The media is bugging out over its completely inability to grasp a shift in the debate.  It thought it knew the terms, but the spoiler for their free ride has arrived -- Former Supreme Allied Commander, General Wesley Clark.

General Clark has been making the rounds praising John McCain's fortitude and courage while repeating that you cannot run for president on being brave when you have very bad judgment.  It was only a matter of time before someone hit him on it, and little did he expect it would be a respected reporter on CBS's Face the Nation.

John McCain has shown his awareness of these tactics, even joking that he has not "beaten [his] wife this week."  That is the question which concerns us at the moment: "When was the last time you beat your wife?"  No matter which way you answer, the reporter will get a soundbite that says what he wants.

Once again, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell probes into polling data to figure out why John McCain is so close to Barack Obama in Gallup Daily Tracking Polls (4 points) while George W. Bush's approval ratings are so low.

When she asks her guest why, he goes on to further elaborate on how poorly the GOP brand is doing compared to the Democratic Brand.  Who do you want in Congress?  Democrats of course.

After a fairly lengthy speech, Andrea Mitchell points out that this fails to answer her question, but she offers a few numbers:

When people were polled on whether the country is on the wrong track, they responded.
Right Track: 14%
Wrong Track: 84%

For a poll on whether John McCain would change direction, the producers waited until the end of the broadcast to kinda-sorta flash up the actual numbers behind McCain so quickly I wasn't sure it actually happened.
Yes: ... (I don't know)
No: 68%

A clear preponderance of people think this country is doing badly and that John McCain won't help.

And she poses her question again, "Why is Barack Obama not doing better?"

The latest NBC/WSJ polling from June 6-9 has come in with some positive news for Barack Obama.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...

What is especially interesting is what this means for Hillary Clinton on the ticket.

Listening to a Clinton supporter on The Daily Show last night, I have decided that some still have no idea what just happened and I fear they will use their confusion to justify some boneheaded decision like voting for John McSame.  So, for the sake of summarizing things chronologically so people don’t feel like Hillary Clinton had the nomination taken from her somehow, I will summarize it as succinctly as I can ... using the completely non-universal language of the boxing metaphor.

This is kind of long, but so was the contest.

I read another diary explaining a black immigrant's perspective on African Americans.  This is not meant as an attack, although the title may imply it is so, but I feel that I have a very unique perspective on the relationship between black immigrants and African Americans.  You see, I'm the child of both.

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