Obama’s Sunday strength was both the talk of the bailout, and the fact that McCain supporters were in church.
I'm not so sure I buy into that "McCain supporters were in church" explanation. I do buy into the ongoing financial news helping Obama because, well, they did. You can track Obama's recent poll bump to the day that Lehman announced it was about to declare bankruptcy (a week ago Sunday, Sept. 14). My sense is that once Congress resolves this financial bailout mess, this issue will stop working for Obama and McCain will recover all or most of his pre-September 14 small lead among registered voters (translating into a slightly larger lead among likely voters).