WA Griz wrote:Obama will win because he's mild manered and soft, which Democrats love. It's the party's achillies heel.
He talks a good game, has a great smile, is very book smart and like his party, doesn't want to roll up his sleeves and fight. In fact that's part of his platform. Political fights are old school, something the country should move beyond. He's promising not to roll around in the mud and that's what his supporters echo. Listen to all the hand wringing over the consequences of a drawn out primary. Democrats are like kids who can't stand to hear mommy and daddy yelling at each other. They hate a fight and won't elect a fighter. Think about it. --
Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, John Kerry, Clinton (pre-1994)--these guys were not comfortable being attacked, didn't know how to respond and with the exception of bubba got their asses handed to them. Obama can't even cope with a flag pin assault from a middle-aged housewife from Latrobe, Pennsylvania--it's a totally bullshit question, by the way, but the guy just couldn't cut it.
Come August, the Republicans are going to once again slap around a Democrat softee like second grade bullies and the softee is just going to assume that deer in the headlights gaze and take it as if he never saw it coming.
Good analysis on the Dems, but I think Obama has the ability to be assertive a little bit more than you are giving him credit for. And remember that Bill Clinton had a bit of a teflon reputation which might be the case with Obama as well. You could almost liken the Rev. Wright deal to "I didn't inhale". The right wing blows hard about it , but in the end most people don't care that much, and it becomes a glancing blow.
Massachusettes?
