I have just received the following wire from my generous Daddy. It says, ''Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide.'' --John F. Kennedy
An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names, but are as alike in their principals and aims as two peas in the same pod. --
Franklin D. Roosevelt If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same. -- Abraham Lincoln
Not having a horse in this particular race, your Wizer considers himself the closest thing to an impartial reporter of the news there is. The most important outcome of this particular race is not who wins (and I wonder if it matters at all), but how the country moves out of the current blue funk. Obviously, both candidates are seriously flawed (in the sense that both Gore and Kerry were), and since both parties represent big government, there is no appreciable difference between them. Yet, there's one particular reason to look forward to an Obama win. An event like that will at least cause all the news outlets to start reporting things optimistically (if their guy gets elected, everything is rosy, isn't it?) Right now we could use a couple of years of optimism. Even the blind kind.
McCain will probably win. I know he's eager to earn the Wizer's endorsement, but I don't think he needs it. Basically, he wins because the stakes that elected Bush twice have not changed, and Bush's failings with the economy are not the fault of the government, the party, or of the free market system. They are the failings of individuals. We see the same threats and challenges from 8 and 4 years ago; but now know these will have to be attended to by someone else. Any republicrat is likely to be an improvement. So we'll probably pick one who at least knows he has to live by the constitution and appoint judges instead of czars.
Am I discounting the poll results? Absolutely. Here's why: The pollsters are modifying their polling techniques based on party registrations. If they believe that 55% of the electorate are democrats, and 45% are republicans, then Obama should be ahead 55-45. Right? I don't believe that's how people will vote. How did they come up with 55% democrats? Finger in the wind and some registration mismatches caused by the Hillary - Barry dustup. Also, with polling 55% dems, why is Obama barely cracking 50?
McCain could still lose, but hey, it's been his to lose since March.
Not having a horse in this particular race, your Wizer considers himself the closest thing to an impartial reporter of the news there is. The most important outcome of this particular race is not who wins (and I wonder if it matters at all), but how the country moves out of the current blue funk. Obviously, both candidates are seriously flawed (in the sense that both Gore and Kerry were), and since both parties represent big government, there is no appreciable difference between them. Yet, there's one particular reason to look forward to an Obama win. An event like that will at least cause all the news outlets to start reporting things optimistically (if their guy gets elected, everything is rosy, isn't it?) Right now we could use a couple of years of optimism. Even the blind kind.
McCain will probably win. I know he's eager to earn the Wizer's endorsement, but I don't think he needs it. Basically, he wins because the stakes that elected Bush twice have not changed, and Bush's failings with the economy are not the fault of the government, the party, or of the free market system. They are the failings of individuals. We see the same threats and challenges from 8 and 4 years ago; but now know these will have to be attended to by someone else. Any republicrat is likely to be an improvement. So we'll probably pick one who at least knows he has to live by the constitution and appoint judges instead of czars.
Am I discounting the poll results? Absolutely. Here's why: The pollsters are modifying their polling techniques based on party registrations. If they believe that 55% of the electorate are democrats, and 45% are republicans, then Obama should be ahead 55-45. Right? I don't believe that's how people will vote. How did they come up with 55% democrats? Finger in the wind and some registration mismatches caused by the Hillary - Barry dustup. Also, with polling 55% dems, why is Obama barely cracking 50?
McCain could still lose, but hey, it's been his to lose since March.
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