McCain Enjoys First Lead in National Poll

Published by Pamela Gentry on Monday, September 8, 2008 at 1:20 pm.

By Pamela Gentry, Senior Poltical Producer

Sept. 8, 2008 – For the first time since Sen. Barack Obama captured the Democratic nomination his Republican challenger Sen. John McCain is leading in a national Gallup Poll, 48 percent to 45 percent.

McCain’s lead over the Illinois senator is the first time McCain has led in the poll since mid-August. The 48 percent ties his largest base among registered voters being polled since Gallup began this national poll in March.

This isn’t the first time following a party’s political convention the nominee has enjoyed a post-convention bounce.  Following the Democratic convention Obama peaked with a  5 point bounce in polling.   Obama remained in the lead with 49 percent to McCain’s 43 percent in the Gallup poll conducted just before the Republican convention.  The serge for Obama after the Democratic convention saw McCain’s poll numbers fall to 42 percent. 

McCain’s 5-point to 6-point increase following the convention so far, like Obama’s, isn’t really surprising when you look at convention poll numbers with historical expectations. According to Gallup, in the 22 major-party conventions since 1964, the nominee walked away with, on average in most years, with a 5-6 point increase in their polls.

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Samuel Said on

Todd,

No envy at all just want fairness and equality. But the RICH AND GREEDY REPUBLICANS can’t comprehend the concept. They’d rather destroy the country with the delusion that old man McCain will help them maintain their status quo than to risk loosing some of their tax benefits so that working class can live a decent life too. Also enjoying the fruits of your labor is not just a rich person’s dream. We all NEED to enjoy the fruits of our labor that’s what Obama is about. NEWS FLASH: REPUBLICANS ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE LABORING IN AMERICA!!!



HillarySupporter Said on

I am a female, registered as an Independent voter, and do not identify with Sarah Palin politically in any way. I did identify with Clinton politically in a number of ways. And this is about political and legislative issues, not about switching from normal blue jeans to high waisters, suffering through a bad haircut or dye job, changing diapers, or creating a career while balancing mommy duty at home. Friends, colleagues, and professional women’s associations are for support in those areas of Private Life. This election is about Political and Legislative dominance of the country.

BECAUSE Clinton’s stand on issues related to women and on some other issues are what I believe is important and should be protected and promoted, I supported Clinton. I did not support her because she was a woman but because she was a woman who spent her career in politics defending things that I believe in as important and vital to our freedoms and our equality. BECAUSE Sarah Palin’s stand on these issues IS what HRC gave her energy to fighting against, I do not support Palin.

Supporters of HRC who decide to support the McCain-Palin ticket because Palin is a woman and neither Biden nor Obama are women, never truly supported HRC for her intellect and her work, the place where she put her energy, the things that HRC values about herself, they never really supported her and their decision reflects not only the sexism that Clinton spent her life fighting -judging someone’s ability based on gender, but they switch their support to someone who seeks to undo what HRC worked her life to help create and defend.

If those issues were not important to you in the first place, why were you supporting Clinton because by doing so, you were voting against your belief system about how the country should be structured and so against your own self-interest.

HRC is concerned about a whole lot more than pantsuits and hairdos. So is Palin. They both have goals and agendas for which they work. That is why they are doing what they do. If you believed HRC’s were in your best interest and in the best interest of the country and in the best interest of women then you have no choice but to believe that Palin’s are not because they are as different as a green pantsuit with a hibiscus design is from a basic black one.

What are you concerned about? Gender identification OR the rules that govern this country that affect gender based freedoms and equality? I’ll wear a pantsuit probably in the not too distant future and identify with women who do, but I want to wear it in an environment that supports me rights to move freely, be paid equally, and make my own choices about my own body.

The dem ticket carries the torch for the things that HRC continues to work for and to promote. They will have my support. Because they represent what I believe in. HRC has asked those who supported her to support the Dem. ticket and not just because of party affiliation but because it supports what she supports and it is important to her. Supporters of her who shift support to Palin are essentially issuing a major slap in the face to Clinton….bigger than the one they think she received from the party when she conceded. That was one personal and singular. Theirs is about something bigger than a person, and HRC’s history shows that her values are about somthing beigger than herself.

