CNN Politicalticker ... Polls: Obama Ahead By 8

[Mark E. Smith]

Source: CNN

July 11, 2008

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

(CNN) - As the dog days of summer set in and Americans talke a break from the daily political band-and-forth (sic), a new CNN analysis of several recent national opinion surveys show Barack Obama with a sizeable lead over John McCain.

In the latest CNN Poll of polls, the Illinois senator holds an 8-point lead among registered voters nationwide, 49 percent to 41 percent, with 10 percent still undecided.

The 8-point spread is up 2 points from a CNN poll of polls, released one week ago. It is double the margin it was one month ago, days after the prolonged Democratic race ended.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. With oil going up...

Those number should keep going up, as people are slapped awake. Oh, and food prices, too.

[Virginia Dare]

2. My prediction: He'll be up by 15 by November...n/t

[olddad56]

5. My prediction, he better be up by 60 to avoid a rigged election.

[Virginia Dare]

6. There will be a massive disenfranchisement..

the likes we haven't seen since Jim Crow. I'm sure the GOOP operatives are working on it 24/7 as we speak. They're probably combing the Jesse Helms archives right now for pointers.

[Kolesar]

7. Not in Ohio

thanks to Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner

[Doremus]

8. Hooray for Jennifer! No more Kenneth Hacker Blackwell!!! w00t! n/t

[paparush]

9. Goddamn right about that!

[LiberalFighter]

3. And people were complaining that the drawn out primary would hurt Democrats.

At this point it looks like they were wrong. But will have to wait until November.

[Political Heretic]

4. But....but....but..Rassmusen said it was nearly tied!!!1!!!11!1111 :P

And DU said he would fail because he's nothing but a stupid pandering poo poo head!

:crazy: