Newsweek says Obama is up

A new Newsweek poll tells a story much like Gallup and Research 2000 have been telling us. These are its results:

Obama 52
McCain 41

Last month, Obama and McCain were tied at 46 percent apiece. Observes Newsweek:

Underlying Obama's surge in support: An historic boiling over of dissatisfaction with the status quo. An astounding 86 percent of voters now say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States, while a mere 10 percent say they are satisfied.

This poll was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International from Oct. 8-9, 2008 by means of telephone interviews with 1,035 registered voters and a standard error of +/-3.7%.