So why cherry pick this one?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/poll-m…

It seems at least reasonable to consider the possibility that his convention bounce is dissipating.

I mean, a drop of 5 points is rather drastic.

Maybe McCain can maintain a 5 point lead from here on out. Or maybe not. Tomorrow, we'll know how he's doing tomorrow.

There are also other polls out there. The Investors Business Daily polls gives Obama, not McCain, a 5 point lead.

Rasmussen has them tied at 48.

There's a pretty wide disparity among polls.

Isn't there?

Interestingly, even McCain bragged about how much he and Bush saw eye to eye. People criticize Obama for saying McCain voted with Bush over 90% of the time, but he's just reiterating McCain's own words. So according to you, either McCain was lying or he's a fool. Which one do you suppose it is? For that matter, which one do you think is preferable?

While 82% of voters who support McCain believe the justices should rule on what is in the Constitution, just 29% of Barack Obama’s supporters agree.

…and let them go after 10 days. They seem to have a penchant for kidnapping rather than beheading.

and while we're worrying ourselves about Iran, Russia is busy buidiing nuke plants for them.

more of Bush's “eyes on the prize”.
-his own wallet.

McCain obviously is different than Bush in demeanor and in campaign strategy.

He has a funny way of showing it. He has made light of bombing Iran, and he's attacked Obama for not being bellicose enough toward them.

Only idiots want to immediately end the occupation.

Glad to see we can discuss things in an adult fashion.

The Bush people, McCain, and the Democrats all want us out of Iraq

Bush and McCain only jumped on the bandwagon after Maliki endorsed Obama's plan. And even so, McCain has made it clear he would like to see our troops there for decades, apparently unaware of the Muslim sensibilities.

McCain obviously is different than Bush in demeanor and in campaign strategy.

So obvious that you can't say how. I see.

McCain's energy policy includes alternative energy support missing among the Bush people.

McCain's campaign rhetoric is focused on lies about the efficacy of expanded offshore drilling. And yet his Senate record shows clear opposition to alternative energy subsidies. Putting windmills in his campaign ads is not enough to convince me.

Only idiots want to immediately end the occupation. The Bush people, McCain, and the Democrats all want us out of Iraq (and Afghanistan, eventually, too, don't forget), but only the idiots want us to flee from there too soon.

McCain obviously is different than Bush in demeanor and in campaign strategy.

McCain's energy policy includes alternative energy support missing among the Bush people. The vast majority of the US public knows we need oil for years to come to power our transportation; only idiots believe we should be forcing ourselves to de-mobilize ourselves or expect instant alternatives that are not there and won't be there for years.

YOU'RE WELCOME. [sigh] Next time, do your own homework, as you always should.

McCain is no Bush clone, despite what the fools would believe.

Except in the areas of economic policy (he wants to continue the reckless tax cut regime), foreign policy (he wants to continue the Iraq occupation and expand the conflict to include Iran), energy policy (he looks to oil as the first and best option) and on campaign style (he has embraced Karl Rove and his apprentices).

But keep repeating your foolish talking point. It's fun to see you never back it up with anything concrete.

Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are tied at 48 percent in a new Rasmussen poll conducted Sunday and released late Monday.

Before both parties held their conventions, an August Rasmussen poll showed McCain with a 46-43 lead in Florida.

48% is Obama's best showing yet in the Rasmussen, and McSame has had the lead in 8 of the past 9. And while it's true Palin's favorables are still strong there, and McSame is also up a couple points since last month, you've got to wonder how Pentecostal Palin is going to play in Boca.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/…
But yeah, polls really don't hold much water until at least a week before the election itself.

As to the poll of the day, hour, or minute, we need to wait a while and see if the graphs diverge, converge, or converge, cross, and then diverge. (Won't the left be hysterical and vicious then!)

http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08…

http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08…