And the winners is ..
Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 06:35AM If there was a winner in last night's debate, it was John McCain. Remember way back when -- like in January -- when the the two Democrats were energized, (somewhat) positive, and engaging? Seems like a million years ago ...
It looks like the air has been let out of the Democratic primary. This was Obama's weakest performance by far -- he was defensive and tentative the entire night, and spent most of his time explaining the suite of controversies from the past several weeks.
Hillary fared little better. She contradicted her own campaign when she admitted that Obama was, in fact, electable (ok, then explain why you have been saying he's not electable?) and showed few flashes of personality.
The simple truth is this: the longer the campaign drags on, the less likeable both candidates become. It continues to get more negative, and Democratic voters are liking both candidates less. The Democratic primary had amazing energy the first two months, but most of it has gone away. And with Obama's struggles the past two weeks, I don't see how this contest ends anytime soon.
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Music to my ears.