Yep, the recent polls scare me, however...

[slor]

we can turn it into a positive. With so many of the younger generation being excited by the Obama campaign, and this same group being notorious for not really showing up to vote on election day, or at least that notion being the conventional wisdom, we can use the polls to motivate them to really GOTV election day. I really want to believe that the majority of American people will not vote for a doddering old fool and a right-wing wacko, over 2 people that are so clearly superior both intellectually and legislatively.

[dtotire]

1. They scare me also n/t

[brazos121200]

2. I've seen this happen too many times not to be scared by the polls.

Time after time, the Democrats have led in the polling until Labor Day, when the repubs turn on the dirty tricks machine first used by Donald Segretti and Lee Atwater, and continued by the likes of Karl Rove and others. The use of mock outrage, television spots accusing the Democratic candidate of the very things the Repub candidate is guilty of, and so on. The use of the 527 groups to engage in campaign tactics too sleazy even for the Republican campaign to engage in, etc.
The downturn in the polls has begun and unless something dramatic happens between now and election day, it could mean another defeat snatched from the jaws of victory for the Democrats. Kerry was leading handily until the swift boats veterans began their campaign of innuendo and lies. In 1988, Michael Dukakis was 20 points ahead until Lee Atwater used a photo of him in a tank and compared him to mickey mouse. Unless and until the Democrats get campaign managers willing and able to engage in similar tactics Democrats will continue to lose elections. The time for the gloves to come off has arrived.

[KharmaTrain]

3. Be A Part Of The Solution...

My wife, daughter and I are organizing voting parties for election day...inviting first time voters and getting them to the polls. I got tired of canvassing voters...young AND old, who would smile and say they were with you and then decide on election day they weren't going to vote. We found that if you got a group together, that got some of these people out the door and a little peer pressure didn't hurt either.

The national polls are still beauty pagent numbers that, while not to be dismissed...you need to see trends on where people are thinking (issues vs. candidates), the state polls are the key and the ones that we have the ability to influence. If you're in a battleground state...the numbers of a close race should be the incentive to work a little harder and solidfy the strong support Senator Obama has shown in many of these states.

Being "scared" is what the GOOP loves to hear. Time to be intrepid...we're the side that stands for real change...and one should never fear that. Let it be a strength.

Cheers...

[djkevvy]

4. REMEMBER! Polls only measure who picks up the phone...

NOT who actually goes out and vote.

If they measure likely voters, what does that mean? People who voted in the past. This does not measure NEW voters.

Look at the turnout numbers from the primary/caucus season. The numbers are on our side.

Plus, the Repubs are just riding the Palin wave- Gallup has Mccain only up by 3 now, and as Palin gets exposed as the phony she is, she'll bring Mccain down even more.