Comments on: Gallup: Obama Widens Lead To 10 http://donklephant.com/2008/04/22/gallup-obama-widens-lead-to-10/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lynn Espinoza http://donklephant.com/2008/04/22/gallup-obama-widens-lead-to-10/comment-page-1/#comment-396791 Lynn Espinoza Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:33:11 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5310#comment-396791 I’m a Washington State Cougar, so I’m accustomed to losing. Like all good Cougars, I wish only the worst on the many teams that beat us. And Cougars can stay mad for a long time. We don’t heal until 1) we win, or 2) the winning team has a season as rotten as ours. So with this frame, I am perplexed at how the Democrats will heal from their bitter fight. The Clinton/Obama fight has become at least as brutal as any November match-up between WSU and the University of Washington (or any great state rivalry). Acrimonious. Vicious. Filled with cheap-shots designed to promote fear, uncertainty and doubt. But soon the Democrat’s political rivalry game will be over - whether tomorrow, in June or (please, no) in August. What then? In college football, neither team has to take back all the nasty things they say about eachother. Fanning the flames only makes the next matchup more fun. But how will either Team Obama or Team Clinton retract all the nasty? Afterall, this is just an inter-squad game. How will either one of them take the field in full strength for the real rivalry game against John McCain. Or do you think both candidates will be too wounded to win? I’m a Washington State Cougar, so I’m accustomed to losing. Like all good Cougars, I wish only the worst on the many teams that beat us. And Cougars can stay mad for a long time. We don’t heal until 1) we win, or 2) the winning team has a season as rotten as ours. So with this frame, I am perplexed at how the Democrats will heal from their bitter fight.

The Clinton/Obama fight has become at least as brutal as any November match-up between WSU and the University of Washington (or any great state rivalry). Acrimonious. Vicious. Filled with cheap-shots designed to promote fear, uncertainty and doubt. But soon the Democrat’s political rivalry game will be over – whether tomorrow, in June or (please, no) in August. What then?

In college football, neither team has to take back all the nasty things they say about eachother. Fanning the flames only makes the next matchup more fun. But how will either Team Obama or Team Clinton retract all the nasty? Afterall, this is just an inter-squad game. How will either one of them take the field in full strength for the real rivalry game against John McCain.

Or do you think both candidates will be too wounded to win?

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