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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Andrian you are a stupid ass fool why would Obama and Biden have to go somewhere and die you sound so dam ignorant saying that,no matter who is ahead right now neither side should have to go somewhere and die dam!
den stub .. good post!! some very good points.. all those stupid, booty videos against what we have here..it is not co incidence that at the mtv video music awards… the only political sentiment came from a brit, who mashed up bush and mashed up nearly everyone else… we know him over here for fronting the big brother contests every yr with his mad cap comedy hosting gigs.. you know him as an actor.. this man is mad.. he once dressed up as usama bin laden for joke..and got canned by mtv for his pains… lol!!!but isnt it interesting that all the music crowd can think about is their dreadful egos( kanye west) and how wonderful they all are.. what a bunch of empty headed , ego driven , waste of spaces…!!
Obama ha he is a joke can he ever answer a question straight forward or does it always have start out witha uh wel or some other run around the question beginning. If you vote obama just because he is black and not because you agree with what he stands for you are playin russian rouleete with the next 4 yrs of our country over skin color. and do you really want somenewho married to someone who just now proud to be american cause i don’t know about you but i am always proud to be american and so is mccain he served our country and was a pow he sacrificed is life for our country that is real man. Vote Mccain
Olouwana get your foreign ass off here. You don’t like how america is run that get ur ignorant 2cent ass off BET an american website.
yeah the man is here in flint,mi now at the college im attending he is about to give an inspirational speech that will bring hope back tp flint and surroundings there is alot of not so enthusied about him being here but us folks are here for the history and to accomadate him.OBAMA THE MAN RUN THIS COUNTRY LIKE KENNEDY WANTED IT RAN!
THIS IS for CARLene,bebe,andrian,carson,shirley and linda ya must be white I understand why ya wont vote for OBAMA cause must white people wont vote for OBAMA,cause ya grandfather use to be the slave master.now its 2008 we need change.OBAMA ALL THE WAY”
When the hype dies down and people get back to the real issues the polls will adjust. Just because “they” tell you so dosen’t make it true. Just because “they” post a few FAKE replies won’t change people’s minds. Palin is all hype. Once she starts talking on her own people will see. McCain is now change!! What will be his pitch be week? He’s Job One or you deserve a break today? gezzzz.
Go Obama!
jerome i will get my foreign ass of here when viacom becomes american america owned. am waiting… snore…. oh, the xenaphobic republican doesnt have an answer to that one… lol!!! now, where do we start.. ever heard of RUPERT MURDOCH?. na!! you are far too stupid to have heard of him .. OWNS 75 PERCENT OF THE WORLDS MEDIA AND THAT INCLUDES MOST OF THE US PRESS.!!LOL!! OH DEAR!! NOW, NEXT.. WHO RUNS THE US PORTS??. LAST TIME I HEARD WASNT IT A FOREIGN COMPANY .. YOU KNOW THOSE ARABS THAT MADE A BID FOR IT… OH, ITS THE BRITISH WHO RUN THE PORTS?. I GUESS SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.. WHERE TO NEXT?.AMERICA IS IN HUGE DEBT.. WHO DOES SHE OWE MONEY TOO?. THE CHINESE!!!!LOL!! NOW, LETS GET THE CHINESE TO TAKE THEIR CASH AND THEIR FOREIGN ASS OUT OF THE USA AND WATCH THE DOLLAR DROP INTO THE ABYSS!!! JEROME. LETS PARTY ON HERE .. I LOVE KICKING REPUBLICAN ASS HOLES LIKE YOU .. !!NEXT!!!LOL!!
BY THE WAY JEROME, WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT INTELLIGENT AMERICANS WHO KNOW WHERE THIS WIND IS BLOWING.. I WASNT INCLUDING YOU.!!lol!.. (snigger!)
are you palin’s redneck son in law then?. lol! or maybe the man she had an affair with allegedly back in her alaskan wasteland…. lol!!
cant stand furringers??. better get back to your bunker and hole up for the duration…!!
OBAMA 2008!!!!!YIPPE KAI YEAH!!
