Makes you wonder, doesn't it. If all those polls are not really giving an accurate picture, why does the media spend so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o much time talking about them?

Actually, I don't think it's just a matter of biding his time. I think he would actually prefer to NOT get dirty at all. But it ain't gonna happen in this election cycle. Obama took a laid back approach leading up to and during the Democratic Convention. And his numbers tanked. Unfortunately, the media LOVES nasty stuff. In fact, they count on it. How many times did you hear "Where's the red meat?" from news commentators. The Republicans opened a "war room" 3 miles from the Pepsi Center with the stated intention of attacking EVERYTHING that came out of the convention. About a dozen GOP blogger/researchers set up camp with the intention of flooding media e-mail boxes with counter-arguments to everything said inside the Pepsi Center within MINUTES of it being broadcast. And the media gleefully ate it up. Like it or not, running a presidential campaign in 2008 is cross between a car commercial and a WWE shout down. Oh, dirty is inevitable!