Posted by
Jason Ivey on Saturday, October 11, 2008 2:11:43 PM
The problem as I see it (and an article today in the New York Liberal Times expounded on this) is that the McCain campaign knows what to do, the problem is McCain himself. His sense of honor is a double-edged sword. He's out there trying to calm down many of his angriest supporters (and some of them are of the racist ilk that we could really do without) and he's telling them that Obama is a decent man, a family man, and that they have nothing to fear from an Obama presidency. ????? People are booing him at his own rallies. McCain is past the point of getting anyone to vote for him. Palin initially was a reason to vote for the ticket, but that window too has closed. The two of them have become the only thing standing in the way of the Manchurian president. So will it be enough? I think our only hope here is that the Bradley Effect is in play. No one's poll shows McCain leading where it matters. We have to accept that. The only saving grace is that the Bradley Effect is happening, or that a lot of these Obama supporters are deadbeats who won't actually go vote on election day. But since McCain isn't giving anyone a reason to vote for him, then he needs to make this about Obama. It's exactly right that Obama's been helped by shady, radical people since his entry into politics. He worked for and with the very organizations and pushed the exact same agenda that caused the credit collapse. How is this getting past everyone? He's a sitting duck on that issue. It's ridiculous.