I agree as momentum is difficult to grab.
Even though McCain seems to have regained some footing the last couple of days, his poll numbers continue to deteriorate. From Gallup’s commentary note that Obama’s best polling day was yesterday:
“Obama’s current 49% rating is close to his 50% record high reached just after the Democratic National Convention. (That came in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Aug. 30-Sept. 1.) However, his current five-point advantage is still lower than his 9-point lead in late July (following his trip to Europe and the Middle East) and his 8-point leads right after the Democratic National Convention in late August.
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Obama enjoyed one of his widest advantages over McCain of recent weeks in Thursday night’s interviewing. It will be important to see whether the stock market’s reaction today to aggressive government intervention in the crisis has an impact of the direction of the presidential race over the next few days.”
Well the market was up 400 points Thursday. So if it didn’t help him then, won’t help him now.
McCain lost the momentum. Debates could swing it back in our favor, or dig a bigger hole. Time will tell.