[pgkdan]

I wish I had caught the name of the polling outfit but I was driving into work and missed it but was knocked out by the numbers. McCain could really be up 8 to 10 points at this point.

I remember 1980 and how close everyone thought the race was...right up until Carter conceded at 8:00 PM EST.

[libscum]

Hey Rasmussen, if Mccain is winning the majority of white women, indys and white males just tell how the hell is this thing stil TIED? He needs to look at his sampling techniques.

[impeachedrapist]

Here it is:

We see the first effects of McCain/Palin replacing Bush/Cheney in Monday's USA Today/Gallup Poll, in which 48 percent say they're Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party; 47 percent say they're Republicans or lean to the GOP. That merely 1-point party gap -- the strongest position for Republicans since Bush's second inaugural, at the beginning of 2005 -- had been in double digits only a few weeks ago. Moreover, voters -- by only 48-45 percent -- support the Democratic candidate in their congressional districts, the Democratic Party's narrowest advantage this year.

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These numbers also come from the recent Gallup poll. So you can look at it two ways: 1) Gallup has accurately captured the recent enthusiasm for the GOP; or 2) the Gallup poll randomly oversampled Pubbies, thereby resulting in the 10-point lead for McCain/Palin.