The AP calls the race even:
The poll, which found Obama at 44 percent and McCain at 43 percent, supports what some Republicans and Democrats privately have said in recent days: that the race narrowed after the third debate as GOP-leaning voters drifted home to their party and McCain’s “Joe the plumber” analogy struck a chord.
Three weeks ago, an AP-GfK survey found that Obama had surged to a seven-point lead over McCain, lifted by voters who thought the Democrat was better suited to lead the nation through its sudden economic crisis.
IBD/TIPP? Ditto:
McCain has picked up 3 points in the West and with independents, married women and those with some college. He’s also gaining momentum in the suburbs, where he’s gone from dead even a week ago to a 20-point lead. Obama padded gains in urban areas and with lower-class households, but he slipped 4 points with parents.
And the Zogmeister?
These numbers, if they hold, are blowout numbers. They fit the 1980 model with Reagan’s victory over Carter — but they are happening 12 days before Reagan blasted ahead. If Obama wins like this we can be talking not only victory but realignment:
Wow. Sounds serious.
Seriously hosed.
The only reason for polls like this (and the Minnesota Poll) is to try to depress GOP turnout.
Yes, I am declaring a conspiracy.
Anybody know if the RNC will buy Joe the Plumber a $150,000 makeover?
Anybody know if the DNC will buy Karl Marx a $140,000 faux Greek temple in Denver?