McCain may be far from perfect but I think Obama has even more serious problems, including being taken seriously with all his gaffes and policy summersaults. The only reason his support hasn’t completely collapsed is media bias and coverups.
Apparently you are not listening....McCain is an adult. O-bama the flowery, over confident, presumptuous kid with nothing to his credit but activism and marketed to sell to you the age old Snake Oil. I am far from dispirited, I know my product, it is not everything I wanted but it will do....McCain is all American.
it’s looking like the best Obama can hope for is to be a minority (<50% , not ethnicity) President, and his performance in the debates , which will be a disaster for him next to the polished teleprompter image most people are familiar with (it’ll be like those pictures of the movie stars without the makeup),jeopardizes even that, given he’s only persuaded 45% so far.
There is something wrong with the primary process if a candidate disliked by 75% of his party gets the nomination.
McCain and Obama are tied in the most recent polls. Did Dole ever achieve a tie at any point in his campaign? I don’t think he did and comparing McCain’s campaign to Dole’s isn’t realistic at least from that respect.
But I can’t see Obama winning either. There is one person I can think of, who might ride in on her broom and save us from these two losers, but...
The primaries got us into this mess. Somebody needs to call a mechanic.
My fear is that the trend is not merely a function of the unease which commenced with the failure to find WMD's in Iraq but instead it represents a watershed in American politics much like 1932 which set the balance of power in America for about two generations. The demographics are wickedly against us. The economy is liable to visit a prolonged and unhappy time on us. Instead of the people blaming Obama for the mess which erupts shortly, the electorate will blame it on the Herbert Hoover Republicans. As the banks fail and credit is reduced , jobs disappear, careers are lost, then the Democrats will demagogue and we will simply have no bully pulpit and no one to speak for conservatism, even if he got a hearing beyond talk radio and Fox..
Under this scenario which is not far-fetched, the Democrats will hold all the power points in our federal system and the checks and balances will be overwhelmed. There will be no defense within the states against the Democrat majorities in state legislatures and state houses or vis-a vies the Democrats in Washington, the judiciary will be at best unreliable and at worst intimidated, the Senate will be filibuster proof and the House will be bulletproof. Of course, the presidency, and that means the commander-in-chief, and the bully pulpit, and the treaty making power (unfettered by a tractable Senate), and the regulatory power will all be in the hands of the rats.
The Republicans will be shattered and scattered. Conservatives will decide whether to abandon the party and start their own or to contest rinos for what is left of the party so they can then lead it out of the wilderness. Conservatives will do well to confine their fire to the Rinos and not succumb to the temptation to blame each other. Even united, conservatives will be dismayed at how few options are available, what little money, and what long odds they face.
This is the fate which awaits us and I see no way of avoiding it unless John McCain gets on a diet of political Viagra. He must change the rules of the game, kick over the table, take chances and become dramatic and urgent and his criticism of Obama and his appeals to the people to vote for their own survival. As the author points out, McCain shows no disposition to do any of this.
There is another possible way to avoid calamity, that is to sit back, campaign as Republicans, apart from Ronald Reagan, have always campaigned , and pray for a dux ex machina that God spares us from that which we so richly deserve.
McCain would be roadkill against any reasonable center-left candidate that the Dems might have nominated in this year’s electoral environment. The problem the Dems have is that they have nominated about the furthest left Senator in their caucus. Obama is so desperate to prove he’s a reasonable choice for president that he’s flip-flopping more that a freshly landed trout. Obama might be 1 of the handful of Dems that McCain CAN beat.
If McCain doesn’t name a guy like Romney to be his V.P. then he is cooked...Big Time.
this is why Madame Clinton stayed in so long - she knew she would be up against a patsy in McCain.
I think McCain would beat Obama in November. I’m just not convinced that Obama will be the Dem candidate in November.
Is there any wonder why Republicans are feeling "Bushed"?
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I have yet to see a renouncement from McCain on his shAmnesty proposal.
I have yet to see a clear and concise statement and plan of action on his Global Warming agenda.
I have yet to see his proposed economic plan.
I have yet to see or hear him make a complete, and final, statement on gay marriage.
BTW, has he ever had a civilian job, or has he always been on the Gov. payroll?
Pundits like this one remind me of the physicians of old. They can spot symptoms and somewhat diagnose the disease, but they ignorantly use leeches to "cure" the patient, killing them slowly but surely instead.
....Who cut these giants down to the level of normal height....
The giants were replaced by pygmies.
