A few new other polls of note today:
West Virginia (now a toss up from leaning McCain)
| RCP Average | 09/05 - 10/08 | -- | 46.5 | 44.3 | McCain +2.2 |
| ARG | 10/04 - 10/08 | 600 LV | 42 | 50 | Obama +8 |
| Rasmussen | 09/24 - 09/24 | 500 LV | 50 | 42 | McCain +8 |
| CNN/Time | 09/21 - 09/23 | 694 LV | 50 | 46 | McCain +4 |
| MBE | 09/05 - 09/08 | 432 RV | 44 | 39 | McCain +5 |
New Missourri numbers (back to McCain slightly)
| RCP Average | 09/22 - 10/06 | -- | 47.8 | 47.4 | McCain +0.4 |
| ARG | 10/04 - 10/06 | 600 LV | 49 | 46 | McCain +3 |
| FOX News/Rasmussen | 10/05 - 10/05 | 1000 LV | 47 | 50 | Obama +3 |
| CNN/Time | 09/28 - 09/30 | 744 LV | 48 | 49 | Obama +1 |
| SurveyUSA | 09/23 - 09/24 | 705 LV | 48 | 46 | McCain +2 |
| Post-Dispatch/R2000 | 09/22 - 09/24 | 800 LV | 47 | 46 | McCain +1 |
New Ohio numbers:
| RCP Average | 09/24 - 10/07 | -- | 48.8 | 44.9 | Obama +3.9 |
| ARG | 10/04 - 10/07 | 600 LV | 48 | 45 | Obama +3 |
| CNN/Time | 10/03 - 10/06 | 749 LV | 50 | 47 | Obama +3 |
| FOX News/Rasmussen | 10/05 - 10/05 | 1000 LV | 47 | 48 | McCain +1 |
| PPP (D) | 10/04 - 10/05 | 1239 LV | 49 | 43 | Obama +6 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 10/03 - 10/05 | 772 LV | 51 | 45 | Obama +6 |
| Columbus Dispatch* | 09/24 - 10/03 | 2262 LV | 49 | 42 | Obama +7 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 09/29 - 10/01 | 600 LV | 49 | 43 | Obama +6 |
| InAdv/PollPosition | 09/29 - 09/29 | 512 LV | 47 | 45 | Obama +2 |
| SurveyUSA | 09/28 - 09/29 | 693 LV | 48 | 49 | McCain +1 |
| Quinnipiac | 09/27 - 09/29 | 825 LV | 50 | 42 | Obama +8 |
New Florida numbers:
| RCP Average | 09/27 - 10/08 | -- | 48.1 | 45.6 | Obama +2.5 |
| Rasmussen | 10/08 - 10/08 | 700 LV | 50 | 47 | Obama +3 |
| Mason-Dixon | 10/04 - 10/06 | 625 LV | 48 | 46 | Obama +2 |
| Florida Chamber (R) | 09/30 - 10/01 | 619 RV | 42 | 45 | McCain +3 |
| CNN/Time | 09/28 - 09/30 | 770 LV | 51 | 47 | Obama +4 |
| InAdv/PollPosition | 09/30 - 09/30 | 532 LV | 49 | 46 | Obama +3 |
| Suffolk/WSVN | 09/27 - 09/30 | 600 LV | 46 | 42 | Obama +4 |
| Quinnipiac | 09/27 - 09/29 | 836 LV | 51 | 43 | Obama +8 |
| SurveyUSA | 09/27 - 09/28 | 599 LV | 47 | 48 | McCain +1 |
| PPP (D) | 09/27 - 09/28 | 941 LV | 49 | 46 | Obama +3 |
We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke
It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...." Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson
