It seems that whatever has happened lately, Obama has benefitted. This seems to fly in the fact of “70%” of the public being against the bailout yet McCain is being hurt for standing against it.
The plan fact is that as long as the financial crisis continues, Obama will benefit and McCain will lose. Obama had great polling nights in Rasmussen and Gallup last night because the deal (for better or worse) didn't get done. That's the bad news. The good news is that this crisis is going to get resolved sooner or later -- and I am talking days if not hours, not weeks. The potentially even better news is that because of what happened yesterday, the final bill may end up being better, or at least less unpopular, than the mostly Democratic version that was floating around yesterday.