Must be more of that vast left wing conspiracy...

PS... bit, this is what citing a poll, is. Please take notes.

Here's a question to the room;

When's the last election CBS polling didn't lean toward the Democrat?

Since Obama has been ahead of McCain in most national polls though this election cycle, I googled "CBS polling 2004", and on 23 Sep 2004 they reported a 50/41 Bush lead. Indeed, Bush led in a large majority of the CBS polls I could find quickly. Makes sense, since Bush won pretty handily.

So then I got curious and wanted to see if CBS ever had McCain ahead of Obama this cycle.

On Sep. 4, CBS had McCain and Obama tied at 42% each. Most polls have shown an Obama lead for most of the cycle, so while McCain could very well win, it is not at all unusual for any poll to show an Obama lead.

I went to RCP, Pollster, and Fivethirtyeight, and it does not look like CBS has been doing a lot of polling this cycle. I could find 2 national polls from September, but didn't bother to dig backwards.

Well, for example... did yuou happen to actually read the whole of the poll you're citing?

Bit, please show where in this thread I cited a poll...

(Shrug)

Tell me bit, can you tie your own shoes, or do you need help? No wonder you think Palin is cool...

Bit, please show where in this thread I cited a poll...

(Shrug)

The general level of whining from the right indicates an Obama win. It was a very narrow one on points, but its all he needed.

You're citing a narrow win here. Based on.... what, exactly?

Oh, I see... you're just stirring the pot.
Again, you're not worth my time.

Well, for example... did yuou happen to actually read the whole of the poll you're citing?

Bit, please show where in this thread I cited a poll...

Either learn how to read, or go hang out with the slow kids.

BTW Thanks for the demonstration. You have demonstrated you are not very bright, but then again, I already knew that.

When's the last election CBS polling didn't lean toward the Democrat?

Bonus: Isn't it interesting that CBS provides none of the internals?

Based on your comments, I don't imagine you've bothered going beyond CNN's headlines. You seem unable to read down so far as to find things that defeat your arguments, as with another thread. Had you bothered in this case, you'd have found:

The results may be favoring Obama simply because more Democrats than Republicans tuned in to the debate. Of the debate-watchers questioned in this poll, 41 percent of the respondents identified themselves as Democrats, 27 percent as Republicans and 30 percent as independents.

They go on.

“It can be reasonably concluded, especially after accounting for the slight Democratic bias in the survey, that we witnessed a tie in Mississippi tonight,” CNN Senior Political Researcher Alan Silverleib said. “But given the direction of the campaign over the last couple of weeks, a tie translates to a win for Obama.”

Like I said... some people require actual effort to defeat. You don't.

when you demonstrably cut and paste talking points

By all means, demonstrate...

Additionally, I found no way to determine whether the poll was of people who self-identified as both uncommitted and registered voters or registered voters who self-identified as uncommitted. The poll does not seem to be of likely voters.

So, basically, much ado about nothing.

As for copying from other kids, I'd watch that charge if I were you, when you demonstrably cut and paste talking points, without even giving them much consideration... as I point out elsewhere...

Of course if you can produce a poll or two that actually show Obama tanking...

As for Biden. excluding the press from one event, that's sort of the point. It was one event. Any top tier reporter can get Biden to talk on the record or go on camera with a phone call. None can do the same with Palin. She had a near total meltdown in a cream-puff interview with Katie Couric. 'Nuff said...