McCain Erases Obama Lead

[DeepModem Mom]

AP: McCain Erases Obama Lead
By NEDRA PICKLER

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain has erased Sen. Barack Obama's 10-point advantage in a head-to-head matchup, leaving him essentially tied with both Democratic candidates in an Associated Press-Ipsos national poll released Thursday.

The survey showed the extended Democratic primary campaign creating divisions among supporters of Obama and rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and suggests a tight race for the presidency in November no matter which Democrat becomes the nominee.

McCain is benefiting from a bounce since he clinched the GOP nomination a month ago. The four-term Arizona senator has moved up in matchups with each of the Democratic candidates, particularly Obama. An AP-Ipsos poll taken in late February had Obama leading McCain 51-41 percent. The current survey, conducted April 7-9, had them at 45 percent each. McCain leads Obama among men, whites, Southerners, married women and independents.

Clinton led McCain, 48-43 percent, in February. The latest survey showed the New York senator with 48 percent support to McCain's 45 percent. Factoring in the poll's margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, Clinton and McCain are statistically tied....

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Despite all the conflict surrounding Obama, the Democratic contest is unchanged from February with Obama at 46 percent and Clinton at 43 percent. But the heated primary is creating divisions among the electorate — many Clinton and Obama supporters say they would rather vote for McCain if their chosen Democrat doesn't win the nomination. About a quarter of Obama supporters say they'll vote for McCain if Clinton is the Democratic nominee. About a third of Clinton supporters say they would vote for McCain if it's Obama....

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iP6aoeuUCqIEo5DHDOCMLHyUOCpgD8VV52QG0

[yellerpup]

1. Destined to be a trend with a very short life. eom

[NJmaverick]

2. McCain did that, or Hillary?

[rocktivity]

3. Head-to-head polls are meaningless

When one side has one than one head.

GET THEE BEYOND ME, POLLS!
UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!!!



x(
rocknation

[melody]

4. Hillary doing her job for her friend

Then again, given the crap she has been hurling at Obama, it's amazing McCain isn't five points higher.

The fact that he has been spared the Democrats shining a light on his nasty little countenance and STILL
can't do better than this, is telling.

[Tarc]

5. Piss off with the "ITS HILLARY'S FAULT" bullshit, please

Obamania is becoming a bit tarnished in the eyes of the voters, which is what many of us have been saying for awhile now; nominating an untested, unproven candidate like this is going to be bad news in the general election.

[melody]

6. Yeah, that horrible matter of people disagreeing with your hero is a problem, isn't it?

I'm not an Obama person -- I worked hard for John Edwards. I simply can accept the reality that Obama is the de facto nominee of our party. I'm not holding my breath and turning blue in a corner until I get my way, as Hillary's "supporters" seem to be.

Untested? Unproven? I thought those were last season's talking points. lol

Hillary Clinton was once a hero of mine. Unfortunately she has proven herself to be a power-mad destroyer of our party.

[DCKit]

7. Enough already. What's the point when the OP is total BS?

The post, not the poster.

I'm beginning to believe that the ONE thing any Republicon ever invented was polling.

[DeepModem Mom]

8. Thanks for noting the diff between post and poster, DC.

:)

[melody]

10. It would be my opinion regardless n/t

[question everything]

11. Obama is doing this all by himself. Some scratches in the Teflon

coating, I suppose.

[melody]

12. Obama is the nominee ... Hillary is only destroying the party

Obama will rebound.

[bigdarryl]

9. what do you expect when PAPA is loved by the press