Mark Halperin is all excited that the new LAtimes poll out tonight will be bad for Obama apparently

[jezebel]

http://thepage.time.com/2008/08/19/new-la-timesbloomberg-national-poll-looms/

New LA Times/Bloomberg National Poll LoomsTuesday, August 19th, 2008

Their latest batch of head-to-head match-ups will be released at 5 pm ET Tuesday.

Could it mean bad news for Obama?

Top of the Ticket teases: The numbers “will not alter the perception” Obama is underperforming nationally, will show McCain that it’s the domestic issues that matter.

Also says there’s a series of questions “gauging voter attitudes” about candidate attributes.

Developing...
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/08/new-ls-timesblo.html
New L.A. Times/Bloomberg presidential poll has some surprises later today
Which White House contender had the better summer?

A new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll of registered voters across the country leaves little doubt about the answer.

We can't reveal the precise figures yet; for that, check back at LATimes.com about 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m. EDT). Suffice to say that the results will not alter the perception that -- given a seemingly sunny political climate for Democrats -- Barack Obama is under-performing nationally.

Also, a series of questions gauging voter attitudes about candidate attributes makes clear which perceptions Obama needs to shore up between now and election day.

For John McCain, the poll underscores that the more voters focus on domestic issues, the greater the challenge to his hopes of winning the presidency.

And he and his aides might be a bit surprised by the findings when voters are asked whether they view Obama as "too arrogant and presumptuous" and whether McCain could be considered "too hot-tempered."

-- Don Frederick

[book_worm]

1. This poll will be meaningless the minute it's released because of the VP selection and convention

next week.

[jezebel]

4. I agree. Also it's just going to look bad for Obama because the last one had him up 12. nt

[book_worm]

7. Well of course if the last one had him up by 12 and this one is only by 5 or so then

they will make it a big deal.

[highplainsdem]

9. The last LAT/Bloomberg poll oversampled Dems. I hope they won't pull a Newsweek-style switch and

oversample Rethugs this time. At least the daily tracking polls try to be a bit more consistent in the Democrat-Republican-independent ratios.

[Thrill]

2. Yeah he usually gets a hard on when there is bad news for Obama

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. Sounds like good news, actually

Reading between the lines it sounds like Obama will be close/tied, as opposed to trailing, and that McCain isn't gettin traction on the "too arrogant and presumptuous" thing.

[jezebel]

5. The spin will be McCain surging, Obama falling because their last poll had O up 12. nt

[Renew Deal]

6. Obama will probably be up by 6

46-40. Disaster for Obama. :shrug:

[grantcart]

8. underperforming doesn't mean that he is behind

[Barack_America]

10. Let me guess, McCain will be at 44% with Obama a point or two ahead?

Let me prepare my "OH NOES!!11!!1" and "We'ar screwn!1!!1!" freakouts.

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