has no chance of getting to 270.

Like the way that sounds?

Voters having 'buyer's remorse'?

Are you joking? Just because your poll is off by a point today compare to yesterday you are talking about 'buyer remorse"?

Voters have buyer's remorse for Bush and the repug. If you love where our country is today, then you should vote McBush aka McSame. Every other thing that McCain and Pain say is misleading or totally false!

Gosh, it's down to five points. Since when are elections decided by national polls and events. I imagine the polling in Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia and Florida – all states that Bush won ... Obama leads big in ... and what McCain desperately needs to take back to win will make CNN's variant "Poll Of Polls" something we should spend our times concerning ourselves with.

She'll be back in 2012 running for President without McCain hanging around her neck. It's hilarious that her critics say she hurt McCain-she's the one that drew 70 million to her debate versus only 56 million for the messiah-–she's the one who drew 60,000 people in Orlando, etc:-McCain by himself never saw numbers like that-in fact, she outdrew Joe Who? by 2:1 in Joe's own home town of Scranton. She signs more autographs at a single rally than Joe Who? ever sees in total-

Interviewer: Senator Mccain and Governor Palin, what kind of plans do you have for this country?

Mccain: My friends, pow, iran, ayers, wright, khalidi, fight, right where we want them, obama this, obama that, Obama didn't do this, Obama lied about that, Reagan, maverick, mavericker, maverickest, experience, pitbull, russia, joe the plumber, joe the plumber, joe the plumber, pelosi, reid, obama, vote for me…

Palin: Alsooooo, up there, and also because too that they were up there (wink) mavericky, (wink), joe the plumber, socialist, ayers, wright, khalidi, maverick, wardrobe, consignment shop, russia, up there, also, too also, Katie Couric, liberal, liberal media, tito, hannity, great state of Alaska, fight, energy, oil, alaska, wasilla, down syndrome baby (supersize that), also up there, pit bull, lipstick, also, too… Thank you, vote for me! Oooops. I mean us.

Its more than alarming that instead of using his glutinous financial resources to talk to the nation last night in a more constructive question/answer/fireside chat forum, he chose a plastic, 12 steps removed, Mr. Slick infomercial, paralleling that image of his Greek columns in the stadium last August. This guy doesn't want to talk with us, he wants us to listen to him. Watch him. Adore him. Creeepy.

If a candidate is so qualified, why is so much money necessary?
I think the proper question is, “How can a candidate spend SO MUCH money and STILL not fully convince American voters that he is fit to be president?”

Oh CNN. Cut the Bull. The only remorse we have is this president in the White House. What a mistake!

People know they need change but they are afraid of change. We'll find out next week if fear is stronger than wisdom.

I love it, it's bound to happen.

Say the poll uses 100 people (which is easy, 50 people pick a choice, that's 50% of the people). 1 group, you'll get 1 result. out of a second group of 100, you may get the same result, or it might be higher or lower. And so forth and so on for all the groups of 100 being polled.

Using more people does decrease those odds and make it more accurate, but it's still the same thing. 1,000 people polled may go one way, while another group of 1,000 will go the other way.

1 thing I know, these polls don't include me, I've never been polled.

look at the states CNN...stop going for the headline drama....

This is some kind of tactic either produced by CNN or someone out there but there is NO WAY McCain could gain that much over night especially after Obama revealed to the American Public that he has the right attributes to be President.

How long ago were the surveys conducted? does it include people who have already voted early? what is the polling demographic? anyone can conduct a poll to make the results favorable to what they're trying to convey. Of course CNN is going to say the polls are tightening to gain ratings for missing out on the infomercial ratings last night.

American dream is right, it is about the ratings!

McCain is going to lose; the question is how big will it electorate college vote be?

I see many people opting to vote third party in order to snub McCain.

Virginia, Colorado and New Mexico will put Obama over the top.

Missouri, Indiana and N Carolina are possible as well.

Sarah Palin is a joke, but I'm not laughing. It's sad....real sad...

Who are these people changing their minds???

The underrepresented minority who don't think we are involved in enough wars yet? Honestly. Do people even pay attention to what McCain really stands for?

If you are still undecided, go to the candidates' websites and read their foreign policy....believe me–You will vote for Obama once you do.

Well in the end win or lose this election – OBAMA is a winner *period*

You people can't really beleive this crap!!!!!

If the polls are tight, then why is John Mc Idiot still polling between 41 and 43?

THINK PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!

On November 4th we will all be saying two words!!!

PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!!!!

The polls do not swing 3 points in a day. This is just the margin of error showing up. This isn't the first time they cried "the race is tightening" only to have the next poll jump right back to what it was. There will never be a President McCain so you can stop measuring the White House for new curtains.

To Independent but Leaning:

Why would you vote for someone who represents the same failed government that we have had for the last 8 years? This John McCain is not the same candidate of 2000. If he was I would not be switching sides!

