I just have to make a brief comment about all the recent reports that show that McCain is edging toward Obama in most national polls. (for example, NBC reported on the Today Show this morning that their poll had shifted to a 45%-42% Obama lead, down by about half).

The news here, in my opinion, is that while McCain is throwing everything negative at Obama that he has, he has only been able to bring Obama down a couple of points, and he not been able to erase his lead in the polls. Doesn't that say something about the depth of McCain's support and Obama's resiliance?

Does Obama need to be better at responding to McCain? Yes. But, does the fact that McCain is, with his nonstop negative attacks on Obama, moving up a couple points in the polls at this time a huge worry to Obama? I don't think so. I'm going to predict that McCain is making a mistake by throwing everything he has at Obama so early, and that he is peaking too soon. He about to run out of ammo, and the battle is just beginning.

Of course, it's too soon to really predict, but I have to say that I think Obama is better off with the polls where they are than with the polls showing him way ahead. It's going to be easier for him to raise money and motivate people to help with the race close. McCain won't be able to exploit the "underdog" label, which could happen and could play on people's sympathies if Obama looks like he's trouncing the "white haired dude."

But, just like a racer that goes out too fast and runs out of juice only to get left behind at the end, McCain seems to be using up everything he has. But, Obama hasn't. He still has a lot of firepower left. That's how I'm perceiving this at this point. When the campaign really gets going, all of what McCain has been throwing at Obama will be old and stale, and will have lost a lot of it's punch.

It's very possible that we are heading toward an Obama and Democratic pary landslide, assuming that all of the eligible voters that want to vote get to vote reasonably, and votes are counted fairly, both of which are risky assumptions and shouldn't be taken for granted.

One of the interesting things about the NBC poll, at least according to comments by NBC political director Chuck Todd, speaking on the Today Show this morning, regards the 13% of the poll undecided. Todd said that a good portion of those are former supporters of Sen. Clinton, and they still haven't gotten over the primary. Todd said a lot of the question about whether or not they will support Obama will come down to whether or not Sen. Clinton convinces them to support him. Wouldn't the best way for Obama to insure that is to put her on the ticket? Who else deserves it as much?