Barack Obama has inched forward in three battleground states - Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania - according to a new poll released today by Quinnipiac University.
As reported here Sunday, Obama is gaining thanks to three key factors: his performance in last Friday's debate with John McCain, rising anxiety about the economy, and poor marks for McCain running mate Sarah Palin.
"Sen. Obama clearly won the debate, voters say. Their opinion of Gov. Sarah Palin has gone south and the Wall Street meltdown has been a dagger to McCain's political heart," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Connecticut university's polling institute.
"Sen. McCain has his work cut out for him if he is to win the presidency and there does not appear to be a role model for such a comeback in the last half century."
The state by state breakdown:
-In Florida, Obama leads 51-43, an eight point margin. He led by six before the debate;
-In Ohio, Obama leads by 50-42, or eight points. He led by seven before the debate;
-In Pennsylvania, Obama leads by 54-39, a 15-point gap. He led by six before the debate.
Other polls show slightly different results, though they also did show some Obama gains.
Scott Rasmussen, for example, found voters in Ohio still giving McCain the edge by 48-47, a one point margin. A week before, McCain had a four-point edge in Ohio.
The Quinnipiac polls were conducted Sept. 27-29 and surveyed between 825 and 836 likely voters in each state. Each state poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
Obama is doing a great job of getting people registered to vote and to get them active in this campaign. Whether he wins or loses, he has given young people of other races an understanding that if you work hard, stay true to your cause and focus there will be no race or age issue that will stop you.
Both candidates need to use the wisdom God gave in His holy book when making decisions for our future, especially this $700 billion bailout. If Barack embraces God's guidance, there will be no stopping him. If not; he will go the way of others like Pat Robertson who said their religion would not interfere with their decision making.
Whatever good ideas the leaders have that they can do without being an insurer or get into debt, they can do without the bailout.
Credit, debt and insurance are against God's guidance. We are told not to be surety (insurance) for anyone and not to get in debt. With this guidance we know that bailouts will not solve the problem. It will do more damage than good. .Housing will not be the secure investment in the minds of people again; they will not expect the price will always be much higher in the future. Banks will not lend freely again for the same reason. Many will lose their jobs; but that solution is also found in this letter.
Our banking loan system and insurance institutions have led us into much bondage, (because of the ease of living on borrowed money,) We have powerful military mechanisms, energy crisis, pollution, disease, wars, and higher costs on most things we buy and do. People bought and sold before these institutions without the added costs and they can do it again. God warned against borrowing money; yet that is the only way for us to bail these entities out; we dare not fight against God who can wipe out our communications with a solar flare, or shake down these institutions in an earth quake.
There is another way to get things done. Look at what a small part of a payment pays toward ending a mortgage the first 15 years of a thirty year mortgage. On a car payment, it is the same according to their term. These institutions can now end interest charges and just charge a small handling fee each month and use the payments to pay down the loans. Families will work together to pay a debt they can see an end to. This will benefit the country, investors and make the dollar strong again.
A bailout will not work to save the oppressive system God wants brought down. He also said, "I will destroy your chariots"; the auto industry will fall because people were never to live far from relatives; and all their needs should be in their own community.
These institutions and practices can stop slowly and in order by our own understanding of God's wisdom; or they can fall quickly by an electromagnetic pulse that stops all batteries, electronic and communication's devices if God chooses.
Our ways are polluting us to death, literally, and creating world problems like energy crisis, food crisis, financial crisis, poverty, inequality, bondage, wars and rumors of wars, immigration, diseases and health care costs and social security insufficiencies. We could and should turn to creating a retirement lifestyle of a garden paradise where the things we need are in our community. The garden paradise gives people a purpose, a focus, a healthy lifestyle and abundant provisions. This solves the many world problems with the same strategy.
Our education system and all our systems have been geared toward an employment lifestyle for 40-60 years and then retirement. That is an oppressive system of bondage and debt. People will lose jobs by letting these systems end; but they can begin their garden paradise by preparing the land and looking to the needs of their communities. There is no middle class; there is only the human species created in God's image and commanded to love God and mankind; believe God's guidance and commandments through the prophets; multiply and keep the garden and prosper. The goal in life never was to be employment. The goal is retirement in a garden paradise where we work and play with family and friends together in close communities.
Posted by: MarieDevine | October 01, 2008 at 02:42 PM
Marie,
Your posts are pasted, repetitious and wrong on most counts.
Posted by: Ivanv | October 01, 2008 at 02:52 PM
My Belief!
The recent Wall Street Bailout has made one thing perfectly clear - the United States is no longer a constitutional republic where our elected officials act as representatives of the people. I am not sure when we lost this principle but I know that as long as we retain our current two-party system of Democrats and Republicans the people will not regain control of their government.
Special interest groups finance both the Democratic and Republican parties. In turn the parties choose the candidates that the citizens vote for. How is this different from a communist country where you can also vote for any candidate as long as that candidate is a party member? Voting Democrat or Republican is like flipping a rigged coin with the loser always being the taxpayer.
If we truly want to make a change in Washington, we must inject a new party into the political mix. I have chosen Libertarian because many of their ideals represent what our Country was founded on, and because it is one of the few independent parties to have garnered strong support.
When was the last time you actually voted FOR a candidate instead of AGAINST another candidate? Whatever party you choose; please consider the only way we as citizens can make a difference is through our vote. If you give your vote to either Democrat or Republican will your vote matter?
Posted by: CitizenJane | October 05, 2008 at 01:47 PM
McCain/Palin = Unstable/Unable
Posted by: Frank | October 07, 2008 at 01:14 PM