CBS Poll: McCain, Obama Tied (voters, CNN, polls, president)

[bls5555]

McCain Closes Eight-Point Gap From Poll Taken Last Weekend

CBS Poll: McCain, Obama Tied, McCain Closes Eight-Point Gap From Poll Taken Last Weekend - CBS News

This was Mon-Wed of this week. Obama up 8 last week.

[newtoli]

So who is right?

Gallup Daily: No Dent in Obama Lead So Far
Gallup up 8


Rasmussen Reports™: The most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a presidential election. (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll - broken link)
Rasmussen up 5

[tluv00]

Polls are BS. This is established. The only numbers that count are from the day after election day.

[kidicarus89]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, especially when a couple weeks back they were tied in the CBS poll but the others showed substantive leads for Obama.

[poogie777]

Originally Posted by tluv00

Polls are BS. This is established. The only numbers that count are from the day after election day.

That's right. Polls will go up and down now for the next two months.

[backfist]

Not only are polls all over the map, they're don't seem to be objective anymore. NBC has a poll; CNN has a poll; CBS has a poll; ABC has a poll.

I don't trust polls that are owned by media outlets--even if they show my candidate in the lead.

[Spudcommando]

Show me polls taken from battleground states and then you might have something. Even so, these numbers will continue to fluctuate right up till election day.

[TuborgP]

All depends on sampling.

[JerZ]

(delete...weird...this posted to the wrong thread)

[sanrene]

McCain maintains his large advantage on the likelihood of being an effective commander-in-chief - 46 percent of voters say it is "very likely" McCain would be an effective commander-in-chief, compared to 24 percent who say that about Obama.

This is devastating.

So who is right?

Those don't reflect Palin's speech. Besides, 8 points in two days is not good.