Polls looking blue as election nears

Recent polls show that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is ahead by 9 points against Republican John McCain. This is certainly not what the GOP is expecting after recent public outrage against Obama’s “spread the wealth” economic plan. On the other hand, this is a welcome development for the Obama campaign with barely less than two weeks to go before America cast their ballots.

Just as when the McCain camp finally found a consistent message by going after Obama’s left-leaning ideologies, the recent numbers is yet another blow to a campaign that has been outspent and outplayed. Things are not looking good either for McCain in the crucial battleground states such as Florida, Colorado, Nevada, North Carolina, and Missouri. George W. Bush carried all of these states in 2004 but right now it has either shifted to the Democrat’s favor or too close to call. McCain’s running-mate Gov. Sarah Palin has not been successful either in getting that all-important independent and women voters.

For Obama, there is really nothing left to do but avoid making a mistake in the final days of the campaign and he should hope nothing drastic happens that would take away people’s attention out of the economy and back to national security, which has been the Republican’s mantra for the past 8 years. If election were held today, Obama would win the presidency and his supporters would surely want to keep it that way.