I like Neil - but this does seem strange.
He sounds like he’s speaking of someone specific and a real situation - not like he’s generalizing for effect.
I wonder?
I think they are speaking in code on Fox news because they have become CNN and MSNBC-Lite since about 1 month before the lection. Rove probably told Ailes & Murdoch that McCain was going to lose so they went into Obama pander mode.
Colmes — is he the one who was fired?