Biden Pick Not Helping Obama’s Poll Numbers; McCain Takes the Lead

Gallup Daily reports:

“PRINCETON, NJ -- It's official: Barack Obama has received no bounce in voter support out of his selection of Sen. Joe Biden to be his vice presidential running mate.

“Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Aug. 23-25, the first three-day period falling entirely after Obama's Saturday morning vice presidential announcement, shows 46% of national registered voters backing John McCain and 44% supporting Obama, not appreciably different from the previous week's standing for both candidates. This is the first time since Obama clinched the nomination in early June, though, that McCain has held any kind of advantage over Obama in Gallup Poll Daily tracking.”

Hey, Superdelegates! Are You Listening?

Democratic party leaders, especially those labeled superdelegates, probably aren’t listening and even if they were, there’s been little evidence so far in the Democratic primary that any of them would care what voters think. But here’s the deal:

The latest Gallup Tracking poll shows Hillary Clinton leading John McCain with a wider margin than Barack Obama in a national match up. Clinton leads McCain 49-43; Obama leads McCain 47-44.

The new poll, taken Friday through Sunday, shows the “lemming” party falling in behind Obama as expected with 53% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, his highest standing ever and an increase of 9 points in the past month. That’s despite the fact that Obama has only won six of the last 14 primaries, and Clinton has totally mopped the floor with him in three recent contests.

Clinton is supported by 40% of the Democrats.

Considering that the Obama camp and its media allies have been trying to force Hillary Clinton out of the race since New Hampshire, here’s a remarkable finding: Gallup reports there is no groundswell among Democrats for Clinton to quit the race: 59% say she should continue to campaign.