His Own Man: Majority Of Voters Do Not See McCain As Bush III

By Kleinheider Posted on October 21, 2008 at 10:44 am

The gap between Barack Obama and John McCain is starting to close and one of the Obama campaign’s major talking points seems to have lost favor with voters:

Now comes a statistical inkling that the closing is starting to occur, but in a strange way. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll of 1,058 adults taken Friday through Sunday and out Monday showed Obama’s eight-point lead from early October had been trimmed to five points, 51-46.

But two interesting points from within the poll. It’s not so much that McCain gained as that Obama slipped.

Also, the numbers show that for the first time a minority see McCain as carrying on the policies of Pres. George W. Bush, a theme the Obama campaign has relentlessly driven home all summer and autumn.

Put another way, for the first time 51% of Americans now see McCain as his own man, less likely to continue the unpopular Bush presidency.

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