By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
In just three days, Barack Obama has opened up a big lead over John McCain among likely voters in the Nov. 4 presidential election. The margin was 51-44 percent in Tuesday's Gallup Poll, up from 49-47 percent on Saturday.
Up until now, McCain's supporters had been holding out hope that their candidate would continue to fare well with likely voters.
Generally, these are the older people who always go to the polls and vote, a turnout that might help McCain.
And these likely voters include proportionately more middle- to upper-income voters, again a statistic that could favor McCain.
But that's not happening right now.
The news is even worse for McCain in Gallup's widely watched poll that measures how all voters (not just likely ones) feel about the upcoming election.
That traditional poll of all voters has showed showing Obama with a lead usually about 10 percentage points for most of October.
Indeed, on Tuesday, Obama's margin over McCain in the traditional poll was 52-41 percent, the same as Monday.








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I wish you would stop spreading lies. This was from a right-wing website from an unattributed source. It is just more hate and fear.
If you want to talk about money, how much did SARAH PALIN spend for her wardrobe? $150,000! That is the wardrobe that she uses during her JOE SIXPACK speeches. Palin claims to be just a middle class hockey mom, but she owes over $40,000 in TAXES, LIES about her travel expenses and has a net worth of 2.1 MILLION DOLLARS.
Middle class voters are voting AGAINST THEIR OWN GOOD if they believe the McCain/Palin lies.
I saw that bogus email a month ago
This joinamerica data is just made up crap.
Anyone with a computer and an internet connection can GOOGLE Obama McCain Taxes and get the answer for themselves.
Here, I just put it in a link
joinamerica is off his meds
joinamerica:
I strongly recommend that you get evaluated by a doctor. The tin-foil hat you wear seems to have stopped working.
You can fool some people...
You comment is disingenuous, joinamerica.
Yes, Sen. Obama wants to let Dubya's tax cut expire. However, he wants to inact cuts for middle class that are better:
.................. MCCAIN ............. OBAMA
Income ....... Avg tax bill ....... Avg. tax bill
Over $2.9M .... -$269,364 (-4.4%)... +$701,885 (+11.5%)
$603K and up.... -$45,361 (-3.4%)... +$115,974 (+8.7%)
$227K-$603K...... -$7,871 (-3.1%)........ +$12 (+0.0%)
$161K-$227K...... -$4,380 (-3.0%)..... -$2,789 (-1.9%)
$112K-$161K...... -$2,614 (-2.5%)..... -$2,204 (-2.1%)
$66K-$112K ...... -$1,009 (-1.4%)..... -$1,290 (-1.8%)
$38K-$66K ........ -$319 (-0.7%)..... -$1,042 (-2.4%)
$19K-$38K ........ -$113 (-0.5%)....... -$892 (-3.6%
Under $19K ......... -$19 (-0.2%)....... -$567 (-5.5%
Let's Start to Understand Reality. Today!
Ones relationship with their half brother is really not a testament to the type of person or president one will be. Do you have any half siblings? I do! To be honest I could not pick him out in a crowd of 1. However, I have a several charities that I constantly give to and youth that I mentor. I have my own company and I love my wife and take care of my family. My relationship with my half brother has nothing to do with, well, anything. You should based your opinion of your future president on how he will govern our country not on his relationship with a half brother in Kenya or a relationship with any other family members. Family is an interesting thing and that is putting it kindly. I think it is the only group of people that love each other and goes decades without visiting or talking. Obama 08
Under Obama Our Taxes Will Double
Obama’s repeated promise that 95% of us will not pay more taxes is simply a lie. He plans to allow the Bush tax cut to expire which is politican talk (aka a lie) for not raising taxes.
NO, HE’S NOT RAISING THEM BUT WE WILL BE PAYING MUCH MORE. AND TAKING HOME MUCH LESS.
INCOME TAX FROM IRS.gov
MCCAIN (no changes)
Single making 30K - tax $4,000
Single making 50K - tax $12,000
Single making 75K - tax $18,000
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $16,750
Married making 125K - tax $30,250
OBAMA
(reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)
Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750
Under Obama your taxes will more than double!
McCain Defeated Once Again by Bush Dirty Politics...
"Our economy is strong" said Bush repeatedly until suddenly one day last month when he wanted Congress to sign a 3-page document giving the Treasury Secretary dictatorial powers along with $700 billion.
And McCain said all summer long that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" and so in the end I would say that Obama is correct about McCain = Bush in the area where Americans vote the most vigorously: their own wallets.
Let's Please Get to Know Barack Obama Before November 4th
And while the Obama's sat at the Waldorf Astoria last Wednesday enjoying their $458 lunch for two (lobster, Iranian Caviar, French Champagne), his well meaning supporters were out telling America how much he cares for all of us. How he will spread the wealth around.
