Is this a Good Sign?

I read this lead story -- Economic Unrest Shifts Electoral Battleground -- on the NYT website and wondered if this was a hopeful sign...

The turmoil on Wall Street and the weakening economy are changing the contours of the presidential campaign map, giving new force to Senator Barack Obama’s ambitious strategy to make incursions into Republican territory, while leading Senator John McCain to scale back his efforts to capture Democratic states.

Could we be witnessing the beginning of a Democratic landslide?  Oh please let it be true.  And, media... welcome to the election.