Gallup shows the race tied at 45-45, meaning Obama has gotten no bounce from his selection of garrulous gaffe machine Joe Biden as his running mate. Or does it? Reports the pollster:
Truthfully, I think Gallup’s logic is upside down. Assuming America was too distracted by the Olympics to devote sufficient attention to Joe Biden’s elevation to the Democratic ticket, that means the country has yet to fully weigh the Biden factor. Advantage McCain! Just wait until the country gets a load of Joe Biden. McCain could get a ten point bounce! By the way, the fact that most of the country had never heard of Joe Biden prior to Saturday should provide sobering evidence to we political junkies regarding just how much we differ from our fellow, normal citizens. To some of us, the chatty son of Welsh coal miners has been a political fixture for decades. Our more fortunate fellow citizens wouldn’t recognize Biden if they tripped over his hair plugs. At least it was that way for them before Saturday. Mark my words – they will henceforth forever rue their loss of innocence.
