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I'd like to offer a simple explanation that pundit analyses are ignoring - he got more votes and he got more votes across several demographics. I doubt an orchestrated cross-over Republican conspiracy couched in 'defeatability'. Republicans that may be crossing-over, might actually be sincere in their support and might just be finally fed up with their votes the past two elections got them. The data thus far, show that he's pretty damned electable.
Words are important contrary to what Clinton may hope to convince us of. Words only become unimportant to me when they are simply rhetoric. One thing in Clinton's speech last night that scared the shit out of me and convinced me that I had made the right choice for me in voting for Obama was when she began to suggest that she was the best choice for a commander-in-chief in a 'dangerous/scary time'. Sound familiar? How many times did Bush push an agenda based on fear and at what costs? I want a principled and reasoned president - not one that incites fear and a false sense of security. I choose to be hopeful and I choose to not be afraid.
