US polls have been overestimating Democrat popularity in presidential polling for over thirty years.

Last week’s Obama lead in the polls meant in reality that he and McCain were neck and neck. Since then McCain’s been gaining ground all weekend and right now he’s officially within the margin of error. When the two candidates are exactly even in the polls then McCain will be ahead.

CBS and CNN’s polling is laughable and should only be used for formulating opinions on the outcomes of presidential elections at your own peril

Last election - Investor Business Daily’s polling turned out to be the most accurate of anybody’s but its easy to figure out which polls are the most accurate. They’re the ones with the narrowest gap between McCain and Obama.

Senator John McCain has cut Senator Barack Obama’s lead among ‘independent’ voters in half in two days. McCain is steadily rising one point a day in the polls and has already pulled within the margin of error for being tied with Barak Obama.

I’m sure the good Senator McCain is also spending plenty of time on what faces him if he wins the presidential headline – but what kind of headline would that make?

Like most Americans that constitute the ever-growing class of “disillusioned” voters, I watched the recent “town hall-style” debate between Barack Obama and John McCain. As expected, my perspective of politics and its participants remained the same: no matter how many direct questions you ask a politician, regardless of party affiliation, the answers you receive are nothing more than generalized sound bites. The New York Times described the debate as “ninety minutes of forced cordiality,” and I certainly agree. The Boston Globe reported that although the discussion was “mercifully free” of personal attacks, the discussion was also free of much of the tension that generates compelling television. McCain reiterated the value of his experience, his “stay the course” stance on Iraq, and his oil drilling policies. Obama condemned the Republican policies that he believes have led the American economy into its current recession. Based on the debate performances, we really have no concept of how either candidate would work to avoid a pending economic catastrophe. A realistic, well-thought out economic plan is what America needs. Obama’s stance on “predatory lending” – effectively sanctioning payday advance lenders – is not a legitimate solution to the real economic problems we face.
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It is entirely inappropriate for Mr. Colin Powel to publicly (using network TV or any other media means) endorse a candidate. As a former general in the US armed forces, he should know this better than anyone. It's cheap and rather small. It is wrong for him to use media just 15 days prior to the voting to try to help one candidate or another. It certainly does not show and understanding of the public trust he has been given while serving as a general and when he served as US Secretary of State. Mr. Powell needs to remember that in all of these assignments over his career, he has only been an appointee. He has never had to stand before any state or national electorate and be selected for high office by the citizens. Moreover he has been univolved in our nation's affairs since choosing to step down in 2004. For four years he has not shouldered any responsibility in helping our nation, he has simply been a retiree. He is away from public service, thus he is not one to be commenting upon it or seeking to influence it. And he is not the grand sage voice of wisdom in our country anyway. Most Americans think him to be a rather opportunistic man. When the going got tough at the US State Department, well, he just took the easy way and left office. It is petty and small to have used a TV talk show to do this. He should keep his mouth shut. His personal voting preferences should remain just that, personal.

Last, it is just egotistical of him to think that his opinion in our coming elections matter. He is no longer with the times. The American citizenry does not look to Colin Powell for advice or thoughts on who does or does not make the best candidate.

If he had endorsed Senator John McCain – General Powell would have been visibly choosing country over personal consideration raising his value as a man and with that – the value of his endorsement.

Instead he chose ‘the appearance of country’ over country and tried to publicly rationalize his decision to endorse Senator Obama by parroting the entire laundry list of drivel - global warming, America’s loss of standing in the world, blah, blah, blah - that the Left's been peddling for years in a vain attempt by Powell to bury how small he's being with as large a pile as he could verbally shovel.

What does a line like "[Senator Obama is] thinking about all villages have values, all towns have values, not just small town values.”

NOTHING.

An endorsement of John McCain would have been an endorsement by a man. The endorsement of Barack Obama was an endorsement by a dissembling pretzel.

Like it or not, the final blow to McCain came when Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama. Now there's not even a chance of McCain making a come-back on November 4th. Only one good thing can come out of this election, and that is John McCain can now reurn to his Rocking-Chair knowing that he has no where else to go.

Of the election of Barack Obama will bring about the birth of a new, prosperous and renewed America, which neither John the Republican Party, nor his Corporate sponsors could never dream about or envision. Obama's America is a living breathing reality for those who are now suffereing hardships and not complaining.

Obama had a clear, calm, and practical solutions which presented his case for the US presidency very effectively. McCain's strategy of angry attacks and focusing pretty much all of his attention on the so-called "Joe the plumber's" woes was perceived by the vast majority of American people as ineffective.

I feel that this "Bradley effect" will be minimal because there are Americans who are so disgusted with the GOP will probably just stay home and not vote. Both of these negative aspects will balance each other.

As far as the undecideds, if any Americans do not have an opinion now regarding this election, there will be a fair percentage who will never have an opinion or are unable to sustain an opinion for that matter. I believe those unfortunate people probably in their own confusion will stay home and not vote. All the better for all concerned.

Obama/Biden 2008!

I think that Barack Obama won the last debate because he has proposed a practiacl solustion for the problems that america and the rest of the world are facing this time and in the coming term. so the public thinks he is the right person to lead the white house for the next four years. the other reason is that America needs a democrate to solve the problem of war in which America is involved trough the world mainly in Afghanistan and Irak.

i like obama, because i yhink he has clearer ideals on what people needs, even if it is going to be very difficult for the americans people due to the long term coming recession, mac cain was only capable to criticises obama but wasn´t very convincing on is politic, to close to the bush administration which was a desaster for the us economy. obama look like for me more of a humain being closer to the people, mac cain doesn´t look very natural, hiddding is old age behind a face lifting, lets come back to what life is all about, and that will be more real from obama

I beleve Sen McCain was the clearcut winner of this debate, with Sen Obama hardpressed to justify his views and actions