I know it was once popular in certain conservative circles to predict a McCain landslide. That was months and epochs ago, back when Obama was (conveniently) painted as an academic and too “elitist.” I never understood that whole argument, not even when appealingly presented by Noemie Emery (“It’s Not Race, It’s Arugula”).
If you have a strong stomach, take a look at the current electoral map. This could very well be an electoral landslide for Obama.
I called it for Obama last year. Um… yay?
UPDATE: Apparently some Sons of (Mc)Cain are still pulling for a late-in-the-game surprise. Guess who? Sounds like desperation to me, to be perfectly honest. Anyone disagree?
UPDATE #2: The Grey Lady agrees with me. Double yay?
Oof, who knew this Palin thing would have such a swing.
So do you think it’s mostly Palin, not the economy?
My guess is that Palin basically had no effect, when everything is summed together. It seems that the US is just really tired of the GOP, and any ill that happened in 2008 was bound to be laid at the GOP’s feet.
[...] D’s post got me thinking about the Sarah Palin backlash. The only explanation that accounts for all of it is that she is a living rebuke to the abortion-is-necessary crowd. It’s impossible to underestimate the power of all the guilt crawling under the skin of all the career women who got rid of unwanted babies, or indeed among all the men who were complicit in their crimes. She is a living rebuke, and her shortcomings just make it even harder to take. [...]
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