No cliffhanger, more like an Obama landslide

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The US media stand accused of distorted election coverage, writes Anne Davies in Washington.

Luckily for the Republican nominee John McCain Europeans can't vote in the November US presidential election - just 100 days away. If they could it would be a landslide for the Democratic candidate, Barack Obama.

Nevertheless Senator McCain has reason to be worried - very worried. Last week three leading political scientists declared the US media's presentation of the election as a toss-up as a "myth".

Alan Abramowitz, a professor of political science at Emory University, Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at Brookings Institution, and Larry Sabato, professor of politics at University of Virginia, accused the media of flogging a dead horse in trying to portray the presidential race as a cliffhanger.

It was a particularly bold call for Professor Sabato, who has previously cautioned about Senator Obama's claims that he can redraw the political map in America. "While no election outcome is guaranteed and McCain's prospects could improve over the next 3½ months, virtually all of the evidence that we have reviewed - historical patterns, structural features of this election cycle, and national and state polls conducted over the last several months - point to a comfortable Obama/Democratic Party victory in November," the three men wrote in Sabato's Crystal Ball newsletter....

I needed this article in the worst way. Although I am sure DU covered the election toss-up myth when it occurred, this Australian news article was the first I saw of it. However, seeing McCain's poll numbers rise in the MSM, seeing that majorities believe Obama is the RISKIER candidate!, and McCain's numerous (and I mean numerous) "gaffes" going unexamined by the MSM. I just needed to know that we are not setting ourselves up to be disspointed again. Still, there is one quote from this article that brought me back down to reality.

The issue still remains for Senator Obama whether he can overcome what some fear is a deep-seated racist reserve about him in middle America.

Complete article: http://www.smh.com.au/news/us-election/no-cliffhanger-more-like-an-obama-landslide/2008/07/27/1217097059908.html

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3. Working, thanks and thanks!

Interesting article.