The African-American George McGovern
The tentative, hesitant title of this British article aside, its argument is both decisive and solid: Barack Obama's extremism and John McCain's experience and competence is going to make this a far different election than Obama's sycophants in the media are expecting.
It's worth noting- as the article linked to above does, indeed, note- that at this, Obama's moment of supreme triumph, with Hillary Clinton vanquished and the media exultant, his lead over John McCain in the polls is somewhere around the margin of error- in an election which should, from all the conventional indicators, be a Democratic blowout.
Elitist extremism doesn't play any better in the America of 2008 than it did in the American of 1972. And ultimately, Barack Obama's race may well be the biggest difference between his candidacy this year, and George McGovern's marshaling of virtually the identical coalition back then.
HT: Real Clear Politics
It's worth noting- as the article linked to above does, indeed, note- that at this, Obama's moment of supreme triumph, with Hillary Clinton vanquished and the media exultant, his lead over John McCain in the polls is somewhere around the margin of error- in an election which should, from all the conventional indicators, be a Democratic blowout.
Elitist extremism doesn't play any better in the America of 2008 than it did in the American of 1972. And ultimately, Barack Obama's race may well be the biggest difference between his candidacy this year, and George McGovern's marshaling of virtually the identical coalition back then.
HT: Real Clear Politics
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