The reliably perspicacious Nate Silver puts it plainly: things ain't looking good for the Senator from Arizona:
Here's the long and short of it for John McCain: Barack Obama has as
large a lead in the election as he's held all year. But there is much
less time left on the clock than there was during other Obama periods
of strength, such as in February, mid-June or immediately following the
Democratic convention. This is a very difficult combination of
circumstances for him.
Isaac Chotiner makes a similar point.
Two or three weeks ago, panic and pessimism were rife amongst Democrats and Obama supporters. As I put it back then, it just shows what suckers we all are for The Now.
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