Isn’t it funny how eBay sales mirror real current events?

Re-examining Terapeak’s 2008 election index, released last July, it appears the McCain campaign has come a long way toward bridging the eBay sales gap. Although Obama still holds a comfortable lead in all categories, the oft-proclaimed maverick has pulled within 2.5 “points” of Obama — that is, Obama’s total items sold over the past month are just two and a half times those of McCain.

Now, if two and a half sounds like a lot, consider this: just two months ago, we were reporting Obama outselling McCain by twenty-one times.

You’ve got to wonder if “McCain” is showing up as a keyword on many of these Sarah Palin items…