As we go back and forth with our conservative counterparts, I find it almost a relief that the best they can do say that Sen. Clinton is a woman and Sen. Obama is black. Sure, there are degrees to these attacks, but when you boil it down, that's all they have: "The Democrats aren't running a White Male this time, so let highlight this to our base and to the voters."
It's not like they have too many options. The economy isn't on their side. Just about every champion they've endorsed has turned out to be at best a hypocrite, at worst shamelessly corruptable. The "God, Guns and Gays" formula appears to be worn out this election cycle.
In the recent past, there was one issue that the Republicans and their base could have used to save their collected asses. It's worked with mind-boggling sucess time and time again. But for some reason, even this tried-and-true tactic, this ace in the hole, has begun to fail them.
Maybe it was the American People finally waking up. Maybe it was just the natural passage of time; they say it can heal all wounds. I honestly have no idea when it happened.
But I do remember when we were given one public, jaw-dropping confirmation that the page was turning...
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