The Toxic GOP and Its Just Desserts

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THE FIFTH COLUMNIST by P.M. Carpenter

... Even the professionally poltroonish are "going rogue." For example I saw number-cruncher Charlie Cook making the rounds again last night on cable and public tv, and the man was downright dazed -- in fact, he was awestruck and reveling in the unmistakable throes of some sort of weird, statistical transubstantiation.

"Sure, it's not over," Cook drooled, "it's never over till it's actually over, but I mean, come on, on the other hand, it's over." That, at least, is a close approximation of words from an analyst I single out for a reason: Charlie makes his living by being cautious and noncommittal. He wouldn't have a political report to vend very long if he took risks. But calling this race, he no longer regards as risky.

What did the trick as much or more than anything were the numbers being beamed out of the Old Dominion. "By wide margins," reports the Washington Post on its latest poll, "Virginia voters think that Obama is the candidate who would do more to bring needed change to Washington, who understands the economic challenges people are facing and who is the more honest and trustworthy of the two rivals." ...

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/carpenter/223

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