Trail Mix

Here are a few stories that I was unable to post over the last few days:

New York Observer: The New York Times says journalists cannot have political bumper stickers on their cars.

A new Time/Rockefeller Foundation poll shows 85% of Americans said the country is on the wrong track.

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows 69% of Americans now disapprove of President Bush's performance, a record high in presidential approval polls since 1938.

Josh Goodman notes that the problems of Florida and Michigan during the Democratic primaries are long forgotten.

A Datamar analysis of California primary results estimates that 18.8% of voters were Hispanic and they heavily favored the Democrats -- 63% voted Democratic and only 20% voted Republican.

A new Reuters/Zogby poll shows Sen. Barack Obama continues to maintain his lead over Sen. John McCain, 47% to 40%, and is viewed as the candidate who could best manage the U.S. economy -- even as nearly half of likely voters list the economy as their top election issue.

Time: "Donors, especially on the Democratic side, may be getting a little burned out. More than $1.04 billion was raised during the primaries for the 24 presidential aspirants from both parties."

Michael Barone: "After comparing which 2008 presidential candidate has the lead state by state - then comparing that data to the last two elections - some of the results are very much out of line with the results in 2000 and 2004."

According to Wired, Sen. John McCain has started to spider Sen. Barack Obama's campaign website to track precise word changes up to an hourly basis.

The Evans-Novak Political Report says "the private Republican view is that the focus must be on Obama in the coming campaign for McCain to win. A positive campaign will lose, and the spotlight on Obama must be harsher for McCain to have a chance."


July 18, 2008




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