Sunday Morning Roundup

As the polls continue to move solidly in Obama's favor (indeed, some are predicting landslike), the Rs being their long, slow journey into disbelief.

Interesting new article in WaPo today by David Frum ( a conservative) about how Repugs need to cede the presidential election and just focus on the Senate races. What I find particularly hilarious is that his big fear about a single-party government is that, essentially, Ds will start behaving like Rs.
"Second, the political culture of the Democratic Party has changed over the past decade. There's a fierce new anger among many liberal Democrats, a more militant style and an angry intolerance of dissent and criticism. This is the culture of the left-wing blogosphere and MSNBC's evening line-up -- and soon, it will be the culture of important political institutions in Washington. Unchecked, this angry new wing of the Democratic Party will seek to stifle opposition by changing the rules of the political game. Some will want to silence conservative talk radio by tightening regulation of the airwaves via the misleadingly named "fairness doctrine"; others may seek to police the activities of right-leaning think tanks by a stricter interpretation of what is tax-deductible and what is not. "

MSNBC might be squarely on the Left, but at least they're not using race-baiting tactics to scare their viewers. Any left-wing media (if it actually even exists) is pretty harmless. The right is another story.

Further, Mark Levin at the National Review is just shocked, shocked that anyone with a brain could vote for Barack. Must be the "cult-like atmosphere" the Obama campaign has created with all the young-ins marching in lock-step and the country headed towards socialism.
"There is a cult-like atmosphere around Barack Obama, which his campaign has carefully and successfully fabricated, which concerns me. The messiah complex. Fainting audience members at rallies. Special Obama flags and an Obama presidential seal. A graphic with the portrayal of the globe and Obama's name on it, which adorns everything from Obama's plane to his street literature. Young school children singing songs praising Obama. Teenagers wearing camouflage outfits and marching in military order chanting Obama's name and the professions he is going to open to them. An Obama world tour, culminating in a speech in Berlin where Obama proclaims we are all citizens of the world. I dare say, this is ominous stuff."

Seriously?

In case you missed it, Nate challenged pollsters earlier in the week to prove that their likely voter models weren't suspect. So far, only one has responded. This is the kind of transparent debate we should have around, not just the technical issues of the campaign, but also policy debates. Oh, but according to David Frum, all the left-wing blogosphere wants is to censor and contain. In fact, it seems to be the opposite. All the Ds want is an atmosphere of openness, fair fighting, and hey maybe a little bit of humanity thrown in. Plus now we have super-smart people (like Nate and Kos) on our side. I, for one, find them to be much better advocates for what the party stands for than, say, Karl Rove or Sarah Palin does for the Rs.

Amazingly, Nate's analysis of the polls now revolves around whether Barack can break 400 in the electoral college. That just blows. my. mind. That's called a mandate, my friends.

Looks like the McCain-Palin campaign is going to spend the next week badmouthing-- each other. Great! take your nasty ol lies and mean ol right wing craziness and turn the hate right back onto yourselves. We don't want it and you deserve it.

The Anchorage Daily News (Alaska's largest newspaper) endorses Obama. Nuff said.

Doesn't matter, cuz Johnny Mac just guaranteed an election night squeaker win for the Repugs.