Why Isn't Obama Ahead?

It may be that the relentless, senseless flea attacks in my house are getting to me. It may be that the mornings in Santa Monica are often overcast and that I'm extremely light sensitive, or that, when I tried to go over the state capitols with my son in the car this morning, he began kicking my seat, and deep down I know that I learned the state capitols when I was a kid and it hasn't made any difference in my life at all (I'm still being assaulted by a ten year old after all.) It may be these things that are making me ill at ease, but I don't think so. Why isn't Obama leaps and bounds ahead? Where am I living? Who are these voters? Night after night I watch the news with speeches and ads by John McCain saying that he's an agent for change--after voting with Bush ninety percent of the time. If I see a small bottle that says, "drink me," should I? I keep thinking of Fredo in The Godfather saying, "I'm smart."