Polls and Political Backers

Gallup Polls show McCain with a one point lead over Obama amongst registered voters 48%-47%.

In states critical to either party winning the election, Rassmussen says that McCain holds a 5 point lead in Florida, a 3 point lead in Ohio, and is now tied up in Pennsylvania and Virginia.

CNNPolitics.con reports that "Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, will endorse John McCain for president on Wednesday, her spokesman tells CNN."

"[S]he said of Obama in an interview with CNN’s Joe Johns. 'I feel like he is an elitist. I feel like he has not given me reason to trust him.'”