After 5 disastrous years in Iraq, Katrina, record gas prices, and in short, one of the worst, if not the worst administrations in our history, The messenger of hope and change can't do better than tie his Republican opponent. (link to poll)

Have we elected a weak candidate? Have we made a big mistake? I hope not. I want America to move forward.

At this point, with Republicans losing congressional seats at a fast pace and the country headed on the wrong direction, Obama should be beating McCain by an overwhelming margin.

Looks like we will all regret having bought his Beatles-like charisma which was disguised his Dukakis-like unelectability.

God help us.

In a bold admission, renouned progressive journalist John Judis of The New Republic, who co-authored the book "The Emerging Democratic Majority (2002), has admitted the following in an article titled "The Autopsy Report" wednesday:

 Race is the deepest and oldest and most bitter conflict in American history--the cause of our great Civil War and of the upheavals of the 1950s and '60s. And if some voters didn't appreciate the potential breakthrough that Obama's candidacy represented, many in the Democratic primaries and caucuses did--and so did the members of the media and Obama's fellow politicians. And as Clinton began treating Obama as just another politician, they recoiled and threw their support to him.

To add insult to injury, Judis opined that it was ok for McC
ain to go negative on Mitt Romney, but it was not ok for Hillary Clinton to go negative on Obama, because he's the first black candidate to run for president, and being the first black is more important than being the first women to run for the same position.

The Daily Howler marveled at Judis boldness and could not believe it. Here's the Howler on Judis.

Here's Judis piece.

May 20, 2008

Responding to an ad from the Tennessee Republican Party that reruns Michelle Obama's now famous "proud of my country" line, Barack Obama warned Monday that his opponents should "lay off my wife." Regardless of whether the Republicans listen to him, he is trying to establish some limits. On the Republican side, John McCain's campaign is also trying to set some spousal limits. Following the lead of Cindy McCain, the campaign insists that her tax records are none of the public's business. It's natural that candidates want to shelter their spouses, who aren't on the ballot, from scrutiny and criticism. And it's understandable that they would seek to apply some parameters of privacy and decency to a campaign likely to have little of either by the time it's all over. But it's hard to see why these spouses deserve the protections the candidates advocate. In Mrs. Obama's case, she is an accomplished professional who has campaigned vigorously on her husband's behalf. If the Obamas seek the benefits of having her do so, they must be willing to accept the scrutiny that her words — and gaffes — attract. Continue reading.