Sometimes you just want a preview of what they're saying. So, as a service to Daily Kos readers, here's a quick summary and link to see what the wordsmiths are saying today.
EJ Dionne: All that 'no one wants to be a Republican' stuff is real.
David Brooks on education reform: Damn that Obama. He's not giving me anything to attack. McCain, otoh, isn't even showing up to play. Damn, damn, damn. I have a deadline.
Charles Krauthammer on Iraq: when your'e delusional like I am, you don't need stuff from Obama to attack. You just make stuff up, like "we're winning!!" That'll win the election for McCain because even though the American people overwhelmingly agree with Obama, it just will.
Stu Rothenberg: If McCain loses the GOP is screwed. If he wins, they are more screwed. Seriously.
Peggy Noonan: "The press will be nice to him [McCain] again. When he's 17 points down."
Garrison Keillor: "That is the failure of the Current Occupant. Whenever he steps up to the lectern, public confidence drops like a rock. He's not a leader, he's just a regular feller."
Bonus for poll watchers:
First Read (yesterday):"Bush never trailed Kerry in the 2004 NBC/WSJ polls that measured registered voters' preference for Bush, Kerry, and Nader. And Bush's lead was never bigger than four points.
"Here were the NBC/WSJ trial heats from March 2004 (when Kerry pretty much locked up the nomination) to late October 2004:
March (Mar.6-8): Bush 46%, Kerry 43%, Nader 5%
May (May 1-3): Bush 46%, Kerry 42%, Nader 5%
June (June 25-28): Bush 45%, Kerry 44%, Nader 4%
July (July 19-21): Bush 47%, Kerry 45%, Nader 2%
August (Aug.23-25): Bush 47%, Kerry 45%, Nader 3%
September (Sept.17-19): Bush 48%, Kerry 45%, Nader 2%
Mid October (Oct.16-18): Bush 48%, Kerry 46%, Nader 2%
Late October (Oct.29-31): Bush 48%, Kerry 47%, Nader 1%"