But we have something better – John McCain:
..this is a transformational election year, not a base election year, says Carney. Victory depends on “swingers,” those who have yet to decide, those who will ask themselves on Election Day: “Do I trust my future, my family, to the charismatic, dynamic public official who has yet to put a concrete idea on the table? Or do I go with the man I know will be tough enough — even if he’s not really willing — to change completely where the country is going?”
Their conclusions — not the antics that both campaigns engage in for an attentive political punditry poised over their scorecards — will determine the election’s outcome.
And until Election Day, McCain will not change. He is who he is and, under the weight of his personality, his stubborn determination and his dedication to country, he always has found a way to prevail, even in the face of defeat.
“One thing that is in John McCain’s favor is that he is John McCain,” says Pennsylvania Republican strategist Charlie Gerow. “Add on the fact that McCain always polls poorly and Obama’s primary polls have been consistently inflated, and there is a silver lining to the dark cloud that has become the narrative around this race.”
Gerow thinks this a 5- to 6-point race that Obama still has not won, although he says you’d never know that from the media coverage. “I base my opinions on listening to people,” he insists. “The deal has not been closed yet.”
Not closed at all, I’d say – and God willing it never will be. The only thing against McCain is the narrative – and what we’ll find out on November 4th is whether or not the narrative will convince GOPers and Independents to stay home in large enough numbers to give the victory to Obama. That is, from what I can see, the real plan is – just keep putting out poll after poll and story after story saying its all over and hope that this plus negative ads will drive down the GOP/Independent turnout, thus allowing Obama to get a slim majority of votes, which the MSM will then translate into a massive landslide and a mandate for massive, leftwing change. I don’t think it’ll come out like that.
I think that “Joe the Plumber” has uncovered Obama’s Achilles Heel and that it is steadily eating into whatever appeal Obama had to independents, while the nasty way Obama and the MSM have gone after Joe is making the GOP base seethe with anger and thus getting them willing to crawl on their knees over broken glass to vote for John McCain. Time will tell, of course; but I feel really good about our chances.
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