“We’re witnessing nothing less than a full-on meltdown..” –Rush
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Panic Sets In For Obama, Democrats.
Barack Obama knows it. The election he had in the bag is slipping away…
Democrats know something, and desperation is setting in. They have a novice campaigner who wanders off message. With every advantage in the primaries, Obama couldn’t win the big states — New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania — against Hillary Clinton, even when he got to define the rules for running against him. She could never risk alienating the base she’ll need in 2012; John McCain and Sarah Palin have no such constraints — hence the panic.
For a “change” candidate, Obama appears to be a man locked in time, unable to move past criticism, unable to move from the grip of the Democratic left, unable to adapt to the changed reality that the campaign is not the referendum on the war in Iraq or on the administration of George W. Bush that he’d envisioned…
Obama will lose because with less than two months remaining voters won’t be able to get comfortable with him. He can’t stay on message and he can’t avoid sending signals that interfere with the message when he does.
McCain, on the other hand, has been superb going back at least to Obama’s European tour. Mainstream America is comfortable with him and, with Palin’s selection, conservatives who had their doubts are onboard. The GOP is energized and suddenly an unwinnable election is reversed.
FoxNews: McCain Gains 16 Points Among Independent Voters.
HotAir: Obama’s Fundraising Drying Up. (Update)
ABC11: McCain leads by 20 in North Carolina.
Rasmussen: Obama’s Lead Down to 2… in Washington.
St. Petersburg Times: Florida breaking for McCain.
