Obama's "Dead Cat" Bounce

Barack Obama was expected to get a huge bounce once the primaries were over and he was declared the winner. Not so:

The new ABC/Washington Post poll shows that Obama has not yet received a major post-primary bounce. He leads McCain 48-42, effectively the same margin he enjoyed a month ago.

It's also the exact same lead John Kerry had over George Bush four years ago at this time.

What that tells me is that the Hillary Clinton forces have not come running to the Obama campaign as Howard Dean and the Dem leadership hoped. Unity is not going to come as easy as they might have wished. America is not falling at the feet of the Obamessiah, though there's still plenty of time for McCain to turn off the few remaining conservatives who support him.