I respect McCain, but if we put a Republican back in the White House after what Bush has done then this country gets what it deserves.

CNN, how can this be when Obama continues to turn red states to blue?

State polls have much more meaning than national polls at this point.

These telephone polls are way off – most people under 30, who are voting for Obama, only have cell phones. These pollsters only call people with landlines.

This election is going to be a landslide for Obama.

at this stage in the game the only polls that matter are the battleground state polls

National ratings don't matter. It's the electorial votes.

Come on guys... let the hate flow. It feels good.

Just one more reason to go Vote!

Keep in mind the millions upon millions who do not have land line phones. I suspect Obama's numbers would be much higher if cellulars were counted.

HERE COME THE THE REPUBS WITH THEIR WACKO COMMENTS

CNN we've seen your desires to keep this a very tight race......just recently, thank you, during the primaries. This is when we're going to see you do what you do best. Hype up the headlines, lead in to various
news segments with fortune-telling quips. Try to keep in mind that you not only need to keep the candidates honest......you have your own job to do in keeping your network honest okay? Is that a deal? Because your ratings are not based on just keeping this race 'tight'.......but in keeping viewers watching your station so that MSNBC doesn't get ahead of you.

Here's some buyers' remorse for you. I heard a sad thing today. A guy I work with who a'd already voted early for McCain watched Barack's ad last night and said he wishes now he'd voted for Obama.

McCain's speech @ ACORN headquaters ealier this yr praising them for their work…
McCain's involvement with Rashid Khalidi? A republican committee headed by McCain funding projects up to $500,000.00 for the same Rashid Khalidi…
McCains Involvement with G. Gordon Liddy (convicted of fraud), Cindy McCain (fraudently obtained prescription drugs), Charles Keating (convicted of fraud)
McCains Involvement with New world order, radical black people killers, Sudanese extremist (genocide in Dafur)
McCains Involvement with voters fraud through YPM
McCain admitted recently on national TV that he “didn’t know her well at all” before he chose Palin
There's more to come….stay tunned
section to comment...........

When the Democrat candidate leads by 10 and 15 points in red states it doesn't really matter if he drops temporarily a couple of points.
This will be a landslide and I think most of you know it. Nothing more can be done, this election is over. Obama is the new president.

On November 5th, this election will be over and Barack Obama will take his rightful place in the oval office, where he belongs.

If any one is having remorse they should take a clue from mccain's home state where he is just 2pts ahead of Obama. His own state people know him best, and they dont want him.

John King turn AZ pink. Put pink lip stick on that bitbull.

So why is the lead widening in the Rasmussen (one of the most conservative polls) and Gallup daily polls. Come on CNN, stop trying to create news where there is none. The polls have been all over the place for weeks. Realclearpolitics average is 6.1 which is UP from yesterday. Only the Fox poll has him under 4 points up right now. And we are talking about Fox here, need I say more. Their poll dropped 6 points in a week!! GMAB. If you believe that, I have a bridge to you know where to sell ya.

Nothing has changed with this voter. The Republicans have not done anything to earn my vote. I don't think I could take four more years like the last eight...and don't forget about the gen x and y voters who have never had a landline phone so are not part of the polling.

cnn stop the lies unlike other elections amercans will be voting.how come if the race is so close why is there bearly 1000 people at the rallies as to 20000 to 50000 at obamas

Indy but leaning,
those words will be a great b-day present!
We know more about Joe the plumber than we do about Obama.

Nice try CNN.

Are we in the makings of another fixed election?

Polls are skewed by those that administer them....Fox news says McCain is leading, other more liberal pollsters say Obama is leading and CNN says thing are tight...but doesn't really say who they think is winning = job security for all!

Conservatives keep their people, liberals keep their people and CNN keeps everyone guessing....

The Silent Majority is now starting to be heard.

When was this poll taken? Was it after the Infomercial? I don't believe these stupid polls.

Yeah, right! CNN we are are not buying it. Listen folk, don't be fooled, 100,000 people do not show up at Obama rallies because they hate him or do not plan to vote for him. The media and the wicked right wing will have you to believe otherwise. Keep pressing, keep pushing and keep voting early!

Obama/McCain

As long as McCain continues his current tactics - mindless name-calling and constant references to 'Joe The Plumber,' with little or no discussion of issues - he will change very, very few minds.

WHAT KIND OF FOOLISH QUESTION IS THAT?

NO BUYERS REMORSE................ IF MCCAIN WAS ALL THAT THEY SAY HE IS HE WOULD HAVE WON OVER GEORGE BUSH ....RIGHT????

VOTED YESTERDAY............... GO OBAMA........... THE LINE WAS LONG AND FULL OF YOUNG VOTERS....WOW.............

