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• Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Community (#): Statistics have a way of smashing punditry : In hypothetical general election head-to-heads, Obama leads McCain by slim 51 to 44 percent margin, with the public split 49 percent for Clinton to McCain's 46 percent. ...
• Crooks and Liars (#): ... Speaking in New York Friday, Sen. Chuck Schumer said he at first didn’t think such a team was possible but now believes “it could be.” In the new WaPo/ABC poll , Dems were given an open-ended question about a possible Obama running mate, and about four in 10 named Clinton as their choice, followed by John Edwards, who drew 10%. ...
• Oliver Willis (#): ... Fitting, yet pathetic . McCain romps against Obama among the 16 percent who see the country as headed in the right direction, but among the near-record 82 percent who hold a pessimistic view, Obama runs more than 20 points ahead of ...
• DemocracyForAmerica.com » Home » Blog (#): The new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that 80% of Americans think the country is heading in the wrong direction and that both Democratic candidates are preferred over John McCain: Americans are gloomier about the direction of the country than ...
• JustOneMinute (#): ... sagely points out "no Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia since 1916" and therefore Obama's primary loss shows that despite his large lead in the polls over John McCain, he can't possible win the election. ...
• The Carpetbagger Report - Commentary and Analysis on Politics in America by Steve Benen (#): ... The new Washington Post/ABC News poll is chock full of interesting tidbits to mull over. Most notably, in light of the past week’s events in the Democratic presidential race, it appears that Barack Obama is largely where he wants to be. ...
• Democratic Underground (#): ... Despite more than eight in 10 now saying the co Discuss Washington Post ...
• Random Thoughts from Reno (#): Even though people don't have use for the GOP, the distinct possibility we will have a shitbag for the nominee is good news for John McCain . While Obama or Clinton do better in matchups against McCain in this and other polls, they really don't mean anything, as the election is determined by the Electoral College. ...
• The Hotline's Blogometer (#): ... sagely points out 'no Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia since 1916' and therefore Obama's primary loss shows that despite his large lead in the polls over John McCain, he can't possible win the election. ...
• Mad as Hell (#): ...but they still give the traffic cop directing them to their doom a friendly wave. Americans Losing Confidence in Current Leadership - washingtonpost.com Despite more than eight in 10 now saying the country is headed in the wrong direction and growing disaffection with the Republican Party, Sen. John McCain, the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee, remains competitive in a ...
• NDN Blog | NDN Blog (#): ... Simply put the country is more Democratic today than it has been since at least 1982 and perhaps all the way back to the 1960s. Today's Washington Post has a new national poll which again captures the yawning gap between the two parties, and the strong wind blowing behind the Democrats as they head into 2008 (for further evidence of this note huge fundraising and turnout advantage for the Dems so far in 2008). ...
• Taegan Goddard's Political Wire (#): "Americans are gloomier about the direction of the country than at any point since 1992, and Democrats have matched their biggest advantage in 25 years as the party better able to deal with the nation's main problems," according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll . "Overall, Democrats enjoy a 21-point advantage over Republicans as the party best-equipped to handle the nation's problems." ...
• Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines (#): ... According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll , 82 percent of Americans think the country is on the wrong track. The same survey recorded a record-low approval rating for President Bush. ...
• Democrat Taylor Marsh Broadcasts Live Talk Radio and Blogs Politics (#): ... Matthew Yglesias pokes Clinton's West Virginia argument, which is that, since 1916, no Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia. Yglesias, sarcastically, adds that "therefore Obama's primary loss shows that despite his large lead in the polls over John McCain, he can't possible win the election," but also this: What's even more interesting is that ...
• D-Day (#): ... This is a very Republican seat, and a loss here would really signal the disgust with which the entire country sees the GOP. The country is nearly united in its belief that the country is seriously on the wrong track, and Republicans are very late to the game in recognizing this. ...
• Oh Well: A Commentary on News and Politics (#): The gloomfest continues here. This is off The Washington Post: Americans are gloomier about the direction of the country than they have been at any point in 15 years, and Democrats hold their biggest advantage since early 1993 as the party better able to deal with the nation's main ...
• Matthew Yglesias (#): ... sagely points out "no Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia since 1916" and therefore Obama's primary loss shows that despite his large lead in the polls over John McCain, he can't possible win the election. ...
• FunctionalAmbivalent (#): The polls are not uniformly bad for Republicans. There's this : McCain romps against Obama among the 16 percent who think the country is headed in the right direction. ...
• THE NEW REPUBLIC | Blogs (#): ... Mori Dinauer have some thoughts on the startling right track/wrong track numbers in this week's ABC/Washington Post poll . Mori writes: [T]he periods where a majority of Americans felt the country was on the right track are few and far between. ...