clinton will be unleashing her claws

LSSpam said

Easy to please and easy to lose. The problem is "excitement" only works in two directions. Up or down. If he isn't building excitement up, he's losing it. And then all you're left with are your normal election voters, middle class whites, working class whites/blacks, and old people. The under 30 crowd...they just don't win elections.

So you wonder, well I wonder, if Obama might not be "peaking" a little too soon. I just don't see this level of excitement, and therefore participation, carrying on indefinitely for the bulk of his campaign without it "flying off the handle" so to speak.

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The way I see it, he's a young, charismatic, handsome black candidate. His novelty won't wear off until after he's been in the White House a few months. By a show of hands: how many of us thought we would see such a candidate in our lifetimes? Now multiply that surprise by a factor of 10 for the fanatic crowd. They'll be around for a while.

No, I don't worry about his excitement level wearing down during the general election. I'm more worried about the backlash against him should he actually win the presidency and not cause the sky to rain gold. Being that I actually like the guy, part of me hopes he doesn't win. The next president will be stepping into a mess. Electing Obama would be viewed by many as a leap of faith. If he doesn't exceed expectations, I don't see him being re-elected. I'd almost rather one of these political greybeards take the heat.