Last weekend, the Bush team said that the race would tighten and then mid week turn into a six point Bush lead..this happened, a la Newsweek etc.
The Bush people said not to worry about polls out this weekend as Republicans always poll poorly on weekends.
Voila.
Believe me the Osama tape is not hurting Bush and he is mentioning it.
ok, i trust you -- but the drumbeat of the media is negative on this, and the bush campaign is not offensively responding.