Normal people, those that do not refresh The Corner every ten minutes, realize that soon they will have to decide who will be in the White House for the next four years. The basic features of the election (described here) do not look good for the Republican nominee Senator McCain and look very good for the Democrat nominee Senator Obama.
A Summary of the Situation
All thi...
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Sad News: There is an Election Coming
Normal people, those with actual lives, do not follow every poll on Real Clear Politics. If you have a good life, then it is likely that you are only vaguely aware that soon you will have to TIVO past even more political ads. You know there is an election this year, but like a trip to the dentist, you have put off the unpleasant task of ...
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I summarize my views of the election here.
By setting goal posts that are reasonable and have worked historically before the day to day and breathless reporting on the race swamps reason, partisans can get a good check up on how the race is going.
Obvious fact #1: If the election were held today, Senator Obama would win handily.
Obvious fact #2: The election is not tod...
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Bottom Line:
Like the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan, this election turns on whether the public, sick of the party in power, will trust the office of President of the United States to the sort of politician they would normally reject. Whatever John McCain does, this election is about Senator Obama. If Senator Obama makes no mistakes, he will win. He is not, however, winning...
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This election will be all about Senator Obama.
He has made history in a good sense. Only a racist or a fool (while all racists are fools not all fools are racists) isn't happy to see a nation conceived in the original sin of slavery nominate an African-American for president. That is not a good reason to vote for him, but it is a good thing.
Like Reagan in 1980, the coun...
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Some people pick churches the way they pick clothing: based on personal comfort and style. Other people select their religious home for bad reasons: they hope to gain some personal or political advantage from it.
It is difficult to understand how Senator Obama could attend a church for twenty years, defend it in one of the most eloquent speeches I have heard, and then sudden...
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Cynics may think that Senator Obama left his church of twenty years for political reasons.
Realists may believe that he has not changed his mind or politics--just his style. Religion, like a suit of clothes, has its central purpose in making the wearer look good. The United Church of Christ was a good suit for the Senate, but not for the White House.
But why believe this?...
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This is an odd election. The Republican brand is nearly terminal and they should lose in November, but their opposition decided to nominate the most liberal member of the United States Senate. If they were going to win, the Democrats decided to win with a real progressive. That makes sense, but it also means they could lose an election they should be certain to win.
This is...
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The Soviet Union killed twenty-two million of its own people. Many of them died for the "crimes" of religion, class, and ethnicity.
Needless to say, if Senator Obama had a group play for him that usually opens with the anthem of that murderous regime, then he is guilty of extraordinary bad taste at the very least.
Even if the group normally plays this song, but did not ...
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I just read that Senator Ted Kennedy has a serious illness.
I stopped what I was doing and prayed for him and urge you to do the same.
This is true, even if you disagree with him politically as I do.
Common humanity is more important than politics. Failure to realize this is neither conservative nor Christian. We pray for Senator Kennedy as a human being, because we r...
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Picking on the reasoning of much of what appears at the Huffington Post feels unworthy, as if one is ignoring mother's advice to not pick on the little kids.
The Huff-Po is so predictably irrational that usually it is best just to ignore it. However, the Huff-Po does have interesting writers and some good (unpredictable) thinkers. It also attracts some younger writers . . ...
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1. Senator Clinton is finished, really.
She is out of miracles. As I write this the outcome of Indiana is unclear, but it is closer than she needed it to be. Why keep running Senator Clinton? You have already confirmed to the rest of the nation what Republicans always knew about the Clinton family: it was not about us, but about you. Now try to keep the reputation for shrew...
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She needs:
a sweep of Obama. She would take a single digit loss in Carolina.
He needs:
double digits in Carolina. He would take an upset in Indiana to end the race.
Endings for the Night (Three Options)-
Rush Limbaugh Option:
If Clinton wins both states, both she and Obama will never be president. This is the twilight of the gods, the sinking of the Titani...
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