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ORIGINAL: cyberdude611

An interesting article that claims that the GOP believes Obama will now be the weaker candidate to face John McCain. The reason...race. After the Jeremiah Wright scandal, Obama lost considerable support in two very key demographics....independents and white men. Analysts believe in a McCain vs. Obama matchup....those demographics will decide the election. And the GOP believes that the Wright scandal proves that Obama is vulnerable on the issue of race.

In an Obama vs. McCain matchup, the GOP will most likely paint Obama as a liberal and a "race candidate" in the mold of Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. And McCain will likely target Obama's limited foreign policy credentials.

Democrats should have stayed with Hillary...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080325/pl_afp/usvoterepublicans

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Last week, an important Clinton adviser told Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen (also of Politico) that Clinton had no more than a 10 percent chance of getting the nomination. Now, she’s probably down to a 5 percent chance.
Five percent.
Let’s take a look at what she’s going to put her party through for the sake of that 5 percent chance: The Democratic Party is probably going to have to endure another three months of daily sniping. For another three months, we’ll have the Carvilles likening the Obamaites to Judas and former generals accusing Clintonites of McCarthyism. For three months, we’ll have the daily round of résumé padding and sulfurous conference calls. We’ll have campaign aides blurting “blue dress” and only-because-he’s-black references as they let slip their private contempt.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/opinion/25brooks.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin 

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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth

I thought the 'Bullets Over Bosnia' would be the swan song, but the beat goes on...

Considering what else is on TV this is great entertainment.

I almost feel sorry for those who bet against me concerning a Republican win come November. I'm thinking of making Trinity Church my designated charity.

But it is still early, and maybe to be fair and remove race as a consideration as Senator Obama has done; Senator McCain may pick David Duke as a running mate. That could make the race tighter.

The bastion of conservative news, the NY Times, see it this way...

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Last week, an important Clinton adviser told Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen (also of Politico) that Clinton had no more than a 10 percent chance of getting the nomination. Now, she’s probably down to a 5 percent chance.
Five percent.
Let’s take a look at what she’s going to put her party through for the sake of that 5 percent chance: The Democratic Party is probably going to have to endure another three months of daily sniping. For another three months, we’ll have the Carvilles likening the Obamaites to Judas and former generals accusing Clintonites of McCarthyism. For three months, we’ll have the daily round of résumé padding and sulfurous conference calls. We’ll have campaign aides blurting “blue dress” and only-because-he’s-black references as they let slip their private contempt.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/opinion/25brooks.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin 

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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u

Cyberdude my point exactly.Either way it goes the Dems are going to come out of Denver mauled and once again ineffective.She gets it by pushing his being unelectable or he gets it and McCain parrot's all the shit she's been throwing.Perfect storm for him,welcome to Karl Rove's version of paradise....

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ORIGINAL: celticlord2112

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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u

Cyberdude my point exactly.Either way it goes the Dems are going to come out of Denver mauled and once again ineffective.She gets it by pushing his being unelectable or he gets it and McCain parrot's all the shit she's been throwing.Perfect storm for him,welcome to Karl Rove's version of paradise....

Perversely, this Democratic Primary season is courtesy of Howard "I have a scream" Dean and the DNC.

Putting aside philosophical concerns, one has to give the Republicans credit for having an organized, disciplined primary.  From a purely tactical perspective, the Republicans have a strong advantage because McCain gets to spend the spring and summer raising fund, smoothing ruffled feathers within the party, and generally acting "presidential" in the run up to a highly scripted, almost blase convention.

Quite frankly, the Republicans right now look more capable of actually running a government. 

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ORIGINAL: bipolarber

Two things, both kinda odd:

1) As long as they continue to bicker, the Dems get more media attention than does the GOP.

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2) Other than his housing crisis speech (which amounted to "tough shit, no bail out.") and a photo op in Iraq that got undercut because he couldn't remember the difference between Suni and Shia, McCain might as well be sunning himself on the beach in Mexico, for all the media attention being paid to him. Where are the ideas? Where's the "striaght talk" and a plan for fixing things?

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At least Hillary had four or five ideas in her speech on the economy.

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Supposedly, the GOP had this huge lead in campagning, yet they seem to have all but disappeared from the news. Not that I'm complaining. They could disappear from the face of the planet, and I think it would be a good thing. So tell me again, who is squandering their time here?

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ORIGINAL: SugarMyChurro

Republicans are idiots.