We can’t get too caught in in polls, but it is interesting to see the gap between Barack Obama and John McCain closing so quickly. Prior to the Democratic National Convention, Obama held roughly a 4 point advantage over McCain. A double-digit post-convention bounce was expected for Obama, but that never materialized. A small bounce was had - putting Obama up by just over 6 points (according to major poll averages put together by RealClearPolitics.com) at the start of the Republican National Convention.

The gap has now (as of this writing) closed to 2.6 points. The Palin nomination, followed by her superlative performance at the RNC and John McCain’s fiery acceptance speech, have contributed to the McCain move. Current polling reflects only some of this, however, as much of the data was collected prior to Palin’s speech. The next few days should reveal whether McCain is benefiting from his own post-convention bounce.

While McCain’s courageous VP choice, followed by Palin’s and McCain’s respective performances have certainly garnered support for the GOP team, it seems as though the Obama camp is crashing as well. The media, who have been indistinguishable from the Obama campaign staff, have fallen on Palin like rabid dogs. The sleaze, brutality, pettiness, outright bias, and sexism have created a backlash against the media - and by extension against Obama.

Obama’s feeble attempts to defend his record as a “community organizer” have simply validated the criticism of it. It was Obama himself who trotted out his glorious role as a community organizer in attempts to claim executive experience. Now that this coming back to bite him, his offended rebuttals come across as whiney and small. Similarly, the media’s all-out smear campaign of Sarah Palin has left team Obama looking like the spoiled elitist. The American people recognize that Obama has not undergone anywhere near this level of scrutiny and Americans tend to like fair play. While Obama has floated along in the collective adoration of the New York and Washington media, it appeared that there would be nary a hurdle on his way to the White House. Now that the media has so viciously gone after Palin, voters are beginning to see that the fix is in. It remains to be seen if the McCain-Palin team can continue to sustain the barrage, but if they can, the backlash against the media (Obama) will likely help them in November.

 
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