PISS ON ZOGBY ! Check Out Gallup From Yesterday.

[RBInMaine]

Obama grabs healthy lead in Monday's Gallup Poll

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist

Barack Obama is coasting to victory next week. That's what Monday's Gallup Poll shows, as Obama holds a commanding 52-42 percent lead over John McCain among all voters.

Obama's margin, while smaller, is still quite encouraging among likely voters: 50-45 percent, or the same as in Sunday's poll.

That's eight straight days for Obama to be at or above the victorious 50-percent figure in the likely-voter poll.

For McCain, the news is monotonously bad.

He continues to trail Obama in all of Gallup's national polls, as he has for weeks. And McCain still trails in swing states as well, such as Missouri.

McCain's only hope is to stage miraculous, last-week rallies in states such as Missouri, Ohio, Michigan and Florida.

That's simply looking more and more unlikely.

[RBInMaine]

1. Obama is up at least 8 here too on the "expanded" likely voter model. JUST WORK HARD AND VOTE !

[Hope And Change]

2. I don`t get it.Why do people get worked up with these Zomby and Ras polls.They both suck.Especially.

when Ras conducts polls in cooperation with FOX News.Screw them!

[Hope And Change]

3. And one more thing I would like to add.National polls are pretty meaningles when it`s only 6 days...

left.It`s all about ground game now and we all know that Obama has a great ground game.Better to focus on the state polls at this moment.

[lolamio]

4. I keep seeing how Drudge has the early scoop on Zogby polls. That tells me everything...

I need to know right there! His polls are bunk.

[Kahuna]

5. My take. All of these polls are important because they all employ different

methodologies. It's good to know what our chances are using different scenarios. Zogby is just one of those scenarios and the fact that his percentage of Dems vs. Repubs is closer than the other polls is useful information too.

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

6. For all who may find the Zogby numbers disconcerting...

Take heart! Tuesdays have been this way lately. Then, by the evening news shows, new national polls from the "major networks" come out which open the lead once again. Tuesday has been a roller-coaster day for several weeks now. Just be patient. If the past is any indication, new polls will have Obama above 50 percent.

By the way, even Zogby still hasn't shown McCain's numbers breaking that 46 percent barrier. Without that--unless a flock of people go to Barr and Nader--he's toast.