EVEN IF YOU AREN'T ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT MAVERICK...:

If Obama Loses, Who Gets Blamed?: His loss would be disastrous for the media and political establishment (John Dickerson, Nov. 2, 2008, Slate)

If Barack Obama wins the election, it will be historic. And if he loses, it will be pretty historic, too: It would mark the biggest collective error in the history of the media and political establishment.

An Obama loss would mean the majority of pundits, reporters, and analysts were wrong. Pollsters would have to find a new line of work, since Obama has been ahead in all 159 polls taken in the last six weeks. The massive crowds that have regularly turned out to see Obama would turn out to have meant nothing. This collective failure of elites would provide such a blast of schadenfreude that Republicans like Rush Limbaugh would be struck speechless (another historic first).

This situation lends a feeling of unreality to the proceedings as we begin to measure the time until Election Day in hours. It is the elephant on the campaign plane. No one is letting on.

...that alone is worth voting for. Adding to the fun would be their blaming us for not being Bright enough to vote properly.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 3, 2008 11:36 AM