BARACK THE VOTE........................... VOTE EARLY.......VOTE NOVEMBER 4TH..............

McCain is finished! The only thing he has going for him is more lies! Lies and deception is the only way he can win with the exception that he or the republicans cheats!

The polls are NOT tightening on the state level. The red states are getting redder and the blue states are getting bluer, hence the tightening in national polls. The electoral college is firmly in Obama's court. All we need to do now it get out and VOTE!!! Obama/Biden '08

You dems better start offering 40oz to all that will vote.

Maybe I'm dense, but I don't see how "buyers remorse" is applicable, given that the election hasn't happened yet (save for early voting). "Buyers remorse" would better describe people changing their minds on November 5th, AFTER they pulled the lever. Right now it would be a pre-purchase situation, where after evaluating two cars (for example) and deciding that the Honda best fit their needs they at the last minute chose to go get a Ford instead. There should be some reason if opinions really are changing with only 4 days to go. An analyst saying "buyers remorse" seems as if they're saying "we don't know why they're switching."

I've been saying this all along. You numbskulls who still buy the crap the mainstream media is selling have been hoodwinked.

Look at polling data for presidential elections going back nearly 30 years and you'll find that the Democrat was leading the Republican in nearly every pres. election, usually right up to election day.

Then, something magical happens... the democrat either loses to the republican or wins by a much smaller margin than was reported in the polling.

Carter was polling over Reagan, yet Reagan won. Mondale polled better than Reagan, yet Reagan won again. Dukakis was trouncing Bush, but ultimately LOST to Bush. Clinton was up over Bush and later Dole by significant margins each, and while Clinton ultimately won both challenges, his margin of victory had shrunk significantly on both election days. Same for Gore/Bush, same for Kerry/Bush.

Translation: decades worth of polling has been shown to have a bias toward democrats, but when the actual ballots are cast, it's a much different story... then again, I'm sure this can all be traced back to racism (somehow! right???).

Turn off CNN. Cancel your newspaper subscription. Cancel your Time mag subscription, too. Let the socialists who thrive in these organizations realize they exercise their bias at a significant consequence to their personal livelihood. Now, "Mr. Journalist," finish taking my order, and YES I want fries with that.

This should be a signal to all to go out and vote for the people who are going to bring REAL CHANGE to America! Don't rest on your laurels people.

Obama/Biden '08

God help us if McCain pulls this off

How many political favors will Barack owe for last nights presidential infomercial from the fauxval office? He lessens the presidency by hocking himself on TV like a Shamwow. I was waiting to find out if I act now do I get two Changes with free shipping. What a sad display for someone that wants to be president and they think it was a ratings success, duh he bough over 60% of the airwaves and could only get 30% of the people to watch. That ment 70% of the people opted for change. Changing the channel that is.

Pathetic do nothing ego maniacs should not be elected president. Sorry Barack but this independent says keep the change. And the next time someone asks you a simple question and you give a dumb answer don't attack the person for asking a question and try and publicly mock them for doing so. Who do you think you are anyway? You work for us. We give the power and we can take it away.

Obama will win this election comfortably. A McCain win will spell a dark day for America. After how McCain has run his campaign and the lies and deceptions that he has spread and in capibility of leadership that he has shown, I would be amazed if people actually voted for him.

I pray and hope that Obama will be our next president as ours and our children's future depend on it.

Please wake up and vote Obama....
God bless the USA

All I hear from the once great, once respectable McCain is waa waa waa. What happened to the man we used toi know and respect?

So who are they calling for these polls?
Not me.
Do they just make this stuff up?

BTW I heard on of the guys talking about this on TV. They don't just use voter feedback, but look at who won previously, who is running ads, etc.

I think it's all make believe.

No matter who you want elected..........................

V O T E

Uh I think Mr. Independent is wrong. On November 5th everyone will be saying President-Elect Obama. Because you're forgetting the cell phone families and the other candidates..

What a huge joke CNN is: first they don't air Obama's add citing impartialness which they wouldn't know the first thing about having clowns like Lou Dobbs, Campbell Brown & Glenn Beck to only name a few and then they put this crap on here to make people think McLoser and MsFailin have a chance to sway voters. You should be ashamed of you horrible ALL BIAS ALL BULL reporting. I watched Obama on MSNBC and it looks like they will have my viewership from now on. – So Sad CNN So Sad!!!!!!!!

I can see it now, all the chickens following Obama home to roost crying,,,

OH MY GOD, TELL ME IT IS NOT TRUE !!!!!!! The Polls are getting close.

Now all of the Obama people are going to start yelling about the polls must be WRONG,,, McCain can not possibly have a chance? Against the Messiah?

The media created all of these false numbers, now Obama followers might just have to accept reality, it will be a close race. The chants of " landslide " may become a whisper among Obamas camp.

Please quit it with the buyer's remorse, I have already voted! And his last name doesn't rhyme with "insane."

