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| Mark Steyn: come down off the ledge already! |
| 2008-10-08 |
| Before everyone succumbs to a terminal case of inevitabilititis, it's worth remembering we've been here before. In the last months of the primary campaign, the press kept assuring Hillary fans that Obama's victory was inevitable and the shriller the media Obamaboppers got, the more bluecollar Dems sat on their hands. In the end all the King's horses and all the King's men had to drag the guy across the finish line. You couldn't replay his spectacular victory in slow-motion because it was already slower than any slo-mo technology ever invented. So we already know there's a huge disconnect between the unstoppable Messianic force promoted by the media and the cooler appraisal by actual voters. What's happened since primary season? The Iraq surge (McCain's unique selling point) is a victim of its own success and has dwindled away to an irrelevant footnote, and the front pages are full of a supposed economic catastrophe which the crude rules of politics suggest any fool should be able to hang on the incumbent. Yet Obama still can't open up a solid lead. After all, why would record numbers of viewers watch the vice-presidential debate if the election's already over? Meanwhile, the supposedly damaged Republican brand is proving suprisingly resilient. I see one of the two New Hampshire seats that flipped blue in '06 may return to the red fold next month. Where's the blowout? |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #7 I am praying you are correct Iblis. Defeating Obama is the REAL moral necessity. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-08 16:37 |
| #6 I'm with Steyn. For a variety of reasons, I do not accept that the election is a foregone conclusion. In fact, I think if it were then the media would not be reporting is as such -- Americans still love an underdog. I'm also very, very skeptical of published polls. The only thing that does keep me up nights is all the vote fraud Soros is paying for and ACORN is accomplishing, and the fact that we ran such a weak candidate. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2008-10-08 16:34 |
| #5 We'll see. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-10-08 16:04 |
| #4 Do I want to see a congress and presidency controlled by the most liberal, left-wing, possibly Marxist executive in the history of our nation? Do you? You're preaching to the choir, Jack. I agree in full with your assessment of The One and his gang of thieves, terrorists and crooks...but the only reason you and I know about him is because we're political junkies who prowl the Burg and blogs of similar persuasion on a regular basis. But a lot of voters only start paying attention to the political news right about now - and they're getting their info from the MSM. Which is to say, from the Obama campaign itself. |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-10-08 14:27 |
| #3 There are still many possible changes in the financial world before the election, and many more afterwards. al Qaeda is still plotting. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-10-08 13:02 |
| #2 Don't go getting so negative about McCain and his chances. What every one of the "right" persuasion has to think is the following: Do I want to see a congress and presidency controlled by the most liberal, left-wing, possibly Marxist executive in the history of our nation? Do you? The market is reacting to Obama's standing in the polls not to the bail-out or foreign financial markets. Believe me if the market sees a strong movement of support and effort to push McCain over the finish line - it will go up by a 1K points. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2008-10-08 12:52 |
| #1 You gotta love Mark for trying to rally the troops. but lets's face it - what might have been McCain's last chance to score some solid hits on Obama passed with only a few jabs being landed. Steyn himself says as much (hilariously, I might add) in the article: "As everyone says, Obama wins by not losing. He looks more and more as if he's already the president, while McCain prowling the stage seeking to 'connect' looks more and more like Yosemite Sam after the dynamite failed to go off." |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-10-08 12:25 |