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Obama's Internal Polls Show Him Cleaning Up Against McCain

By Paul Bedard

October 15, 2008 RSS Feed Print

New voters and those who call themselves independents are moving in a huge wave to Sen. Barack Obama, we hear. Key advisers and aides to Democratic senators who have seen the internal polling data from the Democrat's campaign reveal that new voters are breaking Obama's way. He is receiving 80 percent of the new voters, compared with Sen. John McCain. What's more, we're told, independents are choosing Obama by 2-to-1 to 3-to-1, depending on the region of the country. Sounds good for the Democrat, right? But when those figures and the growing poll gap that favors Obama are added to the mix, it's creating concerns in Obama-land that voters might think he's a shoo-in and not vote. "Their biggest fear is that people figure he's going to win and they don't show up," says a key Democratic Senate associate of Obama.

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PERCEPTION IS NOT NECESSARILY REALITY ... DON'T BELIEVE THE POLLS ...

Obama supporters act as if the polls are a true reflection of what's going to happen on November 4th. Obama has consistently tried to win each of his elections prior to a single vote being cast, by eliminating his opponenets on technicalities, or having the DNC dump Hillary, or by giving the false impression that he already won, before the election has even taken place. When you don't have an actual record to run on ... and all you can do is point out problems, and blame others, as Obama has, you have to rely on gimmicks that have nothing to do with your actual ability to lead ... like accusations of racism ad nauseam ... like early voting ...busing and indoctrinating homeless people on the way to the polls ... photo ops with big crowds ... spending 4 to 1 on advertising ... having the media in the tank ... having Hollywood in the tank, having Acorn in the tank ... and, having 98% of all black voters in the tank. But, all of these things are nothing more than a fabricated perception. They have nothing to do with a person's experience, or ability to lead. They just reveal a candidate who will say, or do anything to get elected. That's why the Obamabots are so worried. That's why Obama is telling his disciples not to get over confident. That's why the Obama campaign tries real hard to make it look like Obama has already won ... just like they did in the run against Hillary in the primaries. I happen to believe there are legions of people who are going to vote for McCain on November 4th ... unlike the 'in your face' Obama supporters, November 4th is when the McCain supporters will express themselves. A vote for Obama is a vote for voter fraud, corrupt media, and a road to socialism. Keep America safe and strong, elect McCain/Palin on November 4th.

Howard of CA 3:56PM October 22, 2008

I am sure the internal records of new voters highly favor the Democrats because they have ACORN out registering the dead, nonexisting people (Mickey Mouse, etc), felons sitting in prisons which has been proven in 14 states todate. So with over 200,000 new ACORN fraud voters in Ohio alone what will we see on election day? More stuffing of the polls in Chicago by the political machine only now spread nationwide. I think it is time for national identity card to stop this fraud.

Gene44 of AL 8:51AM October 21, 2008

ACORN has earned their money.

Rich of WI 8:52AM October 19, 2008

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