Unless he turns out to be correct.

Bill Kristol? Right? About anything? Let's look at just how big a moron BK really is, just using this article (a true accounting could take weeks to wade through)...

The supporting evidence would come from his left-wing voting record in Illinois and Washington, spiced up with fun video clips of Reverend Wright.

Umm... painting Obama as 'left-wing' won't really accomplish anything. Hard-left Dems will still vote for him, and hard-right Repubs won't. Everyone else won't be at all surprised at the Dem candidate being liberal - show Obama voting against abortion or gay rights and you might have a news story, but not with this weak sauce. And Rev Wright? That tactic was a one-trick pony that has already been tricked out.It failed to gain traction, and bringing the exact same sound bits up 4 months from now will be a (welcome) waste of GOP funds.

But a surprising number of Democrats with whom I’ve spoken expect a McCain victory.

I'd be willing to bet money the only Democrats BK knows (or would be willing to speak civilly to him) are actually Dem operatives, not Dem voters. An important difference BK is intellectually incapable of grasping.

Bill Kristol is a moron. He has a long, long, well-documented history of being completely unable to grasp reality - as glasnost notes, he says whatever will get him paid.

“Barack Obama: He’s not who you think he is” would be the theme. The supporting evidence would come from his left-wing voting record in Illinois and Washington, spiced up with fun video clips of Reverend Wright.

They might, I say might, get some traction withthe Wright stuff (yeah), but what makes them think that "his left-wing voting record in Illinois and Washington" will count as a negative with the electorate, 81% percent of whom, I understand, think the country is headed in the wrong direction?

I felt in my gut, even further back, a year or more anyway, that Obama had some strong political chops. And absolutely shouldn't then be underestimated.

Anti-McCain groups lag in fundraising

But if the ancillary or surrogate campaigns are gonna have any effect? They most certainly will have to do better than: "We need a new direction, not the McSame old thing." Much better.

Will Obama's feet be shown to be made of clay? November's still a looong way off.

You mean that Bill Clinton guy that was elected to the office of President of the United States twice? That guy?

But the idea that Obama is Dukais — much less aspiring to be Jimmy Carter but falling short — is silly. He’s much more charismatic than either man and appealing to an electorate desperate for something different.

Something different?
How does Obama's being "charismatic" qualify him as that? Wasn't that Bill Clinton's shtick?

Unless he cuts himself free of the Republican party and declares himself an independent, he's going to get shellacked.

Unless he turns out to be correct.

Ain't politics grand!

The headline should be: Republican operative thinks Republicans are going to win in fall - or even better, "McCain operative thinks McCain going to win". Gee. Ya think?

Unless he cuts himself free of the Republican party and declares himself an independent, he's going to get shellacked.