Swing Voters - Everyone wants a winner baby!
Ed Rollins just reminded me of a lesson I learned on the playground - many swing voters and undecideds don't want to lose - they want to pick the winner. Watching children take sides in an argument there are always those who jump in with strong belief and conviction - you know where they stand - there are other kids on the margins and you're not sure - but they sure flip fast to the winning side once the fight or argument is over. The same is true in spectator sports with fair weather fans - Everyone wants to pick a winner baby!
There are those undecideds who can't make up there mind - and then there are the rest - who just want to cast the vote for the winning team and are waiting until it is clear. So for the McCain campaign to think the undecideds are going to break for them is pretty delusional and I am taking comfort in this truism that I had forgotten due to living in hyper opinionated New York City - where on occasion one wishes the residents would dial back their conviction.
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