Wednesday, September 17, 2008

A Cure for Nocturnal Enuresis


Tomorrow's NY Times will have a story that says, in part:

Polls taken after the Republican convention suggested that Mr. McCain had enjoyed a surge of support — particularly among white women after his selection of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate — but the latest poll indicates “the Palin effect” was, at least so far, a limited burst of interest. The contest appeared to be roughly where it was before the two conventions and before the vice-presidential selections: Mr. Obama had the support of 48 percent of registered voters, compared with 43 percent for Mr. McCain, a difference within the poll’s margin of sampling error, and statistically unchanged from the tally in the last New York Times/CBS News Poll in mid-August.

Besides that, there were some battleground state polls that had Obama moving ahead, and others where he was close and challenging.

From NBC's Mark Murray
New battleground polls from CNN/Time, conducted among registered voters September 14-16:
-- Florida: McCain 48%, Obama 48%
-- Ohio: Obama 49%, McCain 47%
-- North Carolina: McCain 48%, Obama 47%
-- Indiana: McCain 51%, Obama 46%
-- Wisconsin: Obama 50%, McCain 47%
And if that's not enough to give you pleasant dreams, how about this poll of attitudes towards the candidates? [Don't know enough html to put this all in correct columns, but you can figure it out.]

Favorable/Unfavorable
CANDIDATE FAV UNFAV NO OPINION
MCCAIN 48 45 7
OBAMA 55 37 8
BIDEN 50 33 17
PALIN 44 45 11
No bed-wetting tonight, okay?


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