Where was this aggression and passion in the first two debates.
You realize that he has a track record of having an incredibly short temper? Inversely, the big fear on the democrat talk side is that Obama would get angry and come off as a stereotypical 'Angry Black Man', which he has not done. McCain, however, has had to hide this 'passion' for the past two debates to keep from looking like and angry old 'get off my lawn!' man. Which, in lieu of the scowls and frequent and, quite frankly, rude interruptions of Obama during the debate would mean he succeeded at doing just that. Of course, this is what is shown in polls based on Democrats and Independents weighing in. Republicans still like em, though.
I try my best not to watch polls, since I really don't give them much credit either. However, fun bit of news, Scholastic magazine (remember, from school? The fun random facts magazines and the book orders you could place? My generation was the "OMG! Scary stories 3 is out!!" generation, personally) Had their mock election for each of the candidates take place among grade school children, and Obama won! Now, it wouldn't be as significant except that, apparently, the Scholastic mock election has been accurately predicting presidential election victors for the past 44 years.
Also, keep in mind, in a democracy, for both Democrats and Republicans, your personal opinion is not in a vacuum, and polls are polls, any way you break it down. If the candidate you don't like wins the election, you have no one to blame except yourself for not doing what is necessary to support your candidate. If you are really, REALLY concerned about it, then you wouldn't be angry at polls, you'd be calling family members and trying to make sure they go out and vote, preferrably for your candidate of choice. I target disenfranchised voters and try and convince them to at least vote for
someone. I've gotten one person to commit, although they say they're just going to write-in Hillary
P), and the rest of my family will be out at the booths on the fourth after a somewhat akward debate with them. They're somewhat split as to who to vote for, but at least they'll vote