John McCain is headed for a bump in his polling numbers. After all but officially winning the Republican nomination, his numbers will rise. It's probably safe to assume that the GOP convention will be the coronation that Mike Huckabee warned about. Don't be surprised to see Mike crown him with his own hands.As the only remaining GOP candidate (Ron Paul remains but, like Mike Gravel on the left, has become irrelevant and, therefore, invisible), McCain will gain a little from those Republicans who were either undecided or Huckabee voters. But there doesn't seem to be a lot of them. He'll also pull some independents drawn to the settled nature of that party's contest.
But a bump is called a bump for a reason. It's not an incline or a ramp, it's up and then back down to normal. In a month, it'll probably be gone...
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