Obama’s Advantage on Handling the Economy Drops Eight Percent in Three Days

A couple of days ago, I doubted the conventional wisdom that increased focus on the economy would automatically help Obama, finding a slew of polling that put McCain and Obama about even on handling economic issues.

Well, here’s an interesting indicator.On September 16, the Diageo-Hotline poll, a tracking poll, had Obama ahead, 47 percent to 36 percent, on which candidate would do the best job of handling the economy.

Today Obama leads 44 percent to 41 percent, an eight percent drop in three days.

The Gallup tracking poll puts Obama ahead by 5, though…