Reply #35: I live in MT near Missoula (quite liberal) and recently at an Obama meeting 22 out of

[John Q. Citizen]

28 people there signed a petition asking Obama to reconsider his position on Fisa. A couple of people knew nothing about it but most knew what it was when FISA was explained in the context of foreign intelligence gathering that also eavesdropped on American

Our Statewide MT Public Radio had a citizen commentary on by Democratic activist and woman's advocate Terry Kendall where she said she had been really excited by the Obama candidacy, but lately, due to FISA (which was extremely current and also due to Obama's choice of economic advisers (less current) she was losing enthusiasm. She said she of course was voting Obama but losing her passion. That was on a couple of weeks ago right after Obama announced his switch on telecom immunity.

NPR had a long and in depth story on the FISA vote yesterday. So I think a lot more folks know about it now and more are learning about it.

Here's a link to the Rassmussen tracking Poll
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

"The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows Barack Obama attracting 45% of the vote while John McCain earns 41%. When "leaners" are included, Obama leads 48% to 45%. This is the first time that McCain has been within three points of Obama with or without leaners since June 20. Data released yesterday also showed McCain improving his position slightly in Missouri and New Jersey.

It will take another few days to see if this is merely statistical noise or if it marks a slight change from the stability of the race that has been evident since Obama wrapped up the nomination. With leaners, Obama has been at 48% or 49% in the national tracking poll every day for nearly a month and McCain has been between 43% and 45% every day but one since June 4 (see recent daily results). Tracking Polls are released at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time each day (see recent demographic highlights)." snip

The last two days the Gallop tracking had Obama with a 2 point lead