"When I was 5, somebody came running into my house and screamed 'My god, the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor!'"-John McCain in his acceptance speech.

XL's reaction:

Hilary would have won Ohio and Arkansas and held Michigan.

She would have not won Iowa and likely lose New Hampshire or either Wisconsin or Minnesota.

However she would still win with Ohio being worth so much.

He said those rules, not the rules.

Obama should win it anyways.

I meant to say McCain and Obama are playing by different rules, as illustrated perfectly in their VP selections.

Odd, I think their respective VP selections were actually made while playing by the same rules.

Each picked a VP that would consolidate one of the primary positions that is still partisan in this election. Each picked a VP that they thought would mobilize their respective party members and their election cry. The war and abortion (aka 'family values'). When viewed in that light, they were playing exactly the same game.

As a Clinton supporter, part of me was upset with her not being the VP but even before he chose Biden, it was obvious that a Obama/Clinton ticket would have not worked. Clinton is not a supporting character, I think the republicans would have extracted a lot of their attacks on Clinton's personality compared to Obama's. Also, because of the primaries, if Clinton was chosen, the republicans already had great material to work with to embarrass them. Biden was a good choice for Obama, so I am fine with that... though I am still unsure of Obama.

No it was a republican lead (slightly) before Palin came in and with republicans all energized its now out of reach.

I think Republican should focus more on Colorado and New Mexico and Nevada.

Its far too early call any swing state out of reach. McCain is seeing his poll bounce. Palins buzz will not last 2 months.

anyone suggesting 2 weeks ago McCain will lead Obama was laughable...


McCain leading was not seen by anyone at all, even die hard republicans.

Its not a good sign...

Yes it was...his poll bounce was expected all along, why do you think obama supporters are freaking out? Again, a poll today already showed obama back on top. McCain will drop on his own.

Oh It was beacuse on Yahoo he went from being behind 2 points to being ahead 3 points. They take an average which is the better measure. However, Polls are really random sometimes.


The thing is that, Obama had one chance to break out and its been eliminated by Palin.

It will be a close one!!!

I don't think there was ever a chance of any other scenario. The media wants a horse race, and that's what they'll get.

Obama never had a chance to break, this isnt the 1980's. each party has huge bases.

after the Speech you thought it was over and so did I and then came that women from Alaska....

Why would it be over when McCain is about to a massive ass kissing session of his own?

wasn't the Democratic convention the long hyped "McCain ass Kicking"??

And it was, hence why mccain had his own convention to counter it. Whoever conventions comes last always see a lead in the innitial polls because his the most recent.

true however the convention looked like a failure due to gustav.

Things looked bored and then Plain comes in and they were going nuts.

I was shocked, I mean surprised at the amount of excitement during Palin's and McCain speech...

When I saw that, I knew the winds have just shifted.....

in reguard to the pig comment, Obama was QUOTING John McCain from 1995. McCains comment was about then first lady HILLARY CLINTON.

No I didn't. I was happy he got his bounce (better than not getting one) but I have long argued that this will be a horse race.

In fact, I made fun of the McCain's transparent play of the expectations game by saying that Obama's bounce would be 15%.

I'm sure his audience knew that when he said it, right? Of course they didn't. The general audience there laughed at the comment thinking it was about Palin and that's how the Right is going to spin it and it will play well with that crowd and maybe even those on the fence.

I chalk this up as another gaff for Obama and his muslim religion...

Backfired big time.

Obama you can't personally attack.


Do not underestimate the power of the dark side!!!


if he starts playing nasty the Republicans will make Obama crazy with all of the crazy accusations.

You realize that pig comment is a quote of John McCain comment on Hillary Clinton from last year, right?



Hmm...wonder you got that one, Barack

He wasn't personally attacking anyone. He was criticizing McCain's POLICIES.



Haven't you been saying that he should go negative? Now you're saying he shouldn't? What the heck is he supposed to do?

The McCain campaign is going to LIE. They're lying about this comment. There's nothing he can say in which they're not going to LIE about what he said.