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New Insider Advantage polls taken Oct. 9 show Obama leading by 5 points in Ohio and McCain leading by 3 points in Georgia. Georgia McCain 49 (-1 vs. last poll, Sept. 30) Obama 46 (+2) McCain leads by 6.8 points...

Think the media has picked up on a theme here? These are the leads to three stories from yesterday and today: New York Times: Senator John McCain joined in the attacks on Thursday on Senator Barack Obama for his ties...

New Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll shows Obama leading McCain by 7, virtually unchanged from its last survey two weeks ago: Obama 46 (+1 vs. last poll Sept 22-23) McCain 39 (nc) Undecided 11 (-2) Obama leads McCain by 6.3% in...

The new Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll, which gives Obama a 7-point edge, has some numbers on whether the issue of Bill Ayers is affecting voters. * 61% said Obama's association with Ayers made no difference on whether they would vote...

This is where the national daily tracking polls stand as of today: Gallup: Obama 51 (-1), McCain 41 (nc) Rasmussen: Obama 50 (nc), McCain 45 (nc) Diageo/Hotline: Obama 48 (+1), McCain 41 (nc) GW/Battleground: Obama 51 (+3), McCain 43 (-2)...

As the election -- now less than four weeks away -- creeps closer, Democrats are poised to make big gains in the House and Senate once again. A look at the RCP House and Senate rankings shows the odds heavily...

The registration-surge story isn't exactly new, but the AP has a nice rundown: In states where registration is recorded by party, including eight key states that could decide the election, voters have signed up Democratic in the past six months...

Yesterday Robert Schlesinger of US News & World Report declared the race over: The campaign for the past several weeks has been event driven, as a smart Republican argued to me recently. McCain's chances hang on a cataclysmic event, a...

Ayers, Rezko, William Daley all make an appearance in this RNC ad: The ad will run in Wisconsin and Indiana....

From a rally in Wisconsin yesterday:...

In the Headlines "McCain, Obama seek to seed doubts" (Michael Finnegan and Peter Nicholas, Los Angeles Times) - The campaign for president pivoted sharply to character and temperament Thursday as Democrat Barack Obama accused his Republican counterpart of "erratic behavior"...

New Strategic Vision polls show Obama leading by 8 points in Florida and 2 points in Ohio. A Research2000 poll shows him leading by 10 points in Wisconsin, a state won by John Kerry that McCain is hoping to pick...

A new McCain TV ad continues the campaign's connecting Obama to Bill Ayers. "Obama. Blind ambition. Bad judgment," the announcer states. The ad will be televised "nationally." "Ambition":...

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I'm running out the door but wanted to get this posted. Generally speaking, it's another day's worth of solid polling for Obama: Two moves of consequence today in the RCP Electoral Count. First, Virginia finally tipped from Toss Up into...