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[todd] New Polling Numbers Show National ‘Lead’ for Obama

This doesn't mean much in the actual presidential contest (thanks in part to the Electoral College and its role of subverting the will of the American people), but it looks like nationally Obama has gotten a bounce from his "How would y'all like me to do this gig full-time?" tour of Europe and the Middle East, while McCain toured pancake houses and the back nine with George H.W. Bush to prove that, yes, presidents do live to be older than he is.

Of course, the devil's in the numbers...and ... read on »
 
by itodd on 08/05/08 at 09:06 PM Comments (17)


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