10/22/08 5:29 PM EDT
The poll represents a six-point rebound for McCain
who was down 48 to 41 in AP's last poll. Photo: AP
Posted on 10/22/2008 4:12:26 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
It’s not that the tide of the race is turning. But for Republicans anxiously scanning the headlines for any sign of promising news, a few encouraging tidbits turned up Wednesday – signs that recent rumors of the McCain campaign’s demise have been premature.
Most heartening for conservatives will likely be a new Associated Press poll, conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media, which showed the presidential race as a one-point contest. According to this survey, Obama leads McCain among likely voters nationwide by just 44 percent to 43 percent.
That showing represents a six-point improvement for McCain since AP-GfK’s last poll, which had Obama ahead of McCain by seven points, 48 percent to 41 percent.
Perhaps even more encouraging to Republicans are two new surveys conducted by the highly respected Mason-Dixon polling firm, in the key states of Florida and Virginia, which show McCain well within striking distance in both battlegrounds.
In Florida, Mason-Dixon shows Obama’s numbers slipping ever so slightly while McCain holds steady – and now leads the Democrat, 46 percent to 45 percent. Last month Obama held a two-point lead over McCain in Florida, 48 percent to 46 percent.
In Virginia, a state that political analysts including former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove have tagged as a probable win for Obama, the Democrat is on top by two percentage points, 47 percent to 45 percent.
This is an improvement for Obama since Mason-Dixon’s last round of polling in the Old Dominion, which showed McCain ahead of Obama by three points. Other polls have shown similar movement toward Obama, with the RealClearPolitics polling average handing the Illinois senator a nearly seven-point lead in the state.
Mason-Dixon is among the most experienced polling firms when it comes to surveying Virginia, so ...
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Must be something that Sarah did. John (is a decent man) sure as heck did not do anything.
“It’s not that the tide of the race is turning”
Stupid wishful thinking statement of the day
No, No. Sarah is a drag on the ticket, didnt you hear.
Chris Mathews is currently going off the rails on TV.
I thought Obama was up by double digits.
They’re scared.
Yup - 2 Joes are better than one.
WTF! Ten minutes ago they were even!
LOL. Talk about a begrudging article from the hacks at the Politico. Having spent the past few months on their knees servicing Obama, one can sense that they see it slipping fearing that they will never get invited to a White House party...
I’ll bet its virtually raining spittle in the MSNBC studio.
Please let me correct myself. I am all for Sarah and do not think she is a drag. She is the only thing that gives us hope.
...and so it begins...men may flirt with unqualified candidates but just remember, missy, they don’t marry ‘em.
Chrissy is going to miss obama and his tingle down his leg while he is on vacation during the last two weeks of a Presidential election.
It is his Grandma you know.
If you watched the panel on Brit Hume’s show tonight you would have wanted to slit your wrists. They COMPLETELY ignored any good news.
Well thank you for pointing that out.
Because I read that first sentence...”It’s not that the tide is turning” and read on. What I read described EXACTLY a tide turning.
What a writer, eh?
Politico sucks D**K. Within striking distance in Florida and Ohio, He is ahead for Christ sake!!
But hey, on Nov 5th, Zero won’t be able to pay his lackey’s to do the deed any more, but I am sure you Politico guys will find the inspiration from AC/DC to do the dirty deeds and do them dirt cheap!
You can bet your live they are scared......Matthews just had to send out for clean underwear.
“They’re scared.”
Take it home to them.
FIGHT!
I don’t think I have ever seen polls supposedly taken by professionals with this wide a divergence. A disgrace to statistical analysis.
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