Perspective on Obama's lead in polls: Kerry NEVER led Bush in the polls in 2004

[Hamlette]

and Bush was NEVER up by more than 4 points.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/12/1135634.aspx

I'm afraid to hope that my heart will be broken again but this is good news.

[featherman]

1. Mentioned this yesterday but only relates to the NBC/WSJ poll

But it is true... Kerry trailed wire to wire between 2 and 4 points, losing by 3

[sampsonblk]

2. featherman is right

Kerry led Bush in quite a few other polls, just not this particular one.

[Mass]

3. In THEIR poll, not in other polls. Still good to see.

(and in addition the two polls are not comparable, as third party candidates like Barr and Nader are not in the 08 poll).

[JCMach1]

4. How much was Dukakis up by in 1988? Polls are meaningless

until September. Until then, they only measure broad perceptions of the candidate.

[Imagevision]

5. McBush has been able to get his word out for 2 montyhs, Obama hasn't been

concentrating on the GE. what? for 10-12 days? Obama will landslide McBush, I have all the confidence in the world!