Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States

Joe Biden, the 47th Vice President of the United States

A national poll conducted by CNN conducted after last evening's debate, revealed that 58% of those polled felt Barack won the debate, as opposed to 31% who believed McCain won. The poll also revealed that most of the people felt Obama would do a superior job on health care, the economy, and taxes. In addition, pollsters deemed Obama as a more likable and stronger leader.

Likewise, a poll conducted by CBS News of uncommitted voters resulted in an Obama win by a wide margin. 53% of those polled believed Obama was stronger; as opposed to 22% who deemed McCain the winner.

The news gets even worse for Senator McCain. According to CNN's new Electoral Map Calculator, if the election were held today, Obama would have 277 electoral votes, more than enough to win the presidency.

So barring a deadly virus which attacks only Democrats and Independents, I would venture to say that Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be our next president and vice president.

I'm sure most of you have seen this poll, but please bear with me.

Unlike the 2004 for presidential campaign, in today's tough economic times, when people are most concerned with bread and butter issues, mudslinging hasn't worked for the McCain campaign. In fact, it has hurt. According to the latest NY Times CBS poll

The McCain campaign's recent angry tone and sharply personal attacks on Senator Barack Obama appear to have backfired and tarnished Senator John McCain more than their intended target

I find this heartening. I was beginning to think that the American voter would once again be swayed by Swiftboat-style attacks; but not so. Even when McCain attempted to tie Obama to 60's radical William Ayers, the public just wasn't buying it.

Six in 10 voters surveyed said that Mr. McCain had spent more time attacking Mr. Obama than explaining what he would do as president.

 

The primary reasons for this decline in McCain's approval rating were:

his recent attacks and his choice of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate.

Now, the most encouraging news; the poll suggests that if the election were held today:

53 percent of those determined to be probable voters said they would vote for Mr. Obama and 39 percent said they would vote for Mr. McCain.

Pollsters indicated that their opinions of Obama had changed and were now twice as likely to view Obama favorably rather than unfavorably.

 

Cross-posted:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/15/112547/25?new=true

So, as the story goes, Rev. Arnold Conrad gave the invocation at a McCain rally in Davenport IA. He called on God to keep Obama from becoming the next president. He claimed that people all over the world were praying to their God for an Obama victory, and that if Obama won the Lord's reputation was on the line!

"...and Lord I pray that you would guard your own reputation because they're going to think that their God is bigger than you, if that happens."

In other words, Rev. Conrad has thrown the gauntlet down:

My God can kick your God's ass!

The GOP God vs. the Democratic God...

Holy shit!

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Cross-posted here:  http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/14/122817/84/349/630209