By DAVID FREDDOSO
Last updated: 5:40 am
October 12, 2008
Posted: 4:49 am
October 12, 2008
John McCain blew it. Barack Obama will win the election, and there may be nothing that McCain can do to stop it.
This isn't just what liberals are saying. It's what conservatives are thinking, and they're angry. Annoyed that this is exactly what they thought would happen when he squeaked out a win in the primaries. Frustrated that they kept their criticism of his campaign to a minimum for the sake of the party. Livid at what they consider McCain's sluggish efforts.
ONE PARTY WASN’T ALWAYS A PROBLEM
The feeling was perhaps best summed up by a man who appeared at a McCain-Palin event in Wisconsin: "It's time that you two are representing us, and we are mad."
The Right can only be depressed as they watch Obama buoyed by a world credit crisis and the deep unpopularity of a president who campaigned but never governed like a conservative. It's the perfect combination to make a president out of an inexperienced, far-left politician whose background provides a gold mine for any opposition researcher.
To the degree that they are engaged in this election, conservatives are motivated entirely by fear of Obama and what he will do as president when backed by a solidly liberal Democratic House and Senate. They are not driven by love of the Republican candidate, and it shows in the anger present at McCain campaign rallies. Most conservatives will probably vote for McCain, but they also realize they are far less likely to persuade others, and they feel a disaster coming. The enthusiasm the Right felt during the 2004 election, which had been framed as a true ideological clash between Left and Right, simply does not exist this time around.
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