Latest Polls Gallup Tracking Poll: Obama Lead Over McCain Jumps by 5 Points An initial Gallup daily tracking poll shows Barack Obama's lead over John McCain increased by 5 points in the wake of Obama's international tour. Obama gave a speech to a crowd of 200,000 people in Berlin, "and now a bulge in approval began showing up in polling done while Obama was in Germany and France." posted 07.27.2008 blog.cleveland.com comments Pew Poll: Barack Obama Trounces John McCain Among Latino Voters A poll by the Pew Hispanic Center shows Obama leading McCain amoung Latinos 66% to 23%. As Obama continues to pick up support from Hispanic voters who once favoried Clinton, Obama has already surpassed the 64% Democratic candidates for president have garnered in the past. posted 07.24.2008 blog.cleveland.com comments Barack Obama Leads John McCain Among Single Women by 32 Points According to a recent poll, unmarried women overwhelmingly support Barack Obama over John McCain 61% to 29% in 14 key battleground states. posted 07.23.2008 blog.cleveland.com comments Barack Obama Leads John McCain in 7 Key Battleground States According to a Quinnipiac/WSJ/Washington Post poll, Obama leads McCain in Minnesota (54%-37%), Wisconsin (52%-39%), Colorado (49%-44%), and Michigan (48%-42%). A similar poll last week showed Obama ahead in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida. posted 07.11.2008 blog.cleveland.com comments       Featured Videos The Michigan Delegates Controversy  posted 04.07.2008 Yes We Can  posted 02.17.2008       Ads    DelegateSnub.com The real facts about the race for delegates.    OurKennedy.com Stop the insanity. Now.       More Polls Obama Gains Electoral College Lead Over McCain Obama has opened up a 210-189 lead over McCain, with 139 electoral votes in the toss-up column. posted 07.09.2008 blog.cleveland.com comments National Bounce: Obama Scores 15-Point Lead Over McCain A Newsweek poll shows Obama now leads McCain 51% to 36%. The poll also suggests Obama may enjoy more than one bounce, as only 14% of Americans are satisfied with the direction of the country, matching the previous low point on this measure recorded in June 1992, when a brief recession contributed to Bill Clinton's victory over Bush's father. posted 06.22.2008 blog.cleveland.com comments Despite Media Attacks, Voters Prefer Michelle Obama to Cindy McCain An ABC News/Washington Post poll showed 48% see Michelle Obama favorably, compared with 39% for Cindy McCain. posted 06.19.2008 blog.cleveland.com comments Bounce: Obama Leads McCain in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania In Florida, it's Obama 47%, McCain 43%. In Ohio, it's Obama 48%, McCain 42%. And in Pennsylvania, it's Obama 52%, McCain 40%. Obama's 12-point lead in Pennsylvania, combined with the additional bounce he is likely to get after McCain is hammered in Florida for his new, flip-flop support for offshore drilling. posted 06.18.2008 blog.cleveland.com comments       Candidates     Barack Obama     Hillary Clinton     John McCain       Issues     The Election     The Economy     Healthcare     Homeland Security     The War in Iraq     The War on Terror     Race in America     Primary Delegates     Abortion     Polls     House of Representatives     Senate     Civil Rights     Energy       More News Advisor Says Health Insurance Should Cover Birth Control Pills, McCain Squirms, Forgets Position After adviser Carly Fiorina said insurance that covers Viagra should also cover perscription birth control, McCain said he could not remember his position or past votes, saying, "I don't know what I voted." When told he voted against it , McCain squirmed and paused, but could not articulate a position. posted 07.10.2008 blogs.wsj.com comments McCain's Chief Economic Advisor Calls U.S. Economic Problems "Mental," Americans "Whiners" Phil Gramm, who is also Vice Chairman of Swiss Bank UBS, said, "You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession." He then added, "We have sort of become a nation of whiners." Gramm is also largely responsible for the Enron Loophole, which has allowed the recent sharp increases in energy prices. posted 07.10.2008 washingtontimes.com comments John McCain: Social Security Funding is an "Absolute Disgrace" McCain objected to the fact that current workers pay for retirees. But he was obviously confused, as those current workers eventually become retirees, whose benefits are paid by the next generation of workers. posted 07.10.2008 ap.google.com comments Obama Gains Electoral College Lead Over McCain Obama has opened up a 210-189 lead over McCain, with 139 electoral votes in the toss-up column. posted 07.09.2008 firstread.msnbc.msn.com comments Still Battling Cancer, Ted Kennedy Returns to the Senate to Stop GOP Filibuster of Medicare Funding Bill Following surgery last month to remove a brain tumor, Kennedy took a break from chemotherapy and returned to the Senate to break a Republican filibuster of a bill that would stop a 10% cut in Medicare funding. He received a standing ovation. posted 07.09.2008 politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com comments Flip-Flop: Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's Wants Timetable for Withdrawal, McCain Now Refuses Although McCain had previously maintained that if the Iraqis wanted American troops out of Iraq, the U.S. would have to comply, he now apparently cannot remember his own policy. posted 07.08.2008 politico.com comments McCain Campaign Shake-Up: Rove Disciple Takes Control Past "errors" included hiring, then firing, lobbyists