Poll-itics: Obama increases lead edition

By GottaLaff

clipped from www.gallup.com

PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Tuesday through Thursday finds Barack Obama with a five percentage point lead over John McCain in the presidential preferences of registered voters, 49% to 44%.

At 49%, support for Obama is near his record high for the year

Gallup Daily: Obama Now Leads McCain by 5 Points

This is the fourth consecutive day that Obama has inched forward in voter preferences since the start of the Wall Street financial meltdown beginning with the announcement on Sunday, Sept. 14, that Lehman Brothers was headed for bankruptcy. The overall effect has been to shift the lead back to Obama after McCain had moved ahead following the Republican National Convention.

H/t: Jack