[Dave S]

FYI 9 percent to 14 percent represents a 56% increase in support, not a drop.

And if the latest results are accurate, then McClinton hasnt increased his share since Ueberroth left the race when he also had 14%. Is that your idea of surging? He still only has about 25% of the Republican vote. When is he going to start campaigning. The vote could be held in a couple weeks.

[thoughtomator]

The convention poll showed Tom had half the Republican vote. And comparing this poll with the one done by the same people earlier shows McClintock going from 9 to 14 percent.

Any way you try to spin it, it still shows a 56% gain in support, and a greater gain in the total number of supporters than any other candidate.

The trends all favor Tom, and we haven't even seen the Dems slime (R)nold yet. It's not the poll today that matters, but the one on Oct. 7. And if we consider that the general trend in polling results shows a more liberal electorate than actual election results, McClintock stands a good chance of walking away the winner.

[Theodore R.]

Robert D.S. Novak said on "The Capital Gang" (CNN, Saturday 7 p.m. Eastern) that McClintock was fading in strength but that Bustamante and Schwarzenegger were locked in a near tie and not gaining either.

Regardless of the polls, I would vote for McClintock even if he and I were the only ones still supporting him on Election Day, whenever that may be.