for the military junta in Myanmar, then creating an anti-lobbyist policy that forced firing of many, but not all lobbyists in the campaign; and endorsements by racist or bigoted figures like ministers John Hagee and Rod Parsley, which McCain embraced until months of bad press forced reversals. posted 07.03.2008 cnn.com comments Temper: McCain Denies Physically Assaulting Foreign Official Republican Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi has repeatedly said that during a foreign visit, he "looked down there and John had reached over and grabbed this guy by the shirt collar and had snatched him up like he was throwing him up out of the chair." posted 07.01.2008 msnbc.msn.com comments Obama Responds to Whisper Attacks on His Patriotism "Surely we can agree that no party or political philosophy has a monopoly on patriotism. And surely, we can arrive at a definition of patriotism that, however rough and imperfect, captures the best of America's common spirit." posted 07.01.2008 cnn.com comments McCain Chief Strategist Charlie Black: Another Terrorist Attack "Would Be a Big Avantage To Him" Charlie Black said the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December "helped us." Black also claimed, of the affect on McCain's candidacy of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, "Certainly it would be a big advantage to him." posted 06.24.2008 money.cnn.com comments McCain Hampered by Campaign Missteps, Including Potentially Illegal Foreign Fundraising Event McCain held a $100 per person event to defray the cost of an earlier event during which he criticized Obama's opposition to NAFTA. McCain also criticized Obama proposing a windfall profits tax on the oil industry, though McCain earlier stated that he would consider the same thing. posted 06.23.2008 newsweek.com comments Confused Again: McCain Makes "Surprising and Inaccurate" Claims on Offshore Drilling, Nuclear Energy McCain claimed offshore drilling would help short-term prices, though such oil would not be available for 22 years. McCain has also tried to paint Obama as against nuclear energy, though Obama said he is open to nuclear energy as part of a solution and has supported nuclear subsidies. posted 06.23.2008 newsweek.com comments National Bounce: Obama Scores 15-Point Lead Over McCain A Newsweek poll shows Obama now leads McCain 51% to 36%. The poll also suggests Obama may enjoy more than one bounce, as only 14% of Americans are satisfied with the direction of the country, matching the previous low point on this measure recorded in June 1992, when a brief recession contributed to Bill Clinton's victory over Bush's father. posted 06.22.2008 newsweek.com comments Contridicting Claims He Can Stand Up to Republican Pressure, McCain Flip-Flops on Offshore Oil Drilling McCain, a longstanding opponent of a U.S. coastline peppered with oil drilling rigs and at risk of another oil spill, has flip-flopped. Under pressure from powerful Republicans, McCain now supports drilling near U.S. beaches, citing current oil prices, though experts say such drilling, if successful, wouldn't produce oil for a decade. posted 06.19.2008 cbsnews.com comments Seeking Political Cover, Bush Asks Congress to Lift Offshore Drilling Ban, Still Won't Lift Father's Ban In 1990, George H. W. Bush banned offshore drilling by executive order. Congress also passed a law banning most drilling near American shores. In a fit of political cowardice, Bush is now looking for political cover, asking Congress to act irresponsibly before he has the nerve. posted 06.19.2008 iht.com comments The Wife John McCain "Callously Left Behind" Breaks Her Silence After she waited 5 years for his release as a POW and cared for thier 3 children, John McCain left his wife Carol McCain, who had been injured and disfigured in a tragic car accident and no longer had her swimwear model looks. McCain met and courted his current wife Cindy, 25-yeras his junior, while still married to Carol. posted 06.19.2008 dailymail.co.uk comments Despite Media Attacks, Voters Prefer Michelle Obama to Cindy McCain An ABC News/Washington Post poll showed 48% see Michelle Obama favorably, compared with 39% for Cindy McCain. posted 06.19.2008 boston.com comments McCain Chief Economic Advisor, Wife, Created "Enron Loophole" That Created High Oil Prices The head of the U.S. CFTC created a rule to allow energy speculation, precipitating the Enron collapse, then joined the Enron board. Senator Phil Gramm created the "Enron Loophole," to allow further speculation, now blamed for high oil prices. That CFTC head was Wendy Gramm. Her husband, lobbyist Phil Gramm, is McCain's economic advisor. posted 06.19.2008 msnbc.msn.com comments Funded by Small Donations, Obama Opts Out of Governent Financing Obama said, "The public financing of presidential elections as it exists today is broken, and we face opponents who've become masters at gaming this broken system." Since January 2007, Obama has raised more than $272 million. McCain has raised $100 million. posted 06.19.2008 cnn.com comments McCain Confusion Continues Over Supreme Court Decision Slamming Bush's Attack on Civil Rights Apparently confused by the extensive legal precedent confirming that the U.S. constitution applies in U.S.-controlled territories, McCain called Obama naïve, instead favoring unconstitutional, indefinite detentions. According to the Court, prisoners in U.S.-controlled territories have the right to show their detentions are mistaken. posted 06.19.2008 cnn.com comments

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