[CatOwner]

Heard McCain interview this morning. He said that in 2004 it was Kerry +13 over Bush at this point in one of the polls

I think McCain is stretching really hard with that statement.

3-Way Race: Bush/Cheney vs Kerry/Edwards vs Nader/Camejo

[ScottinVA]

Yeah — stretching a long way. Maybe he was talking about a CA or MA poll. Nothing national had a wide spread at all.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“I think McCain is stretching really hard with that statement.”

Maybe, but I am intrigued by the distinct disconnect between Obama’s polling numbers showing him leading in states where Hillary beat him by double digits in the primaries. McCain-Palin is not Dole-Kemp. There is a lot more energy in the McCain-Palin campaign, and there are very distinct philisophical differences between the candidates. Clinton essentially ran as a moderate, and still never broke the 50% barrier. Obama has a much more liberal platform, but I do agree that McCain needs to do a better job pointing this out to the electorate.

[Betty Jane]

My question is are these the same polls the media were hyping in 2004 for public consumption? I do remember John Kerry was going to win even on election day.

Yeah, we may be wishing real hard, but there is a rule of precedence of not getting the true feel of the race from the press. I will continue contacting every one I know to vote.