Sunday, October 12, 2008

Paul Mirengoff on the 'rout'

Ten days ago, when I saw an admission of defeat in John McCain's decision to pull out of Michigan, that was decidedly an unpopular view among conservatives. (See the angry responses to my Oct. 7 American Spectator column, "How John McCain Lost.")

Now, the brutal reality is starting to overcome denial, and Powerline's Paul Mirengoff writes:
[T]he McCain brand has been damaged, with the assistance of the MSM, by Obama’s relentless attacks. In addition, Obama has done a pretty good job of conning voters into believing that he is, precisely, a generic Democrat.
Accordingly, the possibility that Obama will win by 10 points or more cannot be ruled out.
Not discounting the effectiveness of Obama's attacks or the MSM's role, I think Paul understates the degree to which McCain's defeat has been self-inflicted. To reiterate:The man is amazingly consistent in some ways.

4 comments:

  1. When you stoptothinkaboutit...

    McCain simply will NOT marry Obama and Fannie/Freddie, which is very do-able, and not a tenuous connection.

    I think the guy found out 10 days ago that he was going to lose; he's been acting that way ever since.

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  2. When the going gets tough, lay down and stay down.

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  3. Maybe the voting public is finally waking up to the fact that Republicans suck.

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  4. Now that's the sort of incisive political analysis that you just can't get anywhere, including here.

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