I find the mix of `src="bower_compoments/..."` and `href="
http://localhost:8000/bower_components/..."` a bit odd. I'd recommend sticking with the former.
Like Rubén says, better to use Polymer 1.0+ version (`<polymer-element>` is Polymer 0.5 which has no future). Make sure `bower_components/polymer/polymer.html` is >1.0 - use `bower list`, which gives me polymer#1.1.5. It'd be worth making sure your webcomponents version is as you expected too (`bower list` will tell you that - should be 0.7.14, iinm) - and you probably just want the lite version; ie webcomponents-lite.min.js (it's in the same directory).
HTH
Max.