Obama leads by 10 in latest poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama is leading his Republican rival John McCain 53 percent to 43 percent among likely voters, according to a Washington Post-ABC News opinion poll released on Monday.

Sixty-four percent of voters now view Obama favorably, up six percentage points from early September, according to the poll taken after Tuesday night's presidential debate. The final debate before the Nov. 4 election is Wednesday.

Obama leads McCain by 10 points - Wash Post-ABC poll | World | Reuters

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ABC'S CHARLIE GIBSON: In each instance, when the Capital Gains rate was dropped, revenues from the tax increased; the government took in more money. And in the 1980s, when the tax was increased to 28 percent, the revenues went down. So why raise it at all, especially given the fact that 100 million people in this country own stock and would be affected?

OBAMA: Well, Charlie, what I've said is that I would look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness.

ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: The presidential election is now just 22 days away, and Barack Obama is leading John McCain by a whopping 53 percent to 43 percent according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.

No candidate has ever lost with a lead like this since modern polling began in 1936.

Americans are in a very angry mood right now and that is helping Obama.

A record high of 90 percent of the country believes we're going in the wrong direction right now.

A vast majority of the nation, 73 percent of the country, disapproves of the job President George W. Bush is doing. No president has ever had a higher disapproval rating, not even President Richard Nixon at the height of Watergate.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalra...nopoulo-9.html

I thought I heard FOX news say that the lead was down to 4 point?

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A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
Thomas Jefferson

Kirk, if you really want Obama to win, then you need to contribute some time/money to him now, because McPalin is making a big push in your home state starting this week.

Sorry, McCain is done.

You have to have ideas to win, not a smear campaign.

The voters are smarter this year.

The gap is closing, despite the spin.

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A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
Thomas Jefferson

I'm not worried.

Are you?

Yeah, who is she "pushing" out of a job now?

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A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
Thomas Jefferson

Uh, McCain is losing in North Carolina.

POLITICO's 2008 Swing State Map - Politico.com

Ay Caramba!

McCain is losing in North Dakota!

North Dakota Polls

Nfw.

RealClearPolitics - Election 2008 - North Dakota: McCain vs. Obama

w!