I had a busy weekend and missed this story from the US election campaign trail. The Obama campaign decided to design the blue seal above and stick it on their candidate's podium. His aides obviously thought it made him look presidential. Presumptious is the word that comes to my mind. Aides obviously have agreed. It's now been dropped.
It's far too early to get excited/ depressed but the latest polling shows Obama moving further ahead of McCain. His average advantage in the RealClearPolitics poll of polls is 6.9%. In terms of battleground states, Obama leads in Ohio, Virginia and Iowa - all states won by Bush in 2004.
