Redstate

Thank you for your always solid commentary.

I don't quite see how you can conclude that McCain's campaign in the general election will be so effective:

"But things will be different against John McCain, who is significantly more respected and whose campaign will be much sharper than Clinton's ever was."

I haven't seen evidence of any special campaign skill from McCain. He really was selected as the least-objectionable nominee. Why do you foresee that his campaign be that much improved for the general election?

Until recently, I would have laid 100% that if Obama was the nominee up against McCain that there would be no way that McCain could win.

Thank you and everyone else for presenting the materials that the MSM again fails to present because of their love affair with the Democrat party.

I now feel that unless McCain drops dead, or picks Jeb Bush (who I do support) as VP, he can;t lose.

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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If Obama had to field these kinds of tough questions early in the campaign, he would have faded and Hillary would be on track to clinch the nomination now.

The MSM has been in the tank for Obama so much that they don't even try to deny it anymore when anyone points it out.

Having said that, let's not forget that McCain goes into this campaign with some very real strategic weaknesses. Chief among those are the general unpopularity of the GOP brand right now due to Bush and the Iraq War; the fact that McCain has no control over the war (who knows if terrorists will try something the week before the election like they did in Spain); and Obama's massive support among young voters.

And I have a sneaking suspicion that after the conventions are concluded, the MSM will be back to being on Obama's side again.

It's going to be a long, tough, grueling campaign, and it's still anybody's guess at this point how it will sort itself out.