Poll Update: McCain faces wide gap

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

October 13, 2008
Poll Update: McCain faces wide gap
Posted: 03:02 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney


McCain is down 8 points in CNN's latest poll of polls.
(CNN) — As John McCain and Sarah Palin scramble to defend states President Bush easily carried four years ago, a new CNN poll of polls Monday shows Barack Obama with an 8-point lead over the Arizona senator nationwide.

The new poll of polls, comprised of six recently released surveys, ties the largest lead Obama has held over McCain this election cycle, and suggests the Republican presidential hopeful faces an increasingly difficult task to turn around voter sentiment by Election Day.

According to the new poll of polls, Obama leads McCain 50-42 percent with 8 percent still undecided. That number incorporates new polls from ABC/Washington Post, Fox News/Opinion Dynamics, Newsweek, Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby, Gallup, and Diageo/Hotline.

Campaigning in Virginia earlier Monday, McCain acknowledged his deficit in the polls, and said the national media has all but declared the race over.

"We have 22 days to go. We're 6 points down," he said. "The national media has written us off…. But they forgot to let you decide. My friends, we've got them just where we want them."

[sharp_stick]

1. Actually ol' John is down 10 points based on

today's poll of polls. You'd think the CNN ticker guy would at least look up today's numbers before hitting post on the blog.

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. even better!

[beac]

4. Sarah shot the carrier pigeon that was delivering the numbers as it flew in

and the telegraph in the Straight SmackTalk Express is on the fritz.

[John Q. Citizen]

3. Sorry John, I cast my absentee last Fri and it w asn't for you. As far as you

and I are concerned, it's all over. You got no days left to go.

[tonyj1600]

5. McCain, Palin Video Out

Shocking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1exiyBYnJ00

[lonestarnot]

6. So shocking that I won't be watching that! hugh ugh nope!

[sharp_stick]

7. Thank you I enjoyed that.

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