On the eve of the Republican convention, a new national poll suggests the race for the White House remains dead even.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Sunday night shows the Obama-Biden ticket leading the McCain-Palin ticket by one point, 49 percent to 48 percent, a statistical dead heat.

Does this reflect that McCain made the better VP choice?

But another poll shows Obama up by 8 points. The polls have been showing the 2 as being almost dead heat for quite a while---with an error margin of 3 %, right?

I like McCain's choice for VP.

As far as the polls go, they seem to be so fickle (because people can be so fickle) and don't necessarily show the real attitudes and opinions of the people. I'll give more credence to the polls when there is a 2-digit difference between the candidates and the election date is closer.

I would not put much weight in the polling numbers until we get closer to the election. I suspect that the contest will remain close until the end .


I like McCain's choice for VEEP ,but we are ultimately electing a President so it is debatable how relevant the VEEP candidate really is.

The selection of Palin as I have stated in other postings satisfies the base to a point where McCain can now concentrate on competing with Obama for the undecided center.

What's the margin of error on these polls?

The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
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Curley
A great non-partisan web site to follow the election is Real Clear Politics
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They average the various polls from the major pollsters and give daily results .

Donald M ;that is pretty much a mute point now isn't it ? Should only mensas qualify for the position ? If experience was the criterian then Obama was disqualified ,and he ran for the top of the ticket.

Lincoln was called an ignorant ape.Honestly at this point I'm used to people disparaging the intelligence and abilities of Republicans.

The answer is ;and this is true of all Presidents ;she would've had in that instant been surrounded by the best advisors that McCain would've assembled. The question is not her intelligence but her judgement and yes I have and had the utmost confidence that she would make the right decisions in the case of McCain not being able to perform his duties.

The question is not her intelligence but her judgement and yes I have and had the utmost confidence that she would make the right decisions in the case of McCain not being able to perform his duties.
Palin Didn't Know Africa Is A Continent, Says Fox News Reporter (VIDEO) (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/palin-didnt-know-africa-i_n_141653.html)

I chose to ignore the finger pointing from CYA operatives who are looking out for their next job.

Make that, I chose to ignore the finger pointing from UNNAMED CYA operatives who are looking out for their next job.
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Palin knows that when life begins - it is not above her paygrade.

Palin went after corruption in her own party - she did not choose to associate with known terrorists or seek out marxists professors.

How many votes would McCain have gotten without Palin? Where is McCain when some of his campaign aids are going after Palin? He would defend Obama against false claims more readily.