A new Suffolk University poll found that Obama is beating John McCain by 9%...in Massachusetts. In June, the poll found that Obama was up by 23%. This seems to be in line with the tightening national polls and other statewide polls (i.e., the Qunnipac poll out of FL & OH.) In my opinion, there's a simple reason - McCain attacks Obama, Obama plays defense, McCain defines Obama, Obama plays it safe.
It should come as no surprise to the Obama people that the race has tightend up so much with all these attacks coming from McCain. What's bewildering is that one would have thought that the Obama campaign is smart enough to realize the basic principle of campaigns: stay on the offensive.
It's clear that McCain has been winning the media narrative as of late, with the media focusing on whether Obama is arrogant, or whether he supports the troops. Where are all the stories about McCain's negatives? We cannot blame the media 100% for this, as it is the Obama campaign that has yet to make a hard push at defining McCain in negative terms.