McCain leads Obama

[TitanTiger 20,511]

...In a general-election match-up among registered voters, McCain is 2 points ahead of Obama, within the margin of error; he beats Clinton by 6 points.

McCain runs ahead of Obama on every issue except health care. The Arizona senator has a 13-point advantage on Iraq and a 37- point lead on terrorism. He also does better on managing the economy. One area where Obama has a clear edge is on the question of who would bring the most change in Washington; the Illinois senator has an almost 3-to-1 lead.

"Obama has moved decisively ahead of Clinton, but as a general-election candidate he has a tougher road to travel in a campaign against John McCain,'' says Susan Pinkus, the Los Angeles Times polling director. McCain is seen as having the right experience and is "the person people think could be the strongest leader.''

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080227...erg/aj20k269dy0

It's just one poll, but color me shocked. Maybe the old guy has a shot.

[RunInRed 16,488]

For you poll fanatics:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20..._obama-225.html

Obama wins by 7-10pts in November...just watch

[AUTiger1 0]

It's hard to say. I still think that McCain has a legit shot at being our next Commander in Chief. Obama still has to beat the Clinton political machine. I don't think we have heard the end of her yet....but one can still hope :-)

[jw 4 au 526]

...In a general-election match-up among registered voters, McCain is 2 points ahead of Obama, within the margin of error; he beats Clinton by 6 points.

McCain runs ahead of Obama on every issue except health care. The Arizona senator has a 13-point advantage on Iraq and a 37- point lead on terrorism. He also does better on managing the economy. One area where Obama has a clear edge is on the question of who would bring the most change in Washington; the Illinois senator has an almost 3-to-1 lead.

"Obama has moved decisively ahead of Clinton, but as a general-election candidate he has a tougher road to travel in a campaign against John McCain,'' says Susan Pinkus, the Los Angeles Times polling director. McCain is seen as having the right experience and is "the person people think could be the strongest leader.''

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080227...erg/aj20k269dy0

It's just one poll, but color me shocked. Maybe the old guy has a shot.

I personally am not surprised by this. I think McCain's experience will out way Obama’s "change" and "hope" platform, especially when they start to debate. I also think Obama's far left voting record will work against him versus McCain, a moderate Republican candidate with a history of bipartisan voting. That is why all the conservative Republicans dropped out early: the GOP realized early on that only a moderate is electable (in my opinion). The conservatives will (should) fall in line.

I also find Obama's supporters infatuation and cockiness may way on his candidacy as well. Can't wait for RIR to chime in, oh wait, he already did (Just kidding!).

[arnaldoabru 11]

We cocky.........shake that head,we cocky

[TexasTiger 13,026]

You will find polls that will support whatever conclusion you want to reach at this point. I can see either side winning. McCain was the only Republican running that might win.

[rexbo 104]

For you poll fanatics:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20..._obama-225.html

Obama wins by 7-10pts in November...just watch

I predict that if this prediction comes true, then the last year of Obama's first and only term will be reminiscent of the last year of Jimmy Carter's term, huge economic problems and mired in a foreign policy nightmare, with the world's thugs laughing at us...

[RunInRed 16,488]

For you poll fanatics:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20..._obama-225.html

Obama wins by 7-10pts in November...just watch

huge economic problems and mired in a foreign policy nightmare, with the world's thugs laughing at us...

So basically similar to what we have now?

[bojack34 2]

For you poll fanatics:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20..._obama-225.html

Obama wins by 7-10pts in November...just watch

Who cares? Once again we have let the media dictate who our candidates will be and once again neither side has anyone worth voting for.

[rexbo 104]

For you poll fanatics:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20..._obama-225.html

Obama wins by 7-10pts in November...just watch

huge economic problems and mired in a foreign policy nightmare, with the world's thugs laughing at us...

So basically similar to what we have now?

Yep, exactly what we have now. An economy that's been on the upturn a record number of years, very low inflation and unemployment, a military second to NO ONE, and 50 million people in the Middle East on the verge of democracy. Is that what things were like in 1979?

[WREGL3 0]

For you poll fanatics:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20..._obama-225.html

Obama wins by 7-10pts in November...just watch

Who cares? Once again we have let the media dictate who our candidates will be and once again neither side has anyone worth voting for.

