It's getting nasty
Tonight's debate is just under an hour away and the modd ahead of this one is very different from last week's VP debate. There's no eager anticipation of gaffs, or shocks, or hillarious incidents. Tonight it's much more serious. Almost as soon as the VP debate finished the Republicans want on the attack. After Sarah Palin was praised for her stringing of words together into actual sentences, she used her new found skill to start accusing Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" and "not seeing America like you and I see America". And she's been repeating these at campaign rallies ever since. There's an interesting article here from the AP about the visciousness of the attacks, and the racial undertones.
A poll today puts Obama 9 points ahead, causing many of us to worry that he has peaked too early. It's strange, but after two split down the middle elections where the balance swung the wrong way, that Obama is pulling ahead is almost more worrying than if he were behind. We're exactly four weeks out and 2000 and 2004 warn us that a democrat poll lead at this point can decrease much more easily than it can increase.
Boy and I went to see Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater story over the weekend. Karl Rove was Lee Atwater's protege. He masterminded Bush Snr's defeat of Michael Dukakis in 1988. It's both quite a revealing and chilling tale, and if they win in November it'll be because him.
Somethings to cheer you up after this rather glass half empty post:
SNL's take on the VP debate
The Daily Show on the VP debate
Latest Gallup Poll: 9 points up
