McCain's Excitement Deficit

A new Associated Press/Yahoo poll shows that John McCain is "facing an excitement deficit." Some of the findings:

• 38 percent of his supporters [Obama] say the election is exciting compared to 9 percent of McCain's.
• By 2-to-1 or more, McCain backers are likelier than Obama's to say the campaign makes them bored, angry and helpless.
• More than twice as many Democrats than Republicans have gotten more excited about the campaign since the fall, 22 percent to 9 percent.

You can appreciate McCain backers feeling bored, angry and helpless as they watch their candidate, stumble, stutter and flip-flop on a daily basis. But it's not all great news:

• Independents are about evenly divided between the two candidates, with about a quarter behind each. Four in 10 remain undecided, and half say they could still change their minds.