Until he has an opponent, anyway
John McCain is enjoying some higher polling numbers right now. Higher as in ahead of either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. How far ahead depends on who’s counting.
NBC has it handicapped this way:
Currently polls show McCain either narrowly ahead or even with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. It is impressive considering how poorly the GOP, and specifically the president, are viewed by the public.
But it is a faux lead.
Wishful thinking? Politico has this report:
Powered by the same appeal to Democrats and independents that fueled his primary election success, McCain is leading Barack Obama 48 percent to 42 percent and Hillary Clinton 51 percent to 40 percent according to RNC polling done late last month.
He’s moved ahead of the two Democrats by consolidating support among Republicans, but also by retaining his backing among a wide swath of independents and picking up a small chunk of cross-party support.
To be honest, that polling was internal within the Republic party.
All of which illustrates….what? 1) You can work the numbers and percentages and data just about any way you want right now. And 2) News stories like these prove they’re running out of things to talk about in the media at the moment.
