[I. M. Trenchant]

Anything is possible, but the only polling that matters is the state-by-state polling, i.e., there are 50 different weighted polls, one for each state, and Zogby provided no evidence to suggest that anything has changed to diminish Obama's electoral-vote prospects. If McCain wins, he will he caught in the vice of a vengeful Democrat Congress, just as Nixon was -- a Congress that will likely cut off funding for the Iraq mission, just as the vengeful Democrat Congress, under the influence of the McGovernites, did in the case of Vietnam between 1972 and 1975. Nixon, then Ford, had to stand by and watch the Democrats vacate the commitments (and investment of U.S. lives) that they themselves had made to Vietnam in the first place! Ironically, Obama is more likely to extend the Iraq mission than McCain ever could in the grip of a vengeful Democrat Congress. A President McCain would be like a prisoner obliged to report to his parole board (the Democrat Congress) once a day.

[goldstategop]

The American people prefer divided government. They don't want to give one party a blank check to make a mess of things. So split ticket voting appears to be in vogue since 2006 and that's returning to a pattern of preferring GOP Presidents and Democratic Congresses. So they can keep an eye on each other. They'd go with Obama if the GOP ran Capitol Hill.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[lmr]

If McCain wins, he will he caught in the vice of a vengeful Democrat Congress, just as Nixon was -- a Congress that will likely cut off funding for the Iraq mission, just as the vengeful Democrat Congress, under the influence of the McGovernites, did in the case of Vietnam between 1972 and 1975

I agree. Reid, Pelosi and Company will want the war to fail at that point.

This is why McCain needs to stand up to them. Nixon was ineffective and so was Bush II. They couldn't have done this crap to Reagan.

[taildragger]

IM

Salient points. I see that defiant sometimes angry streak in McCain (and Sarah) doing what GWB didn't do that Reagan did. I.E. taking their case to the American People. The question is will they have the smarts to do a full court press end-arounds of the dominant media.