You want solidarity within the gender, you supported HRC, then you continue to support the things she values. You don’t, then you were never there for the reasons should would have had you there in the first place and you become a part of what she fights – and she fights it for You as well as herself.

If Palin were a man, and you cared about the issues HRC represented, you would find her ideas about how You should live to be poison. HRC does and it’s part of the cause that she gives her life to, as have countless women (and men) over the past 50 years. My friend, a bright and well respected professional woman in her mid 40’s, who I know supports many of the same issues HRC does, said this weekend that she was thinking to vote McC-Palin because of Palin. I asked her how she would feel if some of the these things were lost. She said that the presidential administration can’t make those decisions. I said, the Supreme Court does and the president appoints Supreme Court judges. She asked me how the supreme court works and how many judges are on it.

Enough said.



max Said on

gallup was polling ‘likely voters’… if you’re not registered, or are but have not before or in a long time, they’re not counting you. we need to remember that barack has been able to mobilize many, many “unlikely” voters and bring many disenchanted people back to the party. i think it’s gonna be fairly close, but i also think the media is going to very surprised in the end. remember all those crowded stadiums barack spoke to during the primaries? i don’t think any of those kids (18-24 year olds) are counted among “likely voters”.



clint Said on

Welcome aboard HillarySupporter!!! Glad to have you!!!!



young Said on

We need more Hillary Supporters like you.



Vote Said on

Obama proves he is ready to lead. He has successfully succeeded in making McCain adapt to his plans, views and beliefs in change and reform. Don’t look now McCain but you’re taking orders from Obama.

Wow and it took less than 24 months for McCain to come on board with Obama’s ideas. That’s pretty impressive and shows strong political leadership skills and power for Obama.



seschris Said on

Barack is leading among the electoral votes 243 while McShame has only 143. Barack only needs 273?



DARRYL Said on

Patrick my man, youre’ living in a dream
world.i have a couple of questions but before i get to em i have to say the two candidates were here in Dayton,Ohio this past tuesday. well three if you count mccain and his mouth piece ellie may clampett. Obama,spoke at a local
high school on education reform.eloquent as always .insightful and he spoke without the use of cue cards.i could go on and on. while mccain on the on the hand; chose the most rednecked region of ohio to speak or{read his cue cards at} Lebanon ohio. and geez this moronic, blithering special ed student read the exact same speech he gave at the repube convention!!!hahahaha what a doofus!!!he began dam near every sentence with “my friends” geez!!i never trust a man who begins sentences with that phrase. it sounds too much like a huckster vacuum salesmen.again i could go on but dont take my word for it see for yourself..go to WHIOTV.COM and check it out.with all the lies palin has been blurting out and the news agencies bringing it to tasks its mccain whos on his last leg. he truly botched up by not adequately researching this moose shooter’s pasts.
it will backfire big time.its already begun. now for my questions,what is mccain’s and elle mae’s palin’s educational backgrounds?they strike me as the type who probably did a lot of cheating by peering over at the smart kid’s answers.and why is his slogan “country first” when someone of his ‘conservative stature’ should be embracing the slogan God first..hahaha.. OBAMA HAS THIS SEWN UP!!!its just a matter of time.
no way elle mae.no way mccain!!

Obama/Biden
08



angelic777 Said on

One thing I notice we see more of Palin addressing issues as though she is running for President. McCain is hiding behind Palin, they are using her. Still the same ol same ol, deceit, lies, trickery, McCain/Republicans are all cut from the same cloth. They have our country in total shambles. Where do we go from here? Obama 08′ Change or McCain more of the SAME 08′ How can we survive another 4 years of that kind of leadership.



Patrick N. Washington Said on

What are Obama’s ideas?

Surrender and retreat in Iraq.

More welfare checks.

More abortion clinics.

More sympathy for Islamic terrorists.

More corporate taxes.

Give me four more years of Bush instead of one week of Obama.

