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Obama Bounce Holds at +4 (Rasmussen) w/poll

Ok. I know there are alot of people who really dislike national daily tracking polls. But some of us feel that they matter. I believe that everything matters.So bearing in mind that Rasmussen usually...

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Obama breaks 61% Intrade threshhold ....w/poll

First I want to say that it's nice to come to dailykos and not see the panic and disruption of the previous two days. I am glad that folks are chilling a bit and fucusing.I have been following the...

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It's the PERSECUTION, stupid. w/poll

The fundamentalist Christian right will at no time in the near future stop supporting Palin. The more Palin is questioned as a VP selection, the more Christians will read persecution into the...

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Palin is the BLOB w/poll. Or, It's not about OBAMA any more     w/poll

Back in February the press was torn between two great candidates, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Over time, the Clinton campaign realized it could not defeat Obama in a head to head fight on the...

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 Obama +2  Ras.  w/poll:   First Post Palin Speech #s

Update: I want to direct folks to Ottoe's comment below. He presents some strong, reality based polling numbers for the number crunchers among us.Poll is from realclearpolitics.comSo there it is....

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Obama +3 in Rasmussen 3 Day Rolling Average w/poll

I was very pleased when I checked in at realclearpolitics.com and saw that Obama was up one percentage point from yesterdays Rasmussen poll. I think this means that McCains speech and the end of the...

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A Brief POLLSTER Reminder. Obama at 260.....w/poll

pollster.com is the source of my discussion.There's alot going on this weekend. Football, McCain/Palin bounce, Obama misspeaks in interview, FOX goes cultural psycho on Obama, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac,...

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McCain/Palin = More Lies and Corruption w/poll

This is an ad/campaign tactic concept diary.Let's keep this simple. You want a narrative? Cable news only likes sound bytes? Well let's just go with the truth.We know that Obama/Biden are in the...

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Colorado is the Linchpin of an Obama victory    w/poll

Assuming Obama wins all of the states that Kerry won, with special emphasis on Michigan, a state he simply cannot lose, Obama will have at least 269 electoral votes if he wins in Colorodo.So without...

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Slams! Blasts! Hammers! Ignores! = Good Verbs for Obama w/poll

I am seeing a trend in the days since the Democratic convention. Little by little, day by day, Obama is getting tougher verbally. He has always been mentally tough. But now he is speaking in a way that...

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Battleground State Polls give Obama the nod......w/poll

I sit here wondering how it is this country let itself go so far down the path to Orwell's 1984. And I am grateful at this moment for the internet and for this site in particular. Because even if the...

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It's the State Polls, stupid!   w/poll

Yes, McCain/Palin have been kicking ass in the National Tracking Polls for the past week or so. No, these polls are not insignificant. But they are not as important as the state  polls.republican shill...

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Meta-Uber Hand Wringing/Palin  Open Thread  w/poll

I am not a hand wringer. I'm a poll junkie, but not a worrywart. I have been unhappy to see so many handwringing/Palin diaries eclipsing the generally high quality writing that had been present at Dkos...

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Meta Hand Wringing/Palin Black Hole Thread #2

I am not a hand wringer. I'm a poll junkie, but not a worrywart. I have been unhappy to see so many handwringing/Palin diaries eclipsing the generally high quality writing that had been present at Dkos...

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Why the DKOS POLL is CORRECT     w/poll

It is a reasonable question to ask why the Dkos/Survey 2000 poll has a 10% advantage in sampling for the Democratic party in its daily tracker, as opposed to the Rasmussen 5% advantage (with Gallup...

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Rasmussen Daily : McCain 48   Obama 47  w/ poll

I was going to let somebody else have the obligatory Rasmussen diary. But fifteen minutes have passed, and nobody has done the duty. So here it is. Obama has been holding at 47 while McCain has slipped...

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Gallup: Obama +2

This Is such good news...This diary is "developing">Just another poll diary. A hell yeah diary. Note that MSNBC is focusing attention on Obama's improved numbers. Democratic shills are sounding...

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Getting My Ass to New Hampshire w/poll

I believe that Colorado will make or break Obama's campaign. That's my humble opinion based on everything I have seen, read, listened to evaluated to date.But...as fivethirtyeight.com says in today's...

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Pre-Debate Foreign Policy hype.   w/poll

"This week is all about foreign policy" is likely to be the Republican inner circle memo, which will be handed to news executives and on down to our eyes and ears this week as we get ready for the...

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Somebody owns Frank Newport of Gallup .     w/poll

Last night, around 8pm there was an African American host on NPR. I don't know the name of the program, because I turned it on while it was in progress. Anyway, this host was making a variety of...

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Alcohol and Cigarettes. w/poll

Obama and McCain thought they were going to be major players in this week's news cycles, but you can tell by the looks on the faces of the financial anylysts at Bloomberg (not so much cnn + msnbc,...

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Sucking the Oxygen out of the Presidential Campaign w/poll

Man this near Depression experience is really shaking things up. I used to watch alot of horror movies, and the best horror movies, such as Alien, create a scenario wherein the monster is nearby, but...

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Repeat after me: This is a SCANDAL   w/poll

I think we all need to take a deep breath and focus on one word: SCANDAL.I hope the geniuses in the Democratic chaos machine (i mean party) can look at this situation and call it what it is: a major...

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Yesterday was SO BRUTAL...How brutal was it? w/poll

I almost lost my will to live yesterday. I set myself up early in the morning with the expectation that something, anything would happen.Then I waited. I watched Bloomberg, MSNBC, even CNN. I spent...

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How does it feel? w/poll

Today I think I know how it must have felt to be a republican during the 2004 presidential election cycle. Comfortable. Relaxed. At ease. Knowing that we have the superior candidate and organization,...

