An honest weighing of party ID shows McCain not only lead since August but STILL leads! So the only real explanation for the apparent change in the lead is that Gallup changed its party ID weighing formula to give Obama a legs up. There's no other explanation if we go by the Palin Surge factor to explain Obama's seemingly miraculous recovery. It defies human nature and political experience to believe people change their views literally overnight as Gallup wants us to believe. If we go by the data, that never happened. So they have had to change the measurements to make Obama appear stronger than he really is and they're not doing him any favors when all the evidence contradicts the supposition of a lead. At least in the real world. I'd like to hear Gallup explain the turnaround. I bet they won't - or can't do it.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
"An honest weighing of party ID shows McCain not only lead since August but STILL leads!"
Exactly. They do this every election. As the election nears they start making adjustments so they don't look like incompetent fools. Very soon you will see Barry back in the blue states trying to regain ground among the Democrats and Independents.