The fact is that McCain has gone literally weeks without any concerted attack by the Dem candidate. And even when he makes the kind of mistakes that would paralyze a Dem candidate for probably a weeks worth of news (al Qaeda/Iran) the press sits back and wags their tail until he pats them on the head.
Once this is a two person race, the American people will realize this is a choice between a Dem and Bush III. Bush is at around 30% approval nationwide. In order to solidify the conservative wing, McCain will have to attach himself to the least popular president in modern history.
We will be fine. I tend to believe that the people who are claiming that Obama is done for, are doing so b/c they realize at the end of the day Hillary has no chance to win this primary election.
Bush fatigue is definitely in favor of whoever the Dem nominee is. However, in regards to Obama, the Repugs have yet to bring out the long knives.
If they can't make people love Bush III, they will paint Obama as an America hater, a crook, and a liberal. Here is how that works, Rev. Wright, Rezko, and gay marriage. Have fun.
A liberal? I guess we should stop being liberals then, to prevent Republicans from winning.
Yeah... at some point, we're going to need to stop apologizing for who we are. If we can't do that during an election where even our centrists are often to the right of public opinion, then I don't know when it could possibly happen. I think a full generation of Democratic voters has been taught that they have to lie about what they believe in order to be trusted by the public. It's no wonder the Republicans have kept beating us.
I have no problem being called a liberal, or a progressive. It puts me at odds with a lot of people in this neck of the woods.
I also have observed that as more of these same people became disillusioned with Bush, the Economy, the war, and all of the many other things that is slowly turning their lives upside down and propelling them to serfdom, these people are asking me for my political opinions more & more, and they're listening.
You know, I used to think the press would start taking a closer look at Obama once the race narrowed. Never happened.
The Republicans had to give the green light to go after Obama before the press pulled a full Monica on him. I expect more of the same, McCain worshiped over, Obama excoriated, if they can get Hillary out.
The Internet is going to affect this race like no other before it. There is too much You Tube and viral messaging for the MSM to ignore. The Obama Campaign has managed to tap into this new metric in a big way. I believe that it is a large part of the reason that Hillary campaign is playing catch up, she just looked at it as a big 'ole ATM.
Obama used it to build grassroots organizations in a whole lot of places, they prospered and then he prospered as the movement he built started buying into the campaign with cold hard earned cash.
Lesson: ignore the internet at your own peril. There's way too many people doing the fact checking on every word uttered for lies or exaggerations to pass by un-noticed. They find them and pounce. Too juicy for the MSM to pass up.
