Exactly...post coronation...post DNC convention...weekend...hurricane news...etc., etc.
You can't tell me with over $10 million (what's the latest count) piling in to the McCain campaign over the weekend that this is an accurate number.
Wait until the news gets out at how Bobby Jindal and the other GOP governors handled the hurricane. Plus Palin's speech tomorrow night will get major attention.
The McCain camp told us all along they expected a 15 pt. bounce.
It's not time to rearrange the deck chairs. The absolute worst thing we could do right now is panic.
Yep, this is a non starter, what is interesting is post convention the DNC bounce, was about 5-6 points, and that’s not a big enough lead for the least experienced candidate ever put forth by a major party.
The Palin selection has absolutely electrified the base, the reaction of leftist bloggers and MSM folks to the pregnancy thing is going to turn off a lot of folks as well.
By next tuesday we’ll know in the polling numbers where things stand. The RNC convention will be over, and will have had enough time to be showing up in the numbers.
There is no doubt to anyone breathing that Palin solidified the conservative base behind the ticket, and electrified it. The debates are yet to come, and we all know Fauxbama will do poorly in them, as he has done everytime he’s had to fly without a net and actually think on his feet.
51 to 46 after the corronation, and while polling over a holiday weekend, is not anything to get excited over, its not even a trend. Relax, by early next week we’ll know the lay of the land.
The RNC will also get a bounce from their convention.
IT appears that the race will continue to be neck in neck.
But then it wouldn't be Free Republic, would it? :)
I'm glad to see some here are looking at more than mildly fluctuating poll numbers. That $10 million is NOT to be underestimated, and there is really no tangible way at this point (to my knowledge) to measure the effect Palin's announcement had on energizing the base and its associated ground game. Other than I can say it was definitely a positive for the GOP ticket.
Folks need to accept that we're likely going to have another close race. WAY too many last week were chirping about a McCain/Palin blowout. If they're ultimately right, great. But to plan on that will only lead to depression and, as you said, panic when the inevitable bad days come.