Encouraging news for McPalin from Gallup, ABC/WaPo Polls

It's been pretty gloomy around here as folks succumb to 'is it over?' brooding. McCain was able to CLOSE on Obama by as much as 4-5 points even while the market fell through the floor.

Obama is trying to hold a lead when he should be leaps and bounds ahead. A good showing from Palin and continued hammering of the connection between the dems and the meltdown could help. But we must NOT shoot ourselves in the foot by ragging on McCain if he decides to sign this bill. We need EVERY vote, and will have to try to find the silver lining if there is one to sweeten the bitter pill.

PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update of registered voters finds Barack Obama at 48%, and John McCain at 44%, marking a slight narrowing of the race from the eight percentage point margin Obama held earlier this week

http://www.gallup.com/poll/110881/Gallup-Daily-Obama-48-McCain-44.aspx

More at the link.

This political and economic environment is tailor made for Obama to begin pulling away, which he seemed to be doing. yet McCain closed the gap by 4 in a week that could not have been any worse for Mccain if he tried.

I wonder if the You Tube videos linking the meltdown to the democrats and Obama are beginning to make themselves felt.

The creepy kids singing video should make a dent too.

Get on your knees for the debate tomorrow. I really do think some independents are moving away from McCain because they can't see Palin filling his shoes. She needs to be presidential tomorrow night. 

If McCain can stay within the margin of error till election day, he has a chance. Most pundits think Obama needs a six point lead or more on election day to have a chance at winning.

And regarding the most recent ABC / Wapo poll a blogger points out

http://www.hingeoffate.com/?p=208 (links in the post)

Last week Obama was up by nine in the ABC/Washington Post poll and it was front page news. This week Obama is up by 4, within 1 point of the margin of error and the poll cannot be found. Instead the story is Bush’s approval rating which finds a new low in this poll.

Interestingly the internals of the poll are difficult to find. I have been unable to find the party ID of those polled. I don’t image there was much change from last week when the poll was heavily skewed toward Obama.

McCain’s gains this week come on the economy where is plus three and Obama is down 3 for a 6 point swing. McCain also gained 10 points on who could better work across party lines, where he is now only 3 points behind Obama. This is evidence that McCain’s strategy of going to Washington to work on the economic crisis may yet pay off

Wow.. GAINS on the economy??!!

Interesting.

This isn't over unless we break and accept that its over, and the stakes are too high to do that.