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Think about it. What would it take for a young black senator from Illinois to best a war hero & respected senior senator from Arizona? It would take desperate times in America. The war hero would have to represent the party of an incumbent in office during a period when Americans have had a tremendous amount of shit heaped on us in under 8 years. Johnny, you have to admit, That One is a remarkable man. He might have coattails, too.

I still believe the narrowness of Barack's poll lead is entirely attributable to his skin color. A young white senator from Illinois with the same kind of personality & message would be destroying McCain/Palin at this point. Many people think this election is about specifics. It's not. It's come down to white Americans trying to find the guts to express a deep, generalized resentment. A little bit of it in '92 just enough to knock Bush I out of office. What can you do when McCain & Palin are angry, too, but for all the wrong reasons? They're not angry about the wars, or New Orleans, or gas prices, or repug corruption, or bridges falling down, or the economy. The Bush/Cheney era hasn't hurt them, except to make this election difficult to fix. It doesn't add up for those two. They're just angry that Barack has a chance of winning.

P.S. Nevermind if "that one" is red alert code for "he's the antichrist." Repugs have a lock on those voters, & those voters are certain McCain is preparing the way for the Almighty's real choice.

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