According to MSNBC, McCain has erased Obama’s ten point lead over him. If the senator from Illinois doesn’t start running like a Democrat, and stop acting like a fucking Republican, he’s going to find himself making one hell of a concession speech come November. And that shall be bad in far more ways than one.
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Archangel M
I'm from Ohio, which went a little Blue in 2006 and stands a chance of going even further into the Blue Zone. I am a Democrat, a Progressive, and a precinct committeeman.
Relax
McCain has the field to himself, basking in the sun while Dems are still in a slugfest.
McCain won’t know what hit him.
He has problems from within.
Media Matters is just getting fired up
and watch this Moveon.Org video – signal if you think McCain will have an easy ride.
Don’t count on McCain fucking up to carry us past November; remember, he has the corporate media on his side and a whole lot of time on his hands. If Obama really wanted to win this thing, he could have distinguished himself by running to the left of Hillary Clinton — not to the right of her. His failure to seal the deal, combined with his Republican-style attacks (not that Mrs. Clinton is innocent of following suit), indicates that he is fully prepared to blow it come November. Consider this: Recent polls show that Ralph Nader may actually get up to five percent of the vote in November, and that a sizable number of Clinton supporters are likely to vote for McCain — twenty-eight percent, in fact.
That is how things stand at this point. Can you imagine what shall happen if a bruised and battered Obama comes out of the Democratic National Convention, having alienated upwards of 33% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters, and with the media attacking him at every turn having smelled blood in the water? Imagine that pathetic creature going up against McCain. We cannot allow overconfidence to cost us this time. There really is far too much at stake.
Calm down. In fact, that 28% is not uncommon in a primary, and, in any event it’s not an unusually large number when you break it down to the overall vote. Dems normally take between 80% and 90% of registered Dems. If that 28% — all of it — didn’t show up, Obama would take 87.5% of Dems, assuming Clinton’s support among Democrats to be 45% (generous at this point). Nothing out of the ordinary, and that’s to say nothing of the fact that it’s silly to expect all of that 28% to stay away.
Obama wouldn’t have this issue if Clinton would accept that she has lost. She’s not going to catch him in the delegate count or the popular vote, barring some catastrophic event. The prospect of a convention fight wouldn’t be there if Clinton would concede, so I don’t quite grok blaming Obama for it.
I don’t quite follow how it is you could argue that Obama has run to the right of Clinton. Nor do I follow the charge of “Republican-style attacks” by Obama. You’ll have to explain that one to me, because I see tons of GOP-style attacks from Clinton — to say nothing of her praise of McCain and dismissal of Obama when it comes to her imaginary C-in-C threshold — and none from Obama.
all good points in your reply DJJ.
Nothing to add
except note to Archangel M; I’d like to see the McCain and corporate media support – can’t find any. Any.
Here are some examples of the Republican-style attacks on Clinton’s health care plan:
Harry and Louise Mailers
Ezra Klein Piece
Paul Krugman blog entry
Politico piece cited by Krugman
But that’s not the only area in which Obama has resorted to using GOP talking points.
George Bush I’s Foreign Policy
Joe Wilson analysis
Using Bob Novak to attack Clinton
Los Angeles Times
Using the GOP’s phony ‘crisis in Social Security ‘ argument.
Huffington Post
And that’s just for starters.