Gallup: No change for Obama, still leads 49-41.

[Drunken Irishman]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/109900/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Continues-Lead-49-41.aspx

He probably would have seen a bigger bump, however, the Palin story broke early yesterday morning.

[Fluffdaddy]

1. That's the way the game is played

Smart move my mcCrazy

[thewiseguy]

2. What does your avatar say?

[yourguide]

3. It says RIP...

[Fluffdaddy]

7. DLC.................We won back both houses.

And don't you forget it.......................Roll with the BLUE DOGS or stay the minority party ;-)

[mvd]

10. We won't be the minority party regardless IMO

People will ride the Obama train, where progressive principles get a good messenger.

[Breeze54]

11. F the blue dogs and the DLC

:puke:

They're going and progressives make up 1/3rd of the house and that'll increase in November!

[Political Heretic]

16. You didn't win back anything.

the anti-war sentiment that the DLC mocked and ridiculed won back both houses. And let's not talk about your historical legacy, of losing everything - both houses, eleven governorships, and the white house.*

*ok, it was stolen.

[Franks Wild Years]

4. Looking at the three day average....

..I'm guessing Obama still had a lead of around 6 - 7 yesterday. The 11 points if you were to take Wednesday in isolation was never going to bear out over the course of three days.

Solid lead. I expect McCain to narrow it next week but for Obama to end up with a consistent 4 - 5% advantage from a fortnight onwards. His added financial clout will really back him up, and Palin's abysmal lack of qualification will ultimately tell.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. That sounds about right.

I think the initial reaction will be exactly as it was for Biden. Little bump.

[Martinucho]

5. It took Biden a couple of days to make a difference

Although it's hard to tell whether it was Biden or the nice speeches by Clinton, Obama and others that produced the big bump.
Biden's VP news broke on August 23rd.

[Misskittycat]

8. This is Labor Day Weekend. Nobody's paying attention. Nobody's at home.

[jenmito]

9. The pollster says Obama's numbers aren't as strong on the last day of polling:

"On this day -- with strong partisan forces pushing the public in both directions -- Obama still polled better than he had been prior to the convention, but not as well as he was polling on the individual nights of the convention."

I saw the Gallup guy on MSNBC this morning and he said he "expects" the numbers to close. Of course they have to make it a horse race again. :eyes:

[mvd]

12. Yeah, I saw that on another board

He's not supposed to prognosticate. Just poll!

[jenmito]

13. I have a feeling he knows what his polls will be before he supposedly polls them.

It doesn't make him seem very objective.

[Political Heretic]

17. I wish I could see McCain and Obama's internals.

I believe they tell a radically different story.

[Imagevision]

14. That poll was taken before McCain brought out Palin...

[Drunken Irishman]

15. No, some of the polling happened during Friday.

When McCain had introduced Palin. Obviously the bump won't be known for two or three more days, but this poll does account for Friday and McCain rolled her out early Friday morning.

[stewert]

18. Convention Bounce

The official bump day is the Monday after a convention, so we will not know the full bounce Obama got until Monday, or maybe even Tuesday, because Monday is a holiday.