"It's Over"-NYT OP ed

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By CHARLES M. BLOW
Published: October 17, 2008

It’s over.

I’ve studied the polls and the electoral map for months, and I no longer believe that John McCain can win. Unless Barack Obama slips up, Jeremiah Wright shows up or a serious national security emergency flares up, Obama will become the 44th president of the United States.*

The wayward wizards of Wall Street delivered the election to Obama by pushing the economy to the verge of collapse, forcing leery voters to choose between their pocketbooks and their prejudices. McCain delivered it to Obama with his reckless pick of Sarah Palin. That stunt made everything that followed feel like a stunt, tarnishing McCain’s reputation and damaging his credibility so that when he went negative it backfired. And, some radical rabble among McCain’s supporters delivered it to Obama by mistaking his political rallies for lynch mobs.

This perfect storm of poor judgments has set the stage for an Obama victory. It’s over. Fast forward to Nov. 5.

President-elect Obama (yes, get used to it) could wake up that morning as one of the most powerful presidents in recent American history. Not only is his party likely to maintain control of both houses of the Congress, it could dramatically strengthen its hand.



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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/opinion/18Blow.html

[vanderBeth]

1. Well, that was rather blunt.

[Wetzelbill]

2. I have studied them for months too

McCain has a small shot, but atill a shot. Worst thing Barack's supporters can do is get complacent and overconfident.

[DrPresident]

3. hot damn look out now

[zippy890]

4. lotta 'ifs' like doesn't Bin Laden release a tape about now?

"I'm Osama Bin Laden and I support Barack Obama because he trained at one of my anti-American camps in Indonesia when he was young"

type of thing desperado wingnuts would try.

:silly:

[99th_Monkey]

5. LOL . "The wayward wizards of Wall Street delivered the election to Obama" nice choice of words. ~nt

[progressiveforever]

6. Never say never....I wish it was over, but it's not

More work to do.

[EFerrari]

7. I'm not counting chickens yet. n/t

[CreekDog]

8. None of this matters

since i can't get my f@$#%%#^ yard sign! :rant: :cry:


:sarcasm:

[AlCzervik]

9. i still haven't gotten the shirts i ordered on 8/23.

[CreekDog]

10. that sucks

i'd trade all that stuff for an Obama presidency though.

[AlCzervik]

11. me too, i have my yard signs in signs in all my windows facing the street.

but i'd just like to have it because i'm going to get it framed.

[CreekDog]

14. i was joking about the yard signs and i don't have one myself

my neighborhood voted 70% for Kerry last time anyway. we don't have signs, we just vote the right way. :rofl:

i'd like to see your yard sign framed after you add a presidential seal to it. :applause:

[HughMoran]

12. Nice, but don't take it personal that I have to hide this headline

We've played this game before. Fool me once....

[Abugface]

13. It's not over, ...

the Repubs will spare no resources to steal this election.

[BlooInBloo]

15. It ain't over til it's over.

[DeepBlueDem]

16. Its not over by no means!!!

[Stagecoach]

17. I question the sincerity of Op-eds like this

And wonder how much they're trying to instill a reverse psychology to get the Obama electorate to believe it, so that electorate will think they don't have to bother to vote.

[Fluffdaddy]

18. Lets wait to the Fat Lady is Singing. This is going to be close

But I think we will pull this off.....this time