Let's see what the polls look like after the Dem lovefest [aka the Dem Convention]. McCain is going to get trounced. His only hope is if there is some earthmoving revelation about Obama's personal life. This is the Dem's election to lose.
And because McCain has roughly the same positions as Obama on such crosscutting issues like immigration and global warming, the Reps will be losing some important issues on which to attack Obama.
Nominating the party's maverick and the oldest man ever to run for the first time for the Presidency as its standard bearer was a collossal mistake.
What can we do short of a rebellion at the Convention? As far as I can tell, McCain won the nomination fair and square. And it isn't as if "true conservatives" didn't have horses in the race. At one time or another, we had people like Fred Thompson, Duncan Hunter, Tom Tancredo, Sam Brownback and others in the hunt. What happened? They lost. For whatever reasons, "true conservatives" didn't come together behind a standard bearer in sufficient numbers to keep a candidate in the race.
So what do we do now? Well, you can either be a quitter or keep fighting the libs and 'Rats by playing the best game we can with the hand we've been dealt. I for one will not willingly turn the country over to a Marxist-socialist like Obama without a fight, which is what we'll be doing if we stay home and pout or spitefully vote for some hopeless third-party candidate.
“The RCP average is 47 to 42.8 for Obama. Like I said, Obama is ahead in the polls.”
Like I said before, I would not call 4 points a lead at all, at a minimum it means a tie when you factor in the margins of error and the Most Likely To Vote group, as well as the “Bradley/Wilder/Obama Effect.” Yes, I said the Bradley/Wilder/Obama Effect, because that was proven during the primaries. Remember the so called double digit lead the messiah had in California, well he lost by 13 points. Remember the late surge and supposed tightening of the polls in PA, well he lost there by 10 points (actually 9.5 points). Obama will be savagely attacked on issues that he is vulnerable on (see previous post), issues that he has no defenses on, all he has is hot air rhetoric. Lastly, get ready for the return of our favorite pastor, Jeremiah Wright, and the introduction of radical Bill Ayers, both great life long buddies of the messiah. And if you claim that Wright’s videos won’t hurt Obama, well you’re wrong there. The last time Jeremiah Wright was all over the airwaves Obama’s numbers in MO went from down 2 to Mac to down 15 in 3 days. MO is as much a battleground State as VA, CO, NV, NM, IO, WS, MI, PA, OH, MN and NH. Other issues that I haven’t mentioned that will hit the airwaves and sting the messiah in these States and more are:
1) The NRA’s endorsement of Mac and their all out effort to defeat Obama. Nominating a pro gun dem like Little Jimmy Webb as his running mate will not fool anyone, Obama’s stance on the Second Ammendment is well known to Wayne LaPierre, the NRA leadership and the members.
2) Obama’s radical unforgiving position on Partial Birth Abortion, a subject that has not been brought up yet, and one the messiah does not want to discuss. McCain is currently winning 72% of the evangelical vote (see Washington Post Poll), and as soon as this issue hits the airwaves in key States, then Obama’s “support” from many individuals who care deeply about this subject will nose dive. For the record, Jim Webb and Tim Kaine of VA, both being considered as Obama’s running mate, are against Partial Birth Abortion. An interesting article:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/22/abortion/index.html
Like I said, McCain has a playbook and the plan is sound and working. Obama has reactions, why do you think he’ll soon be making a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan? Did he have an epiphany or something? No, and if I was McCain I’d go to Iraq right before the messiah’s scheduled visit and congratulate the troops (and my Marine son) on a job well done. I can assure you McCain’s Iraq welcome will be very boisterous and genuine, not scripted and staged.
Just 14% of voters believe there’s not much difference between Barack Obama and John McCain in terms of how they’ll actually perform as President. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that 77% disagreed and see a significant difference. These views are held fairly evenly across partisan and ideological lines. Lower income voters and those with less education are most likely to say there’s not much difference.