With the newest USA Today/Gallup poll showing Senator McCain and his running mate 4 percentage points above Obama/Biden, it makes you wonder. It makes you wonder if anyone could have ever guessed the way this election would really turn out, and at this rate Lord only knows what lies ahead of us. The post convention 4 point nod to McCain is 11 points higher then his previous numbers (a larger bounce then Obama received after his convention...yes big stage and all) as well as being his biggest lead since January. The New Polls show McCain leading with a 54% support from likely voters compared to Barack's now 44%.
So does this have the Obama campaign scrambling?- according to them, no. “Up or down, we believe national polls are meaningless,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton told FOX News. Whether your for or against the Senator from Illinois you have to logically look at that statement with some scrutiny. Furthermore, if it were Obama in the lead you would likely here his campaign ascribe it to "Barack's nation wide appeal for change, his new direction, and a "unity" he shares with the needs of the American people." Except this time it's not Barack in the lead anymore.
In another statement during a news conference in Ohio, Obama himself said, "This has been a good story to write about, and there's always something new. And my general approach throughout this process is not to worry about today's news or yesterday's polls." Perhaps, Obama, isn't worried but then how would you explain his distinct new approach to dealing with Governor Palin in the last few days?
While his campaign speeches have predominately remained primarily on policy there has been an obvious spike of remarks against John McCain and even more predominately his V.P. pick Sarah Palin, as a result of the new polls. He's began spouting utter disbelief that McCain and Palin have been painting themselves as the real agents of change. “This is a party that’s been in charge for eight years and now they’re trying to run against themselves,” he said at one campaign stop. “These folks are shameless.”
Baracks's latest accusation against the Republicans was made apparent Monday when he made these remarks, "Mother, governor, moose shooter, I mean, I think that's cool. That's cool stuff. But, so they talk about biography, and then they spent a lot of time talking about me. But you notice they didn't talk about the issues." Furthermore, Obama insisted that Palin was getting a pass by the media. In his own words Republicans are "working the refs" in the media. This coming from one of the most obviously media supported candidates in, perhaps, the history of modern day politics.
The most recent of Obama's remarks to fight against the wave of the new found enthusiasm for the McCain/Palin ticket, came from the twist of a line Palin made during her acceptance speech last week describing the only difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull being lipstick. Obama said, "You can put lipstick on a pig, It's still a pig." The pig line Ironically being the same line McCain had used to describe Hillary Clinton's health-care proposals.
So one of the most Historic elections we will likely ever see is truly gearing up. Both sides are coming out firing like an old west shootout. Obama trying to gain back any kind of momentum after being knocked on his heels by the Palin choice and McCain trying to keep the spirit going strong. No one can truly tell what November will bring, but theatrics and hard words are sure to accompany us all the way.
