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 Obama holds 12-point lead over McCain, poll finds - Los Angeles Times
Discuss Article (110 Comments) WASHINGTON -- Buoyed by enthusiasm among Democrats and public concern over the economy, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has captured a sizable lead over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) at the opening of the general election campaign for president, the Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll has found. In a two-man race between the major party candidates, registered voters chose ... [link]

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I'm Sure Claude Would Be Flattered And All, But $80 Million Is Almost What Afghanistan Made On Its Heroin Tax [News Roundup]
Published 6/24/2008 by Moe at Jezebel
... Obama is polling creepily well right now, which makes me nervous, but can you blame the voters when McCain is out there straight-talking about how his ...

I'm Sure Claude Would Be Flattered And All, But $80 Million Seems A Little Over The Top… [News Roundup]
Published 6/24/2008 by Moe at Jezebel
... Obama is polling creepily well right now, which makes me nervous, but can you blame the voters when McCain is out there straight-talking about how his ...

Similar Obama Lead
Published 6/24/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
Similar Obama Lead The new Times/Bloomberg poll , released an hour and three quarters ago, says Barack Obama is currently holding a 12-point lead over John McCain , 49% to 37%. Throw in Ralph Nader and Bob Barr and Obama holds 15-point edge. That ...

North Korea To Eat Again! [Crappy Hour]
Published 6/26/2008 by Moe at Jezebel
... is "likely" voters, while Gallup only asks registered voters. MEGAN: The real mystery to me is the LA Times/Bloomberg poll which has Obama miles ahead but uses the registered voter standard. MOE: No but like all the polls had Obama 12 points ahead, and then Gallup came out and declared a tie, but whatever I wanted to go back to the fact that, like, even if you isolate North Korea economically they have gotten really good at printing ...

Ralph Nader Wants His MTV
Published 6/27/2008 at Radar: Fresh Intelligence Blog
... Jeannie Kedas , executive vice president of communications at MTV, says she's trying to clear up some confusion. "It was misreported. We would consider and accept third-party advertisements on a case by case basis," she tells Radar . "You might want to tell Ralph Nader." For his part, Obama might welcome Nader ads during Date my Mom assuming the increasingly irrelevant consumer advocate can scrape together the cash. (So far, the campaign has only produced Web ads.) The newest Los Angeles Times ...

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