I realize it’s fun to try to divine all sorts of meaning from individual polls, but it’s really little more than idle speculation.

Frankly, I don’t think any debate street that first one has done much for either candidate. Which is hardly surprising, since that’s been the case in nearly every election since they started ding those regular television debates.

And today…back down to 46% approve. Quick slide from 53%. Anyone know if anyone else posts the differnce between registered and likely? 6 pts is a large spread for Gallup

Two parties is not enough. Unregulated unlimited campaign spending is fundamentally undemocratic and leads to corruption. Hopefully there will be a constitutional amendment addressing this (and the anti-democratic laws discouraging third parties) in the near future. But I ain’t holding my breath. 

what a fall from grace for Gallup who was once the gold stan­dard in polit­i­cal polling.

Indeed. But having such a legacy can become a ball and chain, too. And that appears to be the case for Gallup. They have been unable to evolve to accurately reflect the new makeup of the US. Or not. We’ll know soon.

Anyway,inspite of Cit­i­zens United and all the hor­ror
stories…supposedly Obama and many Sen­ate Dems are waltz­ing to
vic­tory. So whats the problem?

I don’t oppose Citizens United for partisan purposes. It’s a bad ruling because that much money in politics inevitably corrupts government.

Yours are the most reasonable campaign finance suggestions I have read in a very long time. Unfortunately, we’d need a different Supreme Court for any reform to be done.

For myself, I think there should be a limit on campaign donations. Use your rules about who can contribute and who they can contribute to, and then limit the donation to $2000/year. There is no reason a rich person should be allowed to have a louder voice than anyone else.