Boy I go away for a few days and this place goes nuts for McCain/Palin!
equalizer, you chose to quote the statistic that was the most generous to your apparent favorite, McCain. Other less favorable quotes:
McCain leads Democrat Barack Obama by 50%-46% among registered voters, the Republican’s biggest advantage since January and a turnaround from the USA TODAY poll taken just before the convention opened in St. Paul. Then, he lagged by 7 percentage points.
However, in an analysis of the impact of political conventions since 1960, Sabato concluded that post-convention polls signal the election’s outcome only about half the time. “You could flip a coin and be about as predictive,” he says. “It is really surprising how quickly convention memories fade.”
Let’s see where we stand when the debates start hitting in October.