Enlightenment as to who Barack Obama really is might be gained by considering the facts about Obama’s half brother, George Obama. He’s in his twenties. He lives in a slum in a hut in Kenya. He wants to become a mechanic but doesn’t have the money. He reports that he gets by on a dollar a month. He met Barack Obama for the one and only time in 2006 for a few minutes and said it was like talking to a “total stranger.” He said when people notice he has the same name as Barack Obama, he denies they are related because he is “ashamed.” The Democratic presidential candidate, who made $4 million last year, hasn’t lifted a finger to help his half-brother.
I sincerely believe that every one of us who is posting here today would be helping a brother if he were in George Obama’s situation. I know I would (I sent a check to the charity that has been created for him). And it speaks volumes about who Barack Obama really is, and about where his heart really is, that he (and his wife!) don’t. Their lunch last Wednesday at the Waldorf could have put his ½ brother through mechanic’s school and changed his entire life (and the Senator and Mrs. Obama could have sent a minion out for a hamburger and fries from around the corner.)
Barack Obama is hardly a “man of the people”.
America wake up.
If you haven't listened to our General Powell, you aren't ready
Even after seeing exerpts of Powell on Meet the Press and reading what was written on this blog by Yael, I didn't get it until I saw the whole thing.
Truly if you're not already committed to Obama, you need to see what this thoughtful American said as he broke from his own party and chose among two friends. He has put the whole campaign in perspective, in my view.
Go find it on You Tube or feel free to click on this blog because I have linked it to You Tube for your convenience.
Best of luck to us all
http://radiomankc.blogspot.com/2008/10/impressive-read-about-powells.html
The Video John McCain Doesn't Want You To See
Why would a former POW want to prevent the families of those Missing In Action to get at the truth?
Decide for yourself.
http://scootmandubious.blogspot.com/2008/10/john-mccains-betrayal-of-pow-mia.html
Stunning Gains?
Stunning Gains? Really? You're talking about the 2% change? I had to re-read the article to try to figure out if this is a parody of left-wing blogs... I still don't know what this is supposed to be. It's certainly not someone who cares about his credibility.
Just remember boys and girls
Dewy beats Truman.. :)
Do U Think or Not
Exactly right
I couldn't agree more, unfortunately.
REAL change requires a LANDSLIDE...
Obama/Biden's new deal for America will get watered down and porked-up by Congress IF they only win by a slight margin. Only a landslide victory will force Congress to approve the bulk of the proposals as-is out of fear of voter retribution.
How did America get in to a situation where 40% of voters are too poor to pay income taxes? It happened because America's wealth is trickling down to China, India, Brazil and the middle-east in the form of manufacturing investment, jobs, oil revenues and divident re-investment. Meanwhile America's middle-class is sputtering under the weight of rising costs on healthcare, oil and education while seeing inflation-adjusted pay shrink.
Obama/Biden are not promoting socialism. They are promoting social policy to rebuild the middle-class...so we can buy the stuff that business' make. Even the poorest Americans workers pay 15% in social-sec/medicare taxes which they would get a much needed tax-credit on. Obama/Biden also propose $300B over ten years in alternative energy, infrastructure, education and healthcare. It would RIGHT America so that the Right does not gut it.
There is no more important election for young and old than this one. PLEASE VOTE.
American?
Are you an american? Because if you are you are one of the most stupid ones I know. Even using his middlename written shows us that you 're a dimwitted(am I using to difficult words for you boy?), if you say you 're just being accurate and telling us his full ame why don't you give us George's middle name as wel? Or Mccains?
The race will continue to
The race will continue to get further and further away from McCain.
On election day it will tighten a bit as the newly registered voters and young people who Barack is banking on will do what they always do in mass...stay home.
But in the end Barack Hussein Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. He will win between 28-30 states, well over 300 electoral votes and the national popular vote 52.4% to 47.3%.
He will have a huge election party worth tens of millions of dollars. The man who is going to save the country from evil corporations will throw a huge millionaires party live on TV yet claim he is for the people.
On January 20, 2009 he will take the oath of office as the most liberal president in history backup by a now super majority liberal congress. The multi-millionaire democrats will then continue on their pace claiming to be for the working man and thus raise taxes on the evil rich. This will raise prices of everything, drive businesses and jobs out of the country and thus hurt the very people they claim to want to help.
And in the end....it will be said that it is George W. Bush's fault
Oops wrong link!
That was the story of the Mother of all morons.
The link I wanted to reference is a poll of US Service men and women. McCain won by 67%.
Interesting you quote this poll alphabet.
The Battle Ground has a one point favor of Obama over McCain. The CBS/NY Times poll couldn't have an ax to grind could they? Nah......lmao...
Here is a poll that shows you where all true American patriots stand.
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17764334/detail.html
Likely statistical fluctuation, rather than a trend.
I think too big a deal is being made about daily shrinking and expansion of Obama leads.
When your sample contains different groups of people each day, there will be statistical fluctuations. Since the Gallup poll has plus minus 2 percent errors, it means that day to day sampling can fluctuate by as much as 4 percent without being indicative of any trend.
The readers of your blog should be aware of this. Based on the last few days, I would guess Obama lead is somewhere in the ball park of 6-7 percent. In finite samples of 2000 or so people, it is sometimes showing up as 9 percent lead, while at other times, it is showing up as 4 percent lead.