No, I am realist. I am accurately pointing out why Obama is so resilient - even though his stewardship of the economy has been incredibly awful. Lou Cannon (known for his work as a biographer of Reagan) just had a great piece about that yesterday. Likeability matters, it matters a LOT. Far more than most people would like to accept. Aside from the R/R campaign being uninspiring, the fundamental problem is that people WANT to like Obama. Despite everything, they STILL want to like him. That's the main reason why he's winning.
And I SURE don't see how you can say the Dem convention was ANYTHING other than a fiasco.
Yes, because you have zero objectivity. You're wearing only your partisan hat. In analyzing political races, you've got to be able to put that aside and look at the actual facts. Much as we hated the Dem convention, Obama got a sizable bounce out of it. It worked for them. It swayed Americans in Obama's favor. The polling numbers prove it and most political analysts/commentators on our side have even conceded that their prime time combo of Moochelle, Clinton and Obama dramatically helped their cause.
Okay, so I am 100% all wet. I am a partisan ninny who has utterly no clue about anything. Obama will win in a landslide. All hope is UTTERLY lost. No matter how HORRIFYINGLY PAINFULLY TRAGICALLY AWFUL the election prospects really are, it is a MILLION times worse. Then things get *really* tough. After that, HORRIBLE things happen, and Obama will carry ALL FIFTY STATES, and then we REALLY get screwed. Immediately following that, the BOTTOM drops out and we are all DEAD, and THEN things get HARD! Once that happens, it signifies the TOTAL collapse of EVERYTHING, and that’s when the CATASTROPHE starts! It’s the sign of the end of EVERYTHING, but after that, comes the TRAGEDY. Then times get DIFFICULT, and things get WORSE, until it’s EXCRUCIATING, but that’s just the beginning, because after that it’s all PAIN.
So, tell ya what. Over here we are trying to get a win. Why don’t you give the dscouraging morale-downing Pronouncements of Doom a freakin’ rest, hah?
Or, if you like, just copy and paste my doom paragraph to every thread you see. That will save you some work.
OMG NOT LOU CANNON!!!!!!!! IT’S OOOOOOOVVVVVVVVEEEEERRRR AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
“Much as we hated the Dem convention, Obama got a sizable bounce out of it. It worked for them. It swayed Americans in Obama’s favor. The polling numbers prove it and most political analysts/commentators on our side have even conceded that their prime time combo of Moochelle, Clinton and Obama dramatically helped their cause.”
1) The bounce is gone in just a weeks time.
2)While press did rave about Moochelle and Bubba’s speech, they were very critical (or disappointed if you are PMSNBC) with 0bama’s speech.
The bounce 0bama got strictly came from Clinton....but it’s over now.