Shortly after I pointed to Robert Novak’s column which cited a McLaughlin and Associates poll that put McCain ahead among all women 49 percent to 38 percent , I asked a guy on the McCain campaign if that could possibly have been only among white women. My McCain guy said that he had wondered the same thing, and would ask around. Today, Novak says yes, it was only among white women. Among all women, Obama leads, 45 to 43.

A 49 to 38 percent lead among white women is still good, but note that Bush won that demographic in 2004 by about 55 percent to 45 percent.