So Bush was behind Kerry by 15, and McCain is behind Obama by 3, at the same point in the election and that is good how?

in Gallup, I don't even think Bush was ever down.

Show me a reputable poll where Bush was down 15... it NEVER happened.  Whomever is saying that doesn't know what the hell they are talking about.   Bowers did a detailed study and Bush never lead Kerry nor Kerry bush in averages by more than 5%.  

Very nice. Keep up the name calling. I'm sure that will help.

"Bitter" is actually a very interesting term considering Obama's use of it while cozying up to the SF Gettys.

I think you all had better change your approach, before you drown in your own triumphalism.

I'm not sure I get your comment. I think Catfish is coming around to Obama, albeit slowly. I don't really see any negative connotation behind this diary, unless you think it's being sarcastic.

Catfish, am I right?

But he is my candidate!

.. oh wait, you weren't talking to me were you?

dammit!

Keeping an open mind, remain undecided. Maybe Nader, maybe McKinney.

Single day results from daily tracking polls before the convention, before significant GE campaigning has started, before the VPs have been chosen, 5 months out from the election day are relatively meaningless.

At this point in '92, wasn't Clinton competing with Perot for second place?

That said, this diary is obviously concern-trolling and should be responded to as such.

"Don't jump on someone because he or she has a disagreement with you as to the likelihood of victory in the fall."

Um, they jumped on catfish, because he's cheering at the prospect of a McCain victory. He's no different that if a self-proclaimed Republican had come here and posted some numbers that supposedly favoured McCain.

If he merely feared a McCain victory, he wouldn't be getting the same negative reaction.

. . . and the sky would open and the light would come down and there would choirs of angels and everyone would be getting their jetski around now.

Might want to divert it their way.

Continuing struggles to raise cash for the Democratic National Convention forced the suspension of a national media event scheduled for Thursday at the Pepsi Center, multiple sources said.

The Democratic National Convention Committee announced Friday morning that it had postponed the Spring Media Walkthrough, a meeting designed to give the hundreds of media organizations that will cover the convention important logistical information.

Because of the protracted Democratic nominating process, Denver's host committee responsible for raising $40.6 million in cash for the convention has fallen behind its schedule. The host committee and the DNCC have been looking for ways to cut costs. Those measures have delayed several logistical decisions, said the sources, who are familiar with the planning and negotiations.

The news sent a shudder through hundreds of media planning offices, as travel plans and plane tickets had to be scrapped in what appears to be the first such delay based on funding problems.

"It's inconvenient, but we'll figure it out," said Mike Riley, editor of Congressional Quarterly.

Seriously, why are you people even here? If you want to whine and pout and moan and piss all over the parade, go do it somewhere else.

Oh, please. You can't determine that from one day of tracking. Good grief.

And of course we ALL know that everyone spends their time worrying about the November general election in JUNE just like people who inhabit political blogs.

/snark

He could be up double digits for the next couple of months and still lose. He is leading where it matters in many battleground states. Hillary had huge national leads even as she was losing state after state. He is ahead who cares by how much. What matters is the result on election day. His organization is streets ahead of McCain. It beat Hillary and will beat McCain. Money. Environment.

This is the important number.

Put that away! Don't let actual numbers and confidence get in the way of the Obama hatin'.

In a way, it's kind of cool to stumble into a trollfest like this. It's like accidentally kicking a rock in the park and seeing that there was an anthill underneath. Scurry! Scurry, little Democrat-hating ants!