Hmmm, they can't both be right.

Oh, wait...

In case anyone is worried about that bullshit AP poll today showing McCain within a point of Obama, it's seriously flawed...check this out!

http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/new-flawed-ap-poll-claims-mccain-and.html

This is so fun. I've never seen rats scurrying off a ship like this. Meanwhile, the only guy left screaming No Surrender is Pat Buchanan because of his undying affinity for Palin. He's raging a culture war in his pants.

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It's funny to hear them make the "having the White House and Congress controlled by one party is dangerous" argument is pretty funny, considering the sort of damage they inflicted during 2000-2006.

Wow, now this takes Republican gloom to a whole new level.

Gloom? Surely you jest. We all know that any minute now Obama's poll numbers will collapse as the scales fall from voters' eyes and Sarah Palin is going to lead us to the Promised Land. Right? RIGHT?!?

(One frequently wonders what planet some of the right-wing press are reporting from...)

Alright you two--McCain and the GOP--stop the quarreling. You're both right. You're both going to lose. The best thing you can do for yourselves is to start thinking about those remaining Republicans who will still have a job in Congress and how tough it's going to be on them if they continue to call their colleagues across the aisle "terrorists" and "socialists" and "communists" and "anti-American" and whatever else they're about to uncork when shrillness and desperation reach their apex.

Make it easy on yourselves. You're not in a good position right now. If you stop acting like complete batshit crazy assholes now, there's a chance that things might go a little easier for you when the next session of Congress begins. The Dems are generally pretty agreeable and they'll probably throw you a bone once in a while. Keep acting like jerks and you're constituents will probably dump you in the next election. I'm just trying to be helpful.

You know what would really suck Lieberman being #60.

I don't think the Dems will get a fillibuster-proof 60 Senate seats, besides the Blue Dogs would still cause problems with that anyways. Remember when Obama had the votes in the RBC meeting to split Michigan 50-50, but took a less favorable result in order to have more votes supporting it? I think that's how Obama will attempt to lead.

MissouriVoter,

It's mind-bogglingly funny how fast the GOP pounced on that AP poll this morning - they're obviously looking for ANY goods news to smear Obama's face in.

But what the MSM is not talking about, at least not until tonight, is that the AP poll is scewered...49% of those polled were evangelical Christians who were voting for a Republican no matter who was the nominee. DER! Of course all of them will pick McCain.

Associated Press's editor-in-chief is not exactly quiet about his right wing side, so this poll and how it was done is not exactly surprising.

The GOP has yet to explain why the AP poll is the only national poll out there right now showing McCain being that close. What does the AP know that every fucking pollster in the country does not?

Oh yeah, I forgot...evangelicals heart Republicans!

OT, but a bit that I remember from the last debate that made me chuckle (and still does) was when McCain was using air quotes, saying:

"Senator Obama has (air quotes) eloquence"

I keep envisioning McCain at a rally speaking to a crowd (a dozen or so), while supporters are imploring,

"Save us from the scary eloquence!"

I think you're referring to that writer from the Wall Street Journal...John Fund, I think his name is? He also has that ass clown David Frum on and he always gets his ass whupped by the other guests...just like Rachel Maddow cleaned his clock last week. Frum always ends an appearance by looking like he's about to have a stroke because he's so pissed off.

I was SHOCKED when Mr. Hairpiece himself, Frank Luntz, appeared and conceded Obama was going to be the next Prez. Of course, he is going to be, but there's a part of me that thinks Luntz was trying to rally his base by reminding them Obama was leading.

I'd love to see Olbermann on Bill Maher's show! I even met Maher at a book signing a couple of years ago and told him to get Olbermann on...he actually agreed it would be a great idea. But nothing's come on it...yet.

You know, more than anything this reflects on the McCain campaign's desperate straits. A long-term relationship between two parties incentivizes cooperation, and win or lose Congressional Republicans are going to be around for a long time to come. What will probably disappear in less than two weeks is any real power John McCain has within the GOP. Both sides know that, so now there's not much disadvantage to Congressional Republicans throwing McCain under the bus -- and greater advantages for McCain to return in kind.

Anyway, it's going to be an entertaining ten days or so watching the Republicans eat their own.

I wish my Dad could be alive to see this. He was a lifelong Democrat who took me into the voting booth with him in 1960 so I could pull the lever for JFK.

Why leave Republicans in charge of ANYTHING????

"The McCain campaign has been arguing that he should be elected because divided government is healthier than one-party control."

What an empty argument, considering the Republicans were MORE than happy to have six years of unfettered government control.

So weak. Cry me another river.