CNN polls show Obama gaining in battleground states

[NeoConsSuck]

Source: CNN.COM

ST. LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) -- Polls in five crucial battleground states in the race for the White House released Wednesday suggest that Sen. Barack Obama is making some major gains.

The CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corp. polls of likely voters in Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada and Virginia suggest a shift toward the Democratic presidential nominee.

In Florida, the state that decided the 2000 presidential election, 51 percent of likely voters say Obama, D-Illinois, is their choice for president, with 47 percent backing Republican presidential nominee John McCain.

The last CNN poll taken in Florida showed the race for the state's 27 electoral votes tied at 48 percent apiece among registered voters.

A new CNN poll of polls in Florida, also out Wednesday, has Obama leading McCain by 5 points. The CNN poll of polls is an average of the new CNN poll and other new state polls.

"The campaign season is like the hurricane season," said Bill Schneider, CNN's senior political analyst. "Florida lies directly in its path. Hurricane Obama hit Florida, and Hurricane McCain. Tropical Storms Biden and Palin made landfall in the Sunshine State. The impact? Over the last two weeks, Barack Obama has been gaining support in Florida."



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/01/battleground.polls/index.html

---

There's a lot more good news further into the article!

[Stellabella]

1. Woo hoooo! Eleven point lead in Minnesota!!

There's hope for my state yet.

[wryter2000]

3. Of course, there's hope for you state

I can't wait to say Senator Franken.

[blue97keet]

6. But he voted FOR the bailout

Obama could have shown some real leadership by opposing McCain's support of the bailout.

[Stellabella]

7. I don't care which way Obama voted.

This was a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' proposition.

Now, since he voted for it, if it gets signed into law he'll get credit if the economy gets better and flak if it gets worse. If he had voted against it and it passed, he would have gotten flak if the economy got better, etc. etc.

I'm with him on his other stances - the big ones: taxes, abortion, the environment, helping the little guy, getting out of Iraq, etc.

[livelongandprosper]

8. YOu mean he should have led the clueless plebs?

They don't need a leader. They are perfectly overconfident on their own. They decided this bill sucked even before
reading it. They don't care about anything but their knee jerk emotions.

[HockeyMom]

2. Watch out for Florida

They have and will continue to disenfranchise voters. They have already started. The GOP is in control here and will do ANYTHING to bring a "win" for their party. They must be very, very worried given all the Obama support here. As I have said, I have yet to see one single McCain bumper sticker. Desparte people will do anyting.

[somethingswrong]

5. i don't know if florida will go mccain..

florida follows no pattern of voting democratic. seems random. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/pre/FL/history.html shows that they voted reagan, reagan, h.w., h.w., clinton, dubya (..well, sort of), dubya (legitimate stupidity)..


no way to predict this (especially with all the bullshit tampering going on i've been reading about.)
just wish more people were around to bitch when gore "lost" florida in 2000 (i was 8, so don't say i should have been doing much)
i just remember watching the election that whole entire night and understanding (although however limited) that no good could come out of what had happened.

[NOW tense]

4. No Pressure

for Palin just like the Alaska debate. No Pressure just the fate of an angry old man's last bid for being President.

[OakCliffDem]

9. Good