Independent but Leaning, you want to wager on that?

Historically, however, only one presidential candidate in modern history has come back from the deficit McCain faces to win an election — Ronad Reagan in 1980.

And you John McCain are no Ronald Reagan.

Jophn McCain is no Ronald Reagan. Reagan was at least ingaging and charismatic.

If mccain/palin, do get elected. All I can say, is that the Amercian people deserve them. But remember, they have to pay the devil his due. Namely, rove, bush, and big business. And you will have to deal with the same "cast of characters" of the past eight-years......"My friends". Be careful of what you ask for..................................

"Historically, however, only one presidential candidate in modern history has come back from the deficit McCain faces to win an election — Ronad Reagan in 1980"

McCain is not going to be that lucky, in fact he is going to be the unlucky one. The polls do not include the new voters who are mostly Democrat. It also does not include cell phone users who are techies and therefore Democrats.

so sick of cnn and their bull.......

Republican sleazy campaigning can work, but headlines like yours will motivate Obama supporters.

What is the purpose of this article?

You know I was thinking and thinking and just couldn't put my finger on what was so dishonest about Sarah Palin then I heard her 'energy speech' yesterday and it hit me like a ton a bricks….

Palin is a lobbyist for Alaska. She is lobbying to bring more jobs to ALASKA, that's it! She knows nothing about the other 'lower 48′ nor does she has an interest in learning unless it will benefit Alaska.

She's playing a lying game with the American people and sadly the Republicans are so full of lobbyist they haven't noticed she's taking them for a long ride right into the pockets of Alaska.

McCain is running out of time and money. Closing the gap will be difficult, if not impossible, before Tuesday.

The polls are tightening and that's a good thing, so the Democrats feel that sense of urgency to get out there and vote. One things for sure, the NEOCONS will be out in full force voting like they consistently do every 4 year cycle.

Obama is nicest guy in the world. My 10 year old daugter mailed him a letter about 2 months ago, and today he sent her a personalized letter with his original signature encouraging her to care about others and her world. What a remarkable guy, he has changed my daughter's life forever.

Kim Greenlee
in GA

What a huge joke CNN is: first they don't air Obama's add citing impartialness which they wouldn't know the first thing about having clowns like Lou Dobbs, Campbell Brown & Glenn Beck to only name a few and then they put this crap on here to make people think McLoser and MsFailin have a chance to sway voters. You should be ashamed of you horrible ALL BIAS ALL BULL reporting. I watched Obama on MSNBC and it looks like they will have my viewership from now on. – So Sad CNN So Sad!!!!!!!!

it's over cnn"you know ,i know it,we all know it.obama is the next president.stop all this foolishness

Will some please take him back to the nursing home. He think he is doing something but I am surprise that he do not dress appropriately for the audience and wear a flag pin.

The flag pin was an issue for Obama but no one has said anything about Old Man McCain.

Last night on The Colbert Report, he had a guest on his show: the actual Socialist party presidential candidate. This man was completely offended by anyone calling Barack Obama a Socialist because Obama's policies reflect only capitalism. If the polls are tightening because of the same, old dirty tricks of the Republican spin machine (that John McCain was ruined by in 2000 by his own G.W. by the way) then this country is in even sorrier shape now than it has been for the last 8 war-mongering, poverty-stricken, pathetic 8 years.

good- Makes sure Obama voters show up in the MILLIONS!

What an awful headline.

I don't get it...when Obama goes up in points, we are told that it does not mean he may win..when McCain goes up, we are told that he could win....CNN, make up your mind, or are you just trying to "spin" the election ??

Besides, although it's unfortunate the way we count votes, it will come down to who gets the most electoral votes....something CNN also points out when Obama goes up in points, but not when McCain goes up....see the pattern ??

It's unfortunate that CNN has forgotten what it preaches, being impartial..

McCain buses in people to his rallies. They are told when to applaud and hold up their signs.
During his entire campaign, McNasty has been lying to and deceiving the American people and his kool aid gulping supporters. McCain is a fraud and a liar.

Hmmm, I think only two words will be understood on November 5th, 2008 through January 20th 2012: President Barack Obama!!!!!

Listen "my friends" if you vote for this guy (who supported Bush on this economy) you'll get just what you voted for...4 more years of this disaster. The only difference this time is that the VP won't be a jerk, just an idiot!

I can't believe CNN is admitting this, when I watch FOX news channel as I have switched from CNN to FOX ( I did thid when I saw how you were treating Hillary)
AND THEN on occasion I flick over to CNN you would think your watching two different elections, especiallly in the poll coverage.
Maybe the American public will continue to wake up and do the math and see where OBAMA will take them. Down a road of TAX AND SPEND. And jobs lost due to over taxing small business.

