Polls: Obama leads in critical trio of states

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 34 minutes ago

Recently trailing or tied, Democrat Barack Obama now leads Republican
John McCain in a trio of the most critical, vote-rich states five weeks
before the election, according to presidential poll results released
Wednesday.

The Democrat's support jumped to 50 percent or above in Ohio, Florida
and Pennsylvania in Quinnipiac University surveys taken during the
weekend — after the opening presidential debate and during Monday's
dramatic stock market plunge as the House rejected a $700 billion
financial bailout plan.

Combined, these states offer 68 of the 270 electoral votes needed for
victory on Election Day, Nov. 4.

Pollsters attributed Obama's improved standing to the public's general
approval of his debate performance, antipathy toward GOP vice
presidential nominee Sarah Palin and heightened confidence in the
Illinois senator's ability to handle the economic crisis.

The fresh polling is the latest troublesome turn for McCain, the Arizona
senator who is trying to regain control of the campaign conversation
amid increasingly difficult circumstances for Republicans. It comes on
the eve of a debate between Palin and her Democratic counterpart, Joe
Biden, and as the financial crisis shapes the presidential race in
unpredictable ways.

For now and probably for the next month, the race will be entirely about
who can best handle an economy in peril.

The war in Iraq, national security and foreign policy issues — McCain's
strengths — have largely fallen by the wayside as each campaign tries to
chart a course to the presidency in extraordinarily choppy economic waters.

The new surveys show Obama leading McCain in Florida 51 percent to 43
percent, in Ohio 50 percent to 42 percent and in Pennsylvania 54 percent
to 39 percent.

Since 1960, no president has been elected without winning two of those
three states.

The results are notable because they show Obama in a strong position in
the pair of states that put Bush in the White House in 2000 and kept him
there four years later — Florida and Ohio, with 27 and 20 electoral
votes, respectively.

Obama has been struggling to break into a comfortable lead in both
states; for weeks he had been mostly about even with McCain in Ohio
while lagging for months in Florida, even after being the only candidate
on the air and spending some $8 million on advertising.

Pennsylvania, with 21 electoral votes, is a different story.

Obama is trying to hang onto the state Democrat John Kerry won four
years ago, though McCain has mounted a stiff challenge as he seeks to
benefit from his rival's trouble with working-class voters who question
his liberal voting record and, perhaps, his race.

The telephone polls, which were taken before and after last week's
McCain-Obama debate, have margins of error ranging from plus or minus
2.8 percentage points to plus or minus 3.4 points.

___

On the Net:

Quinnipiac Poll: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml

Think, the current fiscal policy will assure more people will not be able to
afford boats

Anyone notice that once the bill failed the cost of a barrel of oil went
down? When it looked like it was going to pass it went up?

The investment community knows you can't print your way out of debt, you
just devalue the US dollar even more. And devaluation means you pay more
for stuff.

Let the banks fail, then pick up the pieces. Bailing out banks to a point
where they continue business is stupid as it does not solve anything.
Trouble is, will the in debt public like 16% interest rates? Which is about
where it aught to be to attract investors back to fund the system.

As the liquidity issue is cause by investors running for an inverted
interest yield that is a BAD investment idea.

"A Real Boater" wrote in message
. ..



Polls: Obama leads in critical trio of states

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 34 minutes ago

Recently trailing or tied, Democrat Barack Obama now leads Republican John
McCain in a trio of the most critical, vote-rich states five weeks before
the election, according to presidential poll results released Wednesday.

The Democrat's support jumped to 50 percent or above in Ohio, Florida and
Pennsylvania in Quinnipiac University surveys taken during the weekend —
after the opening presidential debate and during Monday's dramatic stock
market plunge as the House rejected a $700 billion financial bailout plan.

Combined, these states offer 68 of the 270 electoral votes needed for
victory on Election Day, Nov. 4.

Pollsters attributed Obama's improved standing to the public's general
approval of his debate performance, antipathy toward GOP vice presidential
nominee Sarah Palin and heightened confidence in the Illinois senator's
ability to handle the economic crisis.

The fresh polling is the latest troublesome turn for McCain, the Arizona
senator who is trying to regain control of the campaign conversation amid
increasingly difficult circumstances for Republicans. It comes on the eve
of a debate between Palin and her Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, and
as the financial crisis shapes the presidential race in unpredictable
ways.

For now and probably for the next month, the race will be entirely about
who can best handle an economy in peril.

