According to Gallup, the Democratic National Convention was very, very good to Barack Obama. Its latest daily tracking poll (done Tuesday through Thursday) has Obama up 8 points over McCain, 49%-41%. We’ll see if this poll is a trend or a fluke when others come out, but with 2,727 surveyed, the margin of error is only ±2%. The convention couldn’t have gone much better for Obama. Huge ratings, great speeches, 95% endorsements from the Clintons. The RNC, which will feature the popular (Bush-Cheney), the star power (Tim Pawlenty) and the exorcist (Bobby Jindal), is already talking about delaying its convention so as not to conflict with Hurricane Gustav. For obvious reasons.
How Sarah Palin will impact the race is anyone’s guess. Conventional wisdom holds that running mates have negligible affect on elections, but Sarah Palin is anything but conventional. With the Obama camp’s first statement, it is already playing defense to keep women voters:
Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Governor Palin shares John McCain’s commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush’s failed economic policies — that’s not the change we need, it’s just more of the same.
Obama rarely talks about abortion, and last night he said only, “we may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country.” Now he has a wedge issue that can hurt him with Catholics and evangelicals but he hopes will keep the ladies from straying (who as of last week supported him 47%-41%).
Victory is in sight. Now let’s get get get it!
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