Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The Boston Herald: Obama is a Risky Candidate
Downercrats nationwide are getting that queasy feeling they seem to get every four years, just as they begin to settle on a presidential candidate: did we just nominate another loser?
And now, in 2008, the same questions are being asked about Barack Obama, the Smiling Dukakis.
Fact is Obama’s risky; Even Mass. Democrats starting to take notice
Yep, it looks like the Downies have just nominated Michael Dukakis Obama.
Downercrats nationwide are getting that queasy feeling they seem to get every four years, just as they begin to settle on a presidential candidate: did we just nominate another loser?
And now, in 2008, the same questions are being asked about Barack Obama, the Smiling Dukakis.
Fact is Obama’s risky; Even Mass. Democrats starting to take notice
Barack Obama, meet John Adams.
Adams noted during the Boston Massacre trial that “Facts are stubborn things.” And it appears that, for the moment, the facts have caught up with Obama here in Massachusetts.
How else to explain the amazing, astounding and unthinkable results of the latest SurveyUSA presidential poll: Republican John McCain is tied with Barack Obama in the Bay State.
The last Republican to win Massachusetts? Ronald Reagan. The last Republican before that? Dwight Eisenhower. Even George McGovern managed to carry Massachusetts in 1972, the one Democratic holdout in Richard Nixon’s 49-state landslide.
Replace “McGovern” with “MoveOn.org” and you’ve seized the essence of the Obama candidacy. He’s the most liberal U.S. senator, advocating tax increases on the “wealthy” and enjoying the support of Gov. Deval Patrick, Sen. Ted Kennedy, The Boston Globe-Democrat and every 9/11 conspiracy kook in the People’s Republic of Cambridge. He’s got all the players in Massachusetts behind him except the ones who actually vote.
While Hillary Clinton soundly beats McCain in Massachusetts in the new SurveyUSA poll, 56 percent to 41 percent, the Obama/McCain number is 48 percent to 46 percent, well within the margin of error.
A Democrat struggling here in 2008? An unpopular war, a collapsing housing market and $4 gas - if Britney Spears were running as a Democrat, she’d pull at least 50 percent of the Massachusetts vote.
Yep, it looks like the Downies have just nominated Michael Dukakis Obama.
