ROGER SIMON: Is McCain peaking too early? “I expected McCain to be squeaking up behind Obama in mid-October at the best, not before August 1. This is supposed to be a Democratic year par excellence with the economy tanking (semi, anyway) and the Iraq War dragging on longer than the Peloponessian. (Okay, that baby ran 27 years, but you know what I mean.) Democrats also historically lap the field over the summer. Even such certified loxes as Dukakis and Mondale were ahead on Aug. 1. What’s going on here?”

UPDATE: Reader Steve Waite emails: “I don’t think MCCain is peaking – rather, Obama is sagging!” Well, he’s even getting criticism from the Hardball crowd. That can’t be good.