How the "L" Word Could Still Derail Obama  In his latest effort
to jump start his flagging campaign, Senator McCain opined that
he was—pick a number—six points behind, and that the national
media had written him off. “Senator Obama is measuring the
drapes,” he added.  In truth, Obama and his campaign have been
doing anything but. In recent weeks, they’ve been a model of
steady execution, sticking to their game plan in the face of
second-guessing and, at times, borderline panic from the press
and pundits (yours truly included), while McCain has lurched
from half-baked economic policy proposal to scurrilous personal
attack, without much success.  And yet. This is the moment where
a homily about humility still seems appropriate. If the Obama
campaign has largely avoided overconfidence, it’s starting to
creep in around the edges. And as electoral map surveys shows
the Illinois senator gaining ground not just in the perennial
battlegrounds, like Ohio and Florida, but also in states that
haven’t voted for a Democra