NYT/CBS Poll: McCain Loses Bounce

The GOP has walked into the wood chipper with the bad news this week. And it's far from over.

In a sign that John McCain's convention bounce has dissipated, Barack Obama has taken a 48 percent to 43 percent lead over his Republican rival among registered voters in the latest CBS News/New York Times poll.

McCain had a two percentage point lead among registered voters in a CBS News poll released on September 8th, just after the Republican National Convention. Prior to the party conventions, Obama led McCain by 3 points.

In the new poll, the gap among likely voters is the same as it is among registered voters: Obama leads among those seen as likely to go to the polls in November 49 percent to 44 percent.

Comments

[RepubAnon]

The really sad thing is that this giant bailout is only going to cost about 1 year of Iraq War funding. The very scary thing is that we've burned through all that money on Iraq, which means the government has no reserves - again, like Bush's "surge" strategy.

Spin? Meet Reality. Oh, and Reality's last name is "Sucks."

[Carlene]

I agree.

Even with 'McCain doesn't get it" and "Palin is a total loser" , I think the mere mention of continued war or expanded war will be the last nail.

And our asshat-in-chief has been a nightmare. I don't watch or listen to him EVER but I'm disgusted that he has made no effort to hold a press conference, like Matthews suggested.
My saying for him is " While home burns, zero fiddles".

Got to share this...

I live in OC and I'm starting to see more OBAMA yardsigns and bumper stickers. One said "Republicans for Obama"! Whatever it is, it really is different this time. I can feel it!!

[lawton]

Bush and his minions are just living up to their promise of crippling the federal government for the next administration who they assume will be democratic.