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Barack Obama’s popularity is on the rise. Polls suggest the charismatic Democratic nominee has every chance of becoming the first black president of the United States.

According to surveys in the U.S., a record number of Americans - 84 per cent - think their country is on the wrong track. So calling for change has become a successful slogan for Obama.

He even managed to draw the attention of the young people and make them interested in politics – quite a spectacular feat.

Obama leads McCain by more than a 2 to 1 margin among people under 30, the polls say. There’s a tie among middle-aged voters, and McCain is more popular among seniors.

But turnout of the younger generation is less stable than that of middle-aged and older people, and this could be crucial to results.

Barack Obama has opted out of public financing and will not receive the $US 84 million allocated for campaigning from the U.S. Treasury. He is the first candidate to do so since the option to get federal funding was introduced 30 years ago. Obama has been extremely successful in raising funds and counts on getting significantly more from his supporters than the state can offer.

The presidential race pits a charismatic Democrat against an experienced Republican with a temper.

Even though the battle between them will continue for the next five months, with Obama's appeal to the American people growing by the day, it looks like it may be hard for McCain to keep up with his rival’s popularity.
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i think it is actually going down. i know quite a few obama backers who have turned against him b/c of his oil stance. and, being from mother russia, ofcourse you would back the commie supporting candidate.
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i think it is actually going down. i know quite a few obama backers who have turned against him b/c of his oil stance. and, being from mother russia, ofcourse you would back the commie supporting candidate.
I ain't from "mother Russia", I'm from Serbia

I would rather back a commie or whatever supporting candidate that promotes peace, negotiation and diplomacy instead of a war-hungry VC informer and traitor with Vietnam sindrome.

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Barack Obama has opted out of public financing and will not receive the 84 million allocated for campaigning from the U.S. Treasury.

He is the first candidate to do so since the option to get federal funding was introduced 30 years ago.

Obama has been extremely successful in raising funds and counts on getting significantly more from his supporters than the state can offer.
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That does not sound right.

iirc Dubya opted out of public financing during his election campaign.
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New Polls Show Obama's Lead Surging Over McCain
By Jim Malone
Washington 25 June 2008



Two new public opinion polls give Democrat Barack Obama a sizable lead over Republican John McCain in the U.S. presidential race. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone has the latest on the election campaign from Washington.

One survey by the Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg News found Obama leading McCain by a margin of 49 to 37 percent. Another poll earlier this week by Newsweek magazine put Obama's lead at 15 points. Other recent surveys show McCain trailing by anywhere from three to six points.

Political experts say Obama's lead is likely due to increasing voter concerns about the weakening U.S. economy, especially the rising cost of fuel.

"High gas prices and job losses, the economic recession, but more generally, the economic insecurity associated with globalization, the stagnant wages of most ordinary American households," said Thomas Mann, a political scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington. "I think all of that bodes well for Democrats in the campaign." Given the Democrat's advantage on the economy, political strategists predict Senator McCain will focus on his experience in foreign policy and national security.

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I ain't from "mother Russia", I'm from Serbia

I would rather back a commie or whatever supporting candidate that promotes peace, negotiation and diplomacy instead of a war-hungry VC informer and traitor with Vietnam sindrome.
The last Democrat that was President threw Serbia under the bus.

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Brigadier Gen. Michael Hayden (left, with glasses), US Marine Corps Gen. David Mize (front and center), and US Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Edward Hanlon Jr. (behind Mize) in Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia, on September 4, 1994. [Source: Paul Harris]

US ambassador Charles Thomas; Assistant Secretary of State for Europe Richard Holbrooke, his deputy Robert Frasure, head of intelligence for US European Command Brigadier Gen. Michael Hayden, US Air Force Gen. Charles Boyd, US Marine Corps Gen. David Mize, and US Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Edward Hanlon Jr., meet with the Muslim Bosnian army commander for Central Bosnia, Mehmet Alagic, in the town of Gornji Vakuf. The US group also visits Mostar, which is also controlled by the Bosnian Muslims. The Pentagon claims the US diplomats are there to familiarize themselves with the situation on the ground and the generals “just happened to be along,” but in appears in fact these meetings are part of a US effort to help the Croats and Muslims work together in upcoming offensives. Following this visit, US “logistics advisers” move into key locations throughout Bosnia, including the UN-controlled Tuzla airport. US Special Forces help build a secret airstrip in Visoko, central Bosnia, to land heavy transport aircraft (see Late 1994-Late 1995), and mysterious flights begin arriving at the Tuzla airports a few months later (see February-March 1995). [Observer, 11/20/1994; Scotsman, 12/3/1995] Hayden will later become head of the NSA and then head of the CIA.

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i think it is actually going down. i know quite a few obama backers who have turned against him b/c of his oil stance. and, being from mother russia, ofcourse you would back the commie supporting candidate.
The fact that any other person or entity supports a candidate should have little bearing on anyone else's support.

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I ain't from "mother Russia", I'm from Serbia

I would rather back a commie or whatever supporting candidate that promotes peace, negotiation and diplomacy instead of a war-hungry VC informer and traitor with Vietnam sindrome.
Isn't Serbia where they practiced genocide against the Croatians?

Yep, Obama is your man!
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