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The Democratic Party has a Bounce in its Step Again. w/poll

"We got this thing." It's a feeling. It's an understanding. Based upon both past successful Democratic Presidential Candidacies (see Bill Clinton) and also, of course, on everything that Barack Obama...

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Obama +8 in Gallup Tracker Today  w/poll

50-42 is the spread.I just want to get the word out there into the Dkos community that Obama is maintaining his national margins with Gallup today.I believe that this weeks poll numbers are very...

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Obama at +3 in Florida and at 63% at Intrade w/Poll

Okay, heres the link. The Florida number is very interesting to me. Along with all three national polls showing +6 for Obama, the money site of Intrade.com shows Obama with a 63% chance of winning this...

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Risking another Great Depression... W/poll

I have read many articles and Dkos diaries over the past week and a half, specifically focusing on the econimic crisis. I was pretty much in the dark on day one, but have managed to get a pretty good...

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 Obama Quiet on Voter Suppression ...w/poll

Now that this election seems pretty much a lock for Obama, as long as everyone keeps doing what they are doing, I think Obama needs to do one last thing.I believe Obama must hold a press conference to...

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Thank you Sarah Palin     w/poll

I am glad that Palin did well enough in this debate to enable Republicans to continue to delude themselves that she is a "game changer" for McCain.Palin will be the gift that keeps on giving. Even...

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One Month to REGIME CHANGE: w/poll

I don't think the language of Regime Change is to strong. It's ironic that Bushco/Neoconservative/Yahoo Cowboyism, whose rallying cry is regime change (when you can get an honest answer out of them),...

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Peggy Noonan is now McCain's Firewall.   w/poll

Every day for the past nine months I have basically been scouring the internet for signs and assurances that Obama was "taking the lead" or had a "realistic shot at winning" this Presidential contest.I...

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Virginia, Virginia, I Love Ya, Virginia...   w/poll

Obama's double digit lead in two Virginia polls out today is really, really, bad news for McLame/Flalin.Monday Oct. 6  PollsVirginia SurveyUSA Obama 53, McCain 43 Obama +10New Hampshire SurveyUSA Obama...

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Republicans Love to Hate.

I don't know. I'm kind of irritated today. Kind of let down. Kind of wondering what the Republicans will resort to to try and get McCain back into contention in this election. Because everybody knows...

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FOCUS!!!  Dammit! Janet..... w/ poll

I was considering the title, "FOCUS, Motherfuckers!", but decided against it.Today I am seeing a typical Democratic tendency.It is the "Oh, well, it looks like we are winning, let's break out the...

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The Gallup Narrative.....  W/poll

I have been hard on Gallup throughout this primary and presidential election cycle. They have been up and down and all around. Who knows why? Maybe they have been tweaking their methodologies behind...

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Why Obama +8 in Florida is devastating for McCain. w/poll

Strategic vision released a poll today showing Obama with 52% support to mccain's 44%. Link is here.This I believe continues a trend of positive numbers for Obama in Florida which will force McCain to...

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 Florida's Revenge..... w/poll

Wouldn't it be ironic if Obama's good numbers in Florida were able to bleed significant money and ground troops away from the McCain Hall of Shame Campaign?The Florida polls of the past two weeks show...

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It's all about VIRGINIA........w/poll

272That's where we are at with Kerry states plus Iowa and Virgina. With an average of 6.3% lead in the state polls over the past two weeks, Obama has created a new map/reality for McCain to deal with...

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Clintons deployed perfectly for Narrative Control....w/poll

Love em or hate em, you gotta give em credit. They know how to play this game of politics. Just as Obama's campaign has wrestled team McCain to the mat over the past month, President and Senator...

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It's Over...w/poll

Every day for the past nine months I have hit the internet hard with the hopes of gathering information about Obama's probable victories and possible triumphs in the primary and presidential...

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"You can't steal a Landslide." w/poll

Mom is a retired secretary. She reads the front page of the newspaper every day. It's her morning ritual. She does not talk to friends or family about politics. Ever. But this year has been...

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"You can't Steal a Landslide."..with poll

Mom is a retired secretary. She reads the front page of the newspaper every day. It's her morning ritual. She does not talk to friends or family about politics. Ever. But this year has been...

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OHIO/ Sec. of State, Jennifer Brunner, fights back.

Below is an article from Huffington Post per: Ohio/Acorn/BS.I think this is a HUGE development for several reasons. Brunner fighting the GOP and GOP Circuit Court is encouraging to the Obama ground...

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OHIO/FLORIDA/VIRGINIA = Heavy burden for McFailure

Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in favor of Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, takes Ohio out of the "easy for Republicans to steal in spite of a Democratic S.o.S." category. McCain/Palin have...

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Spreading the Wealth. W/poll

Well, the socialist angle seems to be the McCain campaign's last best hope for trimming some of Obama's leads in national and state polls. I think it would be a bad idea for the Democratic party to run...

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Because we won't lose...

Because we won't lose in the voting booths and we won't lose on t.v. because we have everything to gain from election day no one's voting for McCain's VPBecause White America has prisons and policemen...

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Hey, Ho, Way to go OHIO!!!   w/poll

Taking a look at today's RCP electoral map one sees that Ohio has gone into the "Leans Obama" category, and RCP has granted Obama  303 EVs without tossups added.Just two days after McCain's "going all...

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Oh! So THIS is what AMERICAN FASCISM looks like. w/poll

Well, you can lump me into the group of so called leftists who think that the US is really, really close to becoming a flat out fascist entity.That's just relatively speaking, relative to our history....

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