WHY TONIGHT MATTERS

The pollster who got 2000 right is now calling the race a dead heat – with a caveat. The number of undecideds who feel Bush deserves re-election has sunk to an all-time low of 11 percent. Makes sense – given that Bush has essentially ignored the undecideds in favor of evangelicals. Forty percent of undecideds now say “it’s time for someone new.”