On Oct 7, 9:56 am, Boater wrote:
Tuesday, October 07, 2008

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows
Barack Obama attracting 52% of the vote while John McCain earns 44%.
***This is the second straight day that Obama has led by eight
percentage points, his largest lead of the year. For the past twelve
days, Obama’s support has ranged from 50% to 52% while McCain has been
at 44% of 45% every day***

Obama is viewed favorably by 58% of voters, McCain by 52% (see trends).
Obama is viewed Very Favorably by 39% of voters and Very Unfavorably by
28%. For McCain, those numbers are 24% Very Favorable and 26% Very
Unfavorable.

New statewide poll results from Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, and
Virginia confirm the national trend favoring Obama.

Electoral College projections now show Obama leading 217-163. However,
when “leaners” are included, Obama leads 300-174. A total of 270
Electoral Votes are needed to win the White House.

Voters now trust Democrats more than Republicans on all ten key issues
tracked regularly by Rasmussen Reports. Other polling shows that voters
overwhelmingly believe the United States is the best nation in the
world. At the same time, 50% believe that other nation’s tend to dislike
the USA.

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I'm hopeful but not confident.

On Sept 17, 2004, Kerry led Bush by 54-41% among registered
independents. It is independents who will determine who wins in this
election.