The CBS Evening News reported that while Barack Obama has gotten "quite a bounce" in the polls following his primary win, it is no guarantee of success in November. CBS, noting Obama leads of varying sizes in a number of recent surveys, looks at the historical record and says, "Back in July of 1988, Democrat Michael Dukakis was 17 points ahead of Vice President George H. W. Bush. Bush won comfortably. And in mid-June of 1992, Bill Clinton trailed both President Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot. Clinton recovered."

On another front, the Washington Post reports that a memo from GOP pollsters yesterday took issue with the LA Times/Bloomberg poll showing Obama topping John McCain 49%-37%, saying it over-surveyed Democrats (they were 39% of those polled, compared to 22% of Republicans.) The LAT defended their polling on their "Top of the Ticket " political blog yesterday.

McCain, Obama Now Tied In Gallup Tracking The newest Gallup daily presidential tracking poll shows the presidential race now tied, with both Obama and McCain polling 45%. The poll surveyed 2,600 registered voter from June 22-24. Obama had been holding a 2-4 point lead for the previous week.
USNews.com: Political Bulletin: Thursday, June 26, 2008

He should win Wisconsin and Minnisota like the dems in the past have. Love these polls though....if they were correct it would have been Gore in 2000 and Kerry in 2004. Like I heard on t.v. the other night...nobody will really know the actual feelings of the U.S. voter untill that curtain shuts in the booths.

There are alot of issues like drilling for oil, nuclear facilities and who is actually best to handle foriegn affairs that people will consider before pulling the lever. :thumbsup: LOL.....I don't think "Dr. No" will be so popular when they had to fuel up to get to that voting booth.

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Have a good one!:s4: