A prescient warning that should be well-heeded by all here. In '06 we spent an enormous amount of energy trying to convince ourselves that the polls just couldn't be right, that nobody in their right minds would sweep out the 'Pubs and replace them with 'Rats. Well, guess what, that's exactly what happened.
We can't afford to delude ourselves again. We ignore these warnings at our peril. If Obama is leading in a place like NC, it doesn't look good nationally. What to do? Well, hopefully, once he's done in DC (which I hope doesn't take too long), McCain and Palin have to get out in front of this Wall Street crap, and hammer every day on the issue and pin it on O'Bummer and the 'Rats as much as they can, because the 'Rats are out there already pinning it on the 'Pubs. That means engage the public and the 'Rats directly as often as possible. Absolutely saturate the airwaves in key states with ads. Get the ground game geared up as early as possible. And never, ever let the enemy (the media and the 'Rats) frame the debate. Preempt them at every turn. Stay on offense, don't try to play defense, because unlike football, defense doesn't win in politics.
Something I have been saying for days now. Anyone that thinks that things are A-OK in this election should have their heads examined. This poll is frightening.
Probably a lot of armchair FReepers who aren't even getting involved and volunteering in swing states...and then will whine on Nov. 4.
That's a non sequitur.
State polls do not move in lockstep.
Did you consider that perhaps Obama is close in NC because he's advertising and campaigning there and McCain is not?
In the states where both candidates are campaigning, McCain is holding up very well.
Obama won't win NC unless it's a landslide, and right now McCain is only down 2-3 points nationally. Yes, McCain needs to get that back to parity, but we're still over a month away from the election, and there will be plenty of twists and turns ahead.
In 2006, I knew the Dems were going to take back Congress. In fact, my predictions were pretty much on the mark, that the GOP would lose both houses, but not by as much as the news media was saying. I was right. This time around, I do NOT think Obama will take NC, no matter what a one-day survey from a not-so-accurate polling house has to say.