Point/Counterpoint

And now, for a dissenting opinion from my despair over how Barack Obama is squandering his lead in the polls by trying to pander to so-called "centrists", here's the always-calm (he has to be; he deals with wildfires threatening his home all the time) Skippy:

no, we are not invoking the bizarro world explanation (a favorite of lefty commentors). what we are saying that a combination of the rightist echo-chambered fact-free infrastructure and the media's vested interest in a close presidential race makes today's poll standings not only expected, but inevitable.

don't get us wrong. we'd love to see barack "to the future" obama way out front. and we have no delusions that his winning the presidency is inevitable. we have said before, if there's any one who can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, it's the democrats.

but to have expected anybody to maintain a comfortable lead from june until november, and then to cry havoc and release the dogs of cable news when the lead slips, is not only unreasonable, it borders on the hysterical. it's drama queen territory.

Then call me "Your Majesty." Because I still think there's plenty of cause for concern.