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Obama Lead Halved in 2 New National Polls
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — ... McCain 42 (+1) Also of note from the NBC/WSJ poll: only 52% of Clinton primary backers say they will vote for Obama, while 21% say they will vote for McCain and 27% are undecided. On a related note, Clinton beat McCain in hypothetical match up by 6 points, 49 to 43. McCain holds comfortable leads on national security, Obama has similar leads on domestic issues. 29% say McCain is running a negative campaign while only 5% say Obama has gone negative. Overall, Obama's lead in the RCP National Average is 1.2%. ...

Is there a backlash? John McCain shouldn't count on it
Betsy's Page — ... thinks that part of Obama's recent slide in the polls, where he's lost about two points off his national average lead in the RCP average , is because of inflated expectations. The Obama campaign and its media handmaidens are taking their candidate way too seriously. So much so that they could be setting up a backlash against the hype. No human being can meet the wildly inflated expectations that accompany the rookie senator's every move. It can't help that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Obama "a leader that God has blessed us with at this time." That's the kind of remark ...