Coup de Grace?

By rights this should be a good week for Republicans, or so one would think.

As the MSM begins openly speculating that John McCain may be compelled to replace Sarah Palin a la Thomas Eagleton, no less than longtime GOP operative Peggy Noonan was quoted in one of those ever-popular open mic episodes as saying, "It's over."

Meanwhile, Obama widens his lead in Iowa and Minnesota. New Mexico, which I consider to be one of three crucial Western states (Nevada and Colorado are the others), is now squarely in the "leans Obama" column.

In all seriousness, when was the last time Republicans lost ground like this during the week of their own convention? No one should be under the delusion that Obama has this sewn up by any means, but clearly this is becoming more and more his race to lose.

Comments

[theresa]

hmm now that would be fun to watch!

and seriously doesn't everyone KNOW by now, if there is a microphone near you -- someone is listening ....

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[Julie in Boise]

I'm really torn about Palin. On one hand, for the good of the country, we'd be better off not having an inexperienced fundamentalist secessionist backstopping a 72-year-old with a history of cancer, right?

On the other hand, the longer she stays on the ticket, the better it is for Obama-Biden.

Then again, we all lived through 2000 and 2004. We know that the impossible and implausible can happen.

[W. Lane Startin]

But unlike 2000 and 2004, we have a strong candidate and a movement to back him up. Gore had nothing like this. Kerry? Not even close.