After decrying the McCain and Palin debate performances for episodes 1-3 (breaking with the conservative consensus all three times, and all three times seeing my assessment mirrored in the poll movements in the subsequent days), I wrote right after the last debate taht McCain won a solid victory for what he needed to do. Well, again, a poll confirms my analysis. The AP now has the race essentially even, and the crosstabs are even more interesting, because they explain WHERE McCain made his gains. Do read the linked story.
