The national media and pundits are saying that Democratic Erskine Bowles continues to close the gap against Republican Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina’s Senate race. Maybe. But a contra-indicator is how the two candidates spent their Sundays. Bowles sprinted across the state to speak to three black church congregations and campaigned furiously with actresses Alfre Woodard and Cicely Tyson. Dole, on the other hand, took most of Sunday off. She went to her hometown church, dropped by her campaign office, and then ran “personal errands” the rest of the afternoon. Was this hubris? Was it foolish complacency? No, I think it was a sign that Dole’s not-at-all naïve campaign aides think the GOP get-out-the-vote efforts are running smoothly. As one newspaper put it, on Sunday “Erskine Bowles preached and Elizabeth Dole prayed.” She doesn’t appear to be the one with a touch of hubris.