He did it again - McCain has wiped out Obama’s poll lead

The John McCain candidacy refuses to die.

All throughout 2007 he was written off, only to take the lead in New Hampshire right at the end of the year, win the state in January, and become the GOP front-runner overnight.

Then a stumble in Michigan was supposed to open the way for Romney, Huckabee, or Thompson.  Instead, McCain closed it in South Carolina and Florida.

Now, with the Democrats finally settling on Barack Obama as the nominee, his “bounce” was supposed to leave McCain in the dust - forever.

Well, Newsweek, otherwise known as Obamaweek (NRO - The Corner), has admitted that Barack Obama’s lead in their poll has fallen from fifteen to three (a statistical tie when you factor in the margin of error).

Meanwhile, Rasmussen (upon whom I have a lot more faith), released their latest numbers this evening:

The race for the White House is tied. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Barack Obama and John McCain each attract 43% of the vote.

After all the “healing,” all the “momentum,” and even Ben Tribbett succumbing to the “O,” John McCain has managed to tie him - again.

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4 Responses to “He did it again - McCain has wiped out Obama’s poll lead”

  1. Timothy Watson Says:
    July 12, 2008 at 11:16 pm

    I haven’t heard a lot about Obama’s fund raising numbers recently either.

  2. George Templeton Says:
    July 13, 2008 at 12:14 am

    Well we will see how the Gramm commets affect these polls. I happen to agree with Sen. Gramm, but I am not sure it was helpful for him to voice that opinion.

  3. goodtimepolitics Says:
    July 13, 2008 at 2:42 am

    Obama fund raising is the lowest it been! I think I read someplace it was 30% which is alittle more than McCain but away lower than it has been! John McCain is doing great and Obama is having problems getting money from the Hillary supporters!

  4. Doug Mataconis Says:
    July 13, 2008 at 7:17 am

    The first Newsweek poll was an outlier and recognized as such by most commentators. The fact that they’ve repolled and have numbers consistent with the rest of the polls out there is an indication that they changed their methodology, not that McCain suddenly surged.

    Yes, the race is close but I’m still putting my money on “Johnny Mac” losing in November. I just don’t see him generating the kind of enthusiasm you need to win an election.

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