Originally posted by: Stoneburner
Genius... do you know that was a Zogby Interactive Poll?
The ZIP's have less credibility than the regular zogby's WHICH HAVE NO CREDIBILITY TO BEGIN WITH.
All the credible posters have Obama up.
9-14-2008
5 reasons why McCain has pulled ahead
John McCain?s surge in the polls comes even as Barack Obama has inherited the most favorable Democratic environment since the Watergate era ? an unpopular Republican president, an unpopular war and a flagging economy.
1. McCain as a 'change agent'
Even though McCain has spent decades in Washington and a member of his party is in the White House, recent polling shows that he has managed to successfully portray himself as a change agent and erode Obama?s brand in the process.
2. The center shifts: Independents move to McCain
A recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll found that 62 percent of men have a favorable view of Palin, while just 53 percent of women view her favorably.
Though no Democrat has won a majority of white voters since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, Obama cannot win unless he pulls back some of these white independent voters.
3. The economic gap narrows
James Carville, who coined the catchphrase ?the economy, stupid? in 1992 while working as a strategist for Bill Clinton, frets that Obama is losing his ownership of the issue that has become voters? foremost concern in recent months.
4. Palin narrows the enthusiasm gap
Palin has played no small part in this GOP awakening. CBS found that fully 85 percent of McCain backers were ?pleased? with the selection of Palin, compared to 65 percent of Obama supporters who said the same about his running mate, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden.
And among independents, 46 percent have a favorable view of Palin while only 31 percent say the same of Biden.
5. Democrats voter ID edge dulls
Republicans began losing voters prior to the 2006 midterm elections that gave Democrats a functional majority in the Senate. But those voters straying from the fold were mostly becoming independents, not Democrats.