tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-147335043303860285.post6862588108849121708..comments2008-10-30T07:11:26.947-07:00Existenznoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-147335043303860285.post-9742145422346932142008-10-30T07:11:00.000-07:002008-10-30T07:11:00.000-07:00Isn't Obama up by at least 7 points against McCan't?<BR/><BR/>I can only partially disagree in that Hillary has a name-brand appeal going for her that Obama doesn't have but McCain is now relying on. Her campaign was sloppy but so has his and a lot of that stuff would be "old news" by August. They would probably be about the same or Hillary would be +5 over McCain rather than Obama +7 as it is right now. <BR/><BR/>Nonetheless, Obama won precisely because he wasn't Hillary. He won because he played the game right and sincerely. McCain lost the game because he was...McCain and not McCain of 2000.AgentXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-147335043303860285.post-91895260708606402002008-10-29T04:42:00.000-07:002008-10-29T04:42:00.000-07:00Interesting post, Existenz. Relevantly, as many prominent experts these days have noted, Obama is a member of Generation Jones–born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and GenXers.<BR/><BR/>Here is a column by Clarence Page about GenJones in last week’s Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped1022pageoct22,0,2775732.column<BR/><BR/>And this new 5 minute GenJones video features many top pundits (including David Brooks, Clarence Page, Dick Morris, Juan Williams, Karen Tumulty, Howard Wolfson, Michael Barone, etc.) specifically talking about Obama (and Palin’s) membership in Generation Jones, as well as the surprisingly big role that GenJones is now playing in this election: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ta_Du5K0jkelection guynoreply@blogger.com