While Zrby’s three day average of polls still has Obama leading McCain the pollster says the latest individual poll has some downright shocking news.
“Is McCain making a move? The three-day average holds steady, but McCain outpolled Obama today, 48% to 47%. He is beginning to cut into Obama’s lead among independents, is now leading among blue collar voters, has strengthened his lead among investors and among men, and is walloping Obama among NASCAR voters. Joe the Plumber may get his license after all. “Obama’s lead among women declined, and it looks like it is occurring because McCain is solidifying the support of conservative women, which is something we saw last time McCain picked up in the polls. If McCain has a good day tomorrow, we will eliminate Obama’s good day three days ago, and we could really see some tightening in this rolling average. But for now, hold on.”
The key here is to see if this one set of data is a fluke or a sign that things are actually changing in the race. With only two more full days before election day the only real judge will undoubtedly be the final vote total.
The Washington Times reports that this summer during his European tour Senator Obama paid $700,000 for staging and lighting to a company in Berlin for his much hyped but largely disfavored in America speech that took place in Germany.
As this news hits Obama today pushed back against calls by John McCain & Sarah Palin that his tax policy was tantamount to socialism by saying:
John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this socialistic,” Obama continued. “You know I don’t know when, when they decided they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness.”
Word from Politico is that McCain will appear tomorrow night on Saturday Night Live. Host is Dem actor Ben Affleck who is supposedly skewering MSNBC host Keith Olbermann in a skit.
In the last week Obama has gone from promising to lower taxes and defining middle class as those making less than $250,000 then, $200,000 then Joe Biden saying $150,000 now Bill Richardson says $120,000.
This video is making the rounds and becoming quite popular. I was a massive critic of that Obama special and I have to say this video did politically in a minute for the opposition what Obama spent a half hour trying to do. It powerfully made an assertion, created an argument, demonized the opposing position and then inspired a sense of urgency toward action. It then ended with a POSITIVE message “I am proud to be an American” something the McCain camp hasn’t quite understood is necessary to move voters.
The Associated Press is reporting that the Obama campaign has already approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about possibly serving as the Senators Chief of Staff. The latest in a long string of signs that the Obama team is confident they already won this election.
Nielsen just released last night’s ratings of Barak Obama’s national campaign spot for the 56 local markets where we have meters.
Overall, for the six networks that aired the program simultaneously, the spot had a household rating of 21.7% (meaning that 21.7 percent of all households watching television were tuned to the spot.)
In comparison, the final debate between the two presidential candidates received a 38.3 household rating in the top 56 local TV markets. The candidates’ first debate on September 26 received a 34.7 household rating in the top 55 markets; their second debate, on October 7, received a 42.0 household rating in those markets.
The last presidential candidate to air a paid simulcast was Ross Perot in 1996, which received a national household rating of 16.8.
Last night, the Baltimore market had the largest TV audience, with a household rating of 31.3, while the Portland market had the lowest household rating: 14.2.
There, I said it. Sorry, but it did. Anyone who thought that godawful half an hour was worth the millions of dollars it took to put it on the air, wow you need to get your pulse checked.
For those wanting to see for themselves, here you go
Says: “He’s planned his first address to the nation — an infomercial. By the way, I will never delay the start of the World Series for an infomercial.”