Thank you bojack....finally someone gets it.....THEY ALL SUCK....bigtime suck.

[AUHonors 0]

For you poll fanatics:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20..._obama-225.html

Obama wins by 7-10pts in November...just watch

Who cares? Once again we have let the media dictate who our candidates will be and once again neither side has anyone worth voting for.

Thank you bojack....finally someone gets it.....THEY ALL SUCK....bigtime suck.

Does Rumsfeld's mantra about "fighting the war with the army you've got, not the army you want" apply to politics as well?

[TexasTiger 13,026]

For you poll fanatics:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20..._obama-225.html

Obama wins by 7-10pts in November...just watch

huge economic problems and mired in a foreign policy nightmare, with the world's thugs laughing at us...

So basically similar to what we have now?

Yep, exactly what we have now. An economy that's been on the upturn a record number of years, very low inflation and unemployment, a military second to NO ONE, and 50 million people in the Middle East on the verge of democracy. Is that what things were like in 1979?

You've apparently been living in a cave. Bill Clinton's been out of office for 7 years.

[otterinbham 0]

I'm not sure that polls can be trusted anymore, either way.

Two good reasons: Caller ID and Mobile Phones. With Caller ID, people are ignoring phone polls. With so many people using Mobile Phones as their only telephone number, a growing number of the populace simply aren't reachable by telephone survey. So I would be wary of polls. What's more, polls have always been somewhat unreliable, guided in large part by the subjectivity of the questions.

Maybe I'm being a conventional thinker in an unconventional election, yet I think it's bad news for Obama if the election is a dead heat at this point or even into Summer. The country almost always breaks to the right come October. That and the fact that the Republican Convention comes after the Democratic Convention has a lot to do with it. Essentially, McCain will be able to take the momentum by choosing a good running mate. The choice of a running mate will figure much more prominently in this election that in the past. First, Obama's youth will need a steadying influence that comes from maturity and experience. Second, McCain's age plants a seed of doubt, which means that he'll need to have a younger successor--someone who is not a political nonentity. Third, like it or not, Cheney's tenure in the Vice Presidency has resulted in a wholesale expansion of the office's powers. It is no longer "worth a bucket of warm spit," as Jack Garner once said. It's an office that is really beginning to matter on the national scene.

Personally, with McCain and Obama running against each other, I think it will be a fun election. I think both are generally independent thinkers who seem to repudiate their respective parties' machinery. Maybe they'll keep this election about issues, and not descend into smear attacks.

[rexbo 104]

For you poll fanatics:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20..._obama-225.html

Obama wins by 7-10pts in November...just watch

huge economic problems and mired in a foreign policy nightmare, with the world's thugs laughing at us...

So basically similar to what we have now?

Yep, exactly what we have now. An economy that's been on the upturn a record number of years, very low inflation and unemployment, a military second to NO ONE, and 50 million people in the Middle East on the verge of democracy. Is that what things were like in 1979?

You've apparently been living in a cave. Bill Clinton's been out of office for 7 years.

Thank God, because he left us in almost as bad a shape as Carter; a crashing stock market, the 2001 recession, and the Middle East bursting at the seams with Islamic fascism in Afghanistan and an emboldened brutal dictator in Iraq. The only really good thing that Clinton did was eliminate Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević in the Balkans, and not get in the way of the expanding economy from the internet boom.

[RunInRed 16,488]

A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows both Democratic presidential candidates ahead of Sen. John McCain in general election match ups.

Sen. Barack Obama leads McCain, 52% to 40%, while Sen. Hillary Clinton is ahead, 50% to 44%.

Key finding: "Another obstacle for McCain may be his age. More than a quarter of those polled said they are less inclined to support McCain because he would be the oldest person ever to become president. The percentage discouraged by McCain's age is more than double that of people who would be less enthusiastic about supporting Obama because he is African American or Clinton because she is a woman."

http://www.abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Vote...4014&page=1

[WinCrimson 61]

It's all statistical noise at this point.

Aside from the obvious blue hue of Massachusetts and deep red of Idaho, it's far from over.