Who do you believe will be the next President?

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Obama

[Dan the Roman]

Obama,

no one who watched the two speeches back to back last night can have any doubt. Obama was hopeful, optimistic, and forward looking. McCain's was nasty, petty, and dark. I was in a room that was about 5-4 Obama before last night. Now it is 8-1 Obama. The debates will kill McCain.

 Furthermore McCain could barely hide the snearing condescension he felt towards Obama last night. One of the worst kept secrets of Washington is that McCain is viewed on Capitol Hill as mentally unstable flying into rages when provoked. Most people have been treated to an idealized version of him, that of the "Maverick with pragmatic solutions." I doubt that view will survive the campaign, and I think the debates will feature a positive Obama keeping his cool against an increasingly nasty and tired McCain.

In the end I don't think it will be close.

As for McCain v. Hillary I expect about a closer result, and I fully expect McCain to lead all summer before destroying himself at the debates. If treating someone with contempt is generally bad, I think that people will react to someone treating a woman that way extremely negatively even if it is Hillary. If McCain treats Hillary like he treated Romney he will lose the election then and there.

[Platypus]

Dick Cheney.

Followed by....Barack Obama.

[opebo]

The race will most likely boil down between McCain and Obama.  Depending on if Obama can get a great cast of coaches to get him up to speed on International issues...

Oh please, Obama has probably known more about international issues than the senile old man since he graduated from college.

[M]

....sigh.

Obama.