Posted by
JP on Monday, June 16, 2008 12:07:40 PM
by John Mark Reynolds [author,
academic]
This election will be all about Senator Obama.
He
has made history in a good sense. Only a racist or a fool (while all
racists are fools not all fools are racists) isn’t happy to see a
nation conceived in the original sin of slavery nominate an
African-American for president. That is not a good reason to vote for
him, but it is a good thing.
Like
Reagan in 1980, the country is fed up with the incumbent party. Like
Reagan in 1980, the country is open (which is rare) to somebody more
from the edge of acceptable politics. The attractive challenger can get
a big majority of the voters . . . if. It is the “if” that makes this
election interesting. My bet is that in the end it will not be very
close. If Obama can show he is acceptable to moderates, then he will
win. If he cannot, he will lose in Dukakis style.
Senator Obama has to not lose in order to win. [more]