More Polls: AZ Prez Race Tight!

We saw the Obama campaign’s “Rear View,” a negative ad targeting John McCain, on KVOA, Channel 4, this evening, so it appears Barack Obama is not just running the positive ad “Something” in Arizona.
Meanwhile, a Mason-Dixon poll released today shows Obama trailing McCain by just four points.
You have to consider the [...]

“Something” Happening Here: Obama Team Calls Arizona “Functionally Tied”

Here’s an ad you’ll be seeing a lot of in the next few days. The Obama campaign announced this morning that they believed they had “a real shot in Arizona” and would be making a major buy to run “Something,” a positive spot that’s getting play in other battleground states.
One Obama [...]

Cronkite-Eight Poll: Arizona Prez Race “A Toss-Up”

A fourth poll in Arizona shows a tight race between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.
The Cronkite-Eight Poll shows that 46 percent of voters surveyed said they were supporting McCain, while 44 percent said they were backing Obama.
Three other recent polls have shown McCain losing support among Arizona voters.
Poll director Dr. Bruce Merrill:
“The race [...]

Three Polls: Obama Closes Gap With McCain in AZ

Three polls in the last few days show that Democrat Barack Obama is closing in on Republican John McCain right here in Arizona.
A Rasmussen Reports survey released today shows a five-percentage-point gap between the candidates, with 51 percent of voters supporting McCain and 46 percent Obama.
That’s a staggering drop from a Rasmussen poll released late [...]

Napolitano on Joe the Plumber

We asked Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano about the story of Joe the Plumber today while she was on a campaign stop to motivate Southern Arizona Democrats.
Napolitano said the plumber’s story about planning to buy a business wasn’t holding much water and he appeared to be the kind of citizen who would benefit more under an [...]

New AZ Polls: McCain Pulls Ahead While Lead Narrows

Two new polls released today give us completely opposite pictures of the presidential race between John McCain and Barack Obama in Arizona.
A Cronkite-Eight Poll says that Obama is closing in on our senior senator. There’s only a 7 percentage point gap between the candidates, according to pollster Bruce Merrill.
From the Cronkite-Eight press release:
Republican John McCain [...]

Meth McCain

One more from Stephen Colbert’s Make McCain Exciting Green Screen Challenge.

You Damn Dirty McCain!

More monkey business from Stephen Colbert’s Make McCain Exciting Green Screen Challenge.

2008: A Race Odyssey

Stephen Colbert–our hero–announced this week that he was wrapping up the Make McCain Exciting Green Screen Challenge, which seems to have creating all sort of new interest in our earlier posts. So here are a few final entries for you to enjoy.

New KAET Poll: McCain Leads in Arizona

The latest Cronkite/Eight Poll shows that Arizona Sen. John McCain continues to lead in his home state, although the numbers are significantly lower than a Rasmussen poll taken at the end of July.
The survey shows that McCain has the support of 40 percent of those surveyed, Obama has the support of 30 percent, Ralph Nader [...]