Actually, thats what the current poles indicate. Almost a dead heat now. Obama has lost voters since his overseas show.

Obama needed to make that international trip. If you have a weakness or a hole in your resume as a candidate, you need to address it.
He was wise to make the trip sooner than later. Keep in mind this was a strategic move that he'll spin later to positive effect. This was a case where he really could not win either way in the short term, but in the long term it should play positive.
Any candidate coming off a cycle where he is engaged in development of a weakness for strategic purposes later on, is going to read down. The idea is to address weakness soon enough so it is largely forgotten by the election.

I am not a political person, nor am i a racist, but here is my 2 cents
If they say anything bad about him (Obama), they will be called racists. Extreme I know, but that's the PC society we live in these days. The media makes all sorts of fun about Mccain's physical features and whatnot, but God forbid The New Yorker make Obama look like a terrorist. because of his race, he is "untouchable" which makes everything a lot easier for him. If a dem says they dont like his policy's (because they're so far fetched) they may be called a racist, its a simple double standard that the democrats are playing along with.

I am in no way a McCain supporter, or an Obama guy, like I said I am not political, so maybe an unbiased view of the whole situation may help a bit.

my largest concern with McCain is his asian midget porn fettish.. i would never vote for someone who favors asian midgets over sweedish ones.. i mean really.

My post was a tongue in cheek.

I don't think the media is at all shy of attacking Obama because he's black, not in the least.

As for the New Yorker magazine cover, it wasn't a big story because it was crossing the line. Quite frankly I think the objection was a real fear that people were dumb enough to believe it considering the email threads so popular among right-wing blogs on the subject.

-spence

What, now your a racist! This whole world is going bizzaro.

Applesauce McCain seeming a little petulant, no?