6 points behind is hardly life support.
Remember Clinton vs Dole? Polls had Clinton beating Dole by as much as 24 points weeks before the election. It turned out to be only 8 points and Clinton couldn't even break 50% against the hapless Dole. There's a lot of fight ahead of us!
No Perot this time either!
I wasn't basing it solely on the polls, but you have to admit they don't look good for the GOP ticket right now. After watching this stuff for almost 50 years, its obvious that its gonna take a big push by McCain to make him the winner. The credit bailout debate in DC hasn't gone well for McCain. He should have sided with the House conservatives, instead of continuing to push for a massive government intervention. Other variables are trending against the GOP ticket. Times running out.