Obama Up 8, 6 in Two New Important National Polls

The Washington Post has it 8 points, 50-42, The New York Times 45-39. Each poll has lots of information well worth reading. To see how this translates into the electoral college, visit the excellent map at Real Clear Politics. Remember that in a Presidential race, a 6-8 point victory is a landslide.

My favorite question, from the Post poll - "He Shares Your Values" - Obama 56-39, McCain 47-49. For the media, this should resolve once and for all this question of whether Obama can win the votes of people not like him. McCain is having a harder time reaching the American people than Barack, a remarkable achivement for this bi-racial candidate with a funny name.

For on more on the biggest story of the race so far - the suprising weakness of John McCain - see this recent post, which has links to other relevant stories.

Update 10am - TPM has a story detailing the Obama campaign's repudiation of some of the conclusions the Times reached in its story about the poll.