With 57 days to go until the Elections…

Gallup National Poll Results

Republicans have effectively stifled the (Poll Bounce) results that occurred
due to the Democrat National Convention (DNC).

According to the Gallup Polls…
before the Republican National Convention (RNC)
- Barack Obama led John McCain by 7 points

after RNC
- John McCain now leads Barack Obama by 4 points

…thats results in an 11 point bounce in favor of John McCain.

why is this significant ? this is an incredible shift in trust… in who can
“do the job”.

but what’s more important are some internal numbers.

A specific Gallop Poll question:
“Who do you viewed as more capable in turning around the country”

before the RNC
- Obama led by 19 points

after the RNC
- Obama now leads by 3 points

that’s a 16 internal point shift.

the Obama campaign states
- “that doesn’t matter”…

even though the the Obama campaign has previously stated
- “this number is very important”.

DNC Rules Committee’s decision, in Washington yesterday, to seat Florida and Michigan delegates with half-votes, leads to Obama’s almost assured nomination by slightly raising his total delegates - with 2,118, just 66 delegates away from the majority needed to confirm his win - and disallowing Clinton’s four Michigan delegates.

“Hijacking four delegates is not a good way to start down the path of party unity,” said adviser Harold Ickes, who is a member of the Rules Committee.

The decision was made after nine hours of deliberation. Clinton’s side insists that Obama should not be entitled to any pledged delegate in Michigan since he chose not to put his name on the ballot and therefore she should be getting all of the 73 pledged delegates with the 55 uncommitted. But of course, the Obama team didn’t see it that way and they requested a split right down the middle between both campaigns with 64 going to each one. That to me sounds quite unfair. Obama is getting something he hasn’t even considered important enough to campaign for.

Clinton’s irate reaction along with her supporters leads to one conclusion: Obama will have a hard time bringing the party together.

DNC DECISION A BLOW TO CLINTON
By Nedra Pickler, Beth Fouhy and Stephen Ohlemacher (A.P. 6/1/08)
Abstract by Johana Nadler

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Many influential Democrats are quite annoyed with Howard Dean’s approach, or rather lack of, to the hullabaloo Clinton and Obama are imprinting on the presidential race. As Chairman of DNC, party members feel he should step in and redress this nefarious campaign that can only result in an embarrassing and potentially tragic tug of war comes November. Howard Dean’s legacy of expanding the party operations in all 50 states risks to be supplanted by this messy presidential race. Mr. Dean responded that there is only so much one can do to attenuate a fight with two such strong and vocal personalities. Yet, in spite of various criticisms and denials from both campaigns, Mr. Dean said that he is “making calls all the time to people. [and he has] spoken to a great number of leaders who are not aligned. The operative thing here is let the voters get to have their say before the Washington politicians have their say.? However, Dean has stepped forward with his statement requesting Clinton to give up the race and for superdelegates to elect their nominee by July 1.

By Carl Hulse(NYTime Washington) and Jeff Zeleny (NYTimes N.Carolina)
Abstract by Johana Nadler

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