The polls don't add up

Barack Obama had his best ever fundraising month in August when he raised $66 million compared to John McCain's $47 million, thanks to 500,000 new donors. This bettered BO's previous best of $55 million raised in February. His acceptance speech at the DNC was watched by 38.5 million Americans compared to Sarah Shrill Palin's acceptance speech at the RNC which was watched by 37.2 million Americans and the final of American Idol final, which was watched by 31.2 million. And yet the pollsters tell us that Barack Obama is lagging behind John McCain in the US presidential race - go figure.