Letters to the Editor
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The Limbaugh Factor
In PA, lots of voters who said they voted for Clinton but would vote for McCain in the general election are Limbaugh crossovers who registered Democrat because they wanted to vote for Clinton and prolong her deathbed rants to hurt Obama. As Clyburn points out, Clinton has nothing against this strategy, despite (or because of?) the Hospice caretakers who surround her. This doesn't mean that the Bush/Cheney/McCain/Clinton Axis will win in November. It just means that some people won't quit until they're counted out, and that's fair play. Obama is a smart politician and he will avoid out-wonking Clinton while finding a way to connect with the working-class whites. He came up from nowhere and really does identify with them. When he takes on the Bush/Cheney/McCain Axis in the fall, he'll have to counter the Wright/Weathermen smears by the Axis. How he does that will be the deal-maker. McCain is a snarling smiler these days and his disposition, along with his policies as a member of the Axis, will come back to bite him, assuming his developing dementia doesn't become too obvious before November 4. People won't vote for him tomorrow if he can't remember what he said yesterday. He's already forgotten who he was a few months ago. As for Krugman, he's at least smart enough to see that McCain has no health care plan for others, only the very good one for himself that the United States taxpayers provide him with.
In short, the Bush/Cheney/McCain Axis isn't the invincible Darth Vader operation that some think. Obama is the only candidate left standing who wants to do the greatest good for the greatest number of Americans.