Posted on 09/29/2008 2:17:31 PM PDT by wac3rd
New York - Barack Obama has picked up steam.
Over the past two weeks he's seen a small but steady rise in the polls. Immediately after the Republican Convention, the Illinois senator trailed his rival John McCain by three points in the various daily tracking polls. Senator Obama is now up by as many as six or seven points.
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Pollsters say that's in part because the vital independent voters are now shifting his way. There's also the Sarah Palin factor.
She continues to energize the Republican base. But in her recent interview on CBS, the Alaska governor did not appear to have a grasp of a variety of issues.
That's prompted some women conservative columnists, who once supported her, to call for her to step down for the good of the party.
Governor Palin's favorability ratings among independents are also going down as her unfavorable ratings are on the rise.
"I'm not sure it's gotten to the point where she's hurting [McCain,] but she's clearly not helping," says political analyst Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
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The media continues its absolute, ridiculous acting job of pretending to report news when Liberal activism is the truth.
ignore this Bravo Sierra
This is pure perception shaping at it’s best.
I’d like April 27th 2011.
panicsville
That sounds fishy to me.
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