Talk about a short-lived bounce!<\/p>\n
As I predicted yesterday, the \u201csnubbing the wounded troops\u201d decision may be a bigger deal as time goes on. Within 24 hours, Obama dropped 0.7 points and the RCP average for today stands at 46.2 \u2013 43.7 in favor of Senator Obama. The Gallup\/USA Today still shows McCain with a 4 point lead.<\/p>\n
A small bounce after totally saturating all media during his overseas tour was not great news; the fact that it dissipated in 24 hours has to be of concern to the Obama camp.<\/p>\n
The Republicans have seized the opportunity to come out with political guns blazing. Senior Republicans are using the same tactic that the Obama camp has been using, you know the \u201cthird Bush term\u201d talking point?<\/p>\n
The idea was to tie McCain to a president with a dismal 29% approval rating. The Republicans plan to tie Obama to a congress <\/a>with an even lower 17% approval.<\/p>\n Barack Obama returns to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to speak with House Democrats, and Republicans will try to spoil the party by linking the Democrats\u2019 presidential nominee to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and their reluctance to allow votes on offshore oil drilling.<\/p>\n Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.) and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) will greet Obama\u2019s arrival with a news conference in which they\u2019ll assert that Reid (D-Nev.) and Pelosi (D-Calif.) are holding up votes on offshore drilling in order to protect Obama.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Obama has so far nor responded but spent the afternoon meeting with Fed Chair Ben Bernanke discussing the economy.<\/p>\n