McCain takes lead over Obama: poll - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_poll_politics_dc)

I'm skeptical of the Reuters/Zogby polls - they often show huge shifts in voter opinion. In the short term, it can be a fairly accurate gauge of how voters feel at that moment, but it's not accurate to how they will eventually vote.

Say for example, a news item comes out that casts Obama or McCain in a bad light. One of them comes out five points ahead - then a DAY later, it's revealed that the other side fabricated the story. The opponent gets a five point lead. Then a week later, everyone realizes the whole thing was pointless. The polls revert to where they were before it started.

I don't either, but I posted it because of all the people saying how Obama was beating McCain in the polls. I think they consider that one of his accompolishments since they don't have much else to claim.