It's only because they fear they will be kicked out their country clubs and snake handling meeting places if their friends find out they voted for a…

"According to an average of several recent surveys"
Note the wording.
Individually most of the surveys still show a wide margin for Obama.
I'll have to watch John King go to the Magic Board tonight before I get too
concerned.

and McCain surely ain't no Ronald Reagan... Infact I don't think McCain knows who he is right now...

CNN is a huge joke, first they don't air Obama's add citing impartialness which they wouldn't know the first thing about having clowns like Lou Dobbs, Campbell Brown & Glenn Beck to only name a few and then they put this crap on here to make people think McLoser and MsFailin have a chance to sway voters. You should be ashamed of you horrible ALL BIAS ALL BULL reporting. I watched Obama on MSNBC and it looks like they will have my viewership from now on. – So Sad CNN So Sad!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHA! The national polls can tighten to 50-50 for all I care! If McCain can't close the gap in VA, CO, NV, or PA in the next 5 days the only way he'll get to the White House is as a guest of President Obama!

The thought alone that Sarah Palin can be one bad heartbeat away from the Presidency, should be enough to scare even the most racist of Americans into voting for Obama.

Barack the Vote (early if your state allows).

Yeah, seems that it's always good for business (news business that is) for elections like this to be close, and information addicts to be clicking away all day on their sites, and watching their rehashing of the news.

Keep it a nail biter and your CPM will stay sky high.

Just sayin'.

Why is everyone hung up on national polls. Should be looking at State polls and electoral college.

Although I agree that the presidential race is tightening up a little, I also happen to believe that throughout this entire campaign, Obama has been leading McCain by more than 5% nationally and that McCain has not even once been leading over Obama during this campaingn.

If John McShame wins there will be an American revolt the likes of which hasn't been seen since this country began.

Again another fine example of CNN trying to boost McCains relevancy for the sake of ratings!!!! NICE TRY CNN BUT ANYONE WITH A PULSE KNOWS YOUR BOY IS GOING DOWN!!!! So give it up.......... Oh and be sure to have plenty of tissues for Wolf and Lou!

The problem for McCain is not the national polls – it's the battleground state polls. He has to win all the current battleground states just to have a chance of winning the election and he is well behind in most of them... shame.

Don't be complacent Obama supporters – get your backsides out and VOTE!!!!

I hope your polls are wrong.....If I have to look and listen to the old mule and the dumb one for the next 4 years I think I'll scream!

Registered Republican "voted" Obama/Biden 08

What is it that exactly CNN trying to do?

On November 5 you will learn two new words, President Obama.

As all pundits and poll takers say, forget the national polls. It is the State polls that count.

I wonder which polls you considered this time. LOL!! Obama went up in Zogby and Gallup so I just wonder which polls are you including in your poll of polls this time.

perhaps CNN should realize that 5 points is still a big lead. And also, these polls haven't really taken the infomercial into consideration.

And as we all know after 2000, the general election numbers are not important.

Let me know if any of the blue states on the electoral map change, then I might worry, until then this is a snooze.

"Historically, however, only one presidential candidate in modern history has come back from the deficit McCain faces to win an election — Ronad Reagan in 1980."

...and McCain ain't Regan.

No remorse at all; I voted for Obama a week ago by absentee ballot and never felt better about casting my vote.

I knew Ronald Reagan and John McCain you are no Ronald Reagen!

Obama 08!

of course its goin to get more and more close in the end days and then mccain will overcome, because of the overwhelming support he'll get, told you guys not to rely on those polls. on nov.5, nobama will just be a fairy tale.

A look at how each candidate ran their campaign is a good indication of how they will run the country. Obama has run a strategic, well- executed, inclusive campaign with a disciplined on-message staff. McCain's campaign has been just the opposite. I am no longer undecided- I've watched these men in action during this campaign and, Obama, the man of steel, will get my vote.

Don't get fooled by general polls and McCain's latest FEAR and SMEAR tactics... WE CANNOT AFFORD 4 MORE YEARS OF THE SAME!!!

The ONLY REMORSE WE CAN HAVE IS TO HAVE A BUSH 3rd TERM!!!

VOTE for JUDGMENT and EXPERIENCE, VOTE FOR OBAMA / BIDEN '08!!!

The only buyers remorse is coming from republicans for running McCain and McCain is having remorse over picking Palin. The PEW poll has Obama up by 13 points, wishful thinking that McCain will win, he ain't no Reagan!

To "Independent but Leaning"......

Obama is leading McCain by 100 electoral votes and 35 states now......and you were mistaken, the two new words you need to get used to is 'President Obama'........i think you're leaning the wrong way but there is still time to get it right.

You betcha!

Obama/Biden 08-12

Buyer's remorse is what was thrown around when Hillary started doing better in the last few primaries. Things tighten up towards the end, simple as that. Do we really need to keep hammering away at the parallels between the McCain and Clinton campaigns this year?

come on cnn!! stop tryin to sell the mccain can win tickets,no ones buyin them.why did you chose to show this instead of the electoral map???

