More than a subtle change in NJ

There seems to be a more than subtle shift going on here in NJ.
We actually feel what the polls are showing - some sworn Obama folks are considering the cost of change - seems like the undecided group is growing. Also feels like the leaning-McCain group is growing in their enthusiasm. Feels like some of the previously undecided group is leaning toward McCain. The feedback I have been hearing from Obama folks - is that the Infomercial was over the top and made them feel Obama is treating this like a movie more than a Presidential Election.

There appears to be massive shift among both young and older voters,
As reported by Dick Morris And Eileen McGann
According to a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll concluded October 28-29 new data indicates a massive shift in younger and older voters is roiling the presidential race
MCCAIN SURGES AMONG YOUNG VOTERS
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Voters under 45 supported Obama by 52-38 in the Fox News poll of October 21-22. But this week’s survey indicates that they now break evenly with 45% supporting Obama and 46% backing McCain. On the other hand, voters 65 and over, who had backed Obama by 46-42 last week have now shifted decisively in his favor and he now leads McCain among seniors by 54-39. Middle aged voters — aged 45-64 — are largely unchanged in their views. Last week they backed Obama by 48-40 and this week they still support him by 48-43.

A Sense of optimism, “HOPE FOR MCCAIN “
This is from an article by Dick Morris And Eileen McGann 10.30.2008 and published in the New York Post on October 30, 2008
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Iraq isn’t the only place where the surge seems to be working. John McCain’s gains over the last five days are remaking the political landscape as Election Day approaches.

The double-digit leads Barack Obama held last week have evaporated, as all three of the top tracking polls (the most current and reliable measurements out there) show McCain hot on Obama’s heels.

Zogby had Obama ahead by 12 points last week - now it’s down to four. His margin in the Rasmussen poll has dropped from eight points to three in the last few days. Gallup shows only a two-point difference.

In each news cycle, Obama is on the defensive - staving off accusations of closet socialism and trying to wriggle out of his once overt advocacy of income redistribution. “Spreading the wealth around” has become the anti-Obama slogan - and might become the epitaph for his candidacy, just as “brainwashed” was for George Romney and “Where’s the beef?” was for Gary Hart.

A little good news from the polls.
According to the Rasmussen Rasmussen Reports polling, McCain Trusted More on Taxes and Economy
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After several weeks of John McCain’s campaign attacks on Barack Obama’s tax plan and idea of “spreading the wealth around”, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds voters trust McCain more than Obama on taxes, 47% to 45%.
Two weeks ago, Obama had a one point-advantage on the issue of taxes and a month ago, he had a three-point edge. The last time McCain had the advantage on this issue was September 14, just before the collapse of Lehman Brothers started the meltdown on Wall Street.

How did Obama really handle the recent economic crisis?  According to recent comments by former President Clinton, there’s a big difference between the image he tries to cultivate and reality.  
This another example of the difference between Obama’s image and Obama’s reality,
Bill Clinton: Obama Got Lots of Help on Economic Crisis Response
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According to Former President Bill Clinton, Barack Obama cultivated the image of a cool and collected leader during the height of the economic crisis last month.  But to hear Bill Clinton tell it, the Democratic nominee didn't quite have a handle on the situation himself.   In fact he had no idea what to do…"I haven't cleared this with him and he may even be mad at me for saying this so close to the election, but I know what else he said to his economic advisers (during the crisis)," Clinton told the crowd at a Wednesday night rally with Obama in Florida. "He said, 'Tell me what the right thing to do is. What's the right thing for America? Don't tell me what's popular. You tell me what's right -- I'll figure out how to sell it.'"

Obama has never reached out across the aisle and he certainly is not a moderate.
Questions about Obama from a Commentary By Debra J. Saunders
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He's no moderate: In 2005, Obama could have joined the Gang of 14 -- the group of seven Democrats and seven Republicans (including McCain) who worked out a compromise to successfully limit judicial filibusters -- but he didn't. In his memoir "The Audacity of Hope," Obama explained his decision thus: "Given the profiles of some of the judges involved, it was hard to see what judicial nominee might be so much worse as to constitute an 'extraordinary circumstance' worthy of filibuster." Moderate? Hardly. Obama even voted opposite 78 senators who confirmed the nomination of Chief Justice John Roberts.
Posted by supportmccain at 10/31/2008 4:16 PM
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