Obama has 2-point lead on McCain: Reuters poll (47-45)

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Obama has 2-point lead on McCain: Reuters poll
Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:00am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has a 2-point lead in the U.S. presidential race on Republican John McCain, whose choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate helped shore up support for both candidates, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

Obama leads McCain among likely voters by 47 percent to 45 percent, within the poll's 3.1 percent margin of error. He gained ground in the last month among independent and women voters and on the question of who could best manage the faltering U.S. economy.

Obama wiped out McCain's 5-point edge in a Reuters/Zogby poll taken in August before the nominating conventions.

(Writing by John Whitesides; Editing by Patricia Wilson and David Wiessler)

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1642854220080917

[Curtland1015]

1. Very promising.

Let's see these numbers continue to rise!

[Hope And Change]

2. K & R!

[Kdillard]

3. Cool. Hopefully it will only get better from here on out before we head into the first debate

next Friday.

[jefferson_dem]

4. Excellent! Obama +6, McLame -1 since last Reuters poll.

No respect for Zogby, however.

[my3boyz]

5. Who are these idiots that say McCain would be better on the economy? nt

[deadparrot]

6. Nice. Would be great if the Gallup daily backed this up. nt

[scheming daemons]

9. It will today.... just wait

[scheming daemons]

10. It will today.... just wait

[Teaser]

7. Good except that it's Zogby

which means there is a small but non-vanishing probability he's just using yesterday's lotto's numbers.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. In Zo(m)by's Defense I Think It's A Phone Poll

I was watching Sean Insanity and he was citing Zo(m)by's Interactive Polls as they are gospel...Let that yahoo think McSame is really winning...It will be more painful for him if and when he loses...

I am cautiously optimistic...The market meltdown has moved from slighlty bearinsh to slightly bullish on Obama... I think the fundamentals of voting will assert themselves and trump personality...We shall see...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Good News But Zo(m)by Is Still A Clown Pollster

Yes, there is momentum on Obama's side!