Swingin' from the Gallup Poll

The video below from the fine folks at Gallup was done back in June. Way back then, Obama was seen as stronger than McCain on the economy and energy/gas prices. Not a marginal lead: a gap in the upper teens. And, these were issues that Americans said mattered to them most.

In the past week, gas prices spiked due to Hurricane Ike, Wall Street went into a panic over finance giant collapses, and the US Embassy in Yemen was attacked by al Qaeda. The news from the financial sector blew away almost everything else broadcast.

Perhaps all the lipstick wasn't enough.