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Daily Tracking Poll: John McCain Pushes Back but Barack Obama Remains Ahead Democrat Leads 53-44 as Republican Contender Improves on Economic Empathy ANALYSIS by GARY LANGER Oct. 20, 2008— John McCain has climbed back from his record shortfalls on economic empathy and "change" since the final presidential debate last week -- but not enough to alter the basic dynamic of his contest with Barack Obama. Focusing on economic concerns at the debate and since, McCain has trimmed Obama's lead in better understanding Americans' economic problems from 31 points last week to 19 points now; on bringing "needed change" to Washington,...

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<p>BOSTON (AP) - University of Massachusetts officials on Monday quashed efforts by an Amherst campus chaplain to offer two college credits to any student willing to campaign in New Hampshire this fall for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Chaplain Kent Higgins told students in a Sept. 18 e-mail, "If you're scared about the prospects for this election, you're not alone. The most important way to make a difference in the outcome is to activate yourself. It would be just fine with (Republican candidate John) McCain if Obama supporters just think about helping, then sleep in and stay home between now and Election Day."</p>

ScienceDaily (Sep. 17, 2008) — A new approach to determining which candidate will win the most electoral votes in the U.S. Presidential race factors in lessons learned from the 2004 election and uses sophisticated math modeling. The research will be presented at the annual meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®). As of September 16, the margin in electoral votes could be as high as 282.8 votes for Senator John McCain against 255.2 for Senator Barack Obama, depending on the forecasting scenario. Operations researcher Sheldon H. Jacobson, a professor at the University of Illinois at...

The Gallup daily tracking poll showed Barack Obama and John McCain tied at 44 percent Friday for the third time in two weeks.

The Dean of Deception By Michael P. Tremoglie Howard Dean once said, "The biggest lie a politician like me can tell you is that I'm going to solve all your problems… " Yet solving all the problems is exactly what Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean now says he will do as president. However, deceptive statements by Dean are not unusual. In October 2002, before he became the liberal icon he is now, he addressed the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. Dean recited his accomplishments to those assembled. He claimed to have fixed healthcare in Vermont, he claimed he cut...