Poll

Poll: Obama-Biden 13 points up in national poll
By The Associated Press – 42 minutes ago

THE POLL: CBS-NY Times national poll.

THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama-Joe Biden 52 percent, John McCain-Sarah Palin 39 percent.

OF INTEREST: The Democrats have a 13-point lead when Bob Barr and Ralph Nader are included. Obama-Biden lead by 52-41 if the race is narrowed only to the Democrats and Republicans. More than two-thirds of voters feel Barack Obama could work well with members of the opposing party. More than half say he is prepared for the job of president. And almost half are confident he could handle an international crisis. But more than half of McCain's supporters say they are scared of an Obama presidency. Obama leads McCain by 20 points among those who have already voted.

THE DETAILS: The poll of 1,005 likely voters was taken Oct. 25-29 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Haven't we let fear drive our decisions for the last eight years? How's that worked out for ya?