WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has opened an 8-point national lead on Republican John McCain as the U.S. presidential rivals turn their focus to a general election race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Obama, who was tied with McCain in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup last month, moved to a 48 percent to 40 percent lead over the Arizona senator in May as he took command of his grueling Democratic presidential duel with rival Hillary Clinton.
The Illinois senator has not yet secured the Democratic presidential nomination to run against McCain in November.
The poll also found Obama expanded his lead over Clinton in the Democratic race to 26 percentage points, doubling his advantage from mid-April as Democrats begin to coalesce around Obama and prepare for the general election battle with McCain.
"Obama has been very resilient, bouncing back from rough periods and doing very well with independent voters," pollster John Zogby said. - reuters
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Whether it's good or bad, I have some friends who have been die-hard, life-long, thick-headed Republicans who now claim they voting for Obama! I have read in so many places where Republicans are switching parties that I can't even imagine Obama and air-brain McCain ever being tied - really!
Can you imagine how it would be like, if McCain becomes our next president? He would be like Bush, but he will not be a Bush-lite. He proposed once that he would like to set up military camps in every city where men and woman can go to workout and train as soldiers, practice their shooting skills etc. In other words, he wants to militarize America.
You know this man needs help. He is known for his emotional outbursts and temper. Do we really want him commander-in-chief of the largest and the most disgustingly powerful military of the history of mankind?
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