This Is How Easily Obama Could Lose
It is a mistake for Obama supporters to be lulled into complacency by current polls. Obama received a bump as the reality set in of the economic fallout of the last 30 years of deregulation. But the American electorate has a pathologically short attention span. 12 whole days before the election is an eternity.
For a reality check on how easily Obama could lose, especially once Great Depression II fears have dissipated more fully, please visit the RealClearPolitics.com Electoral Map. Click on “Create Your Own Map” and make those leaning or deadlocked states solidly McCain, and see what can happen:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/?map=1
How certain are Ohio, Virginia and Colorado for Obama? How hard is it to imagine Florida, North Carolina, Missouri and Indiana going for McCain? Not that hard, really, is it? In addition to these, McCain would only need any two of Nevada, New Mexico, Montana and North Dakota, and could take all of these traditionally Republican states. Here is this scenario played out:
There are twelve days left before the election. If the American electorate is anything it is volatile. It is no time for those of us who have been working on or donating to this campaign to relax our enthusiasm. We need to follow through, overrun the base, never let up until, perhaps, December 4th.