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First Read: The day in politics by NBC News for NBC News
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FIRST THOUGHTS.
*** Swing States Swinging To Obama: Most of the national polls -- including our
NBC/WSJ survey -- are now showing Obama with a double-digit national lead. And
here come a slew of brand-new state polls that also suggest Obama is in command
of this presidential contest. The University of Wisconsin's Big Ten
Battleground polls have Obama up 10 points in Indiana (51%-41%), 13 points in
Iowa (52%-39%), 22 in Michigan (58%-36%), 19 in Minnesota (57%-38%), 12 in Ohio
(53%-41%), 11 in Pennsylvania (52%-41%), 13 in Wisconsin (53%-40%), and nearly
30 in Obama's home state of Illinois (61%-32%). Meanwhile, there are new
Quinnipiac surveys that show Obama up five points in Florida (49%-44%), 14 in
Ohio (52%-38%), and 13 in Pennsylvania (53%-40%). And finally, new CNN/Time
surveys find Obama ahead by five points among likely voters in Nevada
(51%-46%), four points in North Carolina (51%-47%), four in Ohio (50%-46%), and
10 points in Virginia (54%-44%). The lone state survey that shows McCain ahead:
CNN/Time's West Virginia poll, where McCain's nine (53%-44%).
*** McCain vs. Bush: Be sure not to miss McCain's exclusive interview with the
Washington Times, in which the Arizona senator lashes out at President Bush.
"Sen. John McCain on Wednesday blasted President Bush for building a mountain
of debt for future generations, failing to pay for expanding Medicare and
abusing executive powers, leveling his strongest criticism to date of an
administration whose unpopularity may be dragging the Republican Party to the
brink of a massive electoral defeat. 'We just let things get completely out of
hand,' he said of his own party's rule in the past eight years." A very senior
GOP strategist emails Politico's Mike Allen in response: "Lashing out at past
Republican congresses instead of Pelosi and Reid, and echoing your opponent's
attacks on you instead of attacking your opponent, and spending 150,000 hard
dollars on designer clothes when congressional Republicans are struggling for
money, and when your senior campaign staff are blaming each other for the loss
in The New York Times [Magazine] 10 days before the election, you're not doing
much to energize your supporters." Oh snap.
*** So When Will We See Those Medical Records? In Brian Williams' interview
with the GOP ticket yesterday, Palin announced that she would agree to release
her medical records. "If that will allow some curiosity seekers, perhaps, to
have one more thing that they either check the box off that they can find
something to criticize or to rest them assured over. I'm healthy, happy, I've
had five kids. That's going to be in the medical records -- never seriously ill
or hurt. You'll see that in the medical records."
First Read with NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd, every weekday on
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