There is a natural tightening in every presidential election however they are missing one key ingredient and that will be early voting. Polls in Ohio show that many of the numbers favor Obama in early voting which means Mc Cain has a bunch of ground to make up in that state which he must win.

Keep up the good work McCain/Palin, we can not let the loser Barrack Obama anywhere near the White House. This time next week we can say President John McCain and Vice-President Sarah Palin

So I guess the "Joe the Plumber" affect is beginning to benefit John McCain (sarcasm).

Yawn, wake me when you have a real story to report.

The opera is not over until the fat lady sings. Go McCain!

This analysis will probably make John McCain start clutching at straws. There's just one problem (or two) – he's no Ronald Reagan, he's Bush junior and represents more of the same. Same failed policies of the Republican regime that has devastated this country for 8 years. Too bad Pres. Bush swiftboated McCain in 2000 because unfortunately for him, that was his window of opportunity to fulfill his life-long dream of becoming president. Sorry Sen. McCain, your time has come and gone.

Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America.

No poll matters except for the one that is conducted at the voting booth on Nov. 4th. The world will be watching to see if we can get it right this time around. If McCain wins, our country is doomed for disaster.

GO OBAMA/BIDEN

I am once again expecting this election to be stolen.
Obama gets crowds in the hundred thousands. he gets individual donations from thousands of people that have never donated to anyone before. He has too much money. McCain has to get 4,000 school kids to attend a rally and he gets about 6 or 7 thousand.
people to attend. He has the most unqualified, disgusting bimbo Vice Presidential candidate and he might win? I say once more that I expect this to be a crooked election.

Give me a small break CNN!!!

Are these likely voters and do they include people who have already voted?

Obama will win!!!

I am hopeful that Obama will be elected. I think he is exactly what we need to turn things around. I think he will be an excellent leader. The main thing I am concerned about-is that the election is fair and square-which it hasn't been in past years. I can handle president mccain-if it happens, but i am going to have a hard time stomaching v.p. palin.

If you want to see buyer's remorse, just let John McCain and Sarah Palin start breaking china in the White House.

They have run such a horrendously negative, slanderous, and lie-filled campaign, they've ruined any and every chance of "reaching across the aisle," as McCain likes to claim he's done.

McCain turned his back on his own reputation as his ambition got the better of him. He's destroyed everything he's ever stood for. To borrow a phrase from McCain: "John McCain, not ready to lead ... any more."

Well, it's true things may be tight and we know it's not over til the fat lady eats the last hot wing, but....I don't give credence to the polls. We all need to get out and vote..for OBAMA/BIDEN...and take a couple of people with you. In many states they will try to frustrate and deter you from voting, but hang in there.

As we learned in 2000 (and should have learned in 4th grade), it doesn't matter what the popular vote is anyway. It's all about the electoral college. As stupid as it may be, it's the rules of the game. So all that really matters is what's going on in the swing states.

mcbush do not get excited,millions of people already casted the vote for obama and many young people who care the cell phone are not included on those polls.
barack the vote-----

What do you call a Democratic Candidate that wins the Electoral College by the slimmest of margins....???

President of the United States.

CNN, wake me up when you have a real news story to report please. Until then, don't try to spin the poll results for one day into McCain's favor.

McCain is no Ronald Regan...... Obama need not worry. In fact with the money Obama has he can buy more airtime in the last few days of the campaign.

I want to know why my messages are always awaiting moderation. What the h@#$ does that mean . And i never see them posted later. Censorship is not what the right to free speech is about and you all say that is something you stand for.

What the deal, I have asked this numerous times. Also some of your blogs do this and other dont. Please explain already.

Strange, all the national polls for today have Obama widening his lead. Also, how is Obama doing where it can actually determine the race, like in the swing states? He is up, you say? Odd.

The reason Gore and Kerry lost was that the election was fixed....the good old faithful GOP Diebold voting machines....they have changed the name (boy are they stupid) for this time around but the outcome will be the same. Nothing but purely sleaze.

CCN THIS ELECTIONS IS ABOUT ELECTORAL VOTES NOT NATIONAL RATINGS...MCBUSH CANNOT WIN THIS ELECTION....

McCain needs to be called for all his LIES. He is smearing Obama in every possible, but call him the "N" word. Oh and then by the he says Obama is a decent family man. But oh wait, he is a socialist,terrorist,radical,fake Christian,black militant,communist, risky secret Muslim, and oh yeah he's anti American. McCain is a digrace!

No remorse here. He is the one and I can not wait until its all over and we can start uniting the country.

Good news for Obama. His big lead was starting to worry me. Now people will feel compelled to vote.

I've already voted! I have no buyer's remorse!

