An ASU poll has McCain leading Obama by only 2 points in Arizona! Now, all available evidence suggests that Obama knows what he's doing better than I. And winning the election is obviously more important than satisfying my partisan cravings. Still, if Senator Obama could find the time without neglecting other priorities, I really wish he'd visit Phoenix.

I've been vaguely disappointed that Senator Obama hasn't delivered the crushing, humiliating smackdown that Republicans so richly deserve. And I can't think of a more deserving group of Republicans than the ones right here in Arizona. For Obama to ninja the state of Arizona would be truly epic.

Barry Goldwater carried Arizona and nowhere else. But he is widely regarded as a founder of the conservative movement that has brought the nation to the brink of ruin. I can't think of a more fitting end to this failed philosophy than for John McCain to suffer his predecessor's fate.

Oh wait, yes I can. I want McCain to lose Arizona too.