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al-Reuters/Zogby poll: McCain by 5

You guys know how I treat polls with a grain of salt, even if it’s a poll with numbers that I want to believe.  Since this is a Zogby poll, I’m even more skeptical.  In the mid-to-late 1990′s, Zogs had arguably the most reliable poll in the business.  But ever since Bush was elected, Zogby (who is Arab) has released wildly pro-left “poll results” that greatly differ from reality.

For example, in 2004, his “polls” showed TN to be a toss-up between Bush and Kerry.  No one in his right mind believed that a state that rejected its own (Al Gore) was going to vote for a Boston blue-blood liberal, and the final result was Bush by about 15%.  Zogs also had Kerry by 1% in FL, which Bush won by 5%.  There are other examples, but I think you get the point.

All that said, I find it telling that even Zogs has to report this bit of bad news for the Obamessiah.  Excerpt:

McCain leads Obama among likely U.S. voters by 46 percent to 41 percent, wiping out Obama’s solid 7-point advantage in July and taking his first lead in the monthly Reuters/Zogby poll.

 

The reversal follows a month of attacks by McCain, who has questioned Obama’s experience, criticized his opposition to most new offshore oil drilling and mocked his overseas trip.

 

The poll was taken Thursday through Saturday as Obama wrapped up a weeklong vacation in Hawaii that ceded the political spotlight to McCain, who seized on Russia’s invasion of Georgia to emphasize his foreign policy views.

 

“There is no doubt the campaign to discredit Obama is paying off for McCain right now,” pollster John Zogby said. “This is a significant ebb for Obama.”

 

McCain now has a 9-point edge, 49 percent to 40 percent, over Obama on the critical question of who would be the best manager of the economy — an issue nearly half of voters said was their top concern in the November 4 presidential election. … 

Again, let me jump through hoops to stress that this is ONE poll and is merely a snapshot in time.  We are about three months away from the election, and that is a political lifetime. However, times are not that rosy for The Chosen One right now, so he’ll need some more of that MSM fawning and adulation that followed him to Europe in order to further boost his chances.

August 20, 2008 - Posted by crushliberalism | McCain, Obama, polls