Measurable Lead

It looks like The John McCain Show's reality stunts (I think next week he's going to eat a live scorpion, but will it be enough to win him immunity?) doesn't seem to be playing well with voters. The financial crisis and the final verdict on eight years of failed policies probably had something to do with it as well.

Today at my local phone bank we started calling voters in North Carolina, which is interesting in and of itself. California's role in the Obama campaign had been confined to this point to calling into Nevada, but they switched it this week. And we weren't calling into the Research Triangle, either, but rural areas in the center of the state. And I would say the reception was pretty strong.

Obama's work in the debate is starting to form into a consensus victory, and McCain's antics are repelling people.