David Paul Kuhn at Politico has provided in detail five good reasons why John McCain is leaving Barack Obama in the dust in mid-September ’08. And don’t look now, but thanks to Sarah Palin, the Democratic Party elite has begun to pay a price for its abusive treatment of Sen. Hillary Clinton throughout the primary.
Kuhn begins:
“John McCain’s surge in the polls comes even as Barack Obama has inherited the most favorable Democratic environment since the Watergate era—an unpopular Republican president, an unpopular war and a flagging economy.
“Suddenly, though, Democrats have found themselves in a world turned upside down, where Republicans have the momentum from running on change—and the latest wunderkind of presidential politics.
“Below are five trends showing up in polling that help explain the change.”
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