Odd. You didn’t mention any specific battleground polls. The Rassmussen shows McCain has regained the lead in FL and OH. There has been movement.
The “spreading the wealth around” comment was Dukakis-in-a-tank. It’s the Palin bounce all over again, right as the economy seems to be settling down. Obama’s friends in the media learned nothing from their thrashing of Palin.
They thought they were effective by reducing her numbers, and they may yet manage it with “Joe”, but I doubt it, because he’s not running for office. He’s a private citizen, and they’ve crossed the line. The NYT also put out a hit piece on Cindy McCain that even had Bob Beckel denouncing it. Bob Beckel!
“Joe” resonated, so the media attacked him. They just reawakened the sleeping giant public at exactly the wrong time, and simultaneously managed to teach McCain how to win this thing by having a way to address the economy on his terms. In a week, McCain will be neck-and-neck, despite the spending disadvantage. PA will go to McCain in the election, and it’ll be all over.
