The big news since John McCain announced his VP pick was how Sarah Palin would rally the conservative wing of the GOP, and by all accounts that is happening. The conservative blogs are giddy and McCain's fundraising went through the roof with $10 million coming in since the announcement.

It appears something else is happening, the Democratic base as well as undecided Independents seem to be catching Palin fever as well and Barack Obama is seeing the results.

First comes the results of the latest Gallup poll released on Tuesday which has Obama up 8 points over McCain, hitting 50% for the first time. A full 3 days after the Palin choice was announced.

And today came word of Obama's fundraising numbers since the Palin announcement and it appears that he will have also raised $10 million by the time McCain accepts the nomination this evening.

So while McCain has accomplished his mission of pandering to the religious right and winning their favor, has he also fired up the equally if not more important moderates and independents to the point where many of them have moved towards Obama.

With all that said, I don't give a hoot what September polls say or mean as they will change more than Cindy McCain changes her designer shoes and no matter what your views, you'll find one that will agree with your particular bias. But one thing I do know, even though I will be holding my nose when I pull the lever next to Obama's name in 2 months, choosing him now doesn't seem as hard as it did this time last week.

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