Of course, we live in Cook County, and so are slightly more immune to Obama’s charms. We’re swimming in “charm” here…

There is hope. But yes, McCain could really blow it.

First, Ronald Reagan *never* faced off against Michael Dukakis. That was George Bush the elder in 1988. Reagan ran against Jimmy Carter in 1980 and Walter Mondale in 1984.

My second point is that there is a more pressing crisis facing our country right now than any mere presidential election. And that is the ubiquitous substitution of the word “loose” for the word “lose” 😉

even a face blind person like me could see she wasnt sincere and was doing what she had to.

And regarding that All in the Family episode: perhaps the point was to make fun of Michael’s naivete. There was absolutely no question in any sane person’s mind on election day that Nixon was going to win by a large margin. The polls had been pretty consistent on that score. I was a McGovern supporter myself that day (shame! shame!), but I was not so naive to think that he actually had a chance of winning.

I’m grudgingly philosophical about McCain’s lack of top-executive experience because at least he has lots of experience generally and the right attitude about foreign policy.

Nonetheless, McCain would be the shortest president since Grant, the baldest since Eisenhower, and the oldest first term president ever. Plus his voice sounds whiny next to Obama’s.

Short, bald, whiny and old. It’s like running a troll against Prince Charming.

So did the republicans when Nixon met McGovern and Reagan met Dukakis – yet those elections didn’t turn out so hot for the dems for similar reasons. Though the eventual term as president was quite different for the two republicans. In both cases the Dems thought they has such a shoe in the could get whom ever they wanted (and Kerry was a similar thing).

My parents watch TV land a lot, a while back I was at their TV without the remote (and too lazy to change the channel plus I was talking more than watching TV) and All in the Family was on. Meat-head was going to the polls to watch the liberal sweep of the nation and Nixon getting his comeuppance from McGovern in the largest and most significant change in known history. Seeing that this was the mid-to-late 90’s when I saw this it was quite amusing knowing how the election turned out the day after. I always wondered if the writers just ignored it or acknowledge the election the next episode but never really found out.

So far I see more parallels with this election and those than not. Just as in those cases it is the republicans to loose – though I suppose I have more confidence that those previous republicans were more likely to pursue a win. I too have a bad feeling about it, but more because I think McCain is capable of loosing that anything Obama brings to the table. Couple that with how bad I think an Obama presidency will be and I’m not that much of a gambler. I see McCain talking about how great Obama is and telling how good a president your opponent will make doesn’t win elections.