Obama is winning by every measure, but I'm reading a lot of worry and concern that he's not winning bigger. It's never a good idea to get overconfident, but as Frank Rich points out:

It seems almost churlish to look at some actual facts. No presidential candidate was breaking the 50 percent mark in mid-August polls in 2004 or 2000. Obama’s average lead of three to four points is marginally larger than both John Kerry’s and Al Gore’s leads then (each was winning by one point in Gallup surveys). Obama is also ahead of Ronald Reagan in mid-August 1980 (40 percent to Jimmy Carter’s 46). At Pollster.com, which aggregates polls and gauges the electoral count, Obama as of Friday stood at 284 electoral votes, McCain at 169. That means McCain could win all 85 electoral votes in current toss-up states and still lose the election. [full story][h/t Ta-Nehisi Coates]

Rich goes on to remind us what Action Man McCain was doing while Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on New Orleans:

Don't panic.