Poll-itics: Gramm-pa McCain = Bush edition

By GottaLaff

Rachel Maddow just said, on the radio, that Obama is even handsomer in person, more youthful-looking, energetic, has an easiness, confidence, and calm about him, is having a good time, and has a no-drama campaign ("no drama Obama"). ::happy sigh::

Now for the latest WaPo/ABC tracking poll:

Sen. John McCain has made no evident headway in separating himself from President Bush in the final days of the campaign, and that connection continues to be a drag on his candidacy.

According to the new Washington Post-ABC News daily tracking poll, Bush remains deeply unpopular, with a majority expressing strong disapproval for the job he's doing as president. His approval rating now stands at 24 percent, just a point off his career low of 23 percent reached about three weeks ago, and still hovering near the all-time low in polling back to 1938.

Half of likely voters in the poll said McCain would mainly lead the country in the same direction as Bush, a figure that has held at about that level for nearly the entire campaign; 47 percent said he would lead in a new direction. It's an association that cuts straight to the vote: Barack Obama's support reaches 90 percent among those who believe McCain would continue in Bush's direction, and more than three-quarters of such voters see McCain as a risky choice. [...]

Overall, the presidential race is unchanged from yesterday in the tracking poll: Obama holds an eight-point lead, 52 percent supporting the senator from Illinois to 44 percent for McCain.