A batch of polls over the weekend show that McCain gained serious ground after the RNC convention and Palin’s speech/martyrdom:
USAToday / Gallup 9/5-7/08
McCain 54, Obama 44)
(8/23: Obama 48, McCain 45)
Zogby Interactive 9/5-6/08
McCain 50, Obama 46
(8/30: McCain 47, Obama 45)
Gallup Poll 9/4-6/08
Rasmussen Reports 9/4-6/08
McCain 48, Obama 48
Over at Nation-Building, I argue that this has nothing to do with Palin.