The war in Iraq, national security and foreign policy issues — McCain's
strengths — have largely fallen by the wayside as each campaign tries to
chart a course to the presidency in extraordinarily choppy economic
waters.

The new surveys show Obama leading McCain in Florida 51 percent to 43
percent, in Ohio 50 percent to 42 percent and in Pennsylvania 54 percent
to 39 percent.

Since 1960, no president has been elected without winning two of those
three states.

The results are notable because they show Obama in a strong position in
the pair of states that put Bush in the White House in 2000 and kept him
there four years later — Florida and Ohio, with 27 and 20 electoral votes,
respectively.

Obama has been struggling to break into a comfortable lead in both states;
for weeks he had been mostly about even with McCain in Ohio while lagging
for months in Florida, even after being the only candidate on the air and
spending some $8 million on advertising.

Pennsylvania, with 21 electoral votes, is a different story.

Obama is trying to hang onto the state Democrat John Kerry won four years
ago, though McCain has mounted a stiff challenge as he seeks to benefit
from his rival's trouble with working-class voters who question his
liberal voting record and, perhaps, his race.

The telephone polls, which were taken before and after last week's
McCain-Obama debate, have margins of error ranging from plus or minus 2.8
percentage points to plus or minus 3.4 points.

___

On the Net:

Quinnipiac Poll: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml

Let the banks fail?

You have a simplistic notion of our economy.

In essence you are saying that bush,jr, McCain,
Obama, Paulson, and almost half of congress,
except 12 that were offended by Pelosi's speech
are fools.

Study some economics before you post gibberish.

"Canuck57" wrote in
message ...

Think, the current fiscal policy will assure
more people will not be able to afford boats

Anyone notice that once the bill failed the cost
of a barrel of oil went down? When it looked
like it was going to pass it went up?

The investment community knows you can't print
your way out of debt, you just devalue the US
dollar even more. And devaluation means you pay
more for stuff.

Let the banks fail, then pick up the pieces.
Bailing out banks to a point where they continue
business is stupid as it does not solve
anything. Trouble is, will the in debt public
like 16% interest rates? Which is about where
it aught to be to attract investors back to fund
the system.

As the liquidity issue is cause by investors
running for an inverted interest yield that is a
BAD investment idea.

"A Real Boater" wrote in
message
. ..



Polls: Obama leads in critical trio of states

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 34
minutes ago

Recently trailing or tied, Democrat Barack
Obama now leads Republican John McCain in a
trio of the most critical, vote-rich states
five weeks before the election, according to
presidential poll results released Wednesday.

The Democrat's support jumped to 50 percent or
above in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania in
Quinnipiac University surveys taken during the
weekend — after the opening presidential debate
and during Monday's dramatic stock market
plunge as the House rejected a $700 billion
financial bailout plan.

Combined, these states offer 68 of the 270
electoral votes needed for victory on Election
Day, Nov. 4.

Pollsters attributed Obama's improved standing
to the public's general approval of his debate
performance, antipathy toward GOP vice
presidential nominee Sarah Palin and heightened
confidence in the Illinois senator's ability to
handle the economic crisis.

The fresh polling is the latest troublesome
turn for McCain, the Arizona senator who is
trying to regain control of the campaign
conversation amid increasingly difficult
circumstances for Republicans. It comes on the
eve of a debate between Palin and her
Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, and as the
financial crisis shapes the presidential race
in unpredictable ways.

For now and probably for the next month, the
race will be entirely about who can best handle
an economy in peril.

The war in Iraq, national security and foreign
policy issues — McCain's strengths — have
largely fallen by the wayside as each campaign
tries to chart a course to the presidency in
extraordinarily choppy economic waters.

The new surveys show Obama leading McCain in
Florida 51 percent to 43 percent, in Ohio 50
percent to 42 percent and in Pennsylvania 54
percent to 39 percent.

Since 1960, no president has been elected
without winning two of those three states.

The results are notable because they show Obama
in a strong position in the pair of states that
put Bush in the White House in 2000 and kept
him there four years later — Florida and Ohio,
with 27 and 20 electoral votes, respectively.

Obama has been struggling to break into a
comfortable lead in both states; for weeks he
had been mostly about even with McCain in Ohio
while lagging for months in Florida, even after
being the only candidate on the air and
spending some $8 million on advertising.

Pennsylvania, with 21 electoral votes, is a
different story.

Obama is trying to hang onto the state Democrat
John Kerry won four years ago, though McCain
has mounted a stiff challenge as he seeks to
benefit from his rival's trouble with
working-class voters who question his liberal
voting record and, perhaps, his race.

