A report from a Stanley Greenberg focus group that should terrify the GOP:
Before the debate, McCain had a 48/46 favorability rating; that improved to 56/36 by the end. But that’s about where Obama started the evening54/36. After an hour and a half, Obama’s favorability numbers were 80/14. As Joe Biden would say, let me repeat that: 80% of the undecided voters had favorable views of Obama and only 14% saw him negatively for a net rating of +66. Not even Bill Clinton got such a warm response in town hall formats.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/10/the-debate-mattered/210563/
