After watching (or trying to watch) that awful Katie Couric/Sarah Palin interview, I seriously think that Thursday's debate stands as the Obama camp's best shot at finishing off McCain/Palin once and for all.
By now, I would imagine everyone in tune with the blogs, netroots and the Obama camp knos that Palin's McCain's Achilles Heel. Revealing her to be the total dead weight/know-nothing Alaskan separatist she is has already become a top priority for us. Proving it with a decisive, well-publicized debate victory would clinch that argument. Rumors say CBS is holding back on unaired interview footage that got even worse than what they've shown so far. If her performance comes across as even slightly similar to that of the Couric interview, I think any base-fueled wind in the GOP's sails is gonna vanish instantly.
This is a big opportunity for our man Joe.
And I'm confident he's going to bring the experience, skill and instinct necessary to land the knockout punch.
Look, let's speculate for a minute. If Obama wins by one or two points and a handful of electoral votes, the traditional media is not going to cut him any of the slack that a guy with such a difficult job is going to need. Let's not even talk about the GOP.
America needs to give this guy a CLEAR MAJORITY, we're talking 4-5 points in the popular vote minimum if he's going to have the mandate necessary to avoid the brutal, embarrassing display of 'bipartisanship' we're seeing come out of Congress. If you thought the Republicans were petty, driven by self-interest and uncompromising so far, wait till they have Barry O. in the Oval Office tellin' em how it's gonna be.
Only the power of popular support that a clear majority can provide can ensure that the next President will have the capacity to enact the kind of fundamental change this country needs. Simply dealing with this latest debacle of the economic crisis would test the mettle of our best Presidents. Now pile on the two wars, the budget and trade deficits, climate change and immigration and we're talking about one helluva first term.
Let's shoot for a LANDSLIDE people. Big O needs it and we've got to give it to him!