“The problem with elections is that few candidates can accept that there are years in which they should lose. Not because they are possessed of insufficient virtue, or because they would be poor leaders, but because their party has failed, and the economy is poor, and the Iraq War was a mistake. Because they were unlucky, and it is simply not their year, and their depressing job is simply to sustain the continuity of the two-party system.”
Candidates run into trouble when they fight this basic reality. And the problem is, sometimes that fight works, and it does nothing to help
-Education Dude
2 comments:
I remember Hillary Clinton's last-ditch efforts to smear Obama in the primary campaign all to well. The scariest part of her brutal campaign: her attacks worked. Conventional wisdom was that if several of the earlier state primaries were held again, Hillary would have won the nomination.
Why should a similar approach from the McCain camp result in a different outcome? Is there too little time remaining until election day for McCain to erase the current deficit? Is the current dire state of our economy too much for McCain to overcome?
We have seen negative politics work too many times in the past. Unfortunately, I will remain uneasy until Obama has locked up the win on election day.
Apparently, my intellect is on par with Sarah Palin's. I meant to write "I remember Hillary Clinton's last-ditch efforts to smear Obama in the primary campaign all too well.
And, yes, the Eagles suck. Go Phillies!
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