Here's a rather optimistic article: It's Over: Why Bill Ayers Won't Save John McCain
Perpetually fretting Democrats will not want to accept it. The campaigns themselves can't afford to believe it. Many journalists know it but can't say it. And there will certainly be some twists and turns along the way. But take it to a well capitalized bank: Bill Ayers isn't going to save John McCain. The race is over.
John McCain's candidacy is as much a casualty of Wall Street as Lehman or Merrill. Like those once vibrant institutions, McCain's collapse was stunning and quick. One minute you are a well-respected brand. The next you are yelling at the messengers of your demise as all around you the numbers start blinking red and stop adding up.
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An election dominated at its inception by the war in Iraq is now overwhelmingly focused on the economy. More than half of voters in polls say that the economy is their top concern and Senator Obama enjoys double digit leads among voters asked who can better fix our economic mess. Put simply, there is no way Senator McCain can win if he continues to trail Senator Obama by double digits on the top concern of more than half of voters.
State polls are beginning to reflect this. If the election were tomorrow, Obama would win all of the states John Kerry carried and add Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, Nevada, Ohio and Florida. Barack Obama is campaigning in Indiana, which last went for a Democrat in 1964 and North Carolina, which has gone for a Democrat only once in thirty-four years. At the same time John McCain has pulled out of Michigan and Sarah Palin has been forced to visit Nebraska.
Personally, I wouldn't go so far as to say, "The race is over," but still....
Just wanted to say: lots of love for Nilly here.
I'm not taking anything for granted yet. I thought there was no way Bush would be able to win an election against a household plant in 2004, yet he managed a respectable lead in the popular vote.
I'm going to go on a politics diet. The worry is eating a hole in my stomach.
In other Happy Monday News, someone broke into my car this morning. Smashed the window and attempted to steal the radio. Motherfuckers. Sigh.
That sucks Kat, I hope they didn't do too much damage aside from the window.
In other Happy Monday News, someone broke into my car this morning. Smashed the window and attempted to steal the radio. Motherfuckers. Sigh.
Damn. That sucks. Did they do much damage to the dash trying to get the radio out?
I thought there was no way Bush would be able to win an election against a household plant in 2004, yet he managed a respectable lead in the popular vote.
This is what I'm saying. This is the kind of thing that turns one into a conspiracy theorist, of course.
Oh Kat, I'm sorry.
Until Wall Street took a nose dive I though McCain was going to take it, though barely. Now I getting cautiously optimistic. I still think McCain would be an improvement over Bush.
I still think McCain would be an improvement over Bush.
That's not cautiously optimistic. That is extraordinarily optimistic. He may be smarter than Bush, but is apparently just as ignorant and even more stubborn and crazy. Plus in the event that he became President, odds are that he'd die or become unable to continue the Presidency and leave Palin in charge. Also Bush took a booming economy at peace and turned it into a depression and war. McCain would start with a depression and two wars. I worry about where downhill from there leads.
