I think most people are looking at this in too short a time frame. My take (and it’s frequently wrong as I was probably the first of the FR Fred supporters) is that we should vote for Obama. Let’s be sure Hillary is toast - that way, once she loses the nomination we are effectively done with her on the national level. Second, McCain will likely beat Obama — he will be shown to be too radical and even more left wing than Hillary and the good-old-boy blue blood Dems won’t come out and vote for him. That way, if McCain wins (while most of us won’t like it) we can live with that better than Obama and Hillary (sorry Ann, but that is fact!). Obama then is shown to be a loser and hopefully we are done with him, too.
In 2012 McCain will have ticked off enough of the Reps so that even if he gets the nomination (if he lives that long - his tumor seems to be growing to me) - the Dems will have had to reload and hopefully a less socialist candidate will emerge. Should Hillary get the nomination and lose to McCain we surely will get Obama in 2012 or 2016 and that should frighten us all.
Honestly, I don’t see McCain or anyone else having the slightest chance of beating Obama. However terrible his policies may be, you have to give the man some credit for knowing how to give an incredible speech. It’s downright Reagan-esqe, and that’s a compliment.
Your take is very similar to mine.
Please repost when you wake up.