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NBC News released a new poll with The Wall Street Journal, whose results Andrea Mitchell cited to account for McCain's pivot from policy to personal. Voters' perceptions that the country is headed in the wrong direction are "the worst numbers in 40 years of polling," she noted, and McCain gets lower marks than Obama on economic issues. CBS' Jeff Greenfield noted how "remarkably candid" the McCain campaign is: "We have got to change the topic from the economy to raise doubts about Obama or we lose," was how Greenfield quoted advisors. "In the past it has worked," Greenfield added, citing GOP victories over Al Gore, John Kerry and Michael Dukakis. Each relied on "pounding away about character, judgment and values," in the words of Godfather Republican Karl Rove.
NBC political director Chuck Todd looked at the details of his network's poll to conclude that Obama and Joe Biden did a better job than the Republican ticket in the first two debates and that Palin "has made no progress" in persuading voters that she is qualified to be Vice President--50% say she is not. ABC's George Stephanopoulos checked out the Electoral College map and found Obama with a "clear lead" in enough states to bring him to 264 of the 270 votes he needs. He can achieve victory by adding just one of eight swing states--Nev, Colo, Mo, Ind, Ohio, Va, NC, Fla--to his column. If this contest turns into a "state by state war of attrition," judged Stephanopoulos, McCain "cannot win."
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