Pollster: John McCain needs Hail Mary

Sen. John McCain’s sinking campaign needs some drama to propel him on the road to the White House - or for Barack Obama’s surging bid to implode under scrutiny - if he’s to pull off another come-from-behind victory, one of the nation’s leading pollsters says.

“John McCain probably needs an outside event to win the White House,” pollster Scott Rasmussen told the Herald. “He’s a little bit like a football team in the fourth quarter, down by a couple of touchdowns. You can’t make it all up in one play. And you still need a break or two.”