Thats great for them Helen, and thank you for your contribution, but what do you think of Sarah Palin is the real question?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain has gained huge support among white women since naming Sarah Palin as his running mate and now leads Democrat Barack Obama among those voters, according to a survey published on Tuesday.

The Washington Post/ABC News poll found that much of McCain's surge in the polls since the Republican National Convention is attributable to the shift in support among white women.

The race for the White House is now a virtual tie, with Obama at 47 percent support of registered voters and McCain at 46 percent, the poll found.

Before the Democratic National Convention in late August, Obama held an 8 percentage point lead among white women voters, 50 percent to 42 percent, but after the Republican convention in early September, McCain was ahead by 12 points among white women, 53 percent to 41 percent, the poll found.

Asked about the findings during a briefing on Monday before the poll was published, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told a Washington Post reporter, "Well, your poll is wrong."

"I don't think you'll find many others that back up a 20-point reversal," Plouffe said during the briefing at Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago. "We certainly are not seeing any movement like that. Polls, time to time, particularly on the demographic stuff, can have some pretty wild swings."

McCain surprised the electorate ahead of the Republican convention by naming Palin, the little-known Alaska governor, as his vice presidential running mate. She received high marks among supporters for her convention address, which included a scathing attack ridiculing Obama's experience and record.

Obama, who would be the first black U.S. president, defeated rival Hillary Clinton in the battle for the Democratic nomination, a long and bitter struggle that left many of the former first lady's supporters disaffected and angry.

Many of her backers were further angered when Obama ignored her in picking a vice president, choosing instead long-time Delaware Sen. Joe Biden. A key question for the Obama campaign has been whether he would be able to maintain the support of Clinton's supporters.

Hello Thomas

I did not post the article because Sarah is a woman.  If anything, I tend to like men better than women ...so there, Thomas  :) 

I like what the guy from Alaska said she did as governor.   She cleaned house and stopped spending.  When I finished reading the article, I thought, "Man, maybe she should be running for president."   Are you sure you read the article because if you did, you would see what she did in Alaska.  Be sure to read all of it.  You'll be impressed.

Now I am hoping that the article is really true because so many things get posted on the internet that are out and out lies.  This is a trick I see people do during elections, especially the Democrats.  It doesn't mean Republicans could stoop so low but I don't see it as often from them and I want no part of it.  If I get a minute, I will call that guy in Alaska who supposedly wrote the article and see if it is authentic. 

Woman or man, I vote for the politician who wants less government, looks for ways to eliminate spending, reduces debt rather than increasing new debt.  I think it is shameful that Canada and the USA have such hugh federal debts.  Most ordinary folks are living paycheck to paycheck and have to make do after the government steals a big chunk of their paycheck.  Why shouldn't the government have to make do?

My first choice for president of the US still is Ron Paul though I am not completely in agreement with all he says, most of it is exactly what we need.  Please send him to Canada.  We are having an election on October 14.

Helen 

_{Yes I've read the article, and if you know me Helen i tend to stand up for woman more than men, a personal thing with me. Theres been some good and bad reviews on her tactics from both sides men, and woman especially, some say Mc Cain got a woman to appeal to the woman, i judge her on her back ground and not for a silly reason as that, but thats what they say. I'll say it again, experience has to come with the package, don't care where you come from or what color you are, Mc Cain might have experience the war rather harshly almost brutal for 5 years in that prison camp but he stood up till he was rescued,  Palin may have some work issues with some of you but she knows how to run a city, something Obama has no clue of doing, 8 years he was in the senate pushing pincles and paperwork, not my idea of making something happen for the good of the people. He's got a good running mate, he should of stayed in the race , don't know the reason behind that one but now at least Obama is getting some pretty good ideas what he needs to do for the following election if he decides to run again. Will see come the debates not to long from now. my opinion from working for the citys in the elections here in L.A. and San Diego countys past 9 years.  Ron Paul on the other hand is a smart old bird, that guy amuses me, just an antidote , a part of what we need yes but he wouldn't be a good president, maybe a mayor?}

_{An Excerpt of Palin's exeptance speech, you know, the one that got Obama mift at. AP - What's the difference between the presidential campaign before and after the national political conventions? Lipstick. The colorful cosmetic has become a political buzzword, thanks to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's joke in her acceptance speech that lipstick is the only thing that separates a hockey mom like her from a pit bull.}

John McCain and Barack Obama suspended their political advertising today and left the campaign trail for events marking the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, with both men expected to make a joint appearance this afternoon at ground zero.

