Suddenly the polls are tightening. Curious. Is the Democrat lead melting, shrinking, and disappearing like the vapor it most likely was all along?

Just hot air to give the American people the perception that Democrats were riding a wave of popularity?

Are pollsters playing games with the American electorate? Have they been all along?

Mickey Kaus, Mickey Kaus notes the descent.

Dean Barnett has more analysis.

Hugh Hewitt has five explanations.

Ed Morrisey looks inside the Pew Poll.

I have a difficult time accepting that my fellow Americans will abandon our troops in the midst of war to run off with the unserious party that is now the Democrat Party. They have no plan for success in Iraq. Their only plan is to leave before the job is done.

Of course, Howard Dean promises that in the first one hundred hours the Democrats will raise the minimum wage. Wow. Profound. A real plan Howard.

That’s why the Dems won’t win.