Dem Campaign Chatter 10-31-2008

George Wenschhof

Today, Obama is in Des Moines, Iowa - it was his win in the Iowa caucuses that began his march to the Democratic Party nomination. He will also appear in Highland, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois. While home briefly in Chicago, the question is, will he go trick-or-treating with his daughters? Biden is in Newark, Delaware; Kettering, and Lima, Ohio. I have a funny memory from Newark - when attending a wedding of a best friend from College, the boys and I had taken the Groom out for a ride prior to the wedding - my car broke down and we had to walk to a farmhouse for assistance - no cell phones then - we arrived at the Church, barely on time.

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Obama 49.7%, McCain 43.8% - is the RealClearPolitics.com poll average. This was taken from ten polls from 10-25 to 10-30-2008. You can read more details here.

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Two Red states now tied - underscoring the difficulty McCain is facing in winning the election. North Carolina is tied at 48% and Missouri is McCain 50% and Obama 47%. Politico.com has more here. Arizona, McCain's home state has also become a battleground with McCain only leading by 53% to 47%. CNN.com has more here. Today, Obama campaign manager, David Plouffe announced they were adding Georgia, North Dakota and Arizona to their ad buys. ThePage.time.com has more here..

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59% say Palin not qualified to be VP - is what a NY Times/CBS poll indicates. The poll also indicated 12% who were surveyed had already voted with Obama receiving 51% to McCain with 40%. The NY Times has more on the poll here.

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McCain campaign effort of throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks is not working - Republican strategists say the mixed messages being offered by McCain has made it difficult for voters to tune into any coherent message. TheHill.com has more here.

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Wednesday night was a big night for the Obama campaign - first,the 1/2 hour infomercial aired, then President Clinton appeared with Obama in Kissimmee, Florida at a rally followed by an appearance by Obama on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. Joan Walsh of Salon.com has a great read here.

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