InsiderAdvantage: McCain Clings to Lead in Georgia
A new InsiderAdvantage poll in Georgia finds Sen. John McCain leading Sen. Barack Obama by just one point, 48% to 47%.
Said pollster Matt Towery: "Obama had a better shot of winning Georgia than North Carolina or Florida but he's letting it slip away."
In the U.S. Senate race, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) holds a two point edge over challenger Jim Martin (D).
Mason-Dixon: Montana Is Close
A new round of NBC/Mason-Dixon polls is out today:
New Hampshire: Obama 50%, McCain 39%
North Carolina: Obama 47%, McCain 47%
Montana: McCain 48%, Obama 44%
"This Montana poll, in fact, comes just as we've learned that the Republican National Committee's independent expenditure arm will begin advertising there tomorrow. That's right, folks -- Montana is still in play, and the race there could even be closer than the poll suggests when 1) popular Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) is at the top of the ticket; 2) Sen. Max Baucus (D) is cruising to re-election; and 3) the state GOP there is in a mess."
Early Voters Favor Obama
The latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll says that of the 9% who say they've already voted, either by early in-person voting or absentee ballot, their preference is Sen. Barack Obama over Sen. John McCain, by 60% to 39%.
Pew Research: Obama Crushing McCain Nationally
Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. John McCain by a 52% to 36% margin in the latest Pew Research survey.
"This is the fourth consecutive survey that has found support for the Republican candidate edging down. In contrast, since early October weekly Pew surveys have shown about the same number of respondents saying they back Obama. When the sample is narrowed to those most likely to vote, Obama leads by 53% to 38%."
McCain-Palin Rift Grows
The divisions in the McCain-Palin campaign continue to widen with one senior McCain aide telling Mike Allen that Gov. Sarah Palin is "a whack job."
Meanwhile, George Stephanopoulos said this about the "demoralized" McCain campaign on ABC News this morning: "Palin is going to be the most vivid chapter of the McCain campaign's post-mortem... Those loyal to McCain believe they have been unfairly blamed for over-handling Palin. They say they did the best they could with what they got."
RNC Buys Ads in Montana
A Democratic media buying source tells Marc Ambinder -- and Republicans confirm -- that the RNC's independent expenditure arm has bought television ads in Montana.
The state has three electoral votes and was won by President Bush by twenty points four years ago.
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