Peggy chiude la corsa
La Noonan traccia l’affresco finale sulla lunga campagna elettorale, sostanzialmente dichiarando aperta l’era di Obama.
Something new is happening in America. It is the imminent arrival of a new liberal moment. History happens, it makes its turns, you hold on for dear life. Life moves.
A fitting end for a harem-scarem, rock-’em-sock-’em shakeup of a year — one of tumbling inevitabilities, torn coalitions, striking new personalities.
Eras end, and begin. “God is in charge of history.” And so my beautiful election ends.
Inimitabile Peggy
La Noonan, come sempre una spanna sopra a tutti gli altri commentatori americani (insieme a David Brooks), fotografa nel proprio articolo settimanale sul Wall Street Journal due realta’ della campagna elettorale: i Democratici quest’anno, per come si sono messe le cose, dovrebbero essere in testa di 20 punti, e non lo sono solo perche’ restano dubbi su Obama; e i Repubblicani, decidendo di puntare su una campagna tutta negativa, dimenticano che la gente di solito non premia una strategia del genere. Ecco un paio di brani:
I don’t believe any of the polls this year, or rather the situation is too fluid to believe them for more than a day. But Democrats should remain concerned about this: We have two wars, an economic collapse, a two-term Republican president at historic lows in popularity, overwhelmingly negative poll answers on whether America is on the right track—and the Democratic presidential nominee isn’t 20 points ahead? Thirty? This should be a landslide. They say Barack Obama cannot “close the deal.” He hasn’t closed the deal because he’s still making the pitch, and to a wary customer who wants something new but isn’t sure this is the time to buy.
The McCain campaign has famously spent the past week trying to increase doubts as to Mr. Obama’s nature, background, intentions. Their crowds have been irascible. Here is a warning for Republicans: When your crowds go from “I love you” to “I hate the other guy,” you are in trouble, you are on a losing strain. Winning campaigns are built on love. This is the time for “McCain is the answer,” not “The other guy is questionable.”
There Will Be Blood
Peggy Noonan, efficace come sempre, offre un’approfondita analisi sul caso Sarah Palin. E prevede che finira’ con attacchi durissimi, perche’ la vice di McCain, per tutto quello che incarna e che rappresenta, e’ una minaccia per Obama e per i democratici.
She is a real and present danger to the American left, and to the Obama candidacy.
She could become a transformative political presence.
So they are going to have to kill her, and kill her quick.
And it’s going to be brutal. It’s already getting there.
