Time to make the donuts. (Dunkin Donuts with sprinkles, they're McCain's favorite kind.)
Exhibiting one more time why Liz Sidoti, one of the top political reporters at the Associated Press, has lost her credibility, she wrote yet another article showing how far she's in the tank for McCain. In this one, she explains how John McCain can pull out this election. Sidoti literally said tomorrow could be a "nightmare" for Democrats. It's really unbelievable that a piece like this came from someone besides FOX, the Moonie Times or World Nut Daily. Sidoti incorporates every almost every single McCain campaign talking point into the first few paragraphs of her piece:
It's a nightmare scenario for Democrats — their nominee Barack Obama winning the popular vote while Republican John McCain ekes out an Electoral College victory. Sure, McCain trails in every recent national poll. Sure, surveys show that Obama leads in the race to reach the requisite 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.Liz Sidoti sees things only the way the McCain campaign wants her to see them. If she did any independent research, she would find that McCain isn't closing the gap nationally or in those key states. Obama is holding steady to his leads in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio -- if one reads the independent polls and not those McCain "internals." And, no credible reporter is making comparisons to 2000. This whole thing makes more sense when you factor in that Sidoti's bureau chief, Ron Fournier, almost went to work for the McCain campaign.
Sure, chances of Republicans retaining the White House are remote.
But some last-minute state polls show the GOP nominee closing the gap in key states — Republican turf of Virginia, Florida and Ohio among them, and Democratic-leaning Pennsylvania, too.
If the tightening polls are correct and undecided voters in those states break McCain's way — both big ifs — that could make for a repeat of the 2000 heartbreaker for Democrats that gave Republicans the White House.
Liz and Ron are both featured in this classic clip from John McCain's visit to the Associated Press meeting -- complete with his favorite donuts:
AP: We make the donuts for John McCain.
