The Beginning of the End for Obama?

Pajamas Media ^ | August 25, 2008 | Seth Swirsky

[AJKauf]

Liberals are nervous and for good reason. With battleground state polls moving in McCain’s direction, they sense — but have not fully come to the realization yet — that this election may be a landslide for McCain.

After the rollercoaster ride that Obama’s soaring speeches took the electorate and pundits on for months — a rollercoaster that they chose not to get off of — a sizable defeat of Obama would be tough to take...

[MrB]

You can see that they sense that it all may snowball down for their man

if I was a hypersensitive race baiting leftist...

[TexasCajun]

I've decided to vote for MeCain just to watch Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann’s heads explode when he wins decidedly!

[Williams]

I’m not a super McCain fan, but a sane world would certainly produce a landslide against Obama.

Then again, a sane electorate would not let the dems control Congress.

[Londo Molari]

“I’ve decided to vote for MeCain just to watch Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann’s heads explode when he wins decidedly!”

I personally think it would be better to see them cry on air like little girls.

[Baladas]

That’s one of the pratfalls of living in an insular world, there will be a distorted perspective - what wins in a primary is incompatible with what wins in a general election on the political margins.

[avacado]

"Liberals are nervous and for good reason... they sense — but have not fully come to the realization yet — that this election may be a landslide for McCain."

[KJC1]

They’ve got a lemon of a ticket, just like in 2004. Most Dems knew Kerry was a loser, and it must feel like deja vu having to pretend that your enthusiasm isn’t waning by the day.

[griswold3]

Just talked to my Hillary Supporting friends and they support that message.

[MplsSteve]

Allow me to be the Cliche-Master for today...

It’s not over ‘til the fat lady sings.

Don’t count your chickens ‘til they’ve hatched.

Don’t place the cart before the carriage.

I’m sure there’s many more I haven’t thought of. But my point is this...

There’s a lot of time left...

A lot of time for the MSM to keep up their pro-Obama musings and droolings...

A lot of time for the Soros and labor-funded 527’s to start running their ads...

A lot of time for the Democratic war machine to kick into gear...

[Right Wing Assault]

They’ve got a lemon of a ticket, just like in 2004.

But worse.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It was hard to tell any difference when the GOP ran things.

[MrB]

It would be hard to beat Susan Estrich’s meltdown on election night 2004.

Her face was so puckered that she looked like she’d been sucking pickled lemons.

[mkjessup]

"a sane electorate would not let the dems control Congress."

The reason that happened was because of our illustrious President and the so-called 'magnificent bastard' Karl Rove screwing the pooch in the mid-term 2006 elections.

If the Administration had not allowed itself to be thrown off message and put on the defensive by the copperhead 'Rats and their assorted seditionist allies, the GOP might have held on to Congress, but the failure also was due to the Republicans squandering their majority, spending like drunken sailors (w/apologies to drunken sailors everywhere), failing to secure our borders, and most of all; refusing to play smash-mouth politics with Democrats, who don't know how to play any other way.

[HamiltonJay]

Fauxbama hasn’t lost ground, he’s lost the race... EVERY SINGLE STATE SHIFT in the Rasmussen Report Electoral College update, has moved away from him... EVERY SINGLE movement was toward McCain, with even previously SOLID DEMS moving toward LIKELY DEMS, LIKELY DEMS to TOSS UP etc.. every single movement was towards the Republican.

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The biggest changes came in Ohio, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Colorado and Oregon.

Ohio—with 20 Electoral College votes—moved from Toss-up to Leans Republican following the second straight Rasmussen Reports telephone survey that showed McCain with a modest lead over Obama.

North Carolina—with 15 Electoral College votes—moved from Leans Republican to Likely Republican. This change was based on the latest Rasmussen Reports polling and changes in the RasmussenMarkets.com data.

Wisconsin—with 10 Electoral College votes—moved from Likely Democratic to Leans Democratic. That move was prompted by the latest Rasmussen Reports polling which shows McCain closing to within four percentage points of Obama.

Colorado—with 9 Electoral College votes—moved from Leans Democratic to Toss-Up, based primarily upon the latest Rasmussen Reports poll in which McCain holds a statistically insignificant two-point lead over Obama.

Oregon—with 7 Electoral College votes—moved from Likely Democratic to Leans Democratic. While the latest Rasmussen Reports polling shows Obama with a 10-point lead, the average of other polls and a national trends adjustment places the state in the leaner category.

South Dakota—with 3 Electoral College votes—shifted from Leans Republican to Likely Republican based upon Rasmussen Markets data and a national trends adjustment.

Other states had more minor changes: Connecticut from Safely Democratic to Likely Democratic, Louisiana from Likely Republican to Safely Republican, Maine from Safely Democratic to Likely Democratic, and Tennessee from Likely Republican to Safely Republican.

[edzo4]

election night at MSNBC

[Little Ray]

Sane people wouldn’t elect most of the current crop of ‘Pubbies either...

[Nubbin]

The beginning of the end for Obama?

From your lips to God's ears.

[SaintDismas]

Can you post a pic of Susan Estrich from that night?

[MrB]

would I if I could? :)

No, actually, I googled it to see if I could find it.

Now I feel a bit bad about the “shameful joy” I felt watching her that night.