McCain's uneven bounce?

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I came across an interesting article at www.electoral-vote.com (a website I really like, has always some fascinating stories not just of the presidential race, but of house and senate races as well). McCain's Electoral College votes (EVs) have now finally caught up with the national polls, this is no surprise as it took some time for the state polls to reflect the Republican convention and the appointment of Palin. As of now, they are at a dead-heat re EVs. However, the article points out that much of the McCain's post convention / Palin bounce has been in the South where it simply consolidates the red states McCain was likely to win anyway. McCain also has received a bounce in the East, but as these are mostly under Dem lock, it doesn't seem to be making much difference, since instead of winning the New England states by say 12%, the Dems are still going to win these by half that amount as of now. In the West, McCain has had no bounce at all, and in the mid West (Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, etc) McCain's bounce has been small (indeed when both conventions are factored into account, Obama's position in the mid-West has marginally approved by about 2% as compared to the pre convention polls in mid August). I wonder what your views are about all of this.