NO WAY! NO HOW! NO MCCAIN! NO PALIN!

is this really news to anybody? EVERYBODY has been saying that the polls would tighten. Worried about ratings CNN?

On November 5th you will learn 2 new words President Obama.

CNN MANIPULATING AND SPINNING AGAIN. IT'S NOT A HORSE RACE ANYMORE. OBAMA IS HOME AND COOLED OUT.

but if u have not voted yet u still have a chance now. vote mccain and u wont be sorry. and you wont have'buyer's remorse'?

The only polls that matter are PA, CO, VA, NC, OH and FL

McCain campaign kept saying the national poll is not a good indicator, for once listen to them...

CNN RATINGS MUST BE GETTING WORSE AFTER THEY WOULDNT AIR OUR NEXT PRESIDENTS AD LAST NITE.

They will have real buyer's remorse if they vote in McCain and Palin, but I will contend until the end that this country will not learn until it hits rock bottom and that is why I believe McCain will win.

I don't know why we all bother posting, because people on these blogs already have their minds made up.

But please, please don't put Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the Oval Office.

Please don't allow the possibility that she will make Supreme Court decisions! Those decisions – probably 1-2 in the first term – will affect us for a quarter to half a century.

Oh my goodness people.

Run Run Run to the polls

OBAMA BIDEN 08

It's a long walk back to AZ and he better get hoofing it.

And my grandpa said he can close his eyes and hear Ronald Reagan when John McCain speaks.

Wake up folks.... Obama is not denying or downplaying his "Spread the Wealth Comments".

I may be poor, but I'm proud. I don't want someone else's hard earned money. I'll work and make my own.

This democrat will put the blame where the blame needs to go. I blame democrats for the housing problem and I blame them for the high gas prices. How long could we pay $4 a gallon gas? And the whole time, Democrats in Congress were having meetings on steriods in baseball.

Give me a break. The democrats sat by and did NOTHING for the American people. Isn't great how gas prices have come down when they released the Executive and Congressional bans on offshore drilling. Thanks Pelosi for taking that 5 week vacation while the American public was drowning!

It's very simple......make your vote count and vote early......don't wait until Nov 4 and all the machines "break down" VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN

i

McCain is no Ronald Reagan

Obama/Biden (faith & hope for a better society)

tightening ???

HEY CNN GUYS ... YOUR POOLS MUST BE FROM A DISTANT PLANET BECAUSE ON THIS PLANET ALL OTHER POOLS SHOW OBAMA IS WINING BIG FROM MACSAME MACBUSH !!!!

Can not understand why! Should be a clear choice this election! OBAMA / BIDEN

Add to the drama, CNN.

If John McCain wins the vote at the last minute, based on all those unfounded, lying slams he and Palin are making on Obama, then we'll get what we asked for....and it will be the worst thing for America. We'll spiral down on every front even farther than we already are. We all need to do the research and read the factchecks!

...all this is is CNN playing with the numbers in order to ensure the keep their readers/viewship up until the election...

Obama's going to win a lot bigger than *anyone* thinks....especially McCain.

They said that it is the State polls we are to watch and according to them Obama already has 291 electorial votes........

OK,
So all this means is that Obama is winning the popular vote by 5% instead of 8% nationwide. And this is news why????

It's kind of like saying that the Phillies won the world Series in 5 games instead of 4.

Bottom line, a win is a win....

Who is Ronad Reagan?

looks like he bused in more students to pad his attendance

I know you want viewers and want to make this race tight to get more viewers.

Can you stop playing the games with viewers.

Saying it may be tightening is just a spin game your playing.

It either is or it is not. Get your facts straight and report the facts but do not play or think we are not onto the games you are into.

Stop thinking people are stupid.

The polls are tightening because NO ONE can buy the job as President. Not even for $600 million dollars of blood money.

Barack O'Bama is a man who's words speak louder than his actions.

But keep in mind the candidate that was behind was not running against someone who will not reveal his past, birthright, no experience, very strange and dangerous acquaintenances has not bled or sacrificed for this country (not even sure he has a loyalty to this country), and may be "Robin Hood's" cousin and the list goes on...and will easily spend our money but not his own. McCain is proven, tested and a real American!

Historically, however, only one presidential candidate can win the presidency.

SAY,,,,,,,,,,,,,WHAT ? ? ?

DIDN'T ,,,,,,,,,,,,,CNN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,GIVE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,OBAMA,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE,,,,,,,,,,,

MEASURING,,,,,,,,,,,,TAPE,,,,,,,,,,,FOR,,,,,,,,,,,,THE,,,,,,,,,DRAPES,,,,,,,,,,,,,

AT,,,,,,,,,,1600,,,,,,,,,,,,,PENN ? ? ?

Maggie, VT

I hope and pray Obama wins this election because if he doesn't we are in for a rough 4 yrs.

