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Here’s an interesting poll. A new AP-Yahoo News poll has found that as many as one third of white Democrats have negative views towards blacks. Words used to describe blacks by these whites included “lazy” and “violent.”
White Republicans are even more likely to hold negative racial views, but the poll was less interested in how [...]

Barack gained one since yesterday, but the race remains very tight.

The details…
These results are based on interviews conducted July 7-9 with more than 2,600 registered voters nationwide, and are little changed. Both candidates are actively out on the campaign trail, and news media continue to devote substantial resources to coverage of the campaign, but [...]

No change from today to yesterday…

The details…
Voter preferences appear to be quite stable at this time. Since June 24-26 polling, when the candidates were even at 44%, the percentage favoring Obama has ranged from 46% to 48% while the percentage preferring McCain has varied between 42% and 44%.
More tomorrow…

With new questions about massive credit card debt and unpaid taxes, and questions still looming as to where Cindy invests her money and why she won’t fully disclose her tax returns, the McCain camp is becoming increasingly nervous that the lack of transparency may hurt them come this fall.
Politico points out why this matters…
During the [...]