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From Matthew Yglesias:

Mitch McConnell says Republican senators “represent half the American population.” James Surowiecki does the math and concludes that they actually only represent 37 percent of the voters. All the more reason not to worry too much about getting 80 votes for anything.

Of course, this is the same math that said Bush’s 48% and 51% wins in 2000 and 2004 respectively equaled ‘a mandate’ while Obama’s 53% win in 2008 does not equal a mandate. And it’s the same math that says the GOP losses in 2008 of the White House, more seats (8) in the Senate and even more seats (21) in the House does not equal a shift away from the Republican Party but rather equals an evenly-divided country that still remains center-right. And, this is the same senator who supported Bush’s fiscal recklessness and mind-numbing deficits, yet all of a sudden urges “caution” and “restraint” with the new president’s spending plans.

With this type of math, it’s no wonder we are in the mess that we find ourselves in today.

This video was classified as “comedy.” I didn’t find so funny, if for no other reason than there are countless voters exactly like this. This may be from Kentucky, but there are some in Oklahoma who feel (and act) the same way. Sullivan commented, “get a better idea of why the people introducing Palin and McCain keep referring to Barack Hussein Obama.”

I’ll let the ignorance speak for itself…

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A couple of graphics that show hopeful signs that John McCain’s aggressive and harsh negative campaigning is beginning to catch up with him…

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I’m still coming to grips with my profound disappointment in Democratic voters yesterday. In surprising fashion, a clear majority of Democratic voters in three of the four contests voted for the politics of the past rather than for the most viable candidate they’ve had on their side since Bill Clinton in 1992 and the most inspirational candidate on the Democratic side since Robert F. Kennedy.

For weeks, Barack Obama has consistently matched significantly better against John McCain than Hillary Clinton has. Clinton’s negatives are much higher than either Obama or McCain and her nomination would mobilize the conservative and Republican base like nothing else. A great number of Independents and moderates, including myself and several others I personally know, will enthusiastically vote for Obama over McCain, but will just as quickly (although not as enthusiastically) vote for McCain over Clinton. Continued