An excellent point. I'll say this much for McCain and his team: they smeared on the warpaint, used the terrain to their advantage, and have been stalking their prey with expert skill. For as invincible and relaxed as the media is trying to portray Obama, he's clearly getting rattled. Obama, for his part, really seems to be caught flat-footed most of the time, which is not what I was expecting.
McCain is bringing his A game, and it's starting to generate some real fear in the other camp. It's a little surprising to see a 72 year old politician "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" to such an extent, but if nothing else, it just shows he's found him some top notch advisors.