McCain pips Obama - 274 : 264

[kerrynorth]

There really has been a strong swing to McCain in the last couple of weeks and it seems to have all started with Obama's European Tour and latterly with the events in Georgia. The McCain camps 'rockstar' tag on Obama appears to be sticking and more are seeing damn all of substance to the guy.

[odie1kanobe]

The media hype that was Obama was always bound to get its balloon burst.

McCain old enough (thats true) and wise enough to know that leading in opinion polls in June makes no difference come November unless you can walk the walk.

Anybody who think McCain is Bush 3 really doesn't know McCain.

[hiding behind a poster]

Anybody who think McCain is Bush 3 really doesn't know McCain.

Whether or not McCain is Bush 3 is irrelevant. What matters is whether people can be made to THINK he's Bush 3.

[Zyklon B]

And the swing begins. The Establishment and controlled media prop them up to knock them down. Observe this happen with Barack Obama.

The media is actively trying to elect Nobama.

A hahaha, you called him Nobama, your so coool.
Can I hang out in your gang? I wanna be just like you!
I've always wanted to be cool, and now you've shown me how, your soooo coool, your awesomness to the max radiates from you dude, I can't beleive you went there, but you totally went there, you put n In front of his name, and his names Obama, making it NOBAMA, that's freaking hilliarious dude, you should work for Comedy Central, I'd email them a CV right away.
Your so cool.
I wish I was cool like you.

Yes, quite. I suppose I am pretty cool.

Well-informed, as well. Nobama has increased his lead as evidenced by Electoral-Votes.com:

• Nobama: 264
  McCain the War Hero: 261
  Tied (Virginia): 13

So McCain would win it. A new poll (August 18th) indicates McCain is receiving about 50% popular support in Indiana (compared to 44% for Nobama).

[Oldira]

John McCain will take the lead in the polls in early September.However when the electorate realise that they will be voting for a 3rd Republican term the vote will swing. Obama will win the election by 52.5 to 47.5 and will exceed 300 electoral votes. Obama has been lethargic over the Summer and I expect a very re-energised campaign after the Convention season. Obama is doing the work on the ground with field offices etc and will hit the TV ads after Labor Day. Its his to lose.

[expat girl]

John McCain will take the lead in the polls in early September.However when the electorate realise that they will be voting for a 3rd Republican term the vote will swing. Obama will win the election by 52.5 to 47.5 and will exceed 300 electoral votes. Obama has been lethargic over the Summer and I expect a very re-energised campaign after the Convention season. Obama is doing the work on the ground with field offices etc and will hit the TV ads after Labor Day. Its his to lose.

I hope so.... but the whole Georgia thing didn't make Obama look too good and I'm getting a nasty feeling that he's a bit too like Tony Blair for my liking... having endured 5 1/2 years in the UK recently under an "all spin and no substance" government, I'm beginning to wonder if McCain might be a better bet... seems more what you see is what you get and he is also a big improvement on the current incumbent.

Putin might just have given the election to McCain... don't forget that the US has had 60 odd years of anti-Russian propaganda and only in the last 10 years has this really died down. Anyone over 30 may well now swing if they actually see the Russians as a resurgent threat

[Oldira]

People saw Communism as the threat, not Russia. Russia is not exporting any ideology and looking for world domination. It is trying to boss and in some cases bully its neighbours but has no designs on conquering America and most Americans realise that. Obama does need to wake up a bit and take the game to McCain. His campign is very quiet this past few months.

[ManOfReason]

Anybody who think McCain is Bush 3 really doesn't know McCain.

Whether or not McCain is Bush 3 is irrelevant. What matters is whether people can be made to THINK he's Bush 3.

And despite the Obama team pushing the "Bush 3rd Term" spin relentlessly for the last couple of months there appears to be little evidence that the electorate are swallowing that line.

[Squire Allworthy]

McCain is not Bush 3 and everyone with any sense knows it. Pushing out that type of rubbish is counter productive. Why not take McCain up on his offer of town hall debates!!

[Zyklon B]

“Well, uh, you know, I think that whether you’re looking at it from a theological perspective or, uh, a scientific perspective, uh, answering that question with specificity, uh, you know, is, is, uh, above my pay grade.” - Sen. Barack Obama, on “When does a baby get human rights?”

In 1948, they had Harry Truman and “The buck stops here!”

In 2008, they’ve got Barack Obama and it’s “above my pay grade.”

This is definitely not your grandfather’s Democratic Party


With all due respect, Sen. Obama, being president is above your pay grade. And the voters are starting to figure that out.

Politicians flip-flop on taxes and FISA and the Second Amendment to meet the political needs of the moment. They try to explain away the votes they’ve already cast, like Obama’s extreme pro-abortion voting record. Or they courageously cast 130 non-votes of “present” in the Illinois legislature and pass the buck that way.

That’s not leadership, that’s politics. And Barack Obama is 100 percent pure politician.

He is certainly no Harry Truman.