Below my narrative is a piece that was written by Craig Crawford of CQ Politics today and it's exactly what I've thought for some time now. It's no coincidence that many of the right leaning pollsters have been showing Obama ahead in states that he lost significantly...prominantly among those, Rasmussen and Zogby. I think that Crawford hits the nail on the head...for months the Bushbot republicans have been crowing that Hillary is their choice and the easiest to beat...and many sheepish democrats have bought into it, because they have no vision or because they aren't capable of having a thought of their own. I'm not talking about the genuine Obama supporters, the ones who have been there since the begining of his campaign and those that can actually tell you why they like him..I'm talking about the Obamabots..the ones who can only tell you they support him because they want the proverbial "change" and the ones who continue to bleet that Hillary is polarizing and can be easily beaten and the ones who are just on the bandwagon, along for the ride. Those are the ones that the republicans cherish..the voters that they can control!
Lets face it..change is imminent no matter which candidate wins. Except Grandpa McCain, of course who supports everything Bush has hurled at the country for 7... much too long disasterous years.
Just entertain the idea...think about it. Do you really think the powers that be at the RNC would keep harping about Hillary's "vulnerability" if they really thought she was the easiest to beat? Do you think they would want to recommend to democrats a candidate that they thought would beat McCain?
Craig Crawfords CQ Politics column:
Either John McCain is out there just shooting from the hip because he figures that a presumed party nominee can do whatever he wants – or, the Republican hopeful is cleverly gaming the other side to pick the easier candidate for him to beat.
Why else would the Arizona senator go after Barack Obama on everything from economics to the Iraq War in the last few days? While bashing liberals helps consolidate conservatives in his own party, McCain also knows that attacking Obama as too liberal could drive the Democratic faithful to cast primary votes for the Illinois senator.
McCain might even want to borrow a page from Richard Nixon’s playbook in 1972, when the president’s reelection campaign dispatched its dirty-tricks squad to help George McGovern win the Democratic nomination. The Nixon team figured that McGovern would be the easiest to beat.
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