"Bradley Effect"?

McCain is no Ronald Reagan. Enough said.

I'm sorry Senator McCain, but you're no Ronald Reagan. At least Ronald kept his honor, and never stooped to calling a fellow American a "Socialist."

If anything, I would think this would be bad news for McCain, only because it will motivate Obama supporters, who may have started to become complacent, to go vote to make sure Obama wins!

The race may be tightening. But the early vote is what's going to beat Mccain. Obama's a very smart man. He did not get this far being stupid.

Who ARE these people? What would cause them to change their minds NOW? I am mystified.

Last night on Jay Leno, Jay asked a young woman who said she is undecided, "Who is running for President?"

"McCain and Obama," she replied.

"Who is running against them?" Jay asked.

"Palin and that bald guy," the young woman replied.

Come on Obama fans and get people out for Obama. God help us if we have to go through 4 more years of the same ole, same ole!!
I know everyone has he jitters but in spite of the smut McSame and Palin Who put out Obama can still do it. Wake up and smell the coffee.

On November 5 you will learn two new words, my friends: President McCain

This is no brainner– most people have already gone to the polls to vote, unlike previous years. The real poll would be to ask those who have already voted (like me) to disclose who they voted for- Obama will be way in the lead.

So, stop this old-type polling and be like Obama; do something new and innovative as I have suggested above!

Good for the ratings, huh CNN?

No one in the O camp expected to win the pop vote by 8 or even 5 %. This has all been gamed ahead of time, as have the bg states. If you still think McCain has a chance, you havent been paying attention.

I watched the Obama infomercial last night not knowing what to expect. Seeing these families from all different creeds and races tell their stories, I could relate to everything that they were saying. This is what real Americans face everyday that we wake up in the mornings. Not unless you are one of the few and fortunate not affected by the economy how can anyone criticize what we saw last night?

The money that he spent was given for the purpose for how Mr. Obama saw fit to run his campaign. If you didn't donate to his cause then why complain how he spent money that you didn't contribute?

It is sad to see when we live in a country that is still biased based on the color of a person's skin instead of the content of what is in one's heart and soul.

Had Michelle being a black woman been on drugs, stole money to get the drugs on top of it, and had a pregnant teenage daughter Mr. Obama would not have made it this far and we all know this. Instead you have an educated black family living the American dream that people like Martin Luther King and the entire Kennedy Family fought so hard for what the rest of the country considered unequals to have and we still don't live up to your standards.

It seems as though so many of us have forgotten what his country was founded on "In God WE Trust." For me and my family I trust that God will put the right person in office needed for the job.

CNN I hope you consider printing this

I think the only buyers remorse out there that is going on is with the people that originally backed McCain and Palin. It is time for McCain to retire and Palin to go back to Alaska!

What happens when you factor in the other candidates? Voters aren't (at least shouldn't be) selecting from only two candidates.

No buyers remorse here - I voted for Obama/Biden and wouldn't even consider regretting that.

Don't react to the politics of fear and division, people. Vote for the politics of hope and unity that's in your heart.

To all Obama / Biden supporters:

We cannot get complacent! Contact your local Democratic headquarters and volunteer at a phone bank today. We need to get out the vote. If we lose this, we only have ourselves to blame!

And Ronald Reagan he ain't!!!!

Please do not compare McCain to Regan....I did not like nor vote for Regan, but there is no way that this country is better off with mccain...he is out of touch.
Please everyone who cares about this country go vote on 11/4..
My vote is for obama...at least he offres hope and a positive outlook, not the devisive, lying smears that Mccain offers, and no policies other than what got us here.

Is the Fox News poll factored in? Their party ID ratio was pretty questionable.

Thanks CNN! I guess JOhn McCain should be happy that with about 18-20% of the public having voted by now he's pulling even with Barack Obama. YAY!

Obama/Biden 08 & 12

I'm going to have to call B.S. on this one!

im sick of polls

Wendy Button Biography
As a biography, She has been a speechwriter for Barack Obama and Michelle Obama right up until recent weeks. She was earlier a writer for John Kerry and John Edwards. Later for Hillary Clinton before joining the Obama campaign. She graduated from the prestigious Bennington College with an MFA degree in writing. Wendy resides in Washington D.C.

Wendy Says "I can no longer justify what this party has done and can’t dismiss the treatment of women and working people as just part of the new kind of politics. It’s wrong and someone has to say that. And also say that the Democratic Party’s talking points—that Senator John McCain is just four more years of the same and that he’s President Bush—are now just hooker lines that fit a very effective and perhaps wave-winning political argument…doesn’t mean they’re true. After all, McCain is the only one who’s worked in a bipartisan way on big challenges."

Thank you Wendy- You are thoughtful and true to yourself.

I'm getting whiplash from these polls. Up one day, down another.