BELIEVING JOHN McCain could beat Barack Obama now seems as ridiculous as believing the surge could work. Wait, the surge did work - at least to the extent that Obama, America's presumptive president, could travel to Iraq to promote his plan for phased withdrawal. Despite that inconvenient truth, it is still hard to imagine McCain stopping destiny's child. Like Sisyphus, the Republican is pushing a heavy boulder up a steep hill. It is weighted down by his own flubs and flaws, the unpopularity of George W. Bush, the price of gas, and the increasing aura of inevitability surrounding Obama. In terms of imagery, Obama's foreign trip was nothing but net. A great-looking candidate chose great-looking backdrops to help voters imagine him as the next US president. His words weren't bad either, especially his address as a "citizen of...
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