CBS Poll: Obama Holding Off McCain

[RamboLiberal]

Source: CBS News

Barack Obama leads John McCain 45 percent to 39 percent in the latest CBS News poll. Despite Obama's highly-publicized foreign trip and McCain's recent high-profile advertisements, the findings are unchanged since a CBS News/New York Times poll released last month. The percentage of undecided voters - 13 percent - also remains steady.

Obama's overseas trip, which was widely seen as a success, has not enhanced perceptions of his effectiveness as a commander in chief. Just 20 percent of those surveyed say Obama is "very likely" to be an effective commander in chief, down 4 percentage points from last month. McCain is seen as "very likely" to be effective by 38 percent of respondents, down eight points from last month but still significantly ahead of Obama.

The most important issues for voters, however, are domestic: 36 percent of registered voters cite the economy and jobs as their top concern, easily eclipsing the war in Iraq at 17 percent. Gas and oil prices were cited by 9 percent of registered voters, followed by health care at 8 percent and the environment at 5 percent. A substantial majority of those surveyed - 70 percent - say the candidates are not doing enough to address their top issue.

Indeed, voters appear overwhelmingly concerned with the home front: Seventy-seven percent of registered voters say the next president should focus more on domestic issues than foreign policy issues. Just 8 percent say the next president's primary focus should be international issues.




Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/06/opinion/polls/main4325670.shtml

[opihimoimoi]

1. McCrane Failing to catch the stronger smarter Obama despite Media help

Bill OReally, Rash , Sean, Mike Savage, etc etc all doing overtime to help the ailing Pub Candidate to no avail

[flamingdem]

2. Add Drudgereport.com where they say Hillary sez he cannot win etc aarg n/t

[Diane R]

4. The question is, does Hillary WANT him to win?

[opihimoimoi]

6. Of Course she does...why shouldn't she???

[No Elephants]

10. Because she's a Democrat

Because she's a Democrat and there is very little difference between the things she advocates and the things Obama advocates. The real question is why would she want McCain to win?

[The Croquist]

17. Maybe because she wants to run again in 2012.

If Obama wins she is out of the picture until 2016. If Obama loses she can run in 2012. In my opinion she has put on a good face since she conceded but I can't say the same about her husband. You can tell that he is really pissed off and frankly I think he's rooting for McCain.

[book_worm]

3. Wow with all of InSane's supposed expertise in foreign policy only 38% think he is

very likely to be an effective commander n chief. That is actually pretty pathetic for InSane.

[gratuitous]

5. McThuselah has no state campaign apparatuses

And, while the popular media blanket our country, they really can't duplicate the retail touch of local state offices and campaign volunteers. But they'll try. Lord, how they'll try.

[Beregond2]

7. And yet,

two days ago this board was filled with posts saying McCain was pulling ahead and it was time for Obama to change everything he is doing.

[The Croquist]

16. Good point

I'm not sweating individual polls at this stage. The election is up for grabs but I think Obama has a slight lead. That said it's still way too early to get cocky.

[happygoluckytoyou]

8. so FOX news was right...... a statistical tie....okay....thanks

[No Elephants]

11. No, not a statistical tie.

It's not a statistical tie. And there's the electoral vote.

[happygoluckytoyou]

13. ahhh... i see what you mean.... so then..... it's a tie, right

[TaffyMoon]

9. Is this going to be another Rovian disaster,

Or is Obama going to win this thing?

[truthisfreedom]

12. "CBS Poll: Obama Holding Off McCain" makes me picture a tall basketball player holding a short man's

forehead at arm's length, laughing as the short guy flails...

[endarkenment]

14. One sentence in: editorial bullshit.

"Despite Obama's highly-publicized foreign trip and McCain's recent high-profile advertisements".

Why exactly would a hugely successful and popular foreign tour be a negative to be overcome?

Corpmedia needs to be dissolved.

[underpants]

15. The ads have been high-profile because they are so bad

that and it gives the MSM the lead in to reinterate his nonsense

[Alcibiades]

18. Looks good for us

"Seventy-seven percent of registered voters say the next president should focus more on domestic issues than foreign policy issues. Just 8 percent say the next president's primary focus should be international issues."

"Eighty-three percent describe the condition of the economy as "bad," and the number who describes the economy as "very bad" has increased to 43 percent, up from 35 percent last month."

To the extent that this election is a referendum on how a Republican administration has conducted the economy, this should be good news for us.

Though they have reinterviewed the uncommitted voters in the sample, they don't show any data on the characteristics of these voters themselves. Are the Democrats, Republicans or independents? Young or old? Evangelicals lukewarm about McCain? A lot will depend on how this group (many of whom are the notorious low information voters) decide.

[Auggie]

19. And I don't believe Obama has nearly begun to peak

Wait until the convention

[Phred42]

20. Remember: "It's not who votes that counts, it's who counts the votes," Joseph Stalin

Polls are the same.

Don't trust them