Here’s a thought for the final days of this historic, and seemingly endless, presidential campaign.<\/p>\n
The only force that can stop John McCain is the Republican Party.<\/p>\n
And the only thing that can trip up Barack Obama is Democratic voters.<\/p>\n
What do I mean?<\/p>\n
Let’s take John McCain first. He’s managed to chase Barack Obama almost to the finish line, despite his ties to the least popular president in modern American history.<\/p>\n
The Republican movement in general is at a painfully low ebb, as evidenced by polling, by lackluster fundraising, and by the GOP’s challenges in congressional races. <\/p>\n
If McCain loses, he can fairly say that he was beaten by George Bush twice: first in 2000 and then in 2008.<\/p>\n
Now for Barack Obama. <\/p>\n
Every political pundit in America agrees that if Democratic voters turned out in proportional numbers to Republican voters, he would win by a landslide.<\/p>\n
There are simply a heck of a lot more people in the U.S. who prefer Democratic policies.<\/p>\n
But the truth is that many Democratic sympathizers either a) don’t vote or b) won’t vote for an African American. <\/p>\n
There are already signs that young voters and Hispanics are “underperforming” in early voting. <\/p>\n
And an Obama collapse in Ohio and Pennsylvania would almost certainly be triggered by Democrats leery of Obama’s race defecting to McCain.<\/p>\n
In the end, the man who overcomes the limitations of his own party will be the next president of the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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