No way! Nobama 08!!!

McCain-Palin 2008!!!

Country First!!!



dan Said on

Somewhere I read where the TV news casters were told to keep the race close and that is not good. People need to know the news facts and not varying opinions. Especially when you consider the past two elections. Another point to consider is that most voting machines are proprietary and not verifiable to the voter. This country does not need another election snaffu.

McCain was not being fact checked on his half-truths but now he’s getting called out.



Timothy Said on

McCain and Palin have been telling half-truths and smiling pretty for the camera long enough. Time for the Republicans to answer some unscripted questions and stop the silly distractions. Obama answered all the hard questions everywhere he goes and his feet are held to the fire on a daily basis.

Vote Obama/Biden 08

Yes We Can!!!



DATTYL Said on

4 more years of bush over a week of Obama?!!
now i KNOW YOU’RE WHITE PATRICK! hahaha.matter of fact, mccain is that you?!haha your
theory about muslim terrorist and retreating from a war we’ve shouldve never been involved in anyway is full of holes.we all know there were never any wmd’s found.and plus the goverment could give a dam about the Iraqi people or their freedom.all you have to do is look how arab citizens are treated here in the states. all this talk of muslim terorist when no one mentions the klan or skin heads or rednecked bubbas who are this country’s ORIGINAL TEROISTS.well besides christopher columbus that is.this acceptable racism going on is indicitive of the outright fear and hatemongering of people other than white that has tarnished this country’s image forever.extremism at its finest. but i digress. check this out;when newswoman campbell brown pressed mccain campaign spokesmen tucker bonds to name just one decision sarah palin made as so called ‘commander and chief’ of the alaskan national guard{mind you, just one example} he could not.and later newsman Robert Caldwell asked mccain to give an example of her forign policy experience mccain replied,’energy’ what?!!then on the morning program the View;Whoopie Goldberg and Barbera Walters asked maccain to explain how palin would reform washington.he couldnt.and you all seen the abc interview when Charlie asked palin to explain the bush doctrine.she couldnt.now these are the most simplified GED questions you can present to a candidate and each time they were unanswered.so now mccain’s cry baby putz of a campaign manager rick davis is pulling sarah palin from the interview circuit with the flimsy excuse of her being disrespected by the media.when the truth is he’s afraid the american people will see how uninformed, out of touch with dam near every important issue of the day and how she’s nothing more than a lying dumbass who dont know doodoo from shine-ola. well the cat’s out the bag!!the american public already see these points.meanwhile she’s off somewhere in middle america peddling that rehashed,recycled same old “i told them thanks, but no thanks “teleprompted speech of hers, hoping the wool remains wrapped around her followers eyes.sarah palin is easily the most dubiously scripted candidate in american history.its almost as if john mccain went to the local walmart and spotted her in the sporting goods section then said, “you, yes.you’ll do come on my staff will brief you on the way” [maverick!]hahaha what BS.neither one of them are mavericks.they’re more like CADAVERICKS.akin to a meat head.dead from the neck up as archie bunker would put it.they’re are both painfully unfit to lead.hell, they’re unfit to even answer a dam simple question.all this talk about polls for this and polls for that.its silly to answer a poll about a candidate where no suitable information has been presented.plus the only readers polled are middle aged to ederly white men/women which is mccain support base.how no one else is ever apart of these polls is beyond me.certainly with the overwhelming number of black, latino,young voters,oriental,native american,gay/lesbian,arab citizens etc. we out number them by far. so why are we never polled? because this government is planning on disenfranchising our vote to level the playing field.watch for faulty voting machines in your area.polls shutting down before your vote is cast and adress switching in your district forcing you to fill out an absentee vote slip that will not be counted.even with all this americans are not stupid.{well hold that thought} im not saying americans are stupid. but i will say that americans are very cynical and racist at the core.remember when Obama said this campaign is about you during his nomination acceptance speech in Denver? well guess what it is!and the world is watching to see not if Obama is ready to lead{because he clearly is}but if we’re for a new acceptence.ready to judge a man by the content of his character{which Obama has in spades}and finally,ready to change from the bull of the last century to a true new beginning of the current century. dont let these polls sway you.dont let these wolves in sheep clothing these negative right winged,got their lunch money stolen all through high school and now their mad at the world,white racist republicans posing as a black republican like patrick over here bother you one bit.these guys know they wont prevail come november.. they havent seen IT since IT seen them {if you know what i mean}so their depressed and quite frankly
delusional.so just laugh at em. especially when they post stupid remarks like 4 more years of bush over a week of Obama.HAHAHAHA. delusional delusional de-lu-sion-al.. by the way Obama leads mccain 49% to 44% here in Ohio as of monday..but so what,its just another poll right?