The telephone polls, which were taken before
and after last week's McCain-Obama debate, have
margins of error ranging from plus or minus 2.8
percentage points to plus or minus 3.4 points.

___

On the Net:

Quinnipiac Poll:
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml

Sid9 wrote:
Let the banks fail?

You have a simplistic notion of our economy.

It appears that many people do. Our economy cannot function
without banks capable of loaning money. We don't need a
repeat of the 1930 bank failures and the utter chaos and
misery that ensued.



In essence you are saying that bush,jr, McCain,
Obama, Paulson, and almost half of congress,
except 12 that were offended by Pelosi's speech
are fools.

Study some economics before you post gibberish.

"Canuck57" wrote in
message ...

Think, the current fiscal policy will assure
more people will not be able to afford boats

Anyone notice that once the bill failed the cost
of a barrel of oil went down? When it looked
like it was going to pass it went up?

The investment community knows you can't print
your way out of debt, you just devalue the US
dollar even more. And devaluation means you pay
more for stuff.

Let the banks fail, then pick up the pieces.
Bailing out banks to a point where they continue
business is stupid as it does not solve
anything. Trouble is, will the in debt public
like 16% interest rates? Which is about where
it aught to be to attract investors back to fund
the system.

As the liquidity issue is cause by investors
running for an inverted interest yield that is a
BAD investment idea.

"A Real Boater" wrote in
message
. ..



Polls: Obama leads in critical trio of states

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 34
minutes ago

Recently trailing or tied, Democrat Barack
Obama now leads Republican John McCain in a
trio of the most critical, vote-rich states
five weeks before the election, according to
presidential poll results released Wednesday.

The Democrat's support jumped to 50 percent or
above in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania in
Quinnipiac University surveys taken during the
weekend — after the opening presidential debate
and during Monday's dramatic stock market
plunge as the House rejected a $700 billion
financial bailout plan.

Combined, these states offer 68 of the 270
electoral votes needed for victory on Election
Day, Nov. 4.

Pollsters attributed Obama's improved standing
to the public's general approval of his debate
performance, antipathy toward GOP vice
presidential nominee Sarah Palin and heightened
confidence in the Illinois senator's ability to
handle the economic crisis.

The fresh polling is the latest troublesome
turn for McCain, the Arizona senator who is
trying to regain control of the campaign
conversation amid increasingly difficult
circumstances for Republicans. It comes on the
eve of a debate between Palin and her
Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, and as the
financial crisis shapes the presidential race
in unpredictable ways.

For now and probably for the next month, the
race will be entirely about who can best handle
an economy in peril.

The war in Iraq, national security and foreign
policy issues — McCain's strengths — have
largely fallen by the wayside as each campaign
tries to chart a course to the presidency in
extraordinarily choppy economic waters.

The new surveys show Obama leading McCain in
Florida 51 percent to 43 percent, in Ohio 50
percent to 42 percent and in Pennsylvania 54
percent to 39 percent.

Since 1960, no president has been elected
without winning two of those three states.

The results are notable because they show Obama
in a strong position in the pair of states that
put Bush in the White House in 2000 and kept
him there four years later — Florida and Ohio,
with 27 and 20 electoral votes, respectively.

Obama has been struggling to break into a
comfortable lead in both states; for weeks he
had been mostly about even with McCain in Ohio
while lagging for months in Florida, even after
being the only candidate on the air and
spending some $8 million on advertising.

Pennsylvania, with 21 electoral votes, is a
different story.

Obama is trying to hang onto the state Democrat
John Kerry won four years ago, though McCain
has mounted a stiff challenge as he seeks to
benefit from his rival's trouble with
working-class voters who question his liberal
voting record and, perhaps, his race.

The telephone polls, which were taken before
and after last week's McCain-Obama debate, have
margins of error ranging from plus or minus 2.8
percentage points to plus or minus 3.4 points.

___

On the Net:

Quinnipiac Poll:
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml

(Lamont*Cranston)

We know that Lamont Cranston was the Shadow, but what heros were the
alteregos of:
Brett Reed
Niles Hunter
Bruce Wayne ( easy one)
To name a few???

N.L. Eckert wrote:
(Lamont Cranston)

We know that Lamont Cranston was the Shadow, but what heros were the
alteregos of:
Brett Reed
Niles Hunter
Bruce Wayne ( easy one)
To name a few???



Don't forget...Dan Reid.