Waiting for the Obama Bump
WEEKLY STANDARD BLOG
We all expected it, and most of us still do, but it's odd that it has failed to materialize. Obama has slipped in the new poll from Newsweek and now runs even with McCain at 46-46. More interesting is his decline in both Gallup tracking polls. Those polls don't reflect the brouhaha over Clinton's RFK gaffe, so maybe he gets his bounce back this week in the race for the nomination, but it is hard to explain how Clinton has bounced back from a deficit of 16 points less than ten days ago. Also, Clinton still holds a significant lead over McCain, and she has consistently held that lead since the beginning of the month. In the Obama-McCain match up, McCain has jumped ahead by two points in what looks to be a far less stable race. But if there's one thing we know for certain, Democrats aren't going to be swayed by electability arguments. Or are they?
weeklystandard.com
Poll: Hillary Beats McCain In Kentucky, Obama Loses Big
tpm election central
By Eric Kleefeld - May 26, 2008, 9:05AM
Barack Obama's Appalachia problem couldn't be more apparent in a new Rasmussen poll, with Hillary Clinton winning Kentucky in the general election, and Obama losing it in a landslide:
McCain (R) 57%, Obama (D) 32%
Clinton (D) 51%, McCain (R) 42%
Sample size: 500 likely voters.
Margin of error: ±4%
Obama has done well among white voters in many other parts of the country, but the Appalachian region has become something of a no man's land for him. And with that region spanning a lot of electoral votes, this poll definitely gives some weight to Hillary Clinton's arguments on electability.
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