The Sky is Falling!

Oy vey.

There has been a flurry of worry today regarding the latest polls showing - gasp - John McCain leading! Barack's surely done, the dream is dead, the world over. It's only a matter of time before John "I'm no Winston Churchill" McCain and Darth Palin lead us all into the fires of Mordor.

Maybe not. As I was sauntering around the liberal/moderate blogosphere, making by daily rounds, of course, I could not help by chuckle at all the needless panic and silly desperation in the air. The Republican Bounce, as Nate Silver explains at FiveThrityEight, is just that - a bounce. Thankfully, the laws of physics prevent McCain's complete malarky from darkening the atmosphere for much longer.

Unless something drastic occurs in the next week, discussion of polls should be limited, or at least taken with some caution. Yes, the temptation to brood and obsess over slight variations and demographic variables is overwhelming, but do remember that the election is two months away. That's plenty of time for McCain to be exposed for the impetuous charlatan that he is, no doubt.

Stay cool.