The NYT/CBS poll

Obama's lead among more than 1,000 likely voters is at 51 to 40, and it's being framed as resting mostly on growing unease with Sarah Palin. That makes for a good headline and will surely increase tensions within the McSarah campaign, but the negatives go deeper than that for McCain.

Oh, goodie. Bullet points:

• When you add third party candidates, Obama's lead widens.
• Would raise taxes on people like yourself, 50% thought Obama would and 46% thought McCain would.
• But when asked who would more likely raise taxes on big business, Obama leads 80 to 22 (I'm making the assumption that respondents think that's a good thing or are neutral).
• 54% thought Obama's policies would improve the economy, versus only 32% for McCain.
• 66% thought Obama's policies would lead to more people having healthcare, versus a mere 23% for McCain.
• 64% thought Obama would bring "real change" to Washington, versus 39% for the Mavericky ones.

Those are pretty impressive numbers. Better still, the poll showed that only 4% remain undecided.