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Oct 22, 2008, 06:42AM

Democrats: "We don't talk about victory."

With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, Democrats' worries rise with Obama's polling numbers.

Backbone needed:

For the robocalls to be effective, the Republicans would need Bill Ayers to plant bombs today and not when Barack Obama was 8 years old. They need Ayers to plant bombs in key states right now with stickers on them that say: “I am Barack Obama, and I endorse this bomb.”

But McCain may have found his October surprise after all. In Bensalem, Pa., on Tuesday, McCain said: “Now, I’m not dumb enough to get mixed up in a World Series between swing states. But I think I may have detected a little pattern with Sen. Obama. It’s pretty simple, really. When he’s campaigning in Philadelphia, he roots for the Phillies, and when he’s campaigning in Tampa Bay, he ‘shows love’ to the Rays.”

And rumors are now flying that McCain has proof that when Obama was in the second grade he once ate paste.

The Democrats are fearful of all this. The Democrats are always fearful.

“We have been on the precipice of victory before,” Dan Pfeiffer, an Obama spokesman, told me. “You have never seen a more superstitious campaign than ours. We do not talk about victory.”

Talk about it, no. Plan for it, yes.

Discussion
  • Roger, This is a GOOD thing. If the democrats (I am an independent) worry that McCain will make a comeback, that should ensure that the voter turnout stays high. And a high turnout is exactly what Barack needs to ensure victory. If folks get complacent, it will spell doom.

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