More bad news for the ailing McCain campaign and his disillusioned supporters. A new
Ipsos/McClatchey Poll not only shows Obama with a 50%-42% lead but it also gives Obama the advantage in two areas that in recent elections the GOP has held large advantages in...times are definitely a changin'
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On taxes, for example, likely voters now prefer Obama over McCain by a margin of 8 percentage points. This is despite a concerted effort by McCain and running mate Sarah Palin to cast Obama as a tax-and-spend liberal who'd raise taxes on ordinary folks such as Joe the Plumber, an Ohio man whom McCain cited repeatedly in the last debate and since then in ads and on the campaign trail.
On family values, a subject Republicans have used to court Christian conservatives and suburban moderates since the 1980s, likely voters now prefer Obama over McCain by 8 points. That's up from 3 points in mid-September.
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