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Rove thinks people will forget about McCain, but the truth is people are getting sick of all this. The campaign began too early and we still have 8 months to go. It would seem to me that is plenty of time for McCain to get back in there. Think about it, where was Obama 8 months ago?

Obama is managing to only get captured from his ‘good side’.

What about this side?

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If somebody is a maverick it might be Obama.

Eight months ago Obama was on magazine covers, and the media and many of the Smart People Who Know Things were in love with him. True, Hillary was probably still the “inevitable nominee” back then. But it certainly is not true that Obama’s star has only risen very recently.

Yes, some parts of the media, chastened by the profound challenge to their serious commitment to journalistic standards posed by a…SNL skit, have started asking “tough questions” about the Rezco connection, which will amount to nothing, and the NAFTA/Canada thing, which has already blown over. But aside from TNR and a very few other left-wing publications, the MSM is not asking the really pertinent question of whether Obama is an empty suit. Hillary has asked this question, but she can only claim to be a slightly less empty pantsuit.

Yes, the voters are weary of the blather, but I think Rove is wrong that publicity is all that matters. McCain can attack both the Dems as lacking in experience and integrity. He can expose Obama’s promises to “transcend party” as the empty words they are—McCain has the track record of actually working many compromises with Dems, like it or not. Obama has merely a far-left party line voting record to back up his empty claims. People may tune McCain out for a few months now, but doesn’t that just mean that when they wake up again and start focusing in the fall, he will be less overexposed than Obama/Clinton and waiting with more gravitas, experience and track record?

Having a competitive primary race between Clinton and Obama would not necessarily be a bad thing for the Democrats, but only under a certain scenario.

First of all, neither candidate should have started out as the prohibitive favorite. Then, it would have to be a back and forth contest where one candidate wins a primary or two, and then the other candidate comes back and does the same.

The fact that Hillary lost 10 primaries in a row, and then makes a comeback, creates the impression that Democratic voters have doubts about both candidates, especially when you consider the fact that Hillary was expected to cruise to the nomination.

By the time this whole process is over, both candidates will come out looking like damaged goods…….it’s “inevitable”.

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Actually, if things get really ugly between Clinton and Obama, there’s another alternative for a Democratic “dream ticket”. I’ve thought about this long and hard.

How about Gayle King (Oprah’s best friend) and David Furnish (Elton John’s gay partner)? Yes, I know, I know, Furnish is a Canadian, but this guy has got such magnetism, the American people might be willing to bend the rules a little. And Gayle? Well, EVERYBODY loves Gayle.

I’ll bet Howard Dean is already on the phone with several Democrat bigwigs talking about this right now.

If the convention really does look to turn into a ‘68-style crack-up, I wonder how long it will be before a “Draft the Goracle” movement gets going?

A dream ticket would beat congress and the supremes… and loose interest after only a year

“I wonder how long it will be before a ‘Draft the Goracle’ movement gets going?”

Don’t jinx it! That would be absolute magic time.

I don’t have the link handy, but Rasmussens has McCain beating both Democrats now, that is just amazing if true.

Rasmussens has McCain beating both Democrats now, that is just amazing if true.

I don’t think its amazing at all. John McCain, despite his faults, has a good track record. He doesn’t allow the party to tell him what to do. He appears more interested in accomplishing things rather than making preachy speeches and pulling political tricks to lock up the government. He’s willing to compromise with people that he may not agree with.

Best of all, as he proved in Cincinnati last week, he is not willing to let pundits slime his opponents. From the people I’ve talked to, Democrat or Republican… those things make John McCain very attractive as Commander in Chief… well that and a Democratically controlled Congress. I am really surprised at the number of people here in Ohio who have stated that. In fact I know Republicans that are planning to vote for Democrats in Congress and McCain… and Democrats that plan to do the same. It’s almost as if they see McCain as the only adult in Washington, and someone well equipped to keep the kids from fighting too much.

In the end, I think that’s a fair view of the president’s office. McCain will defend the nation with as much dedication as Bush and a thousand times the practical experience. At the same time, it appears (based on his record) that he will work to make both parties collaborate on national issues. If we had four years of that sort of President, it might start to make up for the past 20.

I’m inclined to agree with Roger. The Dem fight will end at the convention, where Pinkers, zombies, environuts, ANSWER/Communists, and sundry weirdos will be gathered en masse both in the streets and in the convention hall. Doubtless someone will trash a McDonalds or two just to liven things up some.

The Dems chose Denver because they wanted a solid Rocky Mountain backdrop for their convention. Instead, they’ll get downtown Berkeley.