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Obama camp says it raised $66 million in August
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 3:37 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama raised $66 million in August, a record for a presidential candidate that illustrated his continuing appeal to donors and his robust outreach to new contributors.

The campaign said it raised the money with the help of more than a half million, first-time donors. By comparison, Republican presidential nominee John McCain raised $47 million in August, a personal best for his campaign as well. The monthly figures for both candidates were especially noteworthy because August is typically a slow month for fundraising.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washing ... nted=print

Hmmm.....Looks like the Messiah is losing some of his shine....

Whites lift McCain to slim lead over Obama in poll
By ALAN FRAM

An overwhelming advantage in experience and lopsided support from working-class and suburban whites have lifted Republican John McCain to a slender lead over Barack Obama less than two months from Election Day, a poll on the presidential race said Friday.

The Arizona senator has a 13-percentage-point lead over his Democratic rival both with men and senior citizens, and a 23-point advantage among rural residents, according to the Associated Press-GfK Poll of likely voters. He's also doing better than Obama at consolidating support from party loyalists: 94 percent of Republicans back McCain, while 83 percent of Democrats prefer the Illinois senator.

http://townhall.com/news/politics-elect ... ma_in_poll

Want to scare the hell out of your liberal friends...?



Such a pretty monster under the bed who turned out to be very real indeed.

The next President and Vice President of The United States of America

Wrong again, you old queen!

Independents swing toward McCain
9/14/08 1:30 PM EST

Independent voters — the largest and fastest-growing segment of the American electorate — were always going to determine the winner of this election.

And in contrast to past contests like 2004, where independents viewed the choice between President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry as a vote for the candidate they disliked least, independents had a dream campaign in ‘08: two compelling nominees who ran against the polarizing establishments of their own parties with explicitly post-partisan appeals. It was a year in which Karl Rove’s play-to-the-base politics seemed to be on the ash heap of history.

In the wake of Sarah Palin, John McCain has opened up a 15-point lead among independents, according to a new Gallup Poll — and Barack Obama has a real problem.


Since the GOP convention and his selection of the Alaska governor as his running mate, McCain has changed a months-long tie among independents into a 52 to 37 percent advantage. Support for McCain among self-described "conservative Democrats" has jumped 10 points, to 25 percent, signaling the shift among swing voters to McCain.

Have fun tomorrow,boys....

Lehman may face failure, Merrill may be bought
Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:54pm EDT

*Talks to sell Lehman falter, Barclays pulls out

*Concerns grow that bankruptcy filing may be imminent

*Bank of America may buy Merrill -- report

*AIG expected to sell assets --report

*Emergency Sunday trading session set (Recasts, updates throughout, adds reports on Merrill, AIG)

By Dan Wilchins and Glenn Somerville

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The ruptured U.S. financial system was facing an unprecedented shakeup on Sunday that could lead to the failure of Lehman Brothers (LEH.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and big asset sales by big insurer American International Group (AIG.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz).

The developments may indicate Wall Street and Washington are accepting that massive triage is necessary in the face of the 13-month old credit crisis and destructive U.S. housing bust.

"The U.S. financial system is finding the tectonic plates underneath its foundation are shifting like they have never shifted before," said Peter Kenny, managing director at Knight Equity Markets in Jersey City, New Jersey. "It's a new financial world on the verge of a complete reorganization."

The focus on Sunday had initially been on whether talks between regulators and Wall Street's top bankers could lead to the sale of Lehman, which until recently was the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank.

However, those talks faltered when Britain's Barclays Plc (BARC.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), which had appeared to be front-runner to take over Lehman -- excluding its toxic mortgage-related assets -- said it had pulled out of the bidding.

That triggered expectations the investment bank is heading into bankruptcy and prompted a rare emergency trading session on Sunday to allow Wall Street dealers in the $455 trillion derivatives market to reduce their exposure to the firm.
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?art ... 6120080914

Where is "Caribou Barbie"'s big bounce now?

Gallup Daily: Obama 47%, McCain 45%
Obama gains an edge

PRINCETON, NJ -- The Sept. 14-16 Gallup Poll Daily tracking update shows Barack Obama regaining a slight, although not statistically significant, edge over John McCain, 47% to 45%, among registered voters, marking the first time since the week of the Republican National Convention that McCain has not held at least a one percentage point margin over Obama.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/110446/Gallu ... in-45.aspx

I see you dropped in at the Times to delete my threads and posts...

Way too funny.

You still posting there? Wow! What an absolutely pathetic life you lead,homebound. Stuck indoors 24/7 posting on message boards is no way to go through life. I can't even imagine what your house must smell like.

Yippee! The Queen of all moose hunters and the so called savior of the Republican Party, "Caribou Barbie" has been defeated!

NYT poll: McCain struggles with Bush link
Candidates back to where they were before conventions, and Palin pick
By ROBIN TONER and ADAM NAGOURNEY
The New York Times
updated 7:23 p.m. ET, Wed., Sept. 17, 2008

WASHINGTON - Despite an intense effort to distance himself from the way his party has done business in Washington, Senator John McCain is seen by voters as far less likely to bring change to Washington than Senator Barack Obama. Mr. McCain is widely viewed as a “typical Republican” who would continue or expand President Bush’s policies, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll.

Polls taken after the Republican convention suggested that Mr. McCain had enjoyed a surge of support — particularly among white women after his selection of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate — but the latest poll indicates “the Palin effect” was, at least so far, a limited burst of interest.

The contest appears to be roughly where it was before the two conventions and before the vice presidential selections: Mr. Obama has the support of 48 percent of registered voters, compared with 43 percent for Mr. McCain, a difference within the poll’s margin of sampling error, and statistically unchanged from the tally in the last New York Times/CBS News Poll in mid-August.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26763744

RNC Beats DNC in September Money Race

We wrote in Saturday’s paper that the GOP appears to be building fund-raising momentum heading into the 2010 elections.

Here’s another data point: the Democratic National Committee said it raised about $8 million in September. That’s less than the Republican National Committee, which raised $8.8 million in the same time period, and the second month running the RNC has pulled ahead.

Overall, the Democrats are still ahead, with $139.4 million raised to date compared to $125 million for the GOP.

That edge is attributable in part to the Democratic fund-raising arms for House and Senate candidates, both of which out-raised their Republican counterparts by nearly two-to-one margins last month.

The GOP resurrection, meanwhile, is being aided by a rise in small donors. In some of the most competitive 2010 Senate races, Republican candidates raised more than the Democrats did in the most-recent quarter.