Why do we always seem to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
I ask because it is becoming clear from the daily tracking polls that the disastrous and horrid ABC News Debate is having a negative effect on the DEM frontrunner and likely nominee Barack Obama. Many were hoping this would not happen but alas it appears to be so.
Today's Gallup has Hilary ahead for the first time in a while - 46% for Clinton and 45% for Obama. He has lost his once substantial lead in just a matter or days. Also Rasmussen has the race at 45% Obama and 43% Clinton...again down.
The culprit is that shoddy debate and the gotcha politics it contained. Also Obama didn't perform his best. Hilary and crew are continuing their destructive campaigning leading up the PA primary and hope that a big win there will prolong the DEM race.
My question is why can't DEMS voters nationwide and party leaders see how totally destructive this particular outcome will be. Can this party take at minimum 2 1/2 weeks (until IN and NC) or at worst months of continued party infighting mainly from the Clintons who are intent on taking Obama down and insulting the "party activists".
While all this is going on, John McCain in smiling as is Karl Rove and the GOP. When everything looks dark the DEMS are giving them a glimmer of hope. If this battle continues for the next few months the the eventual DEM nominee is screwed. If it is Obama....Hilary and crew will have made him unelectable by basically parroting Right Wing talking points on Rev. Wright, "Bitter" and the stupid Ayers crap. If it is Clinton there will be a party blood bath not seen since the 1968 debacle....there is no way in heck many Obama supporters will support her after she has torn him down enough to win the race via superdelegates. Clinton has only a 44% positive rating with the American voting public and would lead DEMS to a massive landslide loss to what essentially a weak GOP nominee in a horrible year for the GOP.
PA DEMS are you listening? You can end this self destructiveness by on Tuesday.