The highly respected Pew Research Center for the People & the Press today released an astonishing poll showing a 14% Obama lead over McCain. The was done Oct. 16-19 with a national sample of 2,599 registered voters.
Among all registered voters, the margin was 52-38%, among "likely voters" the margin remains the same: 53-39%.
This lead is double from a week ago (Oct 9-12), when Pew showed a 7% lead (49%-42%) for Obama among likely voters - compared to an end of September 49%-43%, and a mid September poll tied at 46%.
But the real good news goes much deeper than the race horse numbers - the poll shows fundamental strength for Obama on virtually every issue and attribute, and underlying problems for McCain on multiple fronts.