How uplifting! While it’s discouraging at this stage, let’s not give up. Just a couple weeks ago, McCain looked like almost a sure thing in winning the White House and now he’s behind by a few points in the polls, but all is not lost - by any stretch.
Consider the following:
(1) Where has Obama padded his lead? Polls this week have shown McCain holding solid leads in southern states like Louisiana, Tennessee and Kentucky amid all the financial trouble (all 3 of those states voted for Bill Clinton twice). If Obama is mainly just adding to his New York and California leads and only moderately adding to his leads elsewhere, he’s not doing very well. The stupid Daily Kos released a poll done by Research 2000 that found in both of Florida’s 13th and 18th congressional districts, McCain was doing as well or BETTER than President Bush did in 2004, suggesting McCain is still ahead in Florida.
(2) How accurate are the polls, considering Obama’s race? The polls have been pretty much off in almost most of the recent elections from 1996 onwards, if not by small margins.
(3) There’s still more than a month of campaigning. Senator McCain is not to be underestimated.
That said, I’m also concerned about the direction this race is going, but my faith is still there for a McCain win.
The down side is that OBAMA IS GOING TO CHEAT.