I've seen so much stuff out there, it's hard to know where to begin.
- 2 Polls in Ohio today, according to
Electroral-Vote.com. One has McCain up by only 2, the other has Obama in the lead. Don't get too excited yet, the Obama in the lead poll is one that isn't ranked very highly. But it may be a trend. If McCain has to come in to Ohio to save its 20 electoral votes,
Obama's $39M play in Florida may just put those 27EV back in play.
- Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) is
calling out the McCain campaign about voter suppression. Hopefully, the more people talk about it the more likely it'll be talked about in the mainstream press - which is really the only way to fight it.
- Oliver Stone's "W." is coming out October 17th. This is NOT good news for anyone being tied to the current occupant of the White House. From the trailer, it appears that this film is going to be very embarrassing to the Bush family and anyone tied to them.
- Sarah Palin's favorable/unfavorable ratings are down to -2. That honeymoon didn't last long.
- Obama supposedly has a woman problem, with Clinton's supporters so mad that they're considering voting for McCain.
Not so.. Quinnepac found Obama leading among all women 54-40, and CBS found the gap 54-38. Even among white women, Obama, who was losing
just before the Democratic convention, is now up 2 points among white women. So much for the "Palin bounce".
- How many days has it been since a talking head mentioned lipstick? Perhaps the same amount of time since the Wall Street collapse?
- Serious conservative writers like David Brooks (New York Times), Andrew Sullivan (The Atlantic) and Richard Cohen (Washington Post) are strongly criticizing the McCain campaign for its "ugly" tactics, its choice of Palin, and for being unable to handle the current crises.
- Fox News - of all places - is beginning to "grow a pair". (Well, some at least. ) McCain spokesmen are being held on-topic and challenged on their statements, and Fox has demanded that McCain
remove their reporter's voices from his ads.
- Palin's ability to deliver a canned speech isn't translating so well to more, well, "real" events. At her first town hall, her answer to questioners were, shall we say, a little general. And then, seeking a sound bite, she
invited the audience to play "stump the candidate" on foreign policy matters - and was almost immediately taken off the stage before anyone could ask a question.
- Obama is finally
finding his counterpunch to McCain's attacks.
Trend is definitely up. If this continues for 1 week, McCani is going to be going into the debate needing to play offense to catch up - and that should play right into Obama's strong suit. All he has to do then is be smart, concise, on message and look presidential.
