Obama's Trip Backfires; McCain Surges to 4-Point Lead in USA Today/Gallup Poll (voters, campaign)

[jaybone666]

A surprising poll released Monday confirms Sen. Barack Obama's worst nightmare: he actually lost ground to Sen. John McCain after a global trip meant to buck up his sagging credentials in foreign and military policy.

The USA Today/Gallup poll has McCain leading Obama by four points, 49 percent to Obama's 45 percent, among likely voters.

Just last month, the same poll had McCain trailing by six points to the neophyte U.S. senator.
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The polls suggest that Obama's efforts to act like a president abroad -- even though he has yet to be elected -- may have backfired among American voters.
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Later, he decided not to visit wounded American soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in southern Germany. When the Pentagon informed Obama's campaign that the hospital would be closed to the press and campaign staff -- only the senator and his official staff would be allowed in -- Obama decided to cancel the event.

McCain has been quick to seize on Obama's ill-advised decision to cancel the humanitarian visit to the hospital.

A McCain television commercial released on the Internet this past weekend chided Obama for his callous act.

"And now, he made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops,” the ad says. “Seems the Pentagon wouldn’t allow him to bring cameras. John McCain is always there for our troops.”

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[Sunshine Chick]

Ohh yea !!!

And I called this one way back.

Poor baby barry is falling down the hill, someone needs to catch him before he hits the water.

Just think he was up by 15 in many states. Wait until next week, the new book The Obama Nation comes out exposing the scum bag for what he really is.

baby barry is going down !!! Someone change his diaper because I think he has just wet himself.

Now you know whats coming don't you Jay, it will be the racist white people doing this insread of the real baby barry being exposed.

Gosh this is feeling good to see him fall on his muggly face.

[jaybone666]

Originally Posted by Sunshine Chick

Ohh yea !!! Poor baby barry is falling down the hill, someone needs to catch him before he hits the water.

I thought he could walk on water. Have I been misinformed?

[newtoli]

And Obama is up one on Rasmussen
up 7 on CNN
Up 5 on Pew Research
Up 1 on Fox News (shouldn't McCain be leading that easy?)
and up 7 on NBC/Wall St Journal

Don't forget electoral maps!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epo...ama_vs_mccain/

[newtoli]

oh, also as per Gallup, they're back to tied today. 12% undecided/other

Gallup Daily: Race Tied at 44%

[blacknight04]

Do you have to attach the green arrow icon to every thread you make?

[Upton]

That USA Today/Gallup poll is from last Monday, we've already had several threads on it. Lets try to keep current shall we?

[jmarquise]

lets keep it current. lets talk about a 100 year war.

Originally Posted by Upton

That USA Today/Gallup poll is from last Monday, we've already had several threads on it. Lets try to keep current shall we?

[jaybone666]

Originally Posted by blacknight04

Do you have to attach the green arrow icon to every thread you make?

Yup. Makes it easy to find my posts through the trash on here.

Problem with that? Does that make me racist?

[blacknight04]

Originally Posted by jaybone666

Yup. Makes it easy to find my posts through the trash on here.

Problem with that? Does that make me racist?

What does race have to do with it?