WHITE PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR OBAMA.. DONT GET IT TWISTED, WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT HE WOULD NOT BE WHERE IS IS TODAY.!! THERE ARE BLACKS WHO HATE THE THOUGHT OF A BLACK MAN TAKING THIS OFFICE.. MOST OF THEM ARE TERRIFIED OF TAXES AND HATE BEING WRONG.! AND OF COURSE JEROME THE WHITEMAN WHO HATES THE VERY THOUGHT OF FOREIGNERS IN HIS COUNTRY.. WHICH MEANS HE SHOULD GET OUT OF IT UNLESS HE IS A NATIVE RED INDIAN.. !!!LOL!!
JEROME, YOU DONT FOOL ME, WHITE REPUBLICANS ARE THE WORST SORT OF EVIL ON THIS PLANET!!.. GREEDY MINDLESS FOOLS… YOU ARE ALL FULL OF SHYT AND WHATSMORE.. ITS CALLED PALIN.. GET LOST !!..
OBAMA 2008!!
JEROME, YOU ARE SOOO FAKE!! LOL!! YOU CRACK ME UP!!
Hey @@ oluwana I aint rupublican fool. I said I wont vote for a sellout like Obama cant you read? An why you talkin about British, lol. Britian is one ofthe weakest nations in the world. You dumb bimbo or should I say wanker. You over there with them white men, mad cause you cant have a fine black man like me. You dumb wanker. lol
Olowana hey skank have the britsih starting taking baths yet, I know you don’t shave and you dont wear deoderant. Stankass. lol And Im black you wanker. lol
Also anyone else always notice how Europeans have messed up teeth. lol Olowana needs some braces lol
Honestly, I question Gallup polls. Where do they really originate from. American is about to embark on an election if we really look at the experience to bring us “true” hope or whether we are looking a POW status to get in White House and give 4 more years. I believe Obama/Biden is a more strategized ticket that some Mccain/Palin. I find it interesting no other Republican ran with him and he had to get a GOVERNOR who has no world affairs experience. MAKES ONE WONDER!!!!
CARLENE..BEBE..CARSON..SHIRLEY —> UR RETARDED! POiNT BlANK ENOUGH SAiD!!!!! LINDA YOU’RE A AIRHEAD AND JEROME YOUR JUST IGNORANT MY FRIEND!!! THERE IS NO MATURE WAY TO RESPOND TO YOUR NON SENSE POSTS!!
LISA..BEN STUB..RICHARD —-> GREAT POSTS MY FRIENDS!! YOU HAVE YOUR THINKING CAPS ON! LETS MAKE THIS CHANGE AND PROVE ALL THE NON OBAMA SUPPORTERS WRONG! GOOD MOVE BRANDON..AND TODD THATS A GOOD QUESTION..WILL HILLARY DO IT?!!
OBAMA 08 OBAMA 08 OBAMA 08 OBAMA 08 OBAMA 08
OBAMA IS MY PRESIDENT! OBAMA IS MY PRESIDENT!
This is for Deelady:
Yes I do think America is ready for a black president and a white woman VP. Who do you think make up the majority of the votes (White Women) And as far as Hillary doing something to undermine Obama, if he can’t control the VP, he shouldn’t control the United State. You need to give Obama more credit than that.
I don’t understand why some people are being fooled by the desperate move that McCain made by selecting Palin as his running mate. And, I really can’t understand how people are being bamboozled by Mrs. Palin’s tomfoolery. She has not said a single iota about anything to HELP the average middle class American, which is the majority. All the Repubs want to do is mud sling and tap dance around the real issues. They could care less about people not being able to pay their mortgage or rent. They don’t care that there will be an alarming amount of teenage girls sick and internally disfigured by getting bootleg abortions in some filthy mom and pop clinic because they can’t get an abortion or didn’t have proper sex education. They don’t understand that being a community leader isn’t a bad thing. They don’t understand that over 1000 people have gotten murdered in another country because of a war that never should’ve taken place from the get go. They don’t understand that if the Repubs get in office for another four years, they’re going to need more people to serve in the military because not many people are willfully enlisting. That means a draft. Sons, nephews, fathers, etc will all be fair game to serve in a war that they don’t believe in. Why in the hell would ANYBODY, repub, dem, indep want that for this country?
here is proof that obama is racist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCyi5NqDkbM