STATE OF THE RACE:

Gallup Daily: Race Stabilizes With McCain Up by Two (Gallup, 9/15/08)

Voter preferences in the race for president are unchanged from where they stood over the weekend. John McCain still edges out Barack Obama, 47% to 45%, according to Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Sept. 12-14.

While today's two percentage point advantage for McCain is not statistically significant, McCain's persistent two-point advantage across the three most recent Gallup Poll Daily tracking reports suggests he does hold a real, albeit slight, lead over Obama. It also suggests the race may be stabilizing at this highly competitive level after the tapering off of some, but not all, of McCain's post-convention bounce.

There's the Unicorn Rider settled in at 45% again. A two point deficit isn't much, but if you're running the campaign you have to start wondering where you find that other 6%. Can you count on getting it from the debates when you were too afraid to let Mr. Obama do townhalls?

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 15, 2008 1:27 PM