Mountain Sage

I, of course, highly approve of the nomination of Hillary Clinton to Secretary of State. I’m reserving judgment on the others.
Nominations so far:
TREASURY SECRETARY: Timothy Geithner, president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
SECRETARY OF STATE: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.
ATTORNEY GENERAL: Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general.
DEFENSE SECRETARY: Robert Gates, a holdover [...]

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Saturday, November 01, 2008
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Barack Obama with 51% of the vote, John McCain with 46%. The race continues to remain remarkably stable at the national level–this is the 37th straight day that Obamas support has been between 50% and 52% (see trends).
Nearly [...]

October 31, 2008
Update: Little Evidence of Surge in Youth Vote
Obama campaign has contacted about one in three 18- to 29-year-olds
by Frank Newport, Jeffrey M. Jones, and Lydia Saad
PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup polling in October finds little evidence of a surge in young voter turnout beyond what it was in 2004. While young voter registration may [...]

ISRAEL: Americans in Israel Absentee voting exit polls
The exit polls show a very strong preference for John McCain over Barack Obama. The polls, carried out  and analyzed by Keevoon, a Jerusalem-based research, strategy and communications firm, indicate that 76% of the polled voters in Israel said they voted for Republican candidate John McCain; 24% said [...]

October 30, 2008 Gallup Daily:
Obama Lead Among Likely Voters 5 to 7 Points Now up 50% to 45% in traditional model.

PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama holds a statistically significant lead over John McCain in both Gallup likely voter models, according to Oct. 27-29 Gallup Poll Daily tracking. In the traditional model, which defines likely voters [...]

If the Los Angeles Times reported everything on the tape why would there be a need to withhold the tape?  Why give a news agency a tape and insist they not release it?  And why not report everything on the tape?
Obviously there is something to hide here.
 
THE OBAMA TAPE
October 30, 2008
 
The [...]

Thursday, October 30, 2008
After showing the candidates just three points apart yesterday, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll on Thursday returns to the range that has defined the race for over a month. It’s Obama by five, 51% to 46%.
This is the 35th straight day that Obama’s support has been between 50% and 52%. [...]

October 29, 2008
Gallup Daily: Obama Maintains Edge Over McCain
Advantage among likely voters three to seven points

PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama begins the final week of the campaign with an advantage over John McCain in both Gallup likely voter models, up by 49% to 46% using the traditional model and leading 51% to 44% using an [...]

October 27, 2008
Gallup Daily: Race Stable With Obama Leading
Obama continues to lead by five to 10 points, depending on voter definition
PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Friday through Sunday finds Barack Obama with a five percentage point lead over John McCain, 50% to 45%, in the presidential preferences of likely voters using Gallup’s [...]

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Barack Obama attracting 51% of the vote while John McCain earns 46%. Obama’s five-point advantage is down from an eight-point lead yesterday but up a point from the lead he held a week ago. With today’s results, Obama has [...]