Why Obama Lost the 2008 Election by Phillip Ellis Jackson

Yes, I know it’s only August, and only a simpleton or clairvoyant would offer a post-election analysis about how Barack Obama blew the 2008 presidential race.

Needless to say I’m not clairvoyant.  The jury still seems to be out — at least in some people’s minds — about whether I’m a simpleton, though.  But, I won’t use any innate foolishness I possess as the basis for offering a judgment about the outcome of an election that’s still three months away.  Rather, I’m going to do what any good political analyst should do; analyze the present situation and offer a (hopefully) informed assessment well before the trends I detect become so manifestly obvious that everyone will claim they too “knew” the outcome months in advance.

So here’s my top ten list of reasons why John McCain, despite running one of the most turgid and uninspiring campaigns in modern electoral history, will succeed George W. Bush as the 44th President of the United States.

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