From Sebastian Rector <ciceroii@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, in uk.politics.misc on Sun,
22
Jun 2008 17:07:39 -0400 :
>The McCain campaign is doomed to failure. Time for GOPigs to jump in
front
>of a train. This is the end of right wing politics in the USA!
>
>Newsweek Poll: Obama Opens Up 15-Point Lead
>
>51 to 36
>
>
> Barack finally has his bounce. For weeks many political experts and
>pollsters have been wondering why the race between Democrat Barack Obama
and
>Republican John McCain had stayed so tight, even after the Illinois
senator
>wrested the nomination from Hillary Clinton. With numbers consistently
>showing rock-bottom approval ratings for President Bush and a large
majority
>of Americans unhappy with the country's direction, the opposing-party
>candidate should, in the normal course, have attracted more disaffected
>voters. Now it looks as if Obama is doing just that.
>
>
>And it's not just Obama that's bouncing, according to Newsweek, it's the
>Democratic Party in general:
>
>
> Obama's current lead also reflects the large party-identification
>advantage the Democrats now enjoy-55 percent of all voters call
themselves
>Democrats or say they lean toward the party while just 36 percent call
>themselves Republicans or lean that way.
>
>
>And about that fictitious problem with women? Well, he leads McCain by 21
>points in that demographic.
>
>
>Obviously, it's still waaay early in the game, but the article points out
>that Obama is "running much stronger" than either Al Gore or John Kerry
were
>at this point in the process.
>
>
>http://www.newsweek.com/id/142465?from=rss
In late June before the 1988 election, Michael Dukakis had a 17 point lead
over George H W Bush.
I'm not sure if that was before or after the Dukakis "tank"
pictures..........
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