Obama killing Kerry and Gore in the polls (for what it's worth)

The Talent Show has a great pollster graph posted which compares polling data from the 2000 and 2004 presidential races to this year's campaign. This graph shows a couple of things which I find interesting and encouraging:

• Neither Kerry in 2004 nor Gore in 2000 ever had a lead in the polls anywhere close to that held by Obama at this time.


• Comparing the polling as of a specific number of days before the election, Obama has been ahead of where Kerry was, usually by a wide margin, for all but about 20 days of the campaign. Similarly, Obama has also outperformed Gore at each time period for all but approximately a week of the campaign.

I have a history of premature optimism- I thought Kerry was going to win right up until election day 2004- but I am feeling like an Obama landslide is a real possibility as of now. I'll continue to hold my breath, of course, for any swift boatian attacks that could put a dent in Obama's lead in the coming weeks.