How the Race Stands II

I am tempted to say "never mind," and leave it at that.  A quiver of new polls were announced today, and all of them show gains by Obama.  The scariest one, to the McCain camp, was the ABC poll giving Obama a 9 point lead.  If he really has that lead, McCain is finished.  But that poll is an outlier, and suspect for several reasons.  Fifty-four percent of the respondents "leaned Democrat," to thirty-eight and seven for Republicans and Independents.  If the Democrats are that dominant nationally, then again, the election is over.  I doubt it.  Most of the tracking polls and other polls show a tight race, with an Obama advantage.