The Columbus Dispatch has Obama up by 7 among likely voters in Ohio...

[carpe diem]

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new poll suggests Barack Obama has a seven-point lead over John McCain in Ohio.

The Columbus Dispatch says Sunday that Obama leads 49 percent to 42 percent among likely voters in the important battleground state.

The newspaper's poll was conducted Sept. 24-Oct. 3 by mail among 2,262 likely Ohio voters. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.

A poll done by the Dispatch in the middle of August suggested McCain had a 42 percent to 41 percent lead. Obama's support among Ohio Democrats has increased 10 percent since then, and he now has the backing of two-thirds of those who voted for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the March 4th primary.

In the August poll, just half of Clinton's supporters said they were behind Obama.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_on_el_pr/presidential_poll_ohio_1

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I'd like to see a few more like this before I get happy, but this is a nice way to start the final 30 day countdown.

[Marsala]

1. Oh my

If Obama is that far ahead in Ohio, it's pretty much game over for McCain. For all we have talked about widening the map, Ohio is and remains the most critical state for McCain. He cannot win without it, at least not without making HUGE inroads in Kerry states which just ain't gonna happen.

[ccharles000]

2. wonderful

[gogogoddess1988]

3. good.

[Hope And Change]

4. K & R!

[DCBob]

5. If Ohio goes to Obama it's over. McCain cannot win w/out OH.

:bounce:

[usregimechange]

6. That is huge news!

[usregimechange]

7. They be voting in Ohio!

[workinclasszero]

8. Beautiful!

:woohoo:

McCain and his beauty queen attack dog are swirling down the toilet bowl! Flushed by the American people!

[Hokie]

9. Headline: "McCain is pulling out of Ohio"

That would be nice to hear.

[jefferson_dem]

10. Wow. Obama +8, McConniption unchanged since August.

:woohoo:

[Jackinbox]

11. In 2004

The Columbus Dispatch poll taken 9/22/04-10/1/04 had it 51-44 Bush over Kerry. If we're doing this much better than in 2004, we're in great shape.

[Sodan]

12. K&R

[ebdarcy]

13. It's a good morning to be a buckeye.

:bounce: :applause: :bounce:

[democrattotheend]

14. Sweet!

And here I thought the Quinnipiac poll that had him up 8 in Ohio was an outlier. Excellent news. We can't get complacent though!

[MindMatter]

15. A poll done by mail? WTF. How can that be either timely or accurate?

[Imagevision]

16. gotta send Hillary to Ohio another time at least once! - then Bill

[elkston]

17. By mail == No Bradley Effect. Awesome. (eom)