The Republican and Democratic presidential nominees were also scheduled to speak and take questions separately at a televised forum on public service in New York City tonight.

Mr. Obama did not entirely halt campaign-related activities: He is having lunch this afternoon in Harlem with former President Bill Clinton — a long-discussed get-together that is intended, in part, to sooth any ill will left from the primary campaign and to give the two men more time to get to know each other. Mr. Clinton invited Mr. Obama to lunch after learning that the candidate would be in town for 9/11-related events.

The two men met in Mr. Clinton’s 14th-floor office on 125th Street, with its sweeping southerly view of Central Park, and took a few questions from reporters while posing for pictures. Mr. Clinton said he had agreed to do “a substantial number of things” on behalf of Mr. Obama this fall, and would hit the campaign trail as soon as his Global Initiative conference concluded on Sept. 26.

“We’re putting him to work,” Mr. Obama joked.

Asked for his opinion about the state of the presidential race, Mr. Clinton replied, “I predict that Senator Obama will win and win handily.”

“There you go,” Mr. Obama added. “You can take it from the President of the United States. He knows a little something about politics.”

The lunch menu, according to the campaign, was a choice of sandwiches and flatbread pizza from Cosi, plus salad. Beverages were not specified.

Mr. Clinton is expected to make his first campaign appearance on Mr. Obama’s behalf later this month; Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who vied for the Democratic nomination against Mr. Obama this year, campaigned for him Monday in Florida and is headed to Ohio on Sunday in his stead.

Mr. Obama, appearing Wednesday night on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” said he was looking forward to consulting with Mr. Clinton on Thursday and as often as he could during the race and if elected president.

“There’s nobody smarter in politics, and he’s going to be campaigning for us over the next eight weeks, which I’m thrilled by,” Mr. Obama told Mr. Letterman, who asked about the lunch.

“The race that he ran in ‘92 is — it was similar to what’s taking place now,” Mr. Obama added. “You had an economy that wasn’t working for people, you had a party that had been in power that didn’t seem particularly concerned that it wasn’t working for people, but, you know, he was new. He was young and people were still trying to figure out whether or not the guy was up to the job.”

The breather from politicking comes after several days of intensifying tension and attacks between the McCain and Obama camps, in large part over the leadership record and style of Mr. McCain’s running mate. Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.

Ms. Palin has emerged as a popular figure on the campaign trail and is now drawing steady fire from Obama advisers, who initially said they would not run against her. She is also under scrutiny for her inconsistent positions on congressional earmarks and her motives in dismissing the Alaska public safety commissioner, among other things.

Mr. McCain began the day by attending a memorial service in Shanksville, Pa., the rural town where United Flight 93 crashed, and noted that the terrorists who took control of the plane were believed to be initially aiming it at the Capitol in Washington.

“Hundreds if not thousands of people who worked in that building when that fateful moment occurred would have been destroyed along with a beautiful symbol of our freedom,” Mr. McCain said, speaking in somber tones for about two minutes.

“They and possibly I owe our lives to the passengers who summoned the courage and love necessary to deprive our depraved and hateful enemies of a terrible triumph,” he added.

Mr. McCain arrived at the temporary memorial site in Shanksville with his wife Cindy, and joined a small crowd of dignitaries and relatives of the Flight 93 passengers and crew. The temporary memorial — a granite marker listing the names of the dead, a large wooden cross, and a short piece of chain link fence where visitors can hang momentos — is on a hilltop above the site of the actual crash. Plans for a permanent memorial are underway.((youtube id="lHstQv8C2zQ"))((/youtube))