Some good news about the election numbers at FiveThirtyEight.
Notable quote from the article:
Democrats have no reason to be complacent. Although the situation looks dramatically better for them than it did two weeks ago, so too have the stakes of the election increased. The next president will face perhaps the most challenging set of circumstances of any since Franklin Roosevelt, and could potentially have nearly as much impact on the future direction of the country. Obama could very easily lose, and even if he wins, odds are that there will be at least one more swing back toward McCain in the intervening 37 days.
I believe James Carville said it best, though. "When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil."
The last eight years have taught me not to hope. But I'm sort of feeling like maybe we're looking at a pivotal point in American history. It's not a time for complacency, not with so much on the line...
2 comments:
I could not agree more. There is this tendency among us silly humans to do the Hare thing when we are 'winning' a race. Obama simply cannot afford to rest or relax. In 40 days, he can take a nice long vacation from the silliness of campaigning politics.
But even then it is JUST a vacation. Once he's sworn in (or returns to the Senate, Lord and Lady forbid he should lose the election), he has so very much to do...
Hear hear! Though there's a part of me that hopes that Obama and Biden will not go so far as to behave outside of their comfort zones. What I saw during the first debate was utterly perfect poise and wisdom on Obama's part. I want that for 8 years, and then we can take Gore out of the carbonite and get another 8 out of him. :)
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