Another Poll Shows Obama Ahead; Declares He's Dead Meat

The LA Times/ Bloomberg Poll has him ahead of McCain 45%-43%. So of course the lead is:

Barack Obama's public image has eroded this summer amid a daily onslaught of attacks from Republican rival John McCain, leaving the race for the White House statistically tied, according to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll released today.

Journalism - where the facts never get in the way of a good story.

Comments

[parbuster]

Actually, the facts are that the Obama camp has been on the defensive, having to answer the McLame attacks, a sure recipe for disaster. McCain's operatives know that this works, just as it did against him in SC in 1999, and also to John Kerry in 2004. This is precisely why the gap has narrowed. Playing defense is for losers in politics.

Obama needs desperately to go on the attack...beginning at the convention, and continually remind the voters that McCain and Bush are attached at the hip. Show the two of them hugging...early and often. His VP choice can then go after Cheney and his fourth branch of government and his secret energy confab with the likes of Enron. No Congressional accountability by Bush's Executive branch would be a good thing to hammer, as well.

[ardyjay]

In order to steal this election, they must plant the meme of a tied race. As long as the nation falls for the neck in neck argument, the evil doers can change the count to put McCainus into the winning spot. I don't believe for a second the race is anywhere near close. You guys are going to be sucker punched yet again.

[Nancy]

I don't believe it is close either. For one thing, Obama has the youth vote pretty much locked up and I don't see this, "yeah but they don't show up to vote" happening this year. Obama pretty much has the black vote locked up and one thing is for sure, the black voters have always turned out to vote. I do still see a small group of Hillary supporters not committed but the major portion of her supporters are - and I am over 60 and white and Obama has always had my support and on the Social Security issue alone, I see Senior Citizens voting for Obama. Obama has his share of the military and blue collar workers. The unselfish rich are in his corner. Obama even has some Evangelicals in his corner, as Hoff has posted about.

So who does that leave to vote for McCain? The right wing fringe group that still thinks Bush is doing a good job? The bigots and the selfish wealthy.

Looks like a landslide to me. I don't even think with these numbers they can cheat their way out of this one.