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Only Dems Fear Obama Loss

Despite polls, "pessimistic" party can't shake that sinking feeling

By Kristina Loew, Newser User

Posted Oct 21, 2008 6:20 PM CDT

(Newser) – Despite all evidence to the contrary, lots of Democrats "have convinced themselves that John McCain is going to be the next president,” writes Tucker Carlson in the Daily Beast. Having “snatched defeat from the jaws of victory” so many times, Democrats remain superstitious. Or just shell-shocked. “They shouldn't be,” says Carlson, but the sting of the last two elections still seems to smart.

They worry about bin Laden, the Bradley effect, and Karl Rove, who's "too busy giving speeches and doing TV to pick up his dry cleaning, yet Democrats imagine he's having breakfast with Satan every Thursday at the Four Seasons to chart strategy." Obama tells crowds, "don't underestimate our ability to screw things up," but Carlson argues that's being too pessimistic. “Republicans have no master plan for victory, no October Surprise. You'll never convince most Democrats of that."

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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, greets supporters after visiting his campaign office in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

In this 2004 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., approaches the media. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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They're worried that Osama bin Laden is going to say, 'I want to have sex with Barack Obama.'
- Tucker Carlson

It's a different country than it used to be. The question is whether, even in victory, Democrats will come to understand that. In order to govern successfully, they'll need to. - Tucker Carlson, Daily Beast

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Only Dems Fear Obama Loss