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Polls favor Obama in battleground states; McCain still fighting hard
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Frank Cotolo
4 Oct 2008 |
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With one month to the day left in the U.S. Presidential campaign, Republican
John McCain's poll numbers are shrinking as Democrat Barack Obama's numbers
gain momentum in battleground-states Virginia, Colorado, Ohio and Florida.
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"McCain has no more margin of error," said W. Wildmaster Forward, director of
a university with chapters in all four battleground states that have
registered polls where McCain is behind. "McCain has to win most of the
battleground states, if not all of them. He cannot win just one, he has to
take three, which would be most of them. Winning two is good but it is not
most of them. If he wins all four it would be best but also a miracle
according to the poll numbers today."
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McCain is also struggling a surging Obama in traditional Republican-won-states
Indiana and North Carolina. There, pollster Rip Scornsby, said, "Unless our
math is off, Obama is doing far better than he was last month and certainly
better than he was when he announced he would be a candidate.
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Other polls show McCain in a tussle with Obama in Colorado and Missouri, too.
"McCain cannot afford to lose these if he wants to get the 270 electoral votes
needed to capture the White House," said Scornsby just before having two
teeth pulled.
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"There are many reasons these polls don't look good for us," said a spokesman
from McCain's camp. "The main reason is that most of the people polled in
these states say they are not going to vote for McCain. But that can change.
All of them can decide not to vote for Obama. Where does that leave Obama
then?"
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Obama spokespeople are staying quiet about their leads in the polls. Once
spokesperson said, "We like when the polls are on our side, so we can imagine
how badly McCain must feel right about now."
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McCain advisers said they will launch an aggressive advertising campaign
against Obama in the states where Obama is ahead in the polls. "We can snap
them back into a lead like rubber bands off a substitute teacher's head,"
said a McCain ad executive just before he paid for a power lunch with some
other clients.
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Republicans are also uplifted by the performance by McCain's running mate,
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in the debate with Democratic vice presidential
hopeful Joe Biden.
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"I keep watching it over and over," said a Palin associate, "and Sarah is so
good that she could run for Queen of England and win."
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McCain and Obama have two more debates, the next on Oct. 7 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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