He won.
And now the bar is set for John McCain when he shares a stage with Obama, who will be more than willing (unlike Rick Warren) to call McCain out when he lies, obfuscates, misleads, or backpedals. Any debate crowd that isn't as fawning as tonight's band of evangelicals hearing a string of panders was will be seen as "unreceptive."
But he won.
And now Independent voters know he wants to stack the Supreme Court with right-wing ideologues, and women voters know that he's committed to destroying their freedoms, and civil libertarians know that he's dead-set against protecting individual liberty against the encroachment of state power.
But he won.
He won indeed.
And now those with any inkling of how badly our federal budget is being mismanaged can see his previous remarks concerning his lack of economic understanding were truly understatements. His lack of a plan to bring our deficits under control is shining like that little light come out from under a bushel.
Still, he won.
And now his commitment to getting Osama bin Laden, to following him "to the gates of Hell," is back in discussion, which leads to the obvious question: why will he follow bin Laden to Hell, but not to Pakistan?
And his lack of a real plan to get our economy off of our addiction to oil is clearer than ever.
And his inability to tell the difference between who is rich and who is not shows his lack of knowledge of how we Americans are really faring during this downturn.
He just made it clear that he thinks the Bush administration has been too moderate.
That he does not believe in balance or dissent.
That he wants to impose far-right values on the nation.
And that he has nothing to offer the voters except pandering, pablum, and posturing.
But hey, he won.
Just like the Greeks as Asculum.