Obama/Biden 08



jfffnn Said on

When Sen.Obama was debating Alan Keyes he said that he is running for Sen. from Ill. not minister from Ill. which is right on target.My main question is what difference does it make what a persons avenue of faith is ? GWB claims too be a “born again Christian” and look at the mess the country is in.Unless a person lives in some middle eastern country or Vatican City religion and politics don’t mix.There is a saying in China that there is “freedom from religion” which is the way it should be here,instead of forcing religion on people as a way to govern.



DARRYL Said on

AH MY BET FAMILY!!!!here we go..
this friday the country will finally see whose fit
to lead and whose based their campaign on fabricated half truths{as if the country doesnt already know} it seems to me the more mccain /palin opens their mouths,the more delicatable foot pastery becomes delicasy of the day for them.i knew it. the people are waking up from their slumber of spinster tale weaving. even fox news coddling of palin wont prevent the inevitible.
stay the course ya’ll. momentum is in our favor. truth is in our favor!and again,the world is
watching to see if we’re ready to accept a new era of leadership.a new era of activism and diplomacy.i believe we are!!matter of fact I KNOW WE ARE!!also mccain knows as well!thats right

i said mccain knows as well which is why he shadows
every thing the Obama/Biden campaign has upheld
and propogated from the start. who said,change is coming first? Obama thats who.why is mccain suddenly trying to take on the banner as well?in his mind
he sees how the rally call for change has mobilized and united the people of america and now he thinks by adopting the same rally cry for his campaign it will be just as effective.well to me thats like trying to fit a size 12 foot in a size 8 shoe.NOT HAPPENING..the only point mccain makes by shadowing sen Obama in this fashion is how well he follows A TRUE LEADER.totally smashing his theory that sen Obama isnt ready to lead ithe first place.well he’s cetainly got his nose opened yeah? hahaha.
ah BET fam. im having a ball right now.but even with all festive jubilance,there’s still the reality that anything can happen between now and nov 4th.which is why i implore you to stay the course..check the debates! watch for untruths and mccain/palin shadowing.palin can keep regurgitating her tired “i told them,thanks but no thanks to the bridge to nowhere” speech
on backwoods rural mayberry if she wishes;but the time to answer to the rest of america is fast approaching.time is coming..{hold up} lets make that,~CHANGE IS COMING~and its name isnt mccain/palin. that dream is all but dead.the names are Obama/Biden.lets go!!



Concerned Said on

THIS ELECTION IS BEING RUN BASED ON “RACE”. IF MCCAIN/PALIN WIN WE WILL BE TELLING THE REST OF THE WORLD JUST HOW STUPID WE REALLY ARE!!!

THE MOST RACIST COUNTRY ON THE PLANET.



DARRYL Said on

^^^^^i feel your concern brotha concerned.{no pun intended}
but fret not.the truth is coming to light about the mccain/palin ticket.mccain has even chickened out of this friday’s debate on the economy citing some BS excuse about holding a bi partisan meeting to fix the economic crisis.{which was Obama’s idea in the first place} mccain’s part and parcel with the reason why the country’s in the mess we’re in now,voting with bush 90% of the time and what not.by a show of hands BET family.how many of you think he would’ve chickened out if this friday’s debate was on the war in Iraq? no hands??? i thought so.. stay the course ya’ll.change is right around the corner